Each year nearly 700 Maryland students advance to the Maryland History Day state competition at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
See which teachers were honored, who walked away with special prizes, and which projects were selected to advance to the 2018 National History Day® competition in College Park, MD.
Maryland History Day 2018 Advancers to National History Day (written in order of first and second place)
- Junior Papers
The Calvert, the Crosslands, and the Maryland Flag
Eloise Hartings
Boonsboro Middle School, Washington County
Teacher: David LewisThe Kashmir Conflict: Decades of Failed Compromises
Sharvari Tirodkar
Mayfield Woods Middle School, Howard County
Teachers: Beth Singleton, Kathleen Quinn - Junior Individual Exhibits, sponsored by Columbia Gas of Maryland
The Nullification Crisis: Precursor to the Civil War
Anjali Vidyasagar
Mayfield Woods Middle School, Howard County
Teachers: Beth Singleton, Kathleen QuinnWe’re Not Tomboys, We’re ATHLETES- 37 Words That Changed Women’s SportsElise Longanecker
Thoams Johnson Elementary/Middle School, Baltimore City
Teacher: Cathy Brock - Junior Group Exhibits, sponsored by Columbia Gas of Maryland
My Lai’s Outcry
Sarah Broadwater, Kelsey King, Ellie Lawson, Camryn Woods
Catonsville Middle School, Baltimore County
Teachers: Robert Dungey, Katie TucciThe Berlin Wal: Conflict or Compromise?
Darrah Clime, Rachel Dorn
Plum Point Middle School, Calvert County
Teachers: Gail Oakes, Adam Muffley - Junior Individual Documentaries, sponsored by Wegmans
The Yugoslav Wars: Genocide without Justice
Katherine Giroux
Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore City
Teacher: Matthew HetrickThe Conflict of Japanese Internment and the Insufficient Compromise to Internees
Nithya Nuvvala
Bonnie Branch Middle School, Howard County
Teachers: Anne Schaefer, Janie Sharbaugh, Adam Yeargin - Junior Group Documentaries, sponsored by Wegmans
The Harvesting of the HeLa Cell Line
Anna Marchler, Prachi Shirguppi, Isabella Kridler
Eastern Middle School, Montgomery County
Teacher: T. Justin EarleyEd Roberts: Not a Victim
Morris Williams, Theodore Xandr Zabel
Roland Park Elementary/Middle School, Baltimore City
Teacher: Alexandra Fleming - Junior Individual Performances
World War II: An Inadvertent Catalyst for Women’s Equality
Sophia Scherer
Mayfield Woods Middle School, Howard County
Teachers: Beth Singleton, Katie QuinnAbraham Lincoln: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”
Morein Ibrahim
West Frederick Middle School, Frederick County
Teacher: Heather Kehr - Junior Group Performances
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
Allison Howlett, Gabriela Kolbe, Isabella Martinez, Naomi Scissors
Eastern Middle School, Montgomery County
Teachers: T. Justin EarleyWhere the Two Lines Crossed
Miguel Davidson, Adam Schutsky, Kabil Scott
Francis Scott Key Elementary/Middle School, Baltimore City
Teachers: Ben Harris - Junior Individual Websites
Diversity in Times of fear: Japanese-American Internment
Maria Chen
Roland Park Elementary/Middle School, Baltimore City
Teacher: Alexandra FlemingThe Black 14
Koy Greenwell
Windy Hill Middle School, Calvert County
Teachers: Robert Lusby - Junior Group Websites
The FHA’s Effect on Black Housing: The Legalization of Segregation in American Neighborhoods
Angelica Frude, Paris Ye, Lydia Yeh
Eastern Middle School, Montgomery County
Teachers: T. Justin EarleyColorado River Compact: Historical Lessons for Water Rights Management
Abihith Velumuri, Colin Wang
Burleigh Manor Middle School, Howard County
Teachers: Robyn Page, Barbara Randolph, and Beth Berkeley - Senior Papers
Conflict in the Coal Mines: The Anthracite Strike of 1902 and a New Precedent from Compromise
Aurea Sellmeyer
Homeschool, Montgomery County
Teacher: Sarah StecherNation Shall Not Lift Up Sword Against Nation: The remarkable Road to the Camp David Accords
Matthew Palatnik
Poolesville High School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Daniel McKenna - Senior Individual Exhibits, sponsored by Columbia Gas of Maryland
The Bracero Program: A Conflict-Ridden Compromise
Macy Palmer
Poolesville High School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Stephanie GomerThe Stonewall Uprising
Lily Chalkley
Frederick High School, Frederick County
Teacher: Beth Strakonsky - Senior Group Exhibits, sponsored by Columbia Gas of Maryland
Small Town, Small Voice, Big Issue
Gwendolyn Boe, Bryce Davis
Poolesville High School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Daniel McKennaConflict and Compromise: the Oslo Accords
Grace Birth, Alexis Poindexter
Institute of Notre Dame, Baltimore City
Teacher: Caitlin Connor - Senior Individual Documentaries, sponsored by Wegmans
On the Front Lines of Faith: Chaplains’ Reconciliation of Conflicting Roles in the Vietnam War
Jake Blum
