National History Day in

Wisconsin
East Central Regional Event

March 3, 2018
 2018 EAST CENTRAL REGIONAL
EVENT SCHEDULE
TIME EVENT LOCATION
7:30 - 8:30AM Information Desk 2nd Floor Hallway Reeve Union
Exhibit Set-Up Reeve Union 202 or 212AB
9:00 – 11:00am Judging Reeve Union
See below for specific rooms

10:40-11:20am & Public Viewing of Exhibits Reeve Union

12:15 - 1:20pm Junior Rm 202 | Senior Rm 212AB

11:30 -12:45pm Final Rounds Posted in Reeve Union Info Desk

Announced approx. 11:45 am Some are live, others closed

12:20-1:20pm Exhibit Removal Pyle Center

1:30 - 2:00pm Awards Ceremony Reeve Union Ballroom (Room 227)

FINAL ROUNDS
There will be a final round of competition in:
 Junior Individual Exhibit
 Junior Group Exhibit
If you have any questions, please
 Senior Group Exhibit
ask the volunteers in the:
 Junior Group Documentary*
2nd floor Reeve Main Entrance
 Junior Paper
 Junior Individual Performance*
 Junior Individual Website
 Junior Group Website
 Senior Group Website
*denotes categories we will
announce final round qualifiers
Website, Paper, and Exhibit Final Rounds will be closed,
meaning no students need to present, so we will not
announce qualifiers for those categories.
No exhibit should be removed until after Awards Ceremony in
all judging is complete Reeve Ballroom
Performance and Documentary Final Rounds are open to
Room 227
the public.

Final results will be announced at the awards

ceremony for all categories.
 CONTEST LOGISITICS
ATTENTION NHD STUDENTS AND GUESTS
**Students go straight to event room, no check in**

Exhibits:
 Open for viewing during public viewing times, only students being inter-
viewed will be allowed in the room during judging
 Bring 3 copies of your Process Paper + Annotated Bibliography
 If you requested electricity, bring your own extension cord
 Finals Rounds — Closed; no students or public during Finals judging
 Take down beginning at 12:20pm

Papers and Websites:

 Entries are available for viewing at: nhdinwi.weebly.com
 Paper and website interviews are closed to the public, only students being
interviewed will be allowed in the room
 You do not need to bring your Paper or Process Paper + Annotated Bibliog-
raphy, but you can do so if you wish
 Finals Rounds — Closed; no students or public during Finals judging

Performances:
 Open to the public* (see note below)
 Students must carry in and set up their props by themselves without assis-
tance
 Students: Bring 3 copies of your Process paper + Annotated Bibliography
 Finals Rounds — Live! Open to the public!*

Documentaries:
 Open to the public* (see note below)
 Students: Bring 3 copies of your Process paper + Annotated Bibliography
AND have multiple forms to show your documentary (ex: jump drive,
YouTube link)
 Students: if time permits, try testing your documentary between 8am and
8:45am
 Finals Rounds — Live! Open to the public!*

*We ask that you do not enter or exit a room while a film or
performance is underway. Judges should open the door during
the interviews and setup/takedown; during this time, you can
quietly exit and enter.
Photographs may be taken only with student permission.
 LOCATION INFORMATION
REEVE UNION —
Parking:
 Any campus lot is open and free on the weekends
 Visitor Lot 15 — directly across the street from Reeve Union (Algoma Blvd)
 Lot 13 — also close, accessible via Pearl Street or High Ave
Click here for a the full campus map!.

Food: Lunch Options starting at 11AM:

 Marketplace open at 9am  Pizza Hut
 Convenience Store  Black & Gold Grill
 Coffee  Sub Connection
 Pre-Made Grab ‘n Go  Wholly Habaneros
 The Garden Toss
 ATM inside Reeve Union
 EXHIBIT SCHEDULE
JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT 1 — UNION 202 91
9:00am Brianna Mueller — Montgomery Bus Boycott
9:10am Salena Xiong — The Korean War
9:20am Claire Garton — Galileo Galilei
9:30am Kylie Schroeder — Indian Removal
9:40am Owen Smith — The Recovery of United States Soldiers from Korea: Operation
9:50am Break POW/MIA
10:05am Trinity Funnell — Walt Disney Animators Strike
10:15am Aden Katz — Germany's Problems Following World War I
10:25am Jarrett Schiedemeyer — Cuban Missile Crisis

JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT 2 — UNION 202 92

9:00am Julia Sachse — Galileo: The Conflict Between Science and Catholicism
9:10am Kimmy Schipper — The Battle of Gettysburg- The Cavalry
9:20am Madelynn Magle — Alice Paul: Women's Suffragist Who Made History
9:30am Sophia Sokhi — Silent Skies: The Air Traffic Control Strike of 1981
9:40am Makayla Pierringer — Henry VIII vs. Rome
9:50am Break
10:05am Simran Bhatia — The Armistar Massacre: The British vs. The Indians
10:15am Lily Saunders — Kansas Nebrask Act of 1854: The Compromise That Led to Conflict

JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT 3 — UNION 202 93

9:00am Alayna Meilahn — Christian Dior's New Look of the 1940's

9:10am Luke Ristow — Van Gogh How Did Mental Illness Influence this Creative Genius?
9:20am Alysson Lee — Lyndon B. Johnson and The Vietnam War
9:30am Emily Brown — The Space Race:A Conflict Amongst the Stars
9:40am Klara Stelzer — Ida B Wells: Exposing Racial Injustice
9:50am Break
10:05am Autumn Rohde — Blitzkrieg Tactic: Beginning of the Nightmare
10:15am Mallory Brooks — Auschwitz
10:25am Rishika Ghosh — The Salt March: The Power of Nonviolence
 EXHIBIT SCHEDULE
JUNIOR GROUP EXHIBIT 1 — UNION 202 94

9:00am Ava Buteyn, Dayne Uselding — Influence James Wolfe: Sur I'histoire du Canada
9:10am Ella Nguyen, Emma Schmidt, Molli Peterson — Hiroshima and Nagasaki
9:20am Ava Miller, Sydney Butz, Reese Gardiner — Nancy and Tonya: The Attack That
Changed Figure Skating
9:30am Arian Latifi, Kaleb Herzog — Cuban Missile Crisis
9:40am Grant Unger, Brock Romanoski — Being Taken Without Your Rights: The Iran
Hostage Crisis
9:50am Break
10:05am Leah Schoerner, Faith Sorenson — The Underground Railroad
10:15am Marcella Rennert, Kiara Hess — Terrors of the Holocaust

JUNIOR GROUP EXHIBIT 2 — UNION 202 95

9:00am Ella Skifstad, Drew Cook — Freedom of Expression Leads to Conflict and
Compromise
9:10am Pierce Pecore, Nicolas Thao — Martin Luther: The Conflict That Changed the World
9:20am Hanna Tran, Alaina Palomaki, Taylor Vis — The Stock Market Crash
9:30am Hailey Fox, Haley Strandberg — Nicolas Winton's Conflict: Saving Holocaust
Refugees
9:40am Vanessa Lade, Cecelia Krumholz, Norah Thomas — The Father of The Underground
Railroad
9:50am Break
10:05am Jack Kese, Mason Springer — The British, French and Natives: Conflicts and
Compromises Lead to Revolution
10:15am Thomas Jesinski, Kloee Wappler — Wind Talkers

JUNIOR GROUP EXHIBIT 3 — UNION 202 96

9:00am PlaiKou Xiong, Ka Xiong — Hmong Secret War
9:10am Hailey Peerenboom, Ellie Burger — Little Rock Nine: Conflict for Equality
9:20am Jasper Delasanta, William Bronoski — The Cold War
9:30am Karissa Kramer, Jamie Schmidt — Title IX
9:40am Elyse Reinbacher, Tara Uselding — Wisconsin Women's FIRST PITCH
9:50am Break
10:05am Finley Dunbar, Alex Watson — The Long History of Nintendo
 EXHIBIT SCHEDULE
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT — UNION 212AB 97
9:00am Elise Fischer — Women's fashion
9:10am Marie Weinhold — Hiding, Hope, and Healing For Holocaust Victims During and
After WWII: Corrie ten Boom's Courage
9:20am Hayley Thomas — Conflict and Compromise in History: The Pullman Strike
9:30am Cole Johnson — Japanese American Internment
9:40am Kade Allen — The Steel Sword's Cultural Impact
9:50am Break
10:05am Sydney Blaszczyk — Conflict and Compromise in History: Anne Frank
10:15am Tanner Lallensack — Mexican-American War: Citizenship and Manifest Destiny

