Kentucky Historical Society
KHS Announces 2012 District 2 Kentucky History Day Winners

FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 5, 2012) — Students from Daviess, Henderson and Logan counties presented academic projects at the Kentucky Junior Historical Society 2012 Kentucky History Day District 2 contest at Kentucky Wesleyan College in Owensboro on Saturday, March 24.

Kentucky History Day is part of National History Day, an annual, year-long program designed to promote teaching and learning history in America’s schools. Students in sixth through 12^th grades analyze the historical significance of certain topics and present conclusions in dramatic performances, imaginative exhibits, multimedia documentaries, websites and research papers. The theme for this year’s contest is “Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History.”

“Recent studies have confirmed that students who participate in National History Day outperform their non-participating peers in all subjects, not just history. They are better-prepared for college, are better writers and researchers and more confident in their abilities. Also, by researching the past, they become enthusiastic about history and its relevance to their lives today,” said Cheryl Caskey, KHS student programs coordinator.

Three schools, three counties and 50 students participated in the District 2 contest in hopes of advancing to the state contest April 28 at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort. The top three students in each category received a medal, while all finishers in the top five received recognition and will advance to the state competition.

Winner(s) listed by name, project title, school, place and category:

Daviess County

Megan Smith; “The Integration of Owensboro High School.” Owensboro High School. First place, senior individual exhibit.

John Flaherty; “Denying Our Brothers: An American Tragedy.” Owensboro High School. Second place, senior individual exhibit.

Susannah Webb, Jacob Roberts; “Henry Ford and the Revolution of the Auto Industry.” Owensboro High School. First place, senior group exhibit.

Mary J. Gordon, Hannah Hughes; “Prohibition and the Kentucky Distilling Industries.” Owensboro High School. Third place, senior group exhibit.

Zoe Beckhart, Chelsea McCarthy; “Muhammad Ali & His Personal War.” Owensboro High School. Fourth place, senior group exhibit.

Margaret Montgomery, Korin Cross; “Influence of the French Revolution.” Owensboro High School. Fifth place, senior group exhibit.

Henderson County

Shelby Buckman; “War of the Roses: A Revolution of the ‘Right to Rule.’” Henderson South Middle School. First place, junior individual website.

Katy Elliot; “Civil War.” Henderson South Middle School. Second place, junior individual website.

Eric Langley, Aaron Owens, Logan Thrasher; “The American Revolution.” Henderson South Middle School. First place, junior group website.

Taylor Clapp; “The Great American Revolution: A Turn for Independence.” Henderson South Middle School. First place, junior individual exhibit.

Jared Freeman; “Russian Revolution.” Henderson South Middle School. Second place, junior individual exhibit.

Kayleigh Garner, Samantha Winstead, Kaneisha Menary, Skylar Black; “Apple.” Henderson South Middle School. First place, junior group exhibit.

Courtney Stone, Hailey Hartman, Madison Gish; “The Cell Phone Revolution.” Henderson South Middle School. Second place, junior group exhibit.

Kate Morris, Abby Vandiver; “The Great Pyramids.” Henderson South Middle School. Third place, junior group exhibit.

Johnny Edwards, Trevor Owens, David Littrell; “The Edict of Nantes.” Henderson South Middle School. First place, junior group exhibit.

Ashley Mattingly; “The Revolution of Roman Cement.” Henderson South Middle School. First place, junior individual documentary.

Trey Hattenbach; “Warsaw Ghetto.” Henderson South Middle School. Second place, junior individual documentary.

Magdalena Welch, Caitlyn Kirchoff, Emily Lawalin; “The Ford Model T.” Henderson South Middle School. First place, junior group documentary.

Sam Phillips; “The British Invasion.” Henderson County High School. First place, senior individual documentary.

Logan County

Titus Smith, Rebecca McElfresh, Mara Cobb, Morgan Scott, Mariah Miller; “Awakening the World.” Logan County History Hoots. Second place, senior group exhibit.

The National History Day program culminates with the national competition at the University of Maryland each June.

For more information about the Kentucky Junior Historical Society, visit www.history.ky.gov/kjhs, or contact Cheryl Caskey at 502-564-1792, ext. 4461 or cheryl.caskey@ky.gov.

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