National History Day in Massachusetts 2021 State Contest Awards Ceremony Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Candidates Kristine Forsgard (Montrose School) Jason Levy (Ottoson Middle School) Catherine Martus (Hanscom Middle School) Stephanie McRae (Brockton High School) Dayshawn Simmons (Arthur D. Healey School) Scott Spencer (Winchester High School) Barbara Whitlock (Montrose School) Suzanne Zmijewski Lim (W. L. Chenery Middle School) Congratulations to our Massachusetts nominees: Junior Division: Senior Division: Suzanne Zmijewski Lim Stephanie McRae (W. L. Chenery Middle School) (Brockton High School) CONGRATULATIONS! PAPERS! JUNIOR PAPER st NAME: Isabella Hu 1 PLACE PROJECT: Spy Satellites: The Secret Communication of the Cold War Advances to Nationals! SCHOOL: Winthrop L. Chenery Middle School SENIOR PAPER 1st PLACE NAME: Stella Zhu PROJECT: How The Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis: Communicating the Life of Advances to Nationals! the Poor and the World of the Tenements SCHOOL: Northfield Mount Hermon School NAME: Morris Smith PROJECT: Leisure and Lessons: Board Games as Communications Media in 2nd PLACE 19th- and 20th-Century America SCHOOL: Belmont Hill School Advances to Nationals! Honorable NAME: Melvin Kabucho Mention PROJECT: Marketplace of Massacres: How the Media and the Vietnam Anti-war Alternate for Nationals Movement Transformed America SCHOOL: Winchester High School SPECIAL PRIZES! The Marilyn Ross Memorial Book Prize in Women’s and Gender History Anna Clutterbuck Cook Senior Lauren Mitchell The WASPs: America's Forgotten Heroes of World War II Deerfield Academy Senior Ava Malloy Nellie Bly Writes Her Own Story Hingham HS Junior Ava Menasha Elizabeth Friedman Our Lady's Academy Junior Sam Geiger Subtle Suffrage: Feminist Fashion in the 1920s Winthrop L Chenery Middle Best Project in Maritime History National Maritime Historical Society 1st place SR Se-Aun Park Multicultural Communication through Cuisine: Curry's Milton Academy Journey from India to Britain and Japan 2nd Place SR Evan Khym Understanding the Battle of Bismarck Sea: Zero Sum Game Groton School and Communication 1st place JR Grace Molinsky The Sinking of the Titanic - Communication Failure Monsignor Haddad MS 2nd Place JR John Teeven Wireless Telegraphy and the Titanic Disaster of 1912 Our Lady's Academy Joseph Teeven Best Project in Indigenous History Plimoth Patuxet Museums Jonathan Celli The Navajo Code Talkers and The Unbreakable Code Catholic Memorial School Meena Gourley Unbreakable: How the Navajo Code Talkers Answered Their Hamilton-Wenham Regional HS Nation’s Call to Win the War Anya Marino Empowerment through Written Communication: The Montrose School Development of Cherokee Syllabary in the Early 1800s Cheryl Sung The Stories Told by the Great Wall of Los Angeles Sharon HS Best Project in Early American History Plimoth Patuxet Museums Alice Liu Noah Webster - Lexicographer to America Belmont High Bethsaida Accino Slaves’ Communication throughout the Antebellum Era Foxborough Regional Charter School Dhruv Jain The Post Office Act of 1792: The Act that United the States Mansfield High Gael Willems Cleetus Codes, Ciphers and Deceit: America's Revolutionary Spy Ring Ottoson MS Ruthanna Kern The Era of Good Feelings: A Reporter's Reflection on the Truth of Somerville High the Time Best Project Exploring Multiple Perspectives in History The Old North Church & Historic Site Runtian Li Voices Worcester Academy Best Project in African or African American History Mass Council for the Social Studies Demilade Abosede A Message Between Each Strand Pioneer Charter School of Science II (PCSS-II) Serena Ogbemudia Nethanya Pierre-Louis Toluwa Sholola Best Use of Maps as a Primary Source Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Narineh Gevorkian The Armenian Genocide: International Communication Within Bedford High the United States Embassy WEBSITES! JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE st NAME: Kathleen Reale 1 PLACE PROJECT: Successful From the Shadows: The Female Codebreakers of World Advances to Nationals! War II SCHOOL: Monsignor Haddad Middle School 2nd PLACE NAME: Pranav Addanki PROJECT: The Mexican-American War: A Catalyst for Modern Advances to Nationals! Communications SCHOOL: Galvin Middle School SENIOR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE 1st PLACE NAME: Cassidy Schuman PROJECT: Nazi Propaganda: How Communication Became Germany's Most Advances to Nationals! Powerful Weapon SCHOOL: Bedford High School NAME: Olivia Soolman 2nd PLACE PROJECT: Strength In Silence: How Extreme Nonviolent Communication Won Women’s Suffrage Advances to Nationals! SCHOOL: Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School Honorable NAME: Hannah Cumming Mention PROJECT: The Dada Movement - Artistic Communication in Post-War Europe Alternate for Nationals SCHOOL: