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State Contest Information

  • Contest information for the State contest, including accessibility, schedule, and project submission.

 

State Results

Documentary National Finalists


Junior Individual Documentary
National Finalist: Brown V. Board of Education- Shiloh

National Finalist: The iPhone: The Most Advanced Way of Communication- Olivia

1st Alternate: Refuting Scientific Sexism: The Turning Point in Medical Education for Women- Dhyana

2nd Alternate: Operation Blue Star: The Dawn of Impunity in India- Jind


Junior Group Documentary
National Finalist: Emmett Till: The 14 Year Old That Changed History- Alexia, Lola & Delilah

National Finalist: The Rocking Turning Point to the Fall of the Berlin Wall- Avery & Faye

1st Alternate: D-Day: The Beginning of the End of World War II- Aarav

2nd Alternate: Rome 1960 Olympics- Amelia, Ella & Lauren


Senior Individual Documentary
National Finalist What Happened to the Working War Woman?: How 1950's Advertising Sent Women Back to the Kitchen- Jennifer


National Finalist: The Emergence of the AIDS Epidemic's Impact on American Art- Josie


1st Alternate: China’s One Child Policy- Sydney


2nd Alternate: Postum Purchases Birdseye Foods: A Turning Point in How Americans Eat- Liza


Senior Group Documentary
National Finalist: The Silent Service: How Pearl Harbor Turned the Tide of Submarine Warfare- Olive, Davis & Landon

National Finalist: The Repeal of the Fairness Doctrine: An Irreversible Turning Point in American Media- Emma & Krin

1st Alternate: Love Knows No Color: Loving v. Virginia and the Fight for Equal Marriage- Elliett & Sophie

2nd Alternate: The Decline of Armor and the Rise of Firearms in Medieval and Renaissance Europe- Lonell & Owen

 

Exhibit National Finalists


Junior Individual Exhibit
National Finalist: The Murder of Emmett Till- Anna

National Finalist: Antibiotics: a Medicinal and a Agricultural Gamechanger- Evelyn 

1st Alternate: Betty Crocker- Rose

2nd Alternate: How the Apollo Missions Changed the Path of History- Nolan


Junior Group Exhibit
National Finalist:  Apollo 11- Nolan & Caleb

National Finalist:  The Discovery of the Double Helix: a Twist on Life- Halli, Lily & Ava

1st Alternate: St. Dickey Chapelle: Covering Combat- Ella & Ainsley

2nd Alternate:  Darwin's theory of evolution- Roshen, John & Otto


Senior Individual Exhibit
National Finalist: Fashion Effects– Olivia

National Finalist: United Daughters of the Confederacy: A Purposefully Misinformed South- Victoria

1st Alternate: Gideon Vs. Wainwright- Harlowe

2nd Alternate: The Book of Mormon: How A Book Changed History and Modern Life- Abbie


Senior Group Exhibit
National Finalist: Turning Points of the Manhattan Project- Kailee, Anonya, Aleah, Donnie & Mai

National Finalist: Corset To Coco: A Turning Point in History-Rachael & Michelle

1st Alternate: Seneca Falls: How One Convention Planted The Seed For the 19th Amendment- Lillian & Lucy

2nd Alternate: Women's Role in the Consumer Revolution- Lilah, McKenna, Adalie & Marli

 

Paper National Finalists

Junior Paper
National Finalist: The Bessemer Process- Arianna

National Finalist: The Bengali Genocide: A Turning Point in the Geopolitical History of the Indian Subcontinent in the Era of Indira, Bhutto, and Mujib- Anirban

1st Alternate: Buddy Holly: Changing the Way We See Music - Elizabeth

2nd Alternate:  Transforming Transcontinental Communication - The First Transatlantic Radio- Frank


Senior Paper
National Finalist: The CIA’s Acid Tests: A Turning Point in LSD History and Popularization- Hunter

National Finalist: Flames of Change: The Wildfires of 1910- Lillian

1st Alternate: State of Florida v. Tommie Lee Andrews: How the Use of DNA Evidence Altered the Criminal Justice System in the U.S.- Samantha

2nd Alternate: The disputed whiteness of Italian Americans- Flint

 

Performance National Finalists


Junior Individual Performance
National Finalist: Ella Baker: Never Resting For Freedom- Emery

National Finalist: The History of Hand Hygiene in Hospitals- Caroline

1st Alternate: The Radium Girls: The Story Of America's Shining Women- Summer

2nd Alternate- Garbo the Game Changer- PJ


Junior Group Performance
National Finalist: Sesame Street; Sunny Days Sweeping the Clouds Away- Rubianne, Kennedy, & Sydney


National Finalist: The Remembrance of 9/11: A Turning Point in U.S. History- Sophie, Rilee, Haley, Breleigh & Laney

1st Alternate: American Meat Changed For The Better- Mya, Jayda, Sofia & Paige


2nd Alternate: Women's Right to Vote- Ashlyn & Amelia


Senior Individual Performance
National Finalist: John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry- Camila

 

Website National Finalists


Junior Individual Website
National Finalist: Per Aspera Ad Astra: How the Sputnik Launch STEMmed American Education– Gosha


National Finalist: The Haitian Revolution- Nikhil


1st Alternate: Sputnik- Evie


2nd Alternate: The Trial and Passing of Roe v. Wade- Addison


Junior Group Website
National Finalist: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: A Turning Point in Labor History– Madelyn & June


National Finalist: B-29 Superfortress - The Plane that Transformed Aviation- Cliff & Xavier


1st Alternate: Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project- Grayson & Max

2nd Alternate: Title IX: 37 Words That Changed Sports and Education– Lilly & Aanya


Senior Individual Website
National Finalist: Leveling the Playing Field:Progress and Challenges in Title IX and Women in College Sports- Annele


National Finalist: The progress and Future of the Clean Air Act- Brenna


1st Alternate: Loving v. Virginia; The Supreme Court Ruling That Changed America- Randle


2nd Alternate: Jonas Salk and the Discovery of the Polio Vaccine- Sophia


Senior Group Website
National Finalist: The Rise of Anesthesia- Adeline & Sarah


National Finalist: The Endangered Species Act: A Turning Point for the Better- Hudson, Wilson & Jonah


1st Alternate: Norman Borlaug: Founding Father of the Green Revolution- Margaret, Lily & Abigail


 2nd Alternate: The Manhattan Project: The Creation and Legacy of the Atomic Bomb- Lexi & Clare