15 Decorah Middle School students have qualified for the State finals of the National History Day

Posted: Mon, Feb 25, 2019 3:12 PM

50 Decorah Middle Schopol students took part in the Regional History Day

15 Decorah Middle School students have qualified for the State History Day competition to be held in Des Moines on April 29th. The 15 were among 50 Decorah Middle School students participating in the Regional History Day held at Decorah Middle School.

State Qualifiers and their projects are:

Individual Documentary
Sophia Gallentine: "Mary McLeod Bethune: Educator and Matriarch"

Group Documentaries
Mairi Sessions and Amelia Dugger: Robert Capa and Gerda Taro: "Photojournalists who Brought the Realities of War to Life"

Casey Brickley and Victor Merritt: "The Hidden Massacre of Greenwood

Individual Performance
Ada Lovelace: "Edith Eger: The Dancer that Survived the Holocaust"

Group Performance
Ashley Bjork and Kiah Tweten: "Rodney King and the L.A. Riots"

Individual Exhibit
Max Wilson: "Armistice Blizzard of 1940"
Abby Woosley: "The Manhattan Project: The Atomic Bomb"

Individual Websites:
Leslie Campbell: "Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell: Life of a Female Physician"
Ella Grouws: "Helen Taussig: Blue Baby Syndrome"

Group Website:
Tiana Frana and Grace Hoyland: "Freedom Summer: A Fight for the Right to Vote"

Individual Paper:
Sophia Christman: "Munster, Germany Anabaptists"