Qualifiers, National History Day Philadelphia 2008
All first and second place winners advance to the Pennsylvania State Finals. "HM" stands for "Honorable Mention."
On this page: Senior Division | Junior Division
SENIOR DIVISION
| Exhibit | School | Students | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Exhibit | |||
| 1st | Abington School District v. Schempp | William Penn Charter School | Eamon Ronan |
| 2nd | Father Paul Washington: A Lasting Legacy | Masterman HS | Russell Abdo |
| 3rd | Brown vs. Board of Education, How Far Have We Come? | Masterman HS | Muhga Eltigani |
| Group Exhibit | |||
| 1st | Racial Conflicts Divide a High School, a Neighborhood, a Nation | Masterman HS | James Snyder, Catharine Haak, Eric Battaglia |
| 2nd | Cuban Immigration | Constitution HS | Amy Taylor, Maurice Wise |
| 3rd | Moore & Sullivan: Integrating Philadelphia | Masterman HS | Vincensa Mucaj, Helen Levins |
| HM | Let Freedom Ring: The Story of the 1965 Liberty Bell Sit-In | Masterman HS | Ross Marks, Tyler Hunt, Brian Boyle |
| Individual Documentary | |||
| 1st | Philadelphia Graffiti | Constitution HS | Michael Kelly |
| 2nd | The Deep Issue | Masterman HS | Kimberly Rolland |
| 3rd | History of Student Organizing in Philadelphia | Masterman HS | Daniel Jones |
| Group Documentary | |||
| 1st | Conflict on the Walls | Masterman HS | Gabe Spiller, Larkin Dugan, Otis Carb, Danny Augenbraun |
| 2nd | Tattoo | Constitution HS | Dimitris Koutsialis, Gribbon Ortiz, David Tillman, Tomrell Hunter |
| 3rd | An Amish Girl's Diary | Prep Charter HS | Ranya Hasan, Silvia Murati, Ariana Gonzalez, Annmarie Gonzalez, Victoria Myers |
| HM | School Bullying | Maritime Academy Charter HS | I'Esha Maxwell, Giana Harvey |
| Group Performance | |||
| 1st | Female Abolition Society | Constitution HS | Dominique Gibson, Brandon Hawkins, Leon Watson, Malik Cooper |
| 2nd | Cigarettes and Corsets: The Women's Movement | Constitution HS | Marquisha Green, Kerin Streater, Judith Dye, Charneice Huff |
| 3rd | Flood of Change | Masterman HS | Julia Quintavalle, Micah Krey |
| HM | Music? | Maritime Academy Charter HS | Shiree Lyles, Cheryl Chandler |
| Individual Performance | |||
| 1st | William Still preserving the voices of black slaves | Constitution HS | Julia Fusco |
| 2nd | The Fourth of July ... Why ?? | Olney West (Opal) | Maurice Mack |
| 3rd | Conflicts: Wommen's Struggle | Olney West (Opal) | Melissa Scott |
| Paper | |||
| 1st | The Tuskegee Airmen | Masterman HS | Ceasar Bautista |
| 2nd | Deal Or No Deal: Revolution Avoided, Theodore Roosevelt & The Square Deal | West Catholic HS | Malik Neal |
| 3rd | 1992 Los Angeles Race Riots | Masterman HS | Susannah Maltz |
| HM | Race Riots | Masterman HS | Danielle Williams |
| HM | Black Panthers | Masterman HS | Melissa Chen |
| Website | |||
| 1st | The Nature of the Panther: The Rise and Fall of the Black Panther Party | Masterman HS | Suneeta Kartha, Esther Huang, Mylinh Nguyen |
| 2nd | Sweet Success: The Selective Patronage Movement Achieves a Compromise | Masterman HS | Solomon Livshits, Mainak Datta |
| 3rd | Minstrelsy: Stem of Stereotypes | Masterman HS | Christiny Martin, Jordan Jude |
JUNIOR DIVISION
| Exhibit | School | Students | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Exhibit | |||
| 1st | Harriet Jacobs: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl | C.C.A. Baldi Middle School | Susmitha Ganti |
| 2nd | An Important Philadelphian: John Taggart | Christopher Columbus Charter School | Sean Patillo |
| 3rd | Nanking Treaty | C.C.A. Baldi Middle School | Kane Lee |
| Group Exhibit | |||
| 1st | Kashmir Conflict | C.C.A. Baldi Middle School | William Ladnyak, Jeebu Kurian, Jyothish Varghese |
| 2nd | London Smog of 1952 | C.C.A. Baldi Middle School | Rima Dilbarova, Victoria Vekshin |
| 3rd | Plessy v. Ferguson | Independence Charter School | Shawniece Gaskins, A'laisha Evans, Amirah McCall, Imani Richardson |
| HM | Cuban Missle Crisis | C.C.A. Baldi Middle School | Artem Imnadze, William Levantovsky |
| Individual Documentary | |||
| 1st | Midway: Turning Point of World War II | Christopher Columbus Charter School | Nicholas Ambrogelli |
| Group Documentary | |||
| 1st | The Integration of Girard College | Independence Charter School | Keena White, Shanae Gee, Tamira Murrell, Kahleah Manigault, Andrea Polite |
| 2nd | William Penn: A History of William Penn's Treaty Making | Independence Charter School | Surya Watkins, Mia Bennett, Zaakirah Riggins, Sharay Walker |
| 3rd | Mr. President, help us get our rights | Christopher Columbus Charter School | Samantha Crescenzo, Gabrielle Nigro, Casey Guardyak, Noelle McManus |
| Group Performance | |||
| 1st | The Civil War: The Battle from Within | Community Education Partners Charter School | Drisco Payton, George Hechevarria, Tone Elliot |
| 2nd | The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 | Independence Charter School | Joshua Martin-Corrales, Marcus Mabane, Vincent Myers, Salim Simon, Michael Manson |
| 3rd | The Underground Railroad: as written by William Still | Independence Charter School | Chelcie Rojas, Ayana Anderson, Bajaan French, Sharde Holloway, Jasmin White |
| Individual Performance | |||
| 1st | French Mutinies of WWI | C.C.A. Baldi Middle School | Olivia Ngo |
| Paper | |||
| 1st | Treaty of Versailles | C.C.A. Baldi Middle School | Tzvetomir Gradevski |
| HM | John Lennon's Political Life | Independence Charter School | