Seventeen Becker High School freshmen competed at Minnesota State History Day at the University of Minnesota Saturday.
Becker students made an excellent showing with a variety of topics and projects.
National History Day is an inter-disciplinary research project for students in grades 6-12. History Day teaches students to:
• Conduct in-depth research;
• Use primary and secondary sources;
• Read a variety of texts;
• Analyze and synthesize information;
• Write and present historical content.
Students choose a topic that relates to an annual theme, research that topic, and develop their research into one of five presentation categories: Research paper, exhibit, documentary, performance, or website. Students may then enter their projects into History Day competitions at school, regional, state, and national levels.
Becker students honored last weekend were: Mason Schmidt, Kevin Zheng, Travis Voigt, Aaron Gregory, Abbie Halvorson, Bella Pettit, Mackensie Cota, Tina Gruber, Tristan Emholtz, Maddie Johnson, Anna Ritchie, Raina Schmidt, Hope Konkol, Maggie Beuning, Cammie Varney, Amber Bloss and Arin Hendrickson.
Honorable mention accolades went to: Tina Gruber for Oskar Schindler: The Nazi that Had a Heart; Anna Ritchie for The American Indian Movement — Saving American Culture and Rights and Raina Schmidt for MADD.
The Topical Environmental Prize went to: Bella Pettit for Julia Butterfly Hill.
The fifth place group website went to: Hope Konkol and Maggie Beuning for A Fight for Fair Transportation: Jo Ann Robinson and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
The fourth place group website went to: Travis Voigt and Aaron Gregory for Guy Stern and the Ritchie Boys.
