national history day in massachusetts 2021 state contest

National History Day in Massachusetts

2021 State Contest

Awards Ceremony

Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Candidates

Kristine Forsgard (Montrose School) Jason Levy (Ottoson Middle School) Catherine Martus (Hanscom Middle School) Stephanie McRae (Brockton High School) Dayshawn Simmons (Arthur D. Healey School) Scott Spencer (Winchester High School) Barbara Whitlock (Montrose School) Suzanne Zmijewski Lim (W. L. Chenery Middle School)

Junior Division: Suzanne Zmijewski Lim (W. L. Chenery Middle School)

Senior Division: Stephanie McRae (Brockton High School)

Congratulations to our Massachusetts nominees:

CONGRATULATIONS!

PAPERS!

JUNIOR PAPER

NAME: Isabella Hu PROJECT: Spy Satellites: The Secret Communication of the Cold War SCHOOL: Winthrop L. Chenery Middle School

1st PLACE

2nd PLACE

Honorable Mention

Alternate for Nationals

NAME: Morris Smith PROJECT: Leisure and Lessons: Board Games as Communications Media in 19th- and 20th-Century America SCHOOL: Belmont Hill School

Advances to Nationals!

NAME: Melvin Kabucho PROJECT: Marketplace of Massacres: How the Media and the Vietnam Anti-war Movement Transformed America SCHOOL: Winchester High School


SENIOR PAPER 1st PLACE


NAME: Stella Zhu PROJECT: How The Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis: Communicating the Life of the Poor and the World of the Tenements SCHOOL: Northfield Mount Hermon School

SPECIAL PRIZES!

The Marilyn Ross Memorial Book Prize in Women’s and Gender History

Anna Clutterbuck Cook

Best Project in Maritime History

National Maritime Historical Society

Senior Lauren Mitchell The WASPs: America's Forgotten Heroes of World War II Deerfield Academy

Senior Ava Malloy Nellie Bly Writes Her Own Story Hingham HS

Junior Ava Menasha Elizabeth Friedman Our Lady's Academy

Junior Sam Geiger Subtle Suffrage: Feminist Fashion in the 1920s Winthrop L Chenery Middle

1st place SR Se-Aun Park Multicultural Communication through Cuisine: Curry's Journey from India to Britain and Japan

Milton Academy

2nd Place SR Evan Khym Understanding the Battle of Bismarck Sea: Zero Sum Game and Communication

Groton School

1st place JR Grace Molinsky The Sinking of the Titanic - Communication Failure Monsignor Haddad MS

2nd Place JR John Teeven Wireless Telegraphy and the Titanic Disaster of 1912 Our Lady's Academy

Joseph Teeven

Best Project in Indigenous History

Plimoth Patuxet Museums

Best Project in Early American History

Plimoth Patuxet Museums

Jonathan Celli The Navajo Code Talkers and The Unbreakable Code Catholic Memorial School

Meena Gourley Unbreakable: How the Navajo Code Talkers Answered Their Nation’s Call to Win the War

Hamilton-Wenham Regional HS

Anya Marino Empowerment through Written Communication: The Development of Cherokee Syllabary in the Early 1800s

Montrose School

Cheryl Sung The Stories Told by the Great Wall of Los Angeles Sharon HS

Alice Liu Noah Webster - Lexicographer to America Belmont High

Bethsaida Accino Slaves’ Communication throughout the Antebellum Era Foxborough Regional Charter School

Dhruv Jain The Post Office Act of 1792: The Act that United the States Mansfield High

Gael Willems Cleetus Codes, Ciphers and Deceit: America's Revolutionary Spy Ring Ottoson MS

Ruthanna Kern The Era of Good Feelings: A Reporter's Reflection on the Truth of the Time

Somerville High

Best Project Exploring Multiple Perspectives in History

The Old North Church & Historic Site

Best Project in African or African American History

Mass Council for the Social Studies

Runtian Li Voices Worcester Academy

Demilade Abosede A Message Between Each Strand Pioneer Charter School of Science II (PCSS-II)

Serena Ogbemudia

Nethanya Pierre-Louis

Toluwa Sholola

Best Use of Maps as a Primary Source

Norman B. Leventhal Map Center

Narineh Gevorkian The Armenian Genocide: International Communication Within the United States Embassy

Bedford High

WEBSITES!

JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE

NAME: Kathleen Reale PROJECT: Successful From the Shadows: The Female Codebreakers of World War II SCHOOL: Monsignor Haddad Middle School

1st PLACE

2nd PLACE NAME: Pranav Addanki PROJECT: The Mexican-American War: A Catalyst for Modern Communications SCHOOL: Galvin Middle School



SENIOR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE

NAME: Cassidy Schuman PROJECT: Nazi Propaganda: How Communication Became Germany's Most Powerful Weapon SCHOOL: Bedford High School

1st PLACE

2nd PLACE

Honorable Mention


NAME: Olivia Soolman PROJECT: Strength In Silence: How Extreme Nonviolent Communication Won Women’s Suffrage SCHOOL: Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School


NAME: Hannah Cumming PROJECT: The Dada Movement - Artistic Communication in Post-War Europe SCHOOL: Winchester High School


JUNIOR GROUP WEBSITE

NAME: Alexandra Lay, Xuanye Zhang PROJECT: Linking the North Atlantic : How the First Intercontinental Cable Shaped Communication SCHOOL: The Gibbs School

1st PLACE

2nd PLACE NAME: John Teeven, Joseph Teeven PROJECT: Wireless Telegraphy and the Titanic Disaster of 1912 SCHOOL: Our Lady's Academy



SENIOR GROUP WEBSITE

NAME: Eric Pan, Jayanth Rao, Jennifer Wu PROJECT: Propaganda Posters of the Mao Era: Communicating the Ideals of the Chinese Cultural Revolution SCHOOL: Winchester High School

1st PLACE

2nd PLACE

Honorable Mention


NAME: Andrew Dementiev, Jason Chiappinelli, Sebastian Gallo PROJECT: Hundred Flowers Campaign SCHOOL: Needham High School


NAME: Leslie Baker, Theresa Bettinelli PROJECT: Nazi Anti-Semitic Propaganda: Communication in World War II Germany SCHOOL: Montrose School


SPECIAL PRIZES!

The David Sears Award: Best Project in Military History

Jennifer Sears

Best Project in LGBTQ+ History

Massachusetts Historical Society

Senior Owen Balfour War of the Words: The Office of War Information’s Operations During World War II and Its Importance to an Allied Victory

Mashpee High

Robert Sanborn

Junior Alissa Lopes The Manifestation of Cold War Themes in American Media and Pop Culture

The Newman School

Jack Cormier Evolution of LGBT Representation in Musical Theater 1970-2000 Bancroft School

Kate Schembri Measure in Love: How RENT Destigmatized HIV/AIDS and the LGBTQ+ Community

Hingham High

Luke

Morgan

Zhang Shia

The Lavender Scare Needham High School

Theresa Ruth Joens Prize in History of Science and Engineering

Michael and Mary Joens

Best Project in Arts, Literature, and Culture

The House of the Seven Gables Prakhar Gupta The Eyes of My People: Communicating and Understanding Black

Perspectives Through Langston Hughes’ Poetry Bedford HS

Katie Noh

Sarah Wirth

Teagan Schnorr How Did We Get to "Sesame Street"? Hingham High

Jillian Patalano The Fan Uprising: How Fanfiction Changed the History of Storytelling

Mystic Valley Regional Charter School

Caroline Crowley

Sophia East Eve Arnold: Beauty and Representation, The Key to Understanding Our Differences

North Middlesex Regional

Shreya Vaidyanathan Shostakovich and Communication Through the Arts Westborough High

Claire English The Nutcracker: A History of Racism and Ignorance Winchester High School

