2012 Special Winners

South Dakota Junior Division Project:"Penicillin"s Impacts on theWar" -Grace Goehring, Jessica Kurtz, Courtney Anderson & Tanner Masteiler - Selby Junior High (Award sponsored by the South Dakota Humanaties Council)
   South Dakota Senior Division Project: Senior Group Exhibit -"Hiding Behind The Mask" Shelby Vander Laan & Ashley Reirson,  Herried High School (Award sponsored by South Dakota Humanaties Council)

Senior Historical Exhibit: "Railroads Revolutionizing the Hub City" -Samantha Scepanieak, Emma Johnson & Logan Carlson. (Sponsored by the South Dakota Historical Society, Pierre)
Women in History: Senior: "Leveling the Playing Field- The Reform & Reaction of Title IX" , Senior Group Performanc, Karissa Chamley & Jenica Chapin, Summit School  (Award sponsored by General Federated Women's Clubs of South Dakota)
  Junior: "Jane Goodall"- Individual Performanc, Maggie Fouberg, Aberdeen Holgate Middle  School (Sponsored by the Brookings GFWC)

Agricultural/ Rural Life History: Sr. Documentary , "Railroads Revolutionising the Hub City" Senior Group Exhibit, Samantha Scepaniak, Emma Johnson, Logan Carlson,  Aberdeen Central (Award sponsored by the  State Agricultural Heritage Musuem, SDSU.)
   Junior Rural Life:  Junior Individual Exhibit, "The Model T- A Revolution in Transportation" Andrew Nehlich, Nick Nash, & Cole Stokes, Edison Middle School, Sioux Falls (Award sponsored by the  State Agricultural  Heritage Musuem, SDSU)

Native American Project: "Cultural Revolution of Native American Education", Senior Website  Breann Greer, Stevens High School, Rapid City
   Native American Jr. Project: "Revolution of the Gold Rush" , Junior Exhibit, Eden Schanzenbach, Holgate Middle School, Aberdeen  (Sponsored by Larson Foundation))

British History : Jr. Research Paper., "William Wiberforce and the Abolition of the British Slave Trade, Peter Auch, Beresford Middle  School. (Sponsored by the University of South Dakota, Vermillion,  History Dept. in memory of Dr. Stephen Ward)

Legal History: "Lawlessness of the Nation", Junior Performance, Thomas Krueger, Aberdeen Holgate Middle School. (Sponsored by University of  South Dakota, Vermillion, Law School)

Military History: "The Haitian Revolution" Senior website,  Gilbert West, Aberdeen Central Hight School (Award sponsored by Brookings Morning Optimisits)
        Jr. Cocumentary "Guerilla Warfare" Justin Rau & Landon Holder, Selby Junior High. (Sponsored by Brookings Mornings Optimisits)

Technology Or Science: "Pursing the Final Frontier" Alex Rehurek & Cameron Luken, Senior Exhibit, Yankton High School (Sponsored by Brookings Lions Club)

Yankton College Winner:  (Emphasis on local history)  "Peter Norbeck, A Prairie Statesman's Role"- Senior Paper,  Drew Konoposek (Sponsored by Yankton College)
   *Also winner of the Best Senior Research Paper- sponsored by a Friend of National History Day

Special Awards Memory of Witt Family ($50 cash) Junior: "The Punk Revolution of the Late 70's" ,  Junior Group Documentary. Logan Simmons & Michael Bertsch (Award  Sponsored by Bob & Faith Freese, Vermillion)

2012  Patricia Behring South Dakota NHD Teachers of the Year: Division 2:  Doug Haar, Yankton High School    Division 1: Jeanette Remily, Britton-Hecla School District
 

What Is South Dakota History Day?

National History Day is not just a day, but every day! The National History Day program is a year-long education program that culminates in a national contest every June.

For more than thirty years the National History Day program has promoted systemic educational reform related to the teaching and learning of history in America's schools. The combination of creativity and scholarship built into the NHD program anticipated current educational reforms, making National History Day a leading model of performance-based learning.

NHD is a year-long education program that engages students in grades 6-12 in the process of discovery and interpretation of historical topics. Students produce dramatic performances, imaginative exhibits, multimedia documentaries, websites, and research papers based on research related to an annual theme. These projects are then evaluated at local, state, and national competitions.

State Competition will be  held Saturday, 14  April 2012, on the campus of South Dakota State University in Brookings SD.  The National Contest will be held at the University of Maryland, June 10 -14,2012.

State NHD coordinator is Kathie Tuntland. Contact State Coordinator The NHD program and state contest is sponsored by the South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum,  the South Dakota Humanities Council, and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC.

  The NHD 2012 Theme is "Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History".

Why Participate?

Many different people participate in the NHD program:

• Students
• Teachers
• Colleges and Universities
• Libraries, Museums, and Archives
• Community Businesses

The NHD program serves as a vehicle to teach students important literacy skills and to engage them in the use and understanding of museum and library resources. The program inspires students to study local history, and then challenges them to expand their thinking and apply knowledge of local events to the national, or even worldwide scene. The program also teaches students to become technologically literate through the use of computer and Internet research methods, and the use of technologically advanced applications in their presentations.

"The true benefits from participating in National History Day go way past a certificate or medal. The program teaches kids the writing, analytical understanding, and reading comprehension skills that will make them a success in life, no matter what their career," states parent Susan Moose.