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2007 New York State History Day
On Friday, April 27, various venues in Cooperstown were transformed into lively living history museums with the addition of more than 350 middle and high school students and their families from across New York State convening for the New York State History Day competition. Students from 11 regions throughout New York State presented their award-winning work reflecting this year's National History Day (NHD) theme: Triumph and Tragedy in History in the state finals held at the New York State Historical Association (NYSHA), The Farmers' Museum, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and The Otesaga Hotel. The day's events culminated in an awards ceremony at the Cooperstown High School Auditorium at 5:00 pm.
The state contest, sponsored by the New York State Historical Association, is a yearlong history education program that challenges students in grades 6-12 to produce exceptional scholarship on topics in history related to an annual theme. Students from 11 different regions throughout New York State presented their final projects in the form of dramatic performances, imaginative exhibits, multimedia documentaries, interactive web sites and scholarly research papers to a panel of judges. First and second place winners in each category advance to National History Day at the University of Maryland, College Park, in June, to compete with history scholars from throughout the country.
This is the 27th year that the New York State Historical Association has sponsored the state-level History Day competition. Under the direction of New York State History Day Coordinator Tobi Voigt and John Buchinger, Associate Director of Education, student participation increased 30 percent over last year. New York State History Day "filled accommodations and restaurants and enlivened Main Street," according to local proprietor Ed Landers. Recognizing both the educational and economic value of New York State History Day, State Senator James L. Seward has championed government support of the program.
The popularity of History Day is related to the degree of ownership students feel in researching and designing their projects. "The History Day program is a natural fit for students. It gives students the opportunity to choose a research topic that they are most interested in, which not only keeps them engaged but also makes for an enormously meaningful learning experience. Students are not just looking at this as something for school, but something that matters in their own lives, said John Buchinger, Associate Director of Education.
"The New York State History Day competition is the capstone of a yearlong process. Students spend months collecting quality research, analyzing their findings, and presenting strong arguments as to how their chosen topic relates to the annual theme, 'Triumph and Tragedy in History.' The level of work presented at this competition is top notch, and we are extremely pleased to honor and recognize these efforts here in Cooperstown," said Tobi Voigt, New York State History Day Coordinator. |
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2007 New York State History Day Winners
We are pleased to announce the 2007 New York State History Day Contest Winners and Special Award Winners below.
Junior Historical Paper
3rd Place:
From Triumph to Tragedy: The Versailles Treaty Fails to Establish a Lasting Peace.
Gabriel Kabak, Ramaz Middle School
2nd Place:
Lyndon Baines Johnson: The Triumph of the Great Society and the Tragedy of Vietnam.
Kalman Vistor, Ramaz Middle School
1st Place:
The Creation of the State of Israel.
Aviv Lipman, Woodmere Middle School
Junior Web Sites
3rd Place:
Hiroshima: Triumph and Tragedy.
Peter Blanco, Woodmere Middle School
2nd Place:
Triangle Fire.
Mallory Merryman, Felix V. Festa Middle School
1st Place:
Louis Armstrong & New Orleans Jazz.
Emma Smith, Hunter College Campus Schools
Junior Individual Documentary
3rd Place:
The Shah of Iran.
Mahsa Taskindoust, Felix V. Festa Middle School
2nd Place:
Winning the Race to the Moon: Lasting Value or Passing Moment.
Julia Buff, Genesis at Xaverian
1st Place: Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville: Triumph and Tragedy. Stephanie Mackowski, Allegany-Limestone Central Schools
Junior Group Documentary
3rd Place:
The All American Girls Professional Baseball League.
Abby Levy, Kyra Malamood, and Megan Malamood, Farnsworth Middle School
2nd Place:
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Matt Kigler, Jordan Naft, and Bruce Rubin, Felix V. Festa Middle School
1st Place:
Vincent's Impression.
Molly Pearlman, Shyah Miller, Greg Brodersen, Cooperstown Middle School
Junior Individual Performance
3rd Place:
Kindertransport: A Journey from Desperation to Hope.
Ilana Kaufman, Hunter College Campus Schools
2nd Place:
Emma Goldman.
Allegra Kuney, Felix V. Festa Middle School
1st Place:
Philippines.
Rachel Aguilar, Felix V. Festa Middle School
Junior Group Performance
3rd Place:
Korean War.
Koeun Choi and Rachel Refkin, Felix V. Festa Middle School
2nd Place:
Spinning for a Living: A Lowell Mill Girl's Day.
Meagan Freeze and Jillian Doyle, Genesis at Xaverian
1st Place:
Ireland's Daugthers as Domestic Servants: The Bridge Between the Tragedy of the Famine and the Triumph of Success in America.