SENIOR GROUP EXHIBIT 1 — UNION 212AB 98

9:00am Julie Doro, Autumn McCambridge — Rosa Parks

9:10am Lily Werner, Katie Goebel, Nate Weimer, Evan Thuemmler — Auschwitz
9:20am Michaelyn Akgulian, Krysberly Dinges — Child Labor
9:30am Lindsey Kelling, Sydney Gruman — Conflict and Compromise in History: PMRC
9:40am Olivia Ritmiller, Jaden Watson — The Marshall Plan
9:50am Break
10:05am Megan Endries, Mckenzie Schewe — Elizabeth Eckford and the Little Rock
School Crisis

SENIOR GROUP EXHIBIT 2 — UNION 212AB 99

9:00am Cecelia Zielke, Ashley Thyes, Ben Guesneau — The Mau Mau Uprising: A
Compromise to End the Conflict of British-Kenyan Colonialism
9:10am Callie Vorpahl, Kylie Kultgen, Olivia Evraets — Conflict and Compromise in History:
The Tragedy of Lynching
9:20am Tanner Birenbaum, Nathen Hartmann, Hayden Scholler — Conflict and Compromise
in History: Battle of Little Big Horn
9:30am Alex Gilley, Kenzie Hoogester — Mary the First of England: A Catholic who Refused
to Compromise
9:40am Clio Pickron, Tessa Doemel — Native American Spearfishing Controversy in
Forest County
9:50am Break
10:05am Cayla Gunderson, Olivia Schuh — LA Riots 1992
 PA P E R S C H E D U L E
JUNIOR PAPER 1 — UNION 205 103

9:00am Anushka Mangal — The Kohler Strike of 1954: A Brutal Fight for Labor Rights
9:10am Lauren Jarentowski — Conflict in Salem: Use of Spectral Evidence in Witchcraft
Trials
9:20am Madeline Brashaw — Rosa Parks: The Small Refusal That Sparked a Monumental
Controversy
9:30am Spencer Gassere — The Battle of Thermopylae
9:40am Break
9:55am Anthony Wilson — The Lost Colony of Roanoke
10:05am Renee Ruman — The River Rouge Plant: Standing Together to Alter the
Automotive Industry

JUNIOR PAPER 2 — UNION 219 104

9:00am Ella Pierce — To Much Compromise. The Great Dismal Swamp

9:10am Bailey Joyce — The Compromise of 1790: Preserving the Unity of the United States
9:20am Noelle Aschenbach — The Lady With The Lamp
9:30am Roderic Moore — Eric Liddell: Faith Above Fame
9:40am Break
9:55am Kayleigh Sievers — Twin Experiments: The Untold Story of the Holocaust
10:05am Emily Nelson — The Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Trail of Tears

SENIOR PAPER — UNION 208D 112

9:00am Paige Biever — Conflict and Compromise in History: The Reynolds Pamphlet
9:10am Madison Roth — The Reconstruction Era: The Beginning of the Fight for Civil
Rights for African Americans in America
9:20am Luke Gotwald — The Golden Age of Francis Drake and Piracy: The Conflict and the
Compromise of the Anglo-Spanish War
9:30am Chauvin Kamana — Israel vs. Palestine: A Fight for a Strip of Land
9:40am Break
9:55am Georgette Koller — The Price of Ambition
10:05am Patrick Ramirez — The Failure of the League of Nations
 D O C U M E N TA RY S C H E D U L E

JUNIOR AND SENIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARIES — UNION 305 109

9:00am Daniel Holmes — The Lessening of Carbon Dioxide and the Economy

9:15am Isaac Shvartsman — The Great Train Clash

9:30am Ingrid Steinbock — Newsboy Strike of 1899

9:45am Tess Fitzhenry — Natalia Makarova: A Leap Towards Freedom

JUNIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARY 1 — UNION 209 105

9:00am Allyson Foote, Madeline Wohlgemuth, Leilani VanAsten — Samuel Parris: The
Minister Who Broke Salem Church

9:15am Michael Thao, Logan Gleason, Andrew Schedel — Emancipation Proclamation:

Lincoln's Written Victory

9:30am Sophia Zhang, Dru Uselding — The 1967 UW-Madison Dow Protests

9:45am Mary Dorschner, Julia Bock — The Cuban Missile Crisis

10:00am Break

10:15am Taylor Dyken, Ariana Hauck — "Mary Shelley and the writing of Frankenstein"

10:30am Faith Hopkins, Cora Pizon — 1946 Plane Crash in Swiss Alps

JUNIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARY 2 — UNION 215 106

9:00am Kyle Cech, Cohen Otte — Jose Marti: Apostle of Cuban Independence

9:15am Lydia Randall, Ella Yang — The Little Rock Nine

9:30am Paige Krugel, Haley Williams — The Salem Witch Trials

9:45am Jonathan Simons, Jalen Paul — The Six Day War

10:00am Break

10:15am Sarah VanDerVaart, Kylee Gahagan — The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: A
Revolutionary Reform In Labor Rights
 D O C U M E N TA RY S C H E D U L E