Ava Huppe

Ellen Stewart

Hajar Loughlam How Telegraphs and Telegrams Changed Communication Pioneer Charter School of Science II (PCSS-II)

Sara Marmoucha

Maryam Zad

Alice Feng Apollo 11: How Communication Truly Made the Moon Landing "One Giant Leap"

Winchester HS

Best Project in Maritime or Military History

The USS Constitution Museum

Ben Carter USS Liberty Communication Project Foxborough High

Matthew Fossella

Danielle Gagnon The Vietnam War: A War on the Screen Mystic Valley Regional Charter School

Isabella Chu

Huyen Le

Akshita Nistala

Gina Wierzbowski

Aniket Sarkar Cuban Missile Crisis Nashoba Regional

Xavier Choe The Cuban Missile Crisis: Examining Miscommunication's Role The Newman School

Jonathan Garrity

Best Project in Sports History

Boston Red Sox - Fenway Park Tours

Niamh McGuinness 1980 Olympic Boycott Hingham High

Ella Dunkelberger What is the solution? Notre Dame Academy

EXHIBITS!

JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT

NAME: Matilde Bellotti PROJECT: Welcome to the Rainbow Nation SCHOOL: Our Lady's Academy

1st PLACE

2nd PLACE

Honorable Mention


NAME: Frankie Condakes PROJECT: Stan Lee’s Communication Through Comics! SCHOOL: Monsignor Haddad Middle School


NAME: Grace Molinsky PROJECT: The Sinking of the Titanic - Communication Failure SCHOOL: Monsignor Haddad Middle School


SENIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT NAME: Danielle Donovan PROJECT: Communication Through Occupation: AIM, Red Power, and the Fight for Indigenous Rights SCHOOL: Mansfield High School

1st PLACE

2nd PLACE

Honorable Mention


NAME: Madeline McAllister PROJECT: Bread Roses: How the Lawrence Strikers Communicated Their Need for Dignity and a Livable Wage SCHOOL: Bedford High School


NAME: Alice Feng PROJECT: Apollo 11: How Communication Truly Made the Moon Landing "One Giant Leap" SCHOOL: Winchester High School


JUNIOR GROUP EXHIBIT

NAME: Anna Vakoc, Chloe Breitling PROJECT: Code Breakers in World War II SCHOOL: The Gibbs School

1st PLACE


SENIOR GROUP EXHIBIT

NAME: Ariel Navon, Dylan DiGangi, Joel Indipiginja, Will Campbell PROJECT: The Telegraph: Samuel Morse Facilitates Long-Distance Communication During The Industrial Revolution SCHOOL: Bedford High School

1st PLACE

2nd PLACE

Honorable Mention


NAME: Daniel Willis, Jack Henderson, Peter Vivaldi PROJECT: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Bringing America into World War Two SCHOOL: Needham High School


NAME: Nikhil Ahn, Roshan Pillai, Steven Sun PROJECT: It's All Propaganda: How Communication Incited the Overthrow of Jacobo Árbenz SCHOOL: Needham High


SPECIAL PRIZES!

Best Project in Massachusetts History

Massachusetts Historical Society

Best Project in Industrial History

Tsongas Industrial History Center

Morris Smith Leisure and Lessons: Board Games as Communications Media in 19

th- and 20

th-Century America

Belmont Hill School

Julia Arnold Women's Declaration of Independence Lexington High

Grace Hovey Transatlantic Communication Plymouth North HS

Sydney Muhammad Fariz

Clive-Liddell Imran

How the Telegraph Changed Communication Forever: A Documentary

Plymouth South HS

Madeline McAllister Bread & Roses: How the Lawrence Strikers Communicated Their Need for Dignity and a Livable Wage

Bedford HS

Lucy DeMeo How Victorian Fashion Communicated Class Divides Montrose School

Elizabeth Zhang The Chinese Flood: Understanding American Fear of Chinese Immigrants, 1850 to 1900