Caitlin Palumbo and Danielle Gordon, Genesis at Xaverian
Junior Individual Exhibit
3rd Place:
John F. Kennedy: 1000 Days of Triumph and a Tragic End in Dallas.
Victoria Anania, Cooperstown Middle School
2nd Place:
Victory in the Face of Defeat: The Battle of Monocacy.
William Reis, Cooperstown Middle School
1st Place:
Willowbrook State School: From Atrocities to Sweeping Reforms.
James Marlow, Genesis at Xaverian
Junior Group Exhibit
3rd Place:
Caeser.
Bart Czarnik and Nick McGill-Behr, Felix V. Festa Middle School
2nd Place:
The Triangle Factory Fire: Death by fire, Birth by Law .
Quinton Hughes and Alana Holt, Honeoye Falls-Lima Central Schools
1st Place:
The Trials and Tribulations of the Riverkeeper's Fight to Protect the Hudson River.
Kaitlyn Coleman and Kristie Coleman, Genesis at Xaverian
Senior Historical Paper
3rd Place:
John Snow and the Triumph of Cholera.
Meryl Natow, George W. Hewlett High School
2nd Place:
Tragedy in Armenia: The Forgotten Genocide.
Mattea Cumoletti, Academy of the Holy Name
1st Place:
Terence MacSwiney: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Hunger Strike.
Jason Perlman, Hunter College Campus Schools
Senior Web Site
2nd Place:
China's Drive for Modernization: The Triumph and Tragedy of Change.
Shirou Wu, Commack High School
1st Place:
McCarthyism: A Tragic Attempt to Triumph over Communism.
Darren Huang, Herricks High School
Senior Individual Documentary
3rd Place:
444.
Amit Kohli, Herricks High School
2nd Place:
A Country's Triumph after Tragedy: Cambodia.
Samantha Rothberg, Scarsdale High School
1st Place:
Writing History With Lightening: The Triumph and Tragedy of America's First Blockbuster.
Charlotte Burger, Massapequa High School
Senior Group Documentary
3rd Place:
The Atomic Bomb: How It Started One War and Ended Another.
Ryan Beres, Forest Sonnenfeldt, and Aaron Lemle, Ethical Culture The Fieldston School
2nd Place:
Saved from the Ashes: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Kindertransport.
Jessica Seminelli and Aliyana Gewirtzman, Clarkstown South High School
1st Place:
Truth and Liberation: Overcoming the Adveristy of Apartheid.
Peter DiMarco, Jordan Stein, and Vijay Jain, Herricks High School
Senior Individual Performance
3rd Place:
To Live and Die Baseball.
Andre Kuney, Clakstown South High School
2nd Place:
Wagner's Gesamtkunstwerk: Separating the Madness for the Music.
Virginia Ofer, Cooperstown High School
1st Place:
Attica.
Calvin Ho, Herricks High School
Senior Group Performance
3rd Place:
Mistaken Identity: The Triumph of Japanese Americans in the Face of Tragedy.
Jonathan Hudson, Jin Park, Jina John, Leena Jube, Clarkstown South High School
2nd Place:
AIDS/HIV: The Plight Continues .
Nandini Venkateswaren, Marianne Jacob, and Preetu Kohli, Herricks High School
1st Place:
Ianfu.
Young Song, Brian Chang, Clara Park, and Sahil Doshi, Herricks High School
Senior Individual Exhibit
3rd Place:
"The Light Within:" A Triumph of Friendly Persuasion Over Slavery.
Lauren Katz, Commack High School
2nd Place:
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: The Spark of Reform .
Liesl Hall, Cooperstown High School
1st Place:
Rust on the Covenant Chain.
Michael Tarantelli, Honeoye Falls-Lima Central Schools
Senior Group Exhibit
3rd Place:
"They Hit the Pavement Just Like Rain:" The Tragedy and Triumph of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.
Sondra Lipshutz, Andolika Mohan, and Anu Lingala, Clarkstown South High School.
2nd Place:
Airlift Saves a City.
Dieter Ulken and Yale Weiss, Cooperstown High School
1st Place:
Tibet and the Dalai Lama: Triumph and Tragedy in the Himalayas.
