This competition marks the culmination of a year-long program of historical research and discovery.  Approximately 6,000 students throughout the Commonwealth conducted research, analyzed historical sources to reach conclusions, and developed projects to demonstrate what they learned about topics of their own choosing.  Relating their topics to this year’s theme of Innovation:  Impact and Change, they created projects in one of five categories:  historical papers, websites, documentaries, performances, and exhibits.  Presented at one of eleven regional contests, the best were selected to attend the state contest.

Over the two-days of the state contest, the students presented their research to the teachers, professors, and professional historians who volunteered to serve as judges.  In all, 117 judges and volunteers donated their time to make the state contest possible.  The winners will move on to the National Contest at the University of Maryland at College Park, MD, in June.

National History Day is an internationally recognized program of academic excellence that engages students in a positive learning environment and enhances student achievement.

National History Day in Pennsylvania is sponsored by the Army Heritage Center Foundation, located in Carlisle, PA, and National History Day, Inc.

A list of first place, second place, and honorable mention winners follows.

2010 National History Day in Pennsylvania State Winners

Junior Individual Historical Paper

1^st Place:
Entry #  1021
Title: From Cholera to Crapper and Beyond: How the Innovation of the Flush Toilet Shaped Civilization
Student: Gabriel Schroeder
School: Mary Queen of Apostles School

2^nd Place:
Entry # 1006
Title: Completing the Circuit: The Missing Catalysts of the Electric Car
Student: Gillian Ryan
School: Kutztown Area Middle School

Honorable Mention:
Entry # 1016
Title: The Atomic Bomb: An Innovation in Warfare
Student: Francesca Mandel
School: Ancillae-Assumpta Academy

Junior Individual Exhibit

1^st Place:
Entry # 1114
Title:  Interchangeable Parts
Student: John George Armstrong
School: Lionville Middle School

2^nd Place:
Entry # 1109
Title: The Toilet: Flushing In A New Age of Sanitation in Europe
Student: Nathan Tschepik
School: Lenape Middle School

Honorable Mention:
Entry # 1106
Title: Anaerobic Digest: For Better or For Worse
Student: Philip Piersol
School: Our Mother Of Perpetual Help School

Junior Group Exhibit

1^st Place:
Entry # 1214
Title:  Fight Cancer With Knowledge: The Innovative Forces That Waged A War On Cancer
Students: Emily Reiss and Trinity Hamm
School: Kutztown Area Middle School

2^nd Place:
Entry #: 1221
Tile: Here There Will Be No Unhappiness: The Social Utopia of Hershey, PA
Students: Rachel Williamson, Fiona Kane-Salafia, Abigail Makovsky, and Elizabeth Tumbleson

School: Kutztown Area Middle School

Honorable Mention:
Entry # 1225
Title: This Whole Thing Puts Me to Sleep
Students: Annie Koch and Delaney Wehn
School:  Peters Township Middle School

Junior Individual Performance

1^st Place:
Entry #: 1304
Title: The Doolittle Raid: Military Innovation that Impacted the Nation
Student: Mitch Farrell
School: Mary Queen of Apostle School

2^nd Place
Entry #: 1315
Title: No Bones About It
Student: Tyler Smart
School: Saint Michael School

Honorable Mention:
Entry # 1301
Title: The Jet Engine: The Innovation that Sparked a Flying Revolution
Student: Robert Haag
School: Eyer Middle School

Junior Group Performance

1^st Place:
Entry # 1404
Title: From the Wizard of Waukesha to the Sorcerer of Sound: Les Paul Revolutionizes Recording and Amplifies the Acoustic Guitar
Students: Jocelyn Englehart, Katie Eigenbrod and Sarah Gow
School: Kutztown Area Middle School

2^nd Place:
Entry # 1419
Title: You Dream it We Ship It
Students: Analaura Catalki and Makenna Brezitski
School: Holy Name of Jesus School

Honorable Mention:
Entry # 1400
Title: The Compass & Exploration
Students: Velisa Li, Connor Harrigan and Laura Taylor
School: East Hills Middle School 

Junior Individual Documentary

1^st Place:
Entry # 1503
Title: Limb Prosthetics: Innovation of Hope
Student: Olivia Hess
School: Mechanicsburg Middle School

 

2^nd Place:
Entry # 1502
Title: Photography
Student: Lucila Dalia
School: South Mountain Middle School

Honorable Mention:
Entry # 1511
Title: Salt: Take it with a Grain of Iodine
Student: Kate Shindle
School: Mechanicsburg Middle School 

Junior Group Documentary

1^st Place:
Entry # 1615
Title: Penn-Craft: Building the Future One Brick at a Time
Students: Jenna Christner and Megan Planey
School: Bellmar Middle School

2^nd Place:
Entry # 1613
Title: Fueled by Fear of Soviet Superiority: The Innovative Saturn V’s Launch of a World Unifying Force
Students: Nathan Onorofsky and John Bowen
School: Kutztown Middle School

Honorable Mention:
Entry # 1624
Title: Eradicating Polio: A Parting Shot
Students: Chloe Grzyb and Lillian Fornof
School: McMurray Elementary School 

Junior Group & Individual Website

1^st Place:
Entry # 1702
Title: KDKA, A Pittsburgh First: “Listen to What We’ve Started”
Students: Jake Klukaszewski and Ian Kelly
School: Mary Queen of Apostles School