Phillips Academy

Best Project in STEM History

The Metropolitan Waterworks Museum

Best Use of Primary Sources

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University

Best Project in Civics

Marblehead Museum

Sarah Baskin Finding Lincoln: Tracing the Evolution of the Gettysburg Address Through the Lens of the Press

Lexington High

Ariel Greenberg Code Girls of World War II: Communicating Secret Codes Hamilton-Wenham Regional HS

Elen Arustamyan Communication in History: Tehlirian’s Way to Justice Brockton High

Lilly Glass Roosevelt Muir in Yosemite: The Camping Trip That Changed Conservation Hamilton-Wenham Regional High

Best Project about Pre-1876 American History

American Antiquarian Society

Best Representation of “Communication in History” in Medical History

Clara Barton Birthplace Museum

Ecotarium

Elliot Kuo The 1858 Debates: A Glimpse into the Mind of Abraham Lincoln Kuo Homeschool

Hana Shinzawa The Cage Crinoline: An Early Expression of Feminism Montrose School

Caroline Holmes The Underground Music Plymouth North High

Elina Han Amelia Jenks Bloomer: The Feminist Who Redefined Fashion and Journalism

Winchester High School

Sydney Swilling

Ethan Han COVID, Communication, and Controversy - How Modern Media Blurs the Line Between Fact and Fiction

Boston Latin

The Best Use of STEM to Improve Communication Technology

Lauren Talbott Astrology and Mathematics: The Underlying Components to Ancient Communication

K-12 Private Academy

PERFORMANCES!

SENIOR INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE

NAME: Kaia Outzen PROJECT: The Fifer's Call SCHOOL: Bancroft School

1st PLACE

2nd PLACE NAME: Isabelle Conway PROJECT: Blanche Ames: Communications from a Suffragist SCHOOL: Mansfield High School



SENIOR GROUP PERFORMANCE

NAME: Elizabeth Barrett, Elyza Tuan PROJECT: "Pageant of Great Suffragettes:" The Evolution of Violence as a Means of Communication Towards Progress in Feminism SCHOOL: Montrose School

1st PLACE

2nd PLACE NAME: Devyn Schwartz, Julia Bollas PROJECT: Bayard Rustin SCHOOL: Needham High School



SPECIAL PRIZES!

Best Use of Letters as a Primary Source

Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History

Best Research Demonstrating Excellence in Industrial and/or Urban History

Springfield Museums

Nicholas Lam City Beautiful: Daniel Burnham and the White City of 1893 Lexington High

Anna Maria Fasse Candelabras, Carriages, and Clocks: England's Quest for Superiority at the Great Exhibition of 1851

Montrose School

Sean Fei NBC, Blitzkrieg, and a Coup d’etat: How Wireless Technology Dictated Lives Lexington High

Yashaswi Panamakuri Communication Through Cuneiform Foxborough Regional Charter School

Museum of Fine Arts

Best Use of Artwork to Understand History

Emily Neoh Living a Lie: The Rise of Anti-Semitism in the 1930s Arlington High

Clara Schneider

Emma Graziano The Slippery Slope of “Helter Skelter”: The Beatles Interpretations Notre Dame Academy

Sophia East Eve Arnold: Beauty and Representation, The Key to Understanding Our Differences

North Middlesex Regional

Hannah Cumming The Dada Movement - Artistic Communication in Post-War Europe Winchester HS

Best Use of Local Special Collections

Boston Athenaeum

Best Project in The History of Sports

Worcester Bravehearts Baseball

Best Project Related to Civil Dialogue and/or Bipartisanship

The Edward M. Kennedy Institute

Matthew Goodhue Jesse Owens Bedford High

Logan (Tomo) Liou

Niles Liu

George Rackey

Hayden Sousa The Impact of Ted Sorensen’s Speechwriting During JFK’s Presidency Hingham High

