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UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS HISTORY AWARD 2022
SENIOR GROUP WEBSITE
TITLE: Diplomacy of the Iranian Hostage Crisis: Successes, Failures, and Consequences
STUDENTS: EVA JAIXEN AND OLIVIA FITZGERALD
FROM: LOUP CITY HIGH SCHOOL, LOUP CITY
TEACHER: KIM HENRY
JUNIOR OUTSTANDING AFFILIATE ENTRY 2022
JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE
TITLE: The Fool Soldiers: Negotiating for White Captives in the Dakota Uprising of 1862
STUDENT: SOPHIA WORTMANN
FROM: ST. ROSE OF LIMA SCHOOL, CROFTON
TEACHER: GINGER SCHIEFFER
SENIOR OUTSTANDING AFFILIATE ENTRY 2022
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY
TITLE: I, too, am America: A Debate over Black Identity
STUDENT: CECI URBANSKI
FROM: MARIAN HIGH SCHOOL, OMAHA
TEACHER: JESSICA GOODMAN
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY (NMAH) SHOWING 2022
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY
TITLE: Chief Standing Bear: The Ground Breaking Debate for Native American Rights
STUDENT: LAURAN BUBAN
FROM: WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, OMAHA
TEACHER: SHELBY SEDLACEK
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY (NMAH) SHOWING 2021
TITLE: FATHER FLANAGAN - THE VOICE FOR THE UNHEARD
STUDENT: JAGAR MATSON
FROM: LOURDES CENTRAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL, NEBRASKA CITY
TEACHER: ELISE BUCK
NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MUSEUM PERFORMANCE SHOWING 2021
TITLE: NELLIE BLY'S UNTOLD STORY
STUDENTS: CELINA BRAITHWAITE, TACI FLYNN, KAITLYN HEYEN, AND JUSTIN LUECK
FROM: ARCADIA PUBLIC SCHOOL, ARCADIA
TEACHER: TRYSTA ASCHE
HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL LIFE AWARD 2021
TITLE: CHILDREN'S BLIZZARD OF 1888: THE ADVENT OF COMMUNICATING METEOROLOGY
STUDENTS: RYLIE ARENS AND SOPHIA WORTMANN
FROM: ST. ROSE OF LIMA SCHOOL, CROFTON
TEACHER: GINGER SCHIEFFER
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY PRIZE 2021
TITLE: WOUNDED KNEE
STUDENTS: RHETT FLACK AND COLTON MADER
FROM: CRAWFORD HIGHG SCHOOL, CRAWFORD
TEACHERS: MONI HOURT AND NATHAN KACKMEISTER
HISTORY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY AWARD 2021
TITLE: GRACE HOPPER: COMPUTER COMMUNICATOR
STUDENT: TYLER KAUS
FROM: CHADRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, CHADRON
TEACHER: CATHY KAUS
JUNIOR OUTSTANDING AFFILIATE ENTRY 2021
TITLE: NAVAJO CODE TALKERS: LANGUAGE SUPRESSED TURNS TO WAR SUCCESS
STUDENTS: OLIVIA FITZGERALD AND EVA JAIXEN
FROM: LOUP CITY HIGH SCHOOL, LOUP CITY
TEACHER: KIM HENRY
SENIOR OUTSTANDING AFFILIATE ENTRY 2021
TITLE: GRACE HOPPER: COMPUTER COMMUNICATOR
STUDENT: TYLER KAUS
FROM: CHADRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, CHADRON
TEACHER: CATHY KAUS
THIRD PLACE - JUNIOR GROUP WEBSITE 2020
TITLE: LOVINGS' FIGHT TO BREAK INTERRACIAL BARRIERS
STUDENTS: IMAN PEARSON AND SEAN MATHEWS
FROM: RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, RALSTON
TEACHERS: LYNN BEHOUNEK AND MINDY PODRAZA
JUNIOR OUTSTANDING AFFILIATE ENTRY 2020
TITLE: LIGHT AND COLOR: HOW CLAUDE MONET CHANGED THE ART WORLD
STUDENTS: CASSIDY CULJAT AND SHELBY STEPHENS
FROM: RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, RALSTON
TEACHERS: MINDY PODRAZA AND LYNN BEHOUNEK
SENIOR OUTSTANDING AFFILIATE ENTRY 2020
TITLE: KUKLINSKI BREAKS THE IRON CURTAIN BARRIER
STUDENT: THOMAS KAUS
FROM: CHADRON HIGH SCHOOL, CHADRON
TEACHER: CATHY KAUS AND MIKE SANDSTROM
SECOND PLACE - SENIOR GROUP WEBSITE 2019
TITLE: THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE: LEARNING TO TRIUMPH OVER TRAGEDY
STUDENTS: ABIGAIL HYER AND JAMESON MARGETTS
FROM: CHADRON HIGH SCHOOL, CHADRON
TEACHERS: MIKE SANDSTROM AND CATHY KAUS
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY AWARD 2019
