2021 OkNHD Virtual Showcase and Winners
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Congratulations to the 2021 Oklahoma National History Day state competition winners!
Special Prizes
AAUW of Oklahoma Teen Voices Award
"Nellie Bly: Reporting on Behalf of the Mad"
Imiyah Littlejohn and Aletheia Mcintosh from Canton
"Eleanor Roosevelt: Communicating Human Rights"
Mikaia Mitchell and Audrey Pegg from Morrison High School
Best Exhibit Design Award, presented by the Oklahoma Museums Association
"Silent Communication: The Language of the Fan"
Memphis Hoover from Morrison High School
"The Original Code Talkers"
Hollie Courtney from Muskogee High School
George Washington Leadership Prize, presented by George Washinton's Mount Vernon
"Common Sense"
Meha and Tessa Joseph from Deer Creek Middle School
"Espionage and the Culper Spy Ring: Understanding Covert Communication During the Revolutionary War"
Anusha Fathepure from Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics
John Mark Rhea History Day Prize
"Talking Cure: Bertha Pappenheim's Path to Peace"
Jenna Broaddus from Mingo Valley Christian School
Western Association
"Indian American Boarding Schools: 'Kill the Indian, save the Man'"
Bella Whitten from All Saints Catholic School
"Westward Expansion: Communicating a National Identity"
Khushi Damni from Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics
The Grand River Dam Authority Best Environmental Project Award
"4-H: Communicating Youth Development"
Rebecca Taylor from Morrison High School
"Migratory Bird Treaty Act : A Camera Hunter Aids Conservation"
Vanesa Bedolla, Bradley Carr, Sarah Simons, Gage Williams from Morrison High School
Historic Preservation Award, presented by the State Historic Preservation Office
"Talking Leaves of The Cherokee"
Maggie Brown from All Saints Catholic School
"The Tulsa Race Massacre"
Declan Jones from Casady School
Sweepstakes Winners
Junior: All Saints Catholic School
Senior: Muskogee High School
OkNHD Behring Teachers of the Year
Pam Brown from All Saints Christian
Molly Endsley from Broken Arrow
Junior Division Winners
Junior Group Documentary
Third Place
"The 1986 Chernobyl Disaster"
Alex Mora
David Nieto
All Saints Catholic School, Norman
Second Place
"The Kent State Shooting: A Message to the Nation"
Dawson Rucker
Zachary Jennings
All Saints Catholic School, Norman
First Place
"The Stonewall Riots"
Briona Dorrough
Megan Lowery
All Saints Catholic School, Norman
Junior Group Exhibit
Third Place
"Underground Railroad Communication"
Kaitlyn Farnsley
Rebekah Beins
Deer Creek Middle School, Edmond
Second Place
"Navajo Code Talkers: Their Story of Communication"
Jacob Rubin
Carter Robbins
Jemay Leow
Deer Creek Middle School, Edmond
First Place
"Nellie Bly: Reporting on Behalf of the Mad"
Imiyah Littlejohn
Aletheia Mcintosh
Canton Elementary School, Canton
Third Place
"The Pony Express"
Jakob Urbanski
Thomas Brockhaus
All Saints Catholic School, Norman
Junior Group Performance
Second Place
"Stonewall Riots"
Alexis Paxton
Mia Duren
All Saints Catholic School, Norman
First Place
"A Simple Brown Suitcase: Communicating and Understanding Lessons of the Holocaust"
Allie Smith
Brooklyn Green
Brooke Taylor
Harper Jones
Kelby Day
Canton Elementary School, Canton
Junior Group Website
Third Place
"Operation Mincemeat: How Britain Decided World War II"
Luke Alexander
Trevor Roberson
Classen Middle School of Advanced Studies, Oklahoma City
Second Place
"Telstar 1: The Satellite of the Future"
Karun Singh
Sreekar Vajjha
Pranav Domakonda
Classen Middle School of Advanced Studies, Edmond
First Place
"Stan Lee: Marvelous Communication through Comics"
Jake Foster
Coltin Smith
Peyton Castillo
Canton Elementary School, Canton
Junior Individual Documentary
Third Place
"Indian American Boarding Schools: 'Kill the Indian, Save the Man'"
Bella Whitten
All Saints Catholic School, Oklahoma City
Second Place
"The Paper Clip: The Norwegians' Silent Protest"
Hanna Andreassen
All Saints Catholic School, Norman
First Place
"Allies and Adversaries; The Key to The Suez Crisis"
Yara Ismail
Stillwater Junior High School, Stillwater
Junior Individual Exhibit
Third Place
"Chatting with the People: President Roosevelt Calms the Public"
Garrett Pickering