Katie Anania and Kim Leon, Cooperstown High School |
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2007 Special Award Winners
Ancient Order of Hibernians Award
Junior Group Performance Ireland's Daughters as Domestic Servants: The Bridge Between the Tragedy of the Famine and the Triumph of Success in America
Caitlin Palumbo & Danielle Gordon, Genesis at Xaverian
Bassett Healthcare Award
Junior Group Documentary Smallpox: the Road to Eradication
Jillian Perrillo & Olivia Kennison, Worcester Central School
National Archives and Records Administration
Junior Historical Paper 1936 Berlin Olympics
Anthony Conte, Felix V. Festa Middle School
Senior Historical Paper The Eradication of Smallpox: The Triumph Over Disease
Cecille Bernstein, Hunter College Campus Schools
Junior Individual Documentary Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville: Triumph and Tragedy
Stephanie Mackowski, Allegany - Limestone Central School District
Senior Individual Documentary The AAGPBL: A Microcosm of Women
Alexandra Rheinhardt, Cooperstown Central High School
Junior Group Documentary The All American Girls Professional Baseball League
Abby Levy, Kyra Malamood & Megan Malamood, Farnsworth Middle School
Senior Group Documentary A Rose Rises From the Ashes
Katherine Wells & Sohee Rho & Casey Gerety, Guilderland High School
Junior Individual Performance Kindertransport: A Journey from Desperation to Hope
Ilana Kaufman, Hunter College Campus Schools
Senior Individual Performance The Triumph and Tragedy of Mr. John Dee
Joseph Cittadino, Liverpool High School
Junior Group Performance Korean War
Koeun Choi & Rachel Refkin, Felix V. Festa Middle School
Senior Group Performance Lincoln and the Suppression of Habeas Corpus: The Triumph of Civil Rights and the Tragedy of Civil Liberties
David Glekel, Felipe Restrepo & Peter Gross, Ethical Culture The Fieldston School
Junior Individual Exhibit The Sinking of America's Neutrality in WWI: The Lustitania
Jenna Hastings, Honeoye Falls-Lima Central Schools
Senior Individual Exhibit The Creation of the Transcontinental Railroad: A Technological Marvel with a Human Cost
Jordan Friedman, George W. Hewlett Hs
Junior Group Exhibit Surviving Slavery
Dijon Johnson, Christine Brown, Brandon Brown & Shameeka Skeete, I.S.78 Roy Mann
Senior Group Exhibit An American Triumph and Tragedy: Manifest Destiny
Artur Dmowski & Joel Kaplan & Perry Fisher & Mohammod Arafat, Stuyvesant High School
SUNY-Fredonia Ethnic and Minority Studies Award
Senior Individual Exhibit Rust on the Covenant Chain
Michael Tarantelli, Honeoye Falls-Lima Central Schools
Senior Group Exhibit
The Colors of Little Rock
Najiba Keshwani, Samantha Katz, Rachel Simon, Bonnie Schiffman & Molly Lenowi, Herricks High School
Honorable Mention:
Junior Group Exhibit Immigration Sensation: Immigration in the Late 1800's
Jamie Harper & Codee Spinner, Cassadaga Valley Central School District
Folk and Jablonka Award
Junior Individual Exhibit Voyage of the ** ed- Refuge Denied
Jenna Kurz, Woodmere Middle School
National Baseball Hall of Fame Award
Senior Individual Documentary The AAGPBL: A Microcosm of Women
Alexandra Rheinhardt, Cooperstown Central High School
New York State Historical Association Award
Junior Group Documentary Preservation
Sarah Mohamed Ali, Aleena Hussain & Nada Gaber, An Nur Islamic School
Senior Individual Exhibit Rust on the Covenant Chain
Michael Tarantelli, Honeoye Falls-Lima Central Schools
The Farmers' Museum Award
Senior Individual Documentary Woody Guthrie: Dust Bowl Balladeer
Brendan Blendell, The Doane Stuart School
The Freeman's Journal Award
Junior Group Performance Rising From the Ashes: The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Anna Milgramm, Jenn Bard & Jeanie Gribben, Woodmere Middle School
Thomas W Malone Award
Junior Individual Documentary Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville: Triumph and Tragedy
Stephanie Mackowski, Allegany - Limestone Central School District
Senior Group Performance Lincoln and the Suppression of Habeas Corpus: The Triumph of Civil Rights and the Tragedy of Civil Liberties
David Glekel & Felipe Restrepo & Peter Gross, Ethical Culture The Fieldston School
Upstate History Alliance Award of Excellence
Junior Group Exhibit Immigration Sensation: Immigration in the Late 1800's
Jamie Harper & Codee Spinner, Cassadaga Valley Central School District
Women's History Award
Senior Group Documentary A Rose Rises From the Ashes
Katherine Wells & Sohee Rho & Casey Gerety, Guilderland High School |
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