Winchester High School JUNIOR GROUP WEBSITE NAME: Alexandra Lay, Xuanye Zhang st 1 PLACE PROJECT: Linking the North Atlantic : How the First Intercontinental Cable Advances to Nationals! Shaped Communication SCHOOL: The Gibbs School 2nd PLACE NAME: John Teeven, Joseph Teeven PROJECT: Wireless Telegraphy and the Titanic Disaster of 1912 Advances to Nationals! SCHOOL: Our Lady's Academy SENIOR GROUP WEBSITE 1st PLACE NAME: Eric Pan, Jayanth Rao, Jennifer Wu PROJECT: Propaganda Posters of the Mao Era: Communicating the Ideals of Advances to Nationals! the Chinese Cultural Revolution SCHOOL: Winchester High School 2nd PLACE NAME: Andrew Dementiev, Jason Chiappinelli, Sebastian Gallo PROJECT: Hundred Flowers Campaign Advances to Nationals! SCHOOL: Needham High School Honorable NAME: Leslie Baker, Theresa Bettinelli Mention PROJECT: Nazi Anti-Semitic Propaganda: Communication in World War II Alternate for Nationals Germany SCHOOL: Montrose School SPECIAL PRIZES! The David Sears Award: Best Project in Military History Jennifer Sears Senior Owen Balfour War of the Words: The Office of War Information’s Mashpee High Operations During World War II and Its Importance to an Allied Victory Robert Sanborn Junior Alissa Lopes The Manifestation of Cold War Themes in American Media The Newman School and Pop Culture Best Project in LGBTQ+ History Massachusetts Historical Society Jack Cormier Evolution of LGBT Representation in Musical Theater 1970-2000 Bancroft School Kate Schembri Measure in Love: How RENT Destigmatized HIV/AIDS and the Hingham High LGBTQ+ Community Luke Zhang The Lavender Scare Needham High School Morgan Shia Theresa Ruth Joens Prize in History of Science and Engineering Michael and Mary Joens Hajar Loughlam How Telegraphs and Telegrams Changed Communication Pioneer Charter School of Science II (PCSS-II) Sara Marmoucha Maryam Zad Alice Feng Apollo 11: How Communication Truly Made the Moon Landing Winchester HS "One Giant Leap" Best Project in Arts, Literature, and Culture The House of the Seven Gables Prakhar Gupta The Eyes of My People: Communicating and Understanding Black Bedford HS Perspectives Through Langston Hughes’ Poetry Katie Noh Sarah Wirth Teagan Schnorr How Did We Get to "Sesame Street"? Hingham High Jillian Patalano The Fan Uprising: How Fanfiction Changed the History of Mystic Valley Regional Charter School Storytelling Caroline Crowley Sophia East Eve Arnold: Beauty and Representation, The Key to Understanding North Middlesex Regional Our Differences Shreya Vaidyanathan Shostakovich and Communication Through the Arts Westborough High Claire English The Nutcracker: A History of Racism and Ignorance Winchester High School Ava Huppe Ellen Stewart Best Project in Maritime or Military History The USS Constitution Museum Ben Carter USS Liberty Communication Project Foxborough High Matthew Fossella Danielle Gagnon The Vietnam War: A War on the Screen Mystic Valley Regional Charter School Isabella Chu Huyen Le Akshita Nistala Gina Wierzbowski Aniket Sarkar Cuban Missile Crisis Nashoba Regional Xavier Choe The Cuban Missile Crisis: Examining Miscommunication's Role The Newman School Jonathan Garrity Best Project in Sports History Boston Red Sox - Fenway Park Tours Niamh McGuinness 1980 Olympic Boycott Hingham High Ella Dunkelberger What is the solution? Notre Dame Academy EXHIBITS! JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT 1st PLACE NAME: Matilde Bellotti PROJECT: Welcome to the Rainbow Nation Advances to Nationals! SCHOOL: Our Lady's Academy 2nd PLACE NAME: Frankie Condakes PROJECT: Stan Lee’s Communication Through Comics! Advances to Nationals! SCHOOL: Monsignor Haddad Middle School Honorable NAME: Grace Molinsky Mention PROJECT: The Sinking of the Titanic - Communication Failure Alternate for Nationals SCHOOL: Monsignor Haddad Middle School SENIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT NAME: Danielle Donovan st 1 PLACE PROJECT: Communication Through Occupation: AIM, Red Power, and the Advances to Nationals! Fight for Indigenous Rights SCHOOL: Mansfield High School 2nd PLACE NAME: Madeline McAllister PROJECT: Bread Roses: How the Lawrence Strikers Communicated Their Advances to Nationals! Need for Dignity and a Livable Wage SCHOOL: Bedford High School Honorable NAME: Alice Feng Mention PROJECT: Apollo 11: How Communication Truly Made the Moon Landing Alternate for Nationals "One Giant Leap" SCHOOL: Winchester High School JUNIOR GROUP EXHIBIT 1st PLACE NAME: Anna Vakoc, Chloe Breitling PROJECT: Code Breakers in World War II Advances to Nationals! SCHOOL: The Gibbs School SENIOR GROUP EXHIBIT st NAME: Ariel Navon, Dylan DiGangi, Joel Indipiginja, Will Campbell 1 PLACE PROJECT: The Telegraph: Samuel Morse Facilitates Long-Distance Advances to Nationals! Communication During The Industrial Revolution SCHOOL: Bedford High School 2nd PLACE NAME: Daniel Willis, Jack Henderson, Peter Vivaldi