JUNIOR AND SENIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARIES — UNION 305 109

9:00am Daniel Holmes — The Lessening of Carbon Dioxide and the Economy

9:15am Isaac Shvartsman — The Great Train Clash

9:30am Ingrid Steinbock — Newsboy Strike of 1899

9:45am Tess Fitzhenry — Natalia Makarova: A Leap Towards Freedom

SENIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARY — UNION 210 113

9:00am Erin Jaeger, Taylor Peper — The Sterling Hall Bombing

9:15am Larry Shingleton, Kellcie TenHaken — Conflict and Compromise in History:

Presidential Elections
9:30am Justin Scherzer, Libby Wilkomm, Liesel Myers — Space Race
9:45am Victoria Stonehouse, Kayla Hendrikse — The Berlin Wall: The
Consequence of the Conflict Between the Soviet Union and the Allied Powers
10:00am Emily Strzyzewski, Lauren Delmore, Lauren Borchardt — The Little Rock
Nine
10:15am Break
10:30am Jacob Reineking, AJ Vollrath — The Triangle Fire: A Worker's Worst
Nightmare
10:45am Jack Martin, Dominic Tisler, Matthew Nejedlo, Bailey Arndt — Conflict and
Compromise in History: The Scramble for Africa
 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE 1 — UNION 227A 100

9:00am Rose Manyvanh — Tracey Thurman Vs. City of Torrington

9:20am Maggie Krueger — Broadway in Deep Trouble
9:40am Truman Warner — The Blackhawk War: A Conflict Caused by Compromise
10:00am Break
10:15am Quincy Holmes — Leonor Sullivan Stands Up to Starvation
10:35am Luecy Xiong — The Missing Piece

JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE 2 — UNION 227B 101

9:00am Bryce Joel — Narratives from Normandy

9:20am Landon Schwaller — World War II: Japanese Internment
9:40am Ava Childs — Katherine Johnson: The Girl Who Checked The Numbers
10:00am Break
10:15am Aydan Meilahn — The Birth of the Republican Party
10:35am William Vu — The Betrayal of Japanese Americans

JUNIOR GROUP PERFORMANCE — UNION 227C 102

9:00am Lauren Swedberg, Raena Becker — The Preventions Of Suicide

9:20am Gina Intravaia, Sylvia Green — Child Labor in American History
9:40am Serena Maxwell, Nadia Sheeley — The Children’s March
10:00am Break
10:15am Elise Liske, Avery Doemel, Isaac Geffers — The Hamilton Jefferson Feud: A
Conflict That Changed a Nation
10:35am Serena Xiong, Fern Pernat — Women's Rights For Pants
 WEBSITE SCHEDULE

JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE 1 — UNION 306 110

9:00am Molly Melowski — The Hunt for Execution: The Salem Witch Trials

9:10am Maddy Scharrer — Conflicts and Compromise of School Integration

9:20am Griffin Montes — The Madison Vietnam Protest

9:30am Megha Brahmbhatt — The Salt March

9:40am Break

9:55am Ryan McDonald — The Boston Massacre: The Major Conflict and Compromise

10:05am Holly Zufelt — The Desegregation of Milwaukee Public Schools

JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE 2 — UNION 306 111

9:00am Trey Pecore — The Cherokee and the Trail of Tears

9:10am Jacob Swigert — The Console War

9:20am Matthew Kraase — Seige of Yorktown

9:30am Grace Zhang — The Uprising Against Foreign Influence

9:40am Break

9:55am Sage Brown — The American Revolution

10:05am Olivia Hunsucker — Ruby Bridges: Silent Steps to a Greater Education

 WEBSITE SCHEDULE

JUNIOR GROUP WEBSITE 1 — UNION 221 107

9:00am Jennifer Fisher, Jamie Diaz — The Delano Grape Strikers Work for Compromise

9:10am Kennedy Gebler, Hailey Cole — Women of America

9:20am McKenna Holzrichter, Claudia Herold, Isabel Wichman — Hasag, The Unknown
Business

9:30am Jasimeen Thor, Chase Pecore — The Battle of the Argonne Forest

9:40am Paige Mikkelson, Angelina Beeck-Cummings — Ruby Bridges, The Girl Who
Wouldn’t Compromise Her School Rights