TITLE: MISTRUST AND MISUNDERSTANDING: A DEADLY CLASH AT WOUNDED KNEE
STUDENT: ELIZABETH WORTMANN
FROM: ST ROSE OF LIMA, CROFTON
TEACHER: GINGER SCHIEFFER
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY (NMAH) SHOWING 2019
TITLE: THE NIGHT WITCHES
STUDENTS: MAYA DOOLEY AND JACLYN JOHNSON
FROM: RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, RALSTON
TEACHERS: MINDY PODRAZA AND LYNN BEHOUNEK
JUNIOR OUTSTANDING AFFILIATE ENTRY 2019
TITLE: THE GLOWING GIRLS: THE TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY OF THE RADIUM WOMEN
STUDENTS: BETHANY MADDEN, OLIVIA VAN-LANCKER, AND CAROL VAN-LANCKER
FROM: RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, RALSTON
TEACHERS: MINDY PODRAZA AND LYNN BEHOUNEK
SENIOR OUTSTANDING AFFILIATE ENTRY 2019
TITLE: I PLEDGE TO USE MY YOUNG LIFE TO DEFEND TIANANMEN: THE TIANANMEN SQUARE PROTESTS OF 1989
STUDENT: TYLER RICHARDSON
FROM: RALSTON HIGH SCHOOL, RALSTON
TEACHER: SHANE ADAMS
JUNIOR OUTSTANDING AFFILIATE ENTRY AWARD 2018
TITLE: CONFLICT OVER VIETNAM
STUDENT: ERIKA NIELSEN
FROM: HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, HASTINGS
TEACHERS: STEPHANIE BARWICK
SENIOR OUTSTANDING AFFILIATE ENTRY AWARD 2018
TITLE: THE MASSACRE AT SAND CREEK: CONFLICT FOR CONTROL OF EASTERN COLORADO
STUDENT: DIANA HANZLICK
FROM: ARAPAHOE HIGH SCHOOL, ARAPAHOE
TEACHERS: HEIDI THOMAS AND MARCIA FOLEY
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY (NMAH) SHOWING 2018
TITLE: JAPANESE INTERNMENT CAMPS: ISLAND OF CONFLICT
STUDENTS: JOZLYN BARNES AND KRISTA HARDY
FROM: ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST SCHOOL, PLATTSMOUTH
TEACHERS:PAMELA REINSCH
WHITE HOUSE HISTORY JUNIOR AWARD 2018
TITLE: RAZE OR RENOVATE: THE CONFLICT THAT SAVED THE WHITE HOUSE
STUDENT: TYLER KAUS
FROM: CHADRON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CHADRON
TEACHERS: CATHY KAUS AND MARY TRAPHAGAN
JUNIOR OUTSTANDING AFFILIATE ENTRY AWARD 2017
TITLE: WHEN THE POTASH INDUSTRY TOOK A STAND IN THE SANDHILLS
STUDENT: TYLER KAUS
FROM: CHADRON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CHADRON
TEACHERS: CATHY KAUS AND MARY TRAPHAGAN
SENIOR OUTSTANDING AFFILIATE ENTRY AWARD 2017
TITLE: NEVER YIELD AN INCH: THE OMAHA DE PORRES CLUB'S MORAL STAND
AGAINST EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
STUDENT: VANESSA TAYLOR
FROM: AINSWORTH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, AINSWORTH
TEACHERS: NICHOLE FLYNN AND HEATHER LUTTER
JUNIOR OUTSTANDING AFFILIATE ENTRY 2016
TITLE: BODMER & MAXIMILIAN: A JOURNEY INTO THE AMERICAN WEST
STUDENTS: LINDSEY JOHNSTON, NELEIGH RUSH, AND NOAH TALMADGE
FROM: RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, RALSTON
TEACHER: MINDY PODRAZA
SENIOR OUTSTANDING AFFILIATE ENTRY 2016
TITLE: DEWITTY: AN AUDACIOUS PURSUIT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM
STUDENT: DALLAS JONES
FROM: LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL, LINCOLN
TEACHERS: DAVID NEBEL AND KYLE BEACOM
JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY 2016: NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY AWARD
TITLE: THOMAS SAVAGE: AN EXCHANGE AT JAMESTOWN
STUDENT: TYLER KAUS
FROM: CHADRON MIDDLE SCHOOL, CHADRON
TEACHER: CATHY KAUS
JUNIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARY 2016: IRISH HISTORY AWARD
TITLE: THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT: EXPLORING WAY TO END THE IRISH FAMINE
STUDENTS: AUBREY BANDO AND ELAINA MADISON
FROM: LOURDES CENTRAL CATHOLIC, NEBRASKA CITY
TEACHERS: ROXANN PENFIELD AND CATHY THOMAS
CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY OF HONOLULU SCHOLARSHIP 2016
TITLE: THE DAY OF TWO NOONS: RAILROAD ENCOUNTERS WITH TIME
STUDENT: VANESSA TAYLOR
FROM: AINSWORTH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, AINSWORTH
TEACHERS: NICHOLE FLYNN AND HEATHER LUTTER