Students participate in National History Day

HOUGHTON — More than 80 students from grades 4 through 12 participated in the National History Day District 1 regional competition, held March 22 at Michigan Tech University. Students participated in a variety of categories with this year’s theme of “Conflict and Compromise in History.”


The following entries were selected by the judges to advance to the state finals on April 26 at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant:


DOLLAR BAY —  Anna Backman and Marah Erickson, “The Atlas Powder Company,” Dollar Bay Middle School, Junior Division/ Group Exhibit; Jeff Dunstan and Dane Mattila, “Toledo War: The War that Never Started,” Dollar Bay High School, Senior Division/ Group Documentary; Nicole LeClaire, “Clara Barton: Independent and Strong,” Dollar Bay High School, Senior Division/ Performance; Channing McCormack and Braun Rosenlund, “Chemical Warfare,” Dollar Bay High School, Junior Division/ Group Documentary; and Claire Meneguzzo and Ben Hying, “Creation Science,” Dollar Bay High School, Senior Division/ Group Documentary


HANCOCK — Trevor Curtis, “The Earth is Round and I’ll Prove It,” Hancock High School, Senior Division/ Paper; Tyler Curtis, “The Worst Mid-Life Crisis Ever: The 1918 Flu Pandemic,” Hancock High School, Senior Division/ Paper; Neil Kauppila and Devin Kero, “Jackie Robinson,” Hancock Middle School, Junior Division/ Group Documentary; Cameron McKenzie, Jari Sague and Joel Maki, “The Winter War,” Hancock Middle School, Junior Division/ Group Exhibit; Andy Oja and Luke Paul, “Steroids,” Hancock Middle School, Junior Division/ Group Web site; and Kirsti Wall, “Khmer Rouge: 2 Million Dead,” Hancock High School, Senior Division/ Individual Web site


HOUGHTON — Kalle Markkanen, “1913-14 Strike,” Houghton Middle School, Junior Division/ Individual Exhibit


MARQUETTE — Anastasia Bury, “Flygirls! The Sky’s the Limit,” Marquette Senior High School, Senior Division/ Performance; and Rachel Wells, “Battle of New Orleans,” Father Marquette School, Youth Division/ Individual Exhibit


PAINESDALE — Marley Chynoweth, “Women, War Production and WWII,” Jeffers High School, Senior Division/ Individual Exhibit; Sarah Kelly, “Quiet No More: Women’s Suffrage in America,” Jeffers High School, Senior Division/ Individual Exhibit; Lori Petrelius, “The Holocaust: Hitler’s Compromise,” Jeffers High School, Senior Division/ Paper; Calina Puuri and Brittany Nicholas, “The Triangle Factory Fire,” Jeffers High School, Junior Division/ Group Exhibit; Hannah Rundman and Brittany Puska, “1913-14 Strike of Michigan’s Copper Mines,” Jeffers High School, Senior Division/ Group Exhibit; and Amy Ruohonen, “Italian Hall Disaster,” Jeffers High School, Junior Division/ Individual Exhibit


Michigan History Day is sponsored by the Historical Society of Michigan, the MTU Department of Social Sciences, the Quincy Mine Hoist Association and the MTU Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections. District 1 includes 12 counties in the central and western Upper Peninsula.