Ellie Boles Whitney Young Jr. "Bridge Builder" Hingham HS

Best Project on the History of the American Revolution

Revolution 250 Kaia Outzen The Fifer's Call Bancroft School

Maeve Hegarty A Midnight Ride to Remember Monsignor Haddad MS

Massachusetts Historical Society Juneteenth Exhibit A Message Between Each Strand Demilade Abosede Pioneer Charter School of Science II

Serena Ogbemudia

Nethanya Pierre-Louis

Toluwa Sholola

Slaves’ Communication Throughout the Antebellum Era Bethsaida Accino Foxborough Regional Charter School

The Eyes of My People: Communicating and Understanding Black Perspectives Through Langston Hughes’ Poetry

Prakhar Gupta Bedford High

Katie Noh

Sarah Wirth

Jesse Owens Matthew Goodhue Bedford High

Logan (Tomo) Liou

Niles Liu

George Rackey

Erased From History: How Juneteenth Highlights Repression of Black History and the Fight to Reclaim the Black Narrative in America

Carolyn Kennedy Notre Dame Academy

Brown v. Board of Education Acadia Zangi Monsignor Haddad Middle School

Ida B. Wells: The Princess of The Press Morgan Gibson Hanscom Middle

Sophie Hrad

"Just Give Me My Equality" Leah May Hingham High

Whitney Young Jr. "Bridge Builder" Ellie Boles Hingham High

Madam C.J. Walker Kara Cooper Needham High

Tricia Soldato

Juliana Schwartz

Little Rock Nine: The Face of Racism Nationally Exposed Jaqueline Chapdelaine Hamilton-Wenham Regional High

Riley Clark

Jessica Cooper

Jane Maguire

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee’s Internal Struggles Within the 1960s Freedom Struggle

Carly McMahon Winchester High

The Greensboro Sit-ins: Standing up by Sitting Down Brigitte Worstell Hamilton-Wenham Regional High

Gianna Randazzo

Maggie Firicano

US Jazz Ambassadors Program Kathleen Grady Needham High

Christine Mittaz

Bayard Rustin Devyn Schwartz Needham High

Julia Bollas

DOCUMENTARIES!

JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY

NAME: Sayontika Bhattacharya PROJECT: Gandhi's Letters to World Leaders: Peaceful Communication Through History SCHOOL: Our Lady's Academy

1st PLACE

2nd PLACE NAME: Maeve Hegarty PROJECT: A Midnight Ride to Remember SCHOOL: Monsignor Haddad Middle School



SENIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY NAME: Evangelos Tsingos PROJECT: Paper Bullets: Propaganda and Newsbooks During the English Civil Wars SCHOOL: Needham High School

1st PLACE

2nd PLACE

Honorable Mention


NAME: Matthew Kromm PROJECT: London Calling: Communicating Anti-Racism Through Music SCHOOL: Winchester High School


NAME: Narineh Gevorkian PROJECT: The Armenian Genocide: International Communication Within the United States Embassy SCHOOL: Bedford HS


JUNIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARY

NAME: Morgan Gibson, Sophie Hrad PROJECT: Ida B. Wells: The Princess of The Press SCHOOL: Hanscom Middle School

1st PLACE Advances to Nationals!

SENIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARY

NAME: Brigitte Worstell, Gianna Randazzo, Maggie Firicano PROJECT: The Greensboro Sit-ins: Standing Up by Sitting Down SCHOOL: Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School

1st PLACE

2nd PLACE

Honorable Mention


NAME: Colin Leary, Elias Malloy, Leo Kagan, Micah Katz, Seamus Heney PROJECT: Brainwashing America: How WWII Anti-Japanese Propaganda Communicated a Message of Hatred SCHOOL: Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School


NAME: Ian Castracane, Leo Greco, Luke McMahon, Ryan Luo PROJECT: Untying the Knot of War: The Frantic Re-establishment of Cold War Communications in the Cuban Missile Crisis SCHOOL: Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School


CONGRATULATIONS

NHD Massachusetts 2021!

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