Morrison Elementary School, Morrison
Second Place
"Literacy for the Blind: The Impact of Braille on Communication in History"
Amy Le
St. Charles Borromeo Catholic School, Oklahoma City
First Place
"Silent Communication: The Language of the Fan"
Memphis Hoover
Morrison Junior High, Morrison
Junior Individual Performance
First Place
"United States of America and the Soviet Union: Political, Economic, and Nuclear Conflict and Communication through the 1980s"
Kylee Hart
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School, Edmond
Junior Individual Website
Third Place
"The Growth of Diplomacy: The Communication and Relation Between the US and China Over the Years"
Jackson Chase
St. Charles Borromeo Catholic School, Oklahoma City
Second Place
"Morse Code: The Rise of Long Distance Communications"
Tyler Afonien
Deer Creek Middle School, Edmond
First Place
"Yellow Journalism: Spanish-American War"
Zane Abouzahr
Stillwater Junior High School, Stillwater
Junior Paper
Third Place
"Jacob Riis: Communicating How the Other Half Lives"
Addisyn Smith
Canton Elementary School, Canton
Second Place
"How the Telephone Connected the World"
Alex Gregory
Deer Creek Middle School, Oklahoma City
First Place
"'That’s Kind of a Mean Drive': How a Dog Led Across 261 Miles to Save the Epidemic-Stricken Town of Nome"
Nicole Xiang
Stillwater Junior High School, Stillwater
Senior Division Winners
Senior Group Documentary
Third Place
"The History of Samuel Morse and His Impact on Communication"
Patrick Williams
Breanna Gioletti
Muskogee High School, Muskogee
Second Place
"Fighting Flyers: How the Allied Forces Used Pigeons for Communication in World War II"
Laurel Mossman
Kate Schein
Classen High School of Advanced Studies, Oklahoma City
First Place
"The Migratory Bird Treaty Act: A Camera Hunter Aids Conservation"
Vanesa Bedolla
Gage Williams
Sarah Simons
Bradley Carr
Morrison High School, Morrison
Senior Group Exhibit
Third Place
"Lewis Wickes Hine"
Tucker Nance
Madison Barbee
Broken Arrow Freshman Academy, Broken Arrow
Second Place
"Communication Through Women of the Confederacy"
Brylee Hanrahan
Sophie Stone
Muskogee High School, Muskogee
First Place
"The Rape of Recy Taylor: Speaking Out Against Social Injustice"
McKayla Howerton
Kylie Carrasco
Canton High School
Senior Group Website
Second Place
"John Boyle O'Reilly: Virtuoso of Communicative Justice"
Justin Yang
Evan McCrackin
Shoaib Jamil
Norman High School, Norman
First Place
"Dorothea Lange: Revealing Truth through a Camera Lens"
Gavin Johnson
Ryan Taylor
Wyatt Coffey
Mason Harris
Morrison High School, Perry
Senior Individual Documentary
Second Place
"Communication Through Graffiti"
Braxton Hogan-Bezinque
Mingo Valley Christian School, Tulsa
First Place
"The Tulsa Race Massacre"
Declan Jones
Casady School, Oklahoma City
Senior Individual Exhibit
Third Place
"The Original Code Talkers"
Hollie Courtney
Muskogee High School, Muskogee
Second Place
"Bridging the Communication Gap"
Lauren Fullerton
Muskogee High School, Muskogee
First Place
"Using the Arts as Ammunition"
Micah Madden
Mingo Valley Christian School, Tulsa
Senior Individual Performance
Second Place
"Joan of Arc: Communication with the Saints"
Miriam Lowe
Mingo Valley Christian School, Broken Arrow
First Place
"The Talking Cure: Bertha's Pappenheim's Path to Peace"
Jenna Broaddus
Mingo Valley Christian School, Tulsa
Senior Individual Website
Third Place
"Westward Expansion: Communicating a National Identity"
Khushi Damani
Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, Yukon
Second Place
"William Allen White - An Editor Was Born"
Braylan Haworth
Weatherford High School, Weatherford
First Place
"Women During Prohibition: The Rebellion Against Gender Roles"
Oviya Selvakumar
Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, Edmond
Senior Paper
Third Place
"Negro Spirituals: African American Communication"
Ny'keria Pritchett
Muskogee High School, Muskogee
Second Place
"The Importance of Communication to the FDR Administration and The New Deal"
Carson Crull
Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, Edmond
First Place
"Heritage, Not History: The Overwhelming Illusion of the Lost Cause"
Dylann Brown
Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, Bixby