Howard High School, Howard County
Teacher: Mary CurtinA War for Peace: The Students for Democratic Society’s Conflict Against the Vietnam War
Karynton Crawford
Bullis School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Patricia Topliffe - Senior Group Documentaries, sponsored by Wegmans
Jeanne White-Ginder: Fighting for Her Son and Compromise
Allison Lord, Parker O’Neil
Westminister High School, Carroll County
Teacher: Arthur MatthewsThe Radium Girls
Ece Fisgin, Christine Kim
River Hill High School, Howard County
Teacher: Richard Gray, Diana Irby - Senior Individual Performances
Stubbing Out the Cigarette: American’s Hundred Year War Against Smoking
Anirudh Saxena
Marriotts Ridge High School, Howard County
Teacher: Anthony Incontrera, Lynn RashidOffice of Pandemonium: Alberto Fujimori’s Abandonment of Morals Amid the Shining Path Era
Isabel Huntley
Poolesville High School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Daniel McKenna - Senior Group Performances
The Conflict in the Women’s Conference of ’77: How Ideological Polarization Impacted the Discussion about Moral Issues in the Public
Holly Anderson, Anusha Chinthalapale, Calley Mullin, Samantha Stewart
Poolesville High School, Montgomery County
Teachers: Daniel McKennaWicked Silence: The War Against the Weak; The North Carolina Eugenics Board
Hannah Chan, Phoebe Chan, and Erik Mechtel
River Hill High School, Howard County
Teachers: Richard Gray, Diana Irby - Senior Individual Websites
We Shall Overcome: The 1965 Freedom Marches from Selma to Montgomery
Leeah Derenoncourt
Poolesville High School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Stephanie GomerThe Iran Hostage Crisis: The Breaking Point in US-Iran relations
Nishtha Gupta
Reservoir High School, Howard County
Teacher: Jennifer Coker - Senior Group Websites
Quotas and Quibbles: A Series of Restrictive Immigration Acts of the 20th Century
Julia Corfman, Angela Wang
Poolesville High School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Stephanie GomerConflict without Compromise: The Spanish Civil War and the Spread of Fascism
Christopher Pondoc and Jamie Roan
Frederick High School, Frederick County
Teacher: Beth Strakonsky, Michael Cleary
Maryland History Day Teachers Awards
- Maryland History Day Statewide Middle School Teacher of the Year
Thomas Crise
Stevensville Middle School
Queen Anne’s County - Maryland History Day Statewide High School Teacher of the Year
Samuel Spinder
North Hagerstown High School
Washington County - Allegany County
Tammy Twigg
Allegany High School - Anne Arundel County
Shelby Jones
Glen Burnie High School - Baltimore City
Sarah Martin
The Mount Washington School - Baltimore County
Adam Laye
Parkville High School - Calvert County
Juleiann Darrach
Calvert Middle School - Caroline County
Andrew Buffenmyer
North Caroline High School - Carroll County
Stacey Gruber
Shiloh and West Middle Schools - Charles County
Ayesha Clayton-Stanislas
Matthew Henson Middle School - Frederick County
Heather Kehr
West Frederick Middle School - Howard County
Richard Malt
Marriotts Ridge High School - Kent County
Tracy Hodge
Galena Elementary School - Montgomery County
T. Justin Earley
Eastern Middle School - Prince George's County
Irene Prescott
Kenmoor Middle School - Somerset County
Randi Merritt
Somerset Intermediate School - Talbot County
Ed Keeler
Easton Middle School - Wicomico County
Harry Suber
Wicomico High School - Worcester County
Sean Wilson
Snow Hill Middle School
2018 Special Prize Winners
- Special Prize in African American History, sponsored by the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture
Conflict and Compromise of Harriet Tubman
Katera Jones, Kalayah Murray
Junior Group Performance
Somerset Intermediate School, Somerset County
Teacher: Randi MerrittThe Harlem Globetrotters: Champions of Equality
Daniel Bates
Senior Individual Documentary
Trinity Home School Academy, Prince George’s County
Teacher: Robin Bates, Wendell Bates - Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. Award for Excellence in Government History
Election of 1824
Steven Frances
Junior Individual Exhibit
Edgewood Middle School, Harford County
Teacher: Kari HartThe Bretton Woods Conference: A World Economic Solution
Ernest Ntangu
Senior Individual Documentary
Duval High School, Prince George’s County
Teacher: David Koloski - Award for Excellence in Civic Action and Engagement, sponsored by the Maryland Council for the Social Studies
“I Ain’t Afraid” The 1963 Children’s Crusade
Sara Huelskamp
Junior Individual Exhibit
Northern Middle School, Garrett County
Teacher: Amanda WilburnA War for Peace: The Students for a Democratic Society’s Conflict Against the Vietnam War
Karynton Crawford
Senior Individual Documentary
Bullis School, Montgomery County
Teacher: Patricia Topliffe - The Barry A. Lanman Award for Oral History, Martha Ross Center for Oral History, UMBC
