The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga History Department and the Chattanooga History Center hosted the 2010 Southeast Tennessee District History Day competition on Saturday, February 27, at the UTC University Center. Students from Hamilton, Bradley, Polk, Marion, Grundy, Franklin, and Sequatchie Counties were eligible to compete for awards in exhibit, documentary, papers, performance and website design categories. Top winners in the junior and senior divisions earned the privilege of advancing to the Tennessee History Day competition in Nashville, where another set of winners will qualify for the national level of competition to be held in College Park, MD. The 2010 district winners are:
Group Documentary, Junior Division 1st Place – Allison Anderson, Alexandra Knox, Santana Mendoza (Jam School-Home School), “The Reluctant Mother: Amy Carmichael Changes the Lives of Untouchables” 2nd Place – Dakota Dunn, Ben Lowrance (Lookout Valley Middle/High School), “The Innovation of Weaponry During Flight” 3rd Place – Jarrett Kilgore, Preston Evers (Lookout Valley Middle/High School), “The Henry Ford Assembly Line” Individual Documentary, Junior Division 1st Place – Todd Simmons (Lookout Valley Middle/High School), “Weaponry Through Time” Individual Documentary, Senior Division 1st Place – Vivian Hughbanks (Home School) , “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: The Ideas That Changed the World” 2nd Place – Anthony Joslin (Polk County High School), “The Assembly Line: A Technological Innovation That Connected the Social Classes” 3rd Place – Kym Matthews (Polk County High School), “Where Am I?: The Impact and Innovation of the GPS” Group Documentary, Senior Division 1st Place – Derek Roberts, Keoni Vidrine (Polk County High School), “Wired to Wireless: The Impact of the Telephone on Communications” 2nd Place – Lloyd Mashburn, Tim Edgemond (Polk County High School), “Nuclear Fission: The Radical Concept That Impacted Life and Death” 3rd Place – Grant Smith, Robert Hernandez, Wayne Moats (Polk County High School), “Black and White to Color: The Impact of TV on Society” Individual Exhibit, Elementary Division 1st Place – Alyssa Neuhoff (Walden Home School), “From Nuisance to Innovation: Velcro” 2nd Place – Philip Pedigo (Signal Mountain Home School History Club), “Improving Submarines” Individual Exhibit, Junior Division 1st Place – Turner Beth Bryant (Bryant Home School), “Coca-Cola Bottling” 2nd Place – Grant Stafford (Signal Mountain Home School History Club), “The Comfort of Cobblestone” 3rd Place – Andrew Sabin (Signal Mountain Home School History Club), “The Hunley: Early Hunter” Individual Exhibit, Senior Division 1st Place – Caitlyn Sudkamp (Walden Home school), “A Matter of Time: John Harrison’s Sea Clocks” Group Exhibit, Junior Division 1st Place – Charis Dowell, Cotie San (Lookout Valley Middle/ High School), “The Printing Press: The Bible to Twilight” 2nd Place – Danielle Whited, Caitlin Dowell (Lookout Valley Middle/High School), “Plowing Through History” 3rd Place – Gavin Thacker, Taylor Sewell (Lookout Valley Middle/High School), “Innovations in Gunpowder” Website 1st Place – Bobby Hernandez, Gary Moats (Polk County High School), “Lights, Camera, Action: The Impact of Television on Children and Adolescents” 2nd Place – Earl Joslin, Montana Bazzell (Polk County High School), “The Assembly Line: A Modern Innovational Change to an Ancient Concept” 3rd Place – Tyler Mashburn (Polk County High School) “For Better or Worse: The Impact of the Atomic Bomb”