JUNIOR GROUP WEBSITE 1 — UNION 221 108

9:00am Pierson Leske, Anders Larson — The Creation of the Atomic Bomb

9:10am John Senti, Will Tipton, Henry Dierkes — Iran Hostage Crisis

9:20am Anika Larson, Annika Nesterick — The Hollywood Blacklist

9:30am Anna Baxter, Julia Kral — The Fight Against Communism North vs. South

9:40am Nicole Roatch, Katelyn Roblee — Alan Turing

 WEBSITE SCHEDULE

SENIOR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE — UNION 306 116

9:00am Cadi Zhang — The Lakota Sioux: The Final Conflict for the Black Hills
9:10am Rafer Vincent — Conflict and Compromise in History: Desmond Doss
9:20am Mansi Patel — The Partitioning of India
9:30am Emily Leverance — Breaking Boundaries: Mexican-American War and the Treaty
of Guadalupe
9:40am Alexus Her — BLOODY MARY, WHY SO BLOODY?

SENIOR GROUP WEBSITE 1 — UNION 220 114

9:00am Audrey Fassbender, Danielle Gaulke, Marley Mendez — King Henry VIII: The
Monarchy vs. The Church
9:10am Wren Smallish, Hanna Best — Conflict and Compromise in History: The Lone Sailor
9:20am Dominic Simon, Jarod Geiser — The Cuban Missile Crisis: Thirteen Days to
Remember
9:30am Jeremy Rusch, Alan Tipple — King Leopold II in the Congo
9:40am Break
9:55am Peter German, Katherine Hanrahan — Stonewall
10:05am Sean Kaat, AJ Bichler, Marc Langel — Conflict and Compromise in History: The
Berlin Wall

SENIOR GROUP WEBSITE — UNION 220 115

9:00am Cameron Bandt, Matt Biely, Jada Cruz, Max Poff — The Kent State Massacre
9:10am Ellie Barber, Morgan Drenzki — Conflict and Compromise in History: The
Protestant Reformation
9:20am Dana Fish, Elaine Sun — The Berlin Wall : Forming a Barrier Between Societies
9:30am Payton Heider, Ashley Gruman, Jordyn Kohn — Conflict and Compromise in
History: Sybil Jordan Hampton
9:40am Break
9:55am Jonathan Foote, Jacob Gallagher, Gavan Mrotek — Malcolm X's Views Change
10:05am Kayla Koenig, Emma Klatt — Freedom Riders of 1961
2018 EAST CENTRAL REGIONAL
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS
Carl Traeger Middle School
Kohler High School
Horace Mann Middle School
Manitowoc Wilson Junior High
Kohler Middle School
Oshkosh North High School
Lake Country Academy
Random Lake High School
Merrill Middle School
Sheboygan North High School
Urban Middle School
West Bend West High School
Webster Stanley Middle School

LEAD PARTICIPATING TEACHERS

Matthew Bayens Paula Noe
Jeff Cavanaugh Ryan Redmond
Sylvia Cavanaugh Sara Samples
Daniel Garton Jacqueline Schmoldt
Emily Guy Tom Thorpe
Maria Jesinski Kurt Van Thiel
Corinne Kirsch Mary Wenninger

VOLUNTEERS
Elizabeth Abhold Bev Harrington Sally Paul
Nathan Arnold Madeline Hass Joshua Ranger
Laura Bachmann Amanda Hoff Megan Rasmussen
Brett Bartholomew Paul F. Janty Eilish Regan
Jennifer Bumann Chris De Jesus Susan Rensing
Samuel Busse Alexander Juneau Kimberly Rivers
Jake Covey Stephen Kercher Barbara Rodriguez
Courtney Cowan Mary Klein Rudy Rodriguez
Debra Daubert Ann Kunkle-Jones Thomas J. Rowland
Jennifer Depew Karl Loewenstein Carol Lee Saffioti-Hughes
Anna Dinkel Gabriel Loiacono Ashley Shultz
William Dirienzo Michelle Lokken Brad Smudde
Ellen Dodge James Lundquist Paul Stellpflug
Paul Edmonds Matt Mauk Chris Stone
Calvin Edwards Michael McArthur Nathaniel Traver
Ellen Eslinger Monica Meldrum Julie VanDyck
Marisa Finkey Lauren Michiels Paul VanDyck
Tyler Flanagan Michelle Mouton JoEllen Wollangk
Kilee Garrity Lizzy Ostler