2026 Mequon Contest Results - State Qualifiers

Junior

Junior Group Documentary          

Europe Reacts to Social Darwinism: King Leopold Justifies Bleeding the Congo-Anvi & Alekhya

The Path to Extinction: Cuvier's Scientific Revolution- Saanvi & Amelia

Dale Earnhardt The Revolution of Nascar- Kayden, Cameron & Ryan

Alternate: Polio- The Tylenol Murders- Eleanor & Mirabella

Junior Individual Documentary          

The Tylenol Murders- Delainey

Witches in Salem: The Impacts of the Salem Witch Trials- Chloe

Mathilde Franziska Anneke - A Founding Mother- Diya

Junior Group Exhibit

Theory of Evolution– Sanika & Prisha

Tylenol Murders– Lena & Madeline

The Effect of AI– Aditi & Naomika

Alternate: Reforms in the Film Industry– Anishka, Bridget & Reagan

Junior Individual Exhibit

How Conditions in the Construction Industry Rapidly Revolutionized and were Reformed- Daniel

The Invisible Scars of Orcas in Captivity- Mahitha

The Little Bohemia Raid- Owen

Alternate: Women’s Rights and suffrage movements-Safia

Junior Papers

Art in The Renaissance: Redefining Human Potential- Gurshan

Sterling Hall Bombing- Aarav

Red Tails - The Legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen- Zoha

Alternate: Nicolaus Copernicus and the Heliocentric Theory- Shashant

Junior Group Website

Increase Lapham: The Father of the Revolutionary Weather System- Cecilia & Reagan

Reactions to the Vietnam War- Reese & Olivia

The Nike and Micheal Jordan partnership- Darsh & Ekaksha

Alternate: The Galveston Hurricane- Ian, Sanjay, Connor & Nolan

Junior Individual Website

From Discovery to Danger- The birth of biological warfare- Seanleander

The Telephone, a Ringing Success- Kaitlyn 

The Atomic Bomb - Manhattan Project- Rayyan

Alternate: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Architectural Revolution in Wisconsin- Benjamin

Senior

Senior Group Documentary

Revolutionary Reproductive Rights- Ellen & Aubrey

Radium Girls: The Women Who Changed the Workplace- Josephine & Calla

Senior Individual Documentary

Ford's Fight to Win the 24 Hour War-Mark

The GI Bill of Rights: A Revolutionary Reform of Veteran’s Benefits- Albert

Apollo 11- Brogan

Alternate: Radium Girls: The Struggle of the Workforce- Chloe

Senior Group Exhibit

Operation Torch– Henry & Jackson

How the Other Half Lives By Jacob Riis; The Horrors Within the Tenements– Celia & Hadley

9/11 and its Impacts on America– Jenna, Ava & Dahlia

Alternate: Susan B. Anthony: Suffering to End Women's Suffrage– Grace & Blair

Senior Individual Exhibit

Revolution on the rails, The Transcontinental Railroad- Theo

Running Towards Equality- Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics- Ishaan

Saving Football: College Reforms and Teddy Roosevelt- Caleb

Alternate: December 7, 1941: The Attack that Reshaped America-Leah

Senior Paper

The Interurban and its Revolution and Reform of Upper Midwest Modernity- Sean

Free The Land and a New Nation: The Homestead Act of 1862- Alex

The Dust Bowl and the Reforms it Brought About America- Nicolaus

Senior Group Performance

The Montgomery Bus Boycott- Arabella, Shanvi, Mehetabel, Audra & Nidhi

Senior Group Website

"One of the Worst Environmental Disasters": How the Love Canal Tragedy Reformed Environmental Standards– Mallory & Madelynn

The Manhattan Project: Unleashing The Atomic Revolution– Aiden & Joe

The Mayo Effect: Turning Point of Reform in Healthcare- Avery & Emma

Alternate: Revolution in Sports: Jackie Robinson Breaking the Color Barrier-Reagan & Lukas

Senior Individual Website

A Revolutionary Case: The Story of Roe v. Wade- Nila

The Battle of Midway: A Story of Dive-bombing, Code breaking, and the Revolution of the Pacific Theater- Jackson

The Beatles and the Ed Sullivan Show: How American Rock was Reborn- Austin

Alternate: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: How a Fire Sparked Safety Reforms- Kinsleigh

Special Award Winners

Labor History Award, presented by the Wisconsin Labor History Society:

Radium Girls: The Struggle of the Workforce- Chloe