National History Day - 2004 results
National History Day Kansas 2004 Medalists
Gold Medal
Atima Lui, Topeka Collegiate, Topeka
"I am not Tragically Colored: Zora Neale Hurston's Exploration of the African American Oral Tradition"
Teacher - Laura Straus
Received - $1000
Bronze Medal
Hannah Frydman and Mulligan Greenwell, Central Junior High School, Lawrence
"Kill the Indian, Save the Man"
Teacher - Dari Hilbert
Received - $250
Erin Schmidt, Haven Middle School, Haven
"The Women of the AAGPBL, Exploring a New Way to Play Baseball"
Teacher - Chris Terrill
Received - $250
National History Day 2004 Kansas Special Honors
Outstanding State Entry Junior Division
Haden Beardmore, Blake Hamilton, and Cyrus Wittig, Topeka Collegiate, Topeka
Junior Group Exhibit, "Lewis & Clark: 146 Days with the Mandan & Hidatsa Indians,"
Teacher - John MacDonald
Outstanding State Entry Senior Division
Andrew McKee, Lawrence High School, Lawrence
Senior Individual Documentary, "The Cuban Missile Crisis"
Teacher - Mike Ortmann
George C. Marshall Award for Twentieth Century History
Lacey Howard, Haven Middle School, Haven
Junior Individual Exhibit, "Influenza 1918: Encounter with the Unknown"
Teacher - Chris Terrill
Siemens Innovation in American History Award
Vincent Cheng, Wichita High School East, Wichita
Senior Historical Paper, ""Unwinding the Secret of Life: Exchanging Ideas in the History of Discovering the Structure of DNA"
Teacher - Jennifer Fry