My Lai’s Outcry
Sarah Broadwater, Kelsey King, Ellie Lawson, Camryn Woods
Junior Group Exhibit
Catonsville Middle School, Baltimore County
Teachers: Robert Dungey, Katie Tucci - Special Prize in Labor History, sponsored by Community College of Baltimore County, Labor Studies Program
The Homestead Strike: Conflict, Compromise, and Carnegie
Ava Rusko
Junior Individual Documentary
Roland Park Elementary/Middle School, Baltimore City
Teacher: Alexandra FlemingPublishers vs Paperboys: The Newsboy Strike of 1899
Jackie Wealer
Senior Individual Website
Northern High School, Calvert County
Teacher: Ron Chew - The George Washington Leadership Prize, sponsored by the George Washington’s Mount Vernon
The Conflict and Compromise of the Whiskey Rebellion
Avery Niles
Senior Individual Exhibit
Allegany High School, Allegany County
Teacher: Kimberly Sloane - The Major General John E. Morrison Award in Excellence and Innovation, sponsored by the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation
The History of Toliet Paper
Kaci Grimplin, Paige Rattell
Junior Group Performance
Centreville Middle School, Queen Anne’s County
Teacher: Thomas HaymanAC vs DC: The Conflict That Sparked and Electrical Compromise That Still Stands Today
Sierra Burns
Senior Individual Exhibit
Howard High School, Howard County
Teacher: Danelle Brennan - Milton Zaslow Award in Cryptology, sponsored by the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation
ENIGMA: Alan Turing in WWII
Morgan Babylon, Abha Shrestha
Junior Group Exhibit
West Middle School, Carroll County
Teachers: Stacey GruberOperation Mincemeat: How a Silent Spy, a Compromise, and Some Ingenuity Enabled the Allies to Push Forward to Victory in WWII
Emily Rand
Senior Paper
Institute of Notre Dame, Baltimore City
Teacher: Catlin Connor - Special Prize in Maryland History, sponsored by the Maryland Historical Society
The Calverts, the Crosslands, and the Maryland Flag
Eloise Hartings
Junior Paper
Boonsboro Middle School, Washington County
Teacher: David LewisBridging the Divide: The Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Felipe Calderon, Samantha Glenn, James Hsia, Gabrielle Hunt, Anisah Khattak
Senior Group Documentary
Parkside High School, Wicomico County
Teacher: Nicholas Dudas - Michael E. Patten Memorial History Award for Best Use of Primary Sources, sponsored by the Frank Patten Family
Flight to Extinction: The Conflict between American Progress and the Passenger Pidgeon
Claire Wayner
Senior Individual Documentary
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore City
Teacher: Maureen O’Neil - The Peace Study Center Award, sponsored by the Peace Study Center, Baltimore
Nelson Mandela: the Fight to End Apartheid
Graciella Ndjampa, Kelsey Njembu, Nehemiah Strawberry
Junior Group Exhibit
John Hanson Middle School, Charles County
Teachers: Victoria Davenport“No Future without Forgiveness”: Overcoming Apartheid through the Truth and Reconciliation Committee
Kailyn Nobel
Senior Individual Website
Frederick Homeschoolers, Frederick County
Teacher: Christine Pritt - Special Prize in the History of Science and Technology, sponsored by the UMBC Human Context of Science & Technology Program
The Green Revolution: Growing Forward While Stepping Back
Georgia Bardi, Clara McClintock, Gillian Stingley
Junior Group Exhibit
Eastern Middle School, Montgomery County
Teacher: T. Justin EarleyThe Influence of Eugenics
Jocelyn Faulenstine
Senior Individual Documentary
Francis Scott Key High School, Carroll County
Teacher: Rebecca Bell - Special Prize in Women's History, sponsored by the Department of History, UMBC
Queen Elizabeth vs Queen Mary
Aria Islam
Junior Individual Exhibit
Stephen Decatur Middle School, Worcester County
Teacher: Anne Cooke - Special Prize in Women's History, sponsored by the Maryland Women's Heritage Center
Julia Ward Howe: The Fight for Women’s Rights
Kayla Bevard, Vina Vo
Senior Group Website
Calvert High School, Calvert County
Teacher: Amie Dryer - Special Prize in Historic Preservation, sponsored by the Maryland Historical Trust
Castel Hall
Meadow Timmons
Junior Individual Website
Lockerman Middle School, Caroline County
Teacher: Shelby WilliamsThe Clash of Culture in Alexandria
Monica Becker, Erica Quinones
Senior Group Exhibit
Williamsport High School, Washington County
Teacher: Beth Kromka - Special Prize in Legal and Constitutional History, sponsored by Cynthia Raposo and Joseph Furey
The Salem Witch Trials: Clearing the Way for an Unbiased Court System
Ana Morlier, Ava Morlier
Junior Group Performance
Thurmont Middle School, Frederick County
Teacher: Candace DesonierExecutive Order 906: The Unconstitutional Injustice of Japanese Americans
Virginia Wang
Senior Individual Website
Marriotts Ridge High School, Howard County
Teacher: Anthony Incontrera, Lynn Rashid