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38 Knox County students win medals, awards at 20th annual East Tennessee History Day
April 10, 2021
KNOXVILLE - Knox County students won special awards or took first, second, or third place in the 20th annual East Tennessee History Day Regional Competition (ETHD). Winners were announced via Zoom on Saturday, March 6, 2021. This year’s virtual event featured 125 students and 78 projects. Grades 6 – 12 participated at the regional level from 16 public, private and home schools in 8 counties.
First and second place winners, with third place winners serving as alternates, will advance to state competition, Tennessee History Day, to be announced by the Tennessee Historical Society on April 10, 2021. From there, state winners will advance to nationals in College Park, Maryland to be held virtually in June 2021. Regional competition co-sponsors, the East Tennessee Historical Society and the University of Tennessee’s Department of History, congratulate and commend these students and their teachers on their hard work and success.
“East Tennessee students consistently do well in this competition,” according to Lisa Oakley, ETHS curator of education and ETHD regional coordinator. “Four ETHD projects have placed first in the nation, plus several placing second and third and many more finishing in the national top 12 for their category.”
Traditionally around 3,500 students compete at the school level in the East Tennessee Region. An estimated 750,000 students nationally compete in their schools.
National History Day is a leading program for history education. This year’s annual theme was “Communication in History: The Key to Understanding.” Students select a topic related to the theme and then choose to present their research via a website, documentary, paper, exhibit or performance. Through research and interpreting their findings into a sound argument, these middle and high school students learn the priceless skills of an historian—critical thinking, research, and the value of primary sources.
Established in 1834, the East Tennessee Historical Society is widely acknowledged as one of the most active history organizations in the state and enjoys a national reputation for excellence in programming and education. For 187 years the East Tennessee Historical Society has been helping East Tennesseans hold on to our unique heritage—recording the events, collecting the artifacts, and saving the stories that comprise the history we all share.
Knox County Students Placing First, Second, or Third in NHD Categories (Website, Documentary, Exhibit, Performance, and Paper)
Junior = Middle School; Senior = High School
Junior Individual Paper:
First Place
Communication: Navajo Code Talkers in World War II
Christopher Carter
West Valley Middle School: Teacher; Karen Peterman
Third Place
The Ghost Army: Masters of Miscommunication
Jack Ward
Oak Grove Homeschool Cooperative; Teacher: Aimee Ward
Junior Group Website:
First Place
Communication During the 19th Century
Angel Hernandez and Jaxon Ratcliff
St. Joseph School; Teacher: Wendy Waxmonsky
Junior Individual Documentary:
First Place
The Bombe and Enigma
Dagan Haunhorst
St. Joseph School; Teacher: Wendy Waxmonsky
Second Place
The Black Death Pandemic
Harper Higgs
Tate’s School; Teacher: Christian Shaffer
Senior Individual Website:
First Place
Nazi Propaganda: Communicating Beliefs
Hannah Blake
L&N STEM Academy; Teacher: Karen Stanish
Second Place
Ida B. Wells
Sarah Ahmed
L&N STEM Academy; Teacher: Derek Griffin
Third Place
The Silencing of Stonewall
Lacy Bembery
L&N STEM Academy; Teacher: Alexis Hall
Senior Group Website:
First Place
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: Communicating Hazardous Labor Environments
Annie Hodge and Izabella Maestroiani
West High School; Teacher: Lindsey Parks
Second Place
The Significance of the Code Talkers
Mohamed Boshnag and Shane Evans
L&N STEM Academy; Teacher: Derek Griffin
Third Place
Operation Bodyguard
Nicolas Gillespie, Duncan Gilpatrick, Thomas Theriot, and Celia Wright
West High School; Teacher: Buzz McNish
Senior Individual Documentary:
First Place
Culture, Communication, and the Legacy of the Cold War
Max Harper
L&N STEM Academy; Teacher: Derek Griffin
Second Place
Thomas Nast and the Fall of “Boss” Tweed
Luke Dahl
L&N STEM Academy; Teacher: Karen Stanish
Third Place
Operation Teapot 1955: The Unclassified Operation of America’s Atomic Veterans
Ben Van Dyke
L&N STEM Academy; Teacher: Alexis Hall
Senior Group Documentary:
First Place
Nanyehi: Our Cry is All for Peace
Cristine Chen and Lilly Cooper
L&N STEM Academy; Teacher: Derek Griffin
Second Place
Number 96: The Soap Opera That Changed Lives
Fiona Collins and Caroline Smith
L&N STEM Academy; Teacher: Karen Stanish
Third Place
Propaganda, the Heart of Any Movement
Karsten Reed and Joseph Roddye
L&N STEM Academy; Teacher: Derek Griffin
Senior Individual Exhibit:
First Place
European Art
Jakki Harrah
L&N STEM Academy; Teacher: Derek Griffin
Second Place
Code Talkers
Savannah Sasinouski
West High School; Teacher: Buzz McNish
Third Place
The Impact of Protests, Marches, and Sit-Ins Through History
Carolina Jones
West High School; Teacher: Buzz McNish
Senior Group Exhibit:
Second Place
A Dark Communion, Salem Witch Trials: The Miscommunication
Ashton Courts and Phoebe Smith
L&N STEM Academy; Teacher: Derek Griffin
Third Place
Espionage in the Civil War
Jane Toth, Elexis Parker, Lisha Patel, Daniel Richter, and Grace Toth
L&N STEM Academy; Teacher: Derek Griffin
Special Awards
Dan and Mary Shannon Award for Best Use of Primary Sources, Junior Division
Second Place
Junior Individual Paper
Communication: Navajo Code Talkers in World War II
Christopher Carter
West Valley Middle School: Teacher; Karen Peterman
Dan and Mary Shannon Award for Best Use of Primary Sources, Senior Division
Second Place
Senior Group Documentary
Nanyehi: Our Cry is All for Peace
Cristine Chen and Lilly Cooper
L&N STEM Academy; Teacher: Derek Griffin
Senior Individual Documentary
Early Amateur Radio: The Hero of Communication
Ryan Rearden
L&N STEM Academy; Teacher: Derek Griffin
Sequoyah Award for Native American History, Senior Division
Senior Group Documentary
Nanyehi: Our Cry is All for Peace
Cristine Chen and Lilly Cooper
L&N STEM Academy; Teacher: Derek Griffin
Making History Personal Award, Senior Division
Senior Individual Exhibit
6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
Haley Gibson
L&N STEM Academy; Teacher: Karen Stanish
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