2^nd Place:
Entry # 1733
Title: Schuylkill Canal and Lock System at Mont Clare, PA
Students: Arianna Henderson-Moser and Kayla Hall
School: Reynolds Middle School

Honorable Mention:
Entry # 1717
Title: See the Sky Though a Different Eye
Students: Victoria Bowman and Jordan Irvin
School: Spring Cove Middle School

Senior Individual Historical Paper

1^st Place (Tie):
Entry # 2016
Title: Sky Full of Horses
Student: Anna Kirk
School: Cambridge Springs High School

1^st Place (Tie):
Entry #: 2015
Title: Mount Airy: Integration as Innovation
Student: Melanie Millwood
School: Masterman High School

2^nd Place:
Entry # 2022
Title: Dialectical Materialism: An Innovation of History
Student: Natasha Phillips
School: Riverview Jr./Sr. High School

Honorable Mention:
Entry # 2008
Title: Television & Presidential Campaigns: Modernizing Politics
Student: Miles Lichtman
School: Central Bucks High School South

Senior Individual Exhibit

1^st Place:
Entry # 2122
Title: DeLaval: Cream Separation
Student: Andrew Brumbaugh
School: Central High School

2^nd Place:
Entry # 2106
Title: CPR: Restoring the Rhythm of Life
Student: Emily Kinnunen
School: Gateway Senior High School

Honorable Mention:
Entry # 2105
Title: The Boeing 747: Innovation Comes Jumbo Sized
Student: Nicholas Dorozynsky
School: J.P. McCaskey High School

Senior Group Exhibit

1^st Place:
Entry # 2200
Title: Brethren in Bonds: The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society
Students: Numrah Bashir, Deblyn Lawrence, Amy Louie and Helen Hunter
School: Masterman High School

2^nd Place:
Entry # 2211
Title: Iron Turns History
Students: Jeaneatte Glusko and Sarah Allwein
School: Bishop McDevitt High School

Honorable Mention:
Entry # 2227
Title: How the Innovation of Title IX Impacted Women in Sports
Students: Sierra Brooks and Kelsey Stasyszyn
School: Carlisle High School

Senior Individual Performance

1^st Place:
Entry # 2308
Title: The Cotton Gin: Shaping the Fabric of America
Student: Sophia Taborski
School: N. Allegheny Sr. High School

2^nd Place:
Entry # 2312
Title: Dr. Thomas E. Starzl: Introducing Innovative Ideas to Medicine, Science & Humanity
Student: Giuliana Latella
School: St. Joseph School

Honorable Mention:
Entry # 2306
Title: The Unintended Consequences of Innovation: The Andersonville Prison and Sultana Steamboat Disaster
Student: Cara Graeff
School: Bishop McDevitt High School 

Senior Group Performance

1^st Place:
Entry # 2403
Title: We Interrupt this Broadcast: The Golden Age of Radio
Students: Laura Habich, Rachel Miller, Katherine DeLucy, Jillian Kinsey and Alessandro DiSanto
School: Bishop McDevitt High School

2^nd Place:
Entry # 2405
Title: Gradual Abolition: Freedom by Degree
Students: Charmira Nelson and Brain Cornel-Mamodou
School: Constitution High School

Honorable Mention:
Entry # 2413
Title: Tapping to the Rhythm of Black History
Students: Benjamin Tindal and Isabel Ramos
School: Masterman High School

Senior Individual Documentary

1^st Place:
Entry # 2521
Title: A Keystone Survey
Student: Collin McCarthy
School: Bishop McDevitt High School 

2^nd Place:
Entry # 2518
Title: A Star Was Born: Galileo and the Telescope
Student: Meghan Rosenberger
School: St. Joseph School

Honorable Mention:
Entry # 2522
Title: On the Chariot of Apollo
Student: Austin Hess
School: Mechanicsburg Area Senior High

Senior Group Documentary

1^st Place:
Entry # 2623
Title:  WDAS:  Broadcasting a Frequency of Change
Students:  Samuel Kopansy, Catherine Breiner and Laura Garcia
School:  Masterman High School

2^nd Place:
Entry # 2612
Title: Mall, Sprawl and the Fall of the Downtown: Innovation of Malls Changes the Urban Landscape
Students: Abigail Lynch and Natalie Snyder
School: Allentown Central Catholic High School

Honorable Mention:
Entry # 2601
Title: Ponzi Scheme: A House of Cards
Students: Rachel Ladd, Scott Leighow and Debbie McGinnis
School: Lewisburg Area High School 

Senior Group and Individual Website

1^st Place:
Entry # 2720
Title:  The Hubble Space Telescope:  A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words
Student: Shane Coffield
School: Trinity High School

2^nd Place:
Entry # 2728
Title: The Brooklyn Bridge:  A City United at Last
Students:  Jennifer Angelo, Sarah Carr, Lily Gordon and Annelise Bell
School:  Central Bucks High School West

Honorable Mention:
Entry # 2707
Title: The Talkies:  How Sound Changed the Cinema
Students:  Joseph Marchi, Holly Stein, Heather Schrecengost and Matthew Bovard
School: St. Joseph High School

Contact: Jeffrey G. Hawks

Education Director, AHCF and National History Day in PA State Coordinator

717-258-1102

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