Kansas History Day

2006 Results

These images were taken at the Junior Awards Ceremony on Kansas History Day, Saturday, April 22, 2006, at the Eisenhower Center in Abilene. Larger images are available by clicking on these thumbnails.


Katherine Ebeling, "Katharine Graham and the Washington Post: Taking a Stand for Freedom of the Press," Topeka Collegiate, teacher John MacDonald, district 3. Received $125 Kansas Corral of Westerners scholarship.		Alex Rankin, "Dietrich Bonhoeffer, A Modern Martyr Taking a Stand Against the State Gone Mad," Landon Middle School, teacher Jean Attebury, district 3.

Nathan Jamison, "Chief Standing Bear, Taking a Stand for Native American, Human and Civil Rights," Robert Goddard Middle School, Goddard, teacher Larry Mark, district 6. Received $100 Smoky Hill Museum scholarship.		Carolyn Roederer, "Women Aiming for the Moon," Yoder Charter School, Yoder, teacher Chris Terrill, district 7.

Daniel Mandel and Parker Featherston, "Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th: Taking a Stand for Racial Equality," teacher Topeka Collegiate, John MacDonald, district 3. Received $200 Butler County History Center and Kansas Oil Museum scholarship.		Brittney King and Celeste Sultana, "Frank Lloyd Write: A Different Style," Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, Manhattan, teacher Terry Healy, district 4.

James Lipscomb, "FDR: Standing in the Public Eye," Fort Scott Middle School, Fort Scott, teachers Michelle Brittain and Suzy Boldrini, district 2. Received $200 Kansas Council for the Social Studies scholarship.		Taylor Bailey, "A General's Stand: A Daughter's Love," Fort Scott Middle School, Fort Scott, teachers Michelle Brittain and Suzy Boldrini, district 2.

Steven Henning and Tyler Thomas, "Old John of the Mountains," Reno Valley High School, Newton, teacher Heather Sazama, district 7. Received $255 Fort Larned Old Guard scholarship.		Emily Belin, Elizabeth Dean and Brianna Jett, "Mill Girls: On Strike for Their Rights," Eisenhower Elementary, Fort Leavenworth, teacher Karen Gladhart, district 3.

Zoey Hearn-Feldman, "From Imperialism to Independence: The American Revolution of Ideas Taking a Stand for Human Rights," Central Junior High School, Lawrence, teacher Jennifer Ybarra, district 1. Received $100 KSHS, Inc. scholarship.		Elsa Goossen, "Shinichi Suzuki: A Musician Taking A Stand For Harmony Across Cultures," Washburn Rural Middle School, teacher Donna Sanders, district 3.

Liza Farr, Zoey Limesand, Tess Frydman, and Alyson Frydman, "Let Everyone Be Ready to Die Like a Man: Jews Taking a Stand in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising," Central Junior High School, Lawrence, teacher Jennifer Ybarra, district 1. Received $200 Kansas Association of Historians Scholarship.		Anna Hamilton and Sjobor Hammer, "Lighting the Dark Places: Esther Brown and the Webb v School District 90 Case," Topeka Collegiate, teacher John MacDonald, district 3.

Society for American Baseball Research Prize Winners Andrea Sanders, "Curt Flood: The Fight Against Baseball," Robinson Middle School, Wichita Justin Query, "Jackie Robinson Is A Man," Uniontown Junior High School, Uniontown		Bleeding Kansas Heritage Area Award Olivia Parrish, "John Brown Takes A Stand," Wamego Middle School, Wamego

Greater Kansas City Area Scholarship Award Anna Hamilton and Sjobor Hammer, "Lighting the Dark Places: Esther Brown and the Webb v. School District No. 90 Case," Topeka Collegiate, Topeka		Susan Fiihr, Chetopa High School, Chetopa, received the 2006 Teacher of the Year Award

The 2006 Junior Awards Ceremony