Maryland Honorees at National History Day

Each year over 3,000 students from around the world advance to the National History Day® Contest

See which Maryland students and teachers were honored, who walked away with special prizes, and which projects were awarded medals at the 2022 National History Day® competition.

Maryland Winners and Honorees at National History Day

  • Junior Group Performance, First Place
    Students: Lillian Merrill, Saniya Pearson, and Aliyah Smith
    Topic: Debate and Diplomacy on Education of the Deaf
    School: Accokeek Academy
    County:
    Prince George’s
    Teacher: Leslie Armstrong
  • Junior Individual Performance, Third Place
    Student: Sabrina Wang
    Topic: The Kanagawa Treaty: Unlocking Japan through Gunboat Diplomacy
    School: Burleigh Manor Middle School
    County: Howard
    Teachers: Beth Berkeley, Robyn Page, and Geordie Paulus

     

  • Junior Individual Website, Second and Third Place
    Student: Abe Stolbach
    Category: Junior Individual Website, Second Place
    Topic: Power, Prejudice, and Paradise: Debate, Diplomacy, and the Annexation of Hawaiʻi
    School: Thomas Johnson Elementary/Middle School
    County: Baltimore City
    Teacher: Cathy Brock

    Student: Helen Zhu
    Category: Junior Individual Website, Third Place
    Topic: Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: The Power of Environmental Debate
    School: Burleigh Manor Middle School
    County: Howard
    Teachers: Carl Bell and Robyn Page

  • Special Prizes

    Student: Stephen Albert
    Prize: Irish or Irish-American History, Sponsored by Ancient Order of Hibernians and Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians
    Category: Junior Individual Documentary
    Topic: The Anglo-Irish Treaty
    School: Kenmoor Middle School
    County: Prince George’s
    Teacher: Carol Carter

    Student: Marshall Civin
    Prize: Lee Allen History of Baseball Award, Sponsored by Society for American Baseball Research
    Category: Junior Paper
    Topic: Baltimore’s Ballpark Debates and Their Legacy: The Orioles’ Relocation from Memorial Stadium to Camden Yards
    School: Roland Park Elementary/Middle School
    County: Baltimore City
    Teacher: Allisun Thompson

  • Outstanding State Entry, Junior Division and Finalist
    Students: Anonymous
    Category:
    Junior Individual Documentary
    Topic:
    Racing Towards Disaster: The Debate and Failed Diplomacy of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Boycott
    School: 
    Eastern Middle School
    County: 
    Montgomery 
    Teacher: Ryan Flynn
  • Outstanding State Entry, Senior Division and Finalist
    Student: Dresden Benke
    Category: Senior Individual Website
    Topic: Dams, Disagreements, and Diplomacy: The Nile River Dilemma
    School: Walt Whitman High School
    County: Montgomery
    Teacher: Collin O’Brien
  • Finalist
    Students: Parim Shah and Nimay Sharma
    Category: Junior Group Website
    Topic: The Iran Hostage Crisis: A Diplomatic Standoff
    School: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School
    County: Montgomery
    Teachers: James Dempsey and Ruth Ebinama

    Student: Sakshi Tirodkar
    Category: Junior Paper
    Topic: Relief, Recovery, and Reform: Debate and Diplomacy in the New Deal and FDR’s Court-Packing Plan
    School: Mayfield Woods Middle School
    County: Howard
    Teacher: Daniel Stone

     

  • Showcases
    Students: Grant Burthey and Dermott Foley
    Showcase: The National Museum of African American History and Culture Student Documentary Showcase
    Category: Junior Group Documentary
    Topic: Dissenting Opinion: The Question of Race in the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Absence of African-American Voices in the Debate
    School: Eastern Middle School
    County: Montgomery
    Teacher: Ryan Flynn

    Students: Simrah Khan and Charlotte Tettelin
    Showcase: National Museum of American History Virtual Exhibit Showcase
    Category: Junior Group Exhibit
    Topic: “Too Strong for a Woman”: How Bernice Sandler Sparked Title IX
    School: Burleigh Manor Middle School
    County: Howard
    Teachers: Carl Bell, Beth Berkeley, Robyn Page, and Geordie Paulus

    Student: Helen Zhu
    Showcase: Planet Word Virtual Website Showcase
    Category: Junior Individual Website
    Topic: Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: The Power of Environmental Debate
    School: Burleigh Manor Middle School
    County: Howard
    Teachers: Carl Bell and Robyn Page

    Students: Ryan Tehrani and Ryan Zhou
    Showcase: The National Museum of African American History and Culture Student Documentary Showcase
    Category: Senior Group Documentary
    Topic: Changing the United States Through Debate: The Story of Yick Wo v. Hopkins
    School: Howard High School
    County: Howard
    Teacher: Danelle Brennan

  • Teacher Honorees

    Finalist for the Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award, Junior Division
    Teacher: Devin Page
    School: Northern Middle School
    District: Calvert

    Naval Historical Foundation Teacher of Distinction Award
    Teachers: Beth Berkeley, Robyn Page, and Geordie Paulus
    School: Burleigh Manor Middle School
    County: Howard

     

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