Cen-Tex History Fair Winners - 2013

The following students from the Cen-Tex History Fair, sponsored by the LBJ Library and Museum, placed in the Texas History Day 2013 competition held on February 16 in Austin. First- and second-place winners will advance to Texas History Day in May. Congratulations to all!

2nd place
Elan Wilson
Sameer Mohammed
Yusuf Shafi
Model T Ford
Teacher: Kristin Fields

3rd place
Molly Blankenship
Evalyn McCusker
Susan B. Anthony: Women Voting Rights
Teacher: Elsbeth Clarson

Junior (Grades 6-8) Individual Historical Paper

1st place
Keenan Riordan
The Origin of Gunpowder
Teacher: Elsbeth Clarson

2nd place
Ginger Sajbel
The Effect of Dinosaur Bones on Society
Teacher: Elsbeth Clarson

3rd place
Oscar Kimzey
The AIDS Epidemic
Teacher: Elsbeth Clarson

Junior (Grades 6-8) Individual Interpretive Web Sites

1st place
Prathyush Shankar
Separate But Not Equal
Teacher: Pat Kahn

2nd place
Matthew Davis
Pearl Harbor
Teacher: Marlo Schaar Kaskoto

3rd place
Manasa Dendukuri
The Battle of Stalingrad
Teacher: Sheryl Rank

Junior (Grades 6-B) Individual Exhibit

1st place
Emma Bodisch
The American Dream: Access Denied
Teacher: Danny Corbett

2nd place
Hana Farid
Computers: How they changed the life of a common man
Teacher: Kimberly Hefferon

3rd place
Hayden Abrevaya
Flying into History: The Wright Brothers
Teacher: Elsbeth Clarson

Junior (Grades 6-8) Group Exhibit

1st place
Anthony Palmisano
Dalton Penick
The Element of Fear
Teacher: Danny Corbett

2nd place
*Jyhlil Rice
*Christopher Armstrong
*Tristan Thompson
Go West, Young Man!
Teacher: Danny Corbett
*Winners of the Locke Lord LLP Legal History Award

3rd place
Paulina Diaz-Alton
Nabeela Naeem
The Holcaust: Have We Learned Enough?
Teacher: Kimberly Hefferon

Junior (Grades 6-8) Group Performance

1st place
Anna Demotte
Riley Priddy
David Klingler
Charis Nelson
Benjamin Offereins
Weakening the Wall: Hidden 20th Century Turning Points
Teacher: Laura Holle

2nd place
Nina Buford
Maya Weinreb
The Black Death
Teacher: Elsbeth Clarson

3rd place
Briana Meza
Peyton Staley
Can a Simple Machine Do All That?
Teacher: Marlo Schaar Kaskoto

Junior (Grades 6-8) Individual Documentary

1st place
Caroline Harrison
The Motherland Calls: The Battle of Stalingrad
Teacher: Danny Corbett

2nd place
Anna Dzurenko
Boy At The Alamo
Teacher: Shirley Cannon

3rd place
Andres Torres
Alcatrez
Teacher: Shirley Cannon

Junior (Grades 6-8) Group Documentary

1st place
Kava Dann
Amber Blevins
The Invention of the Lightbulb
Teacher: Marlo Schaar Kaskoto

2nd place
Calvin Coulbury
Zoe Silaski
The Fall of Troy
Teacher: Elsbeth Clarson

3rd place
Reuben Brown
Jason Aguilar
The Battle of Midway: Miracle Victory in the Pacific
Teacher: Danny Corbett

Senior (Grades 9-12) Group Interpretive Web Sites

1st place
Smrithi Mahadevan
Maanasa Nathan
Kavya Ramamoorthy
Priya Ramamoorthy
Voting Rights Act of 1965: One Vote, One Voice
Teacher: Timothy Bray

2nd place
Shazma Khan
Maryam Abdul Moeeth
Separate Is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education
Teacher: Kimberly Hefferon

3rd place
Laraib Kausar
Mumal Ahmed
Kainat Ayub
The Immigration Act of 1965: The Dawn of a New Beginning
Teacher: Kimberly Hefferon

Senior (Grades 9-12) Individual Historical Paper

1st place
Taryn Rodriguez
Rosa Parks: Mother of Civil Rights
Teacher: Marlo Schaar Kaskoto

Senior (Grades 9-12) Individual Interpretive Web Sites

1st place
Duriba Khan
"The British Are Coming"... Can We Get Tickets? The Invasion of The Beatles
Teacher: Kimberly Hefferon

Senior (Grades 9-12 Individual Exhibit

1st place
Autia Ayub
Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse: A Cultural Transformation
Teacher: Kimberly Hefferon

Senior (Grades 9-12) Group Exhibit

1st place
Trinity Torrez
Ben Rosbury
The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
Teacher: Marlo Schaar Kaskoto

Senior (Grades 9-12) Individual Documentary

1st place
Sabin Oza
The Second Wave of Feminism: The Era that Altered the Course of History
Teacher: Kimberly Hefferon

Senior (Grades 9-12) Group Documentary

1st place
Aditya Ali
Sara Yasrebi
David Isenhour
Brian Victor
Marisa Chantharayukhonthorn
"Our Strategic Assets": 20th Century Turning Points in the Weaponization of Oil
Teacher: Timothy Bray

Cen-Tex History Fair Winners - 2013

Junior (Grades 6-8) Group Interpretive Web Sites

Junior (Grades 6-8) Individual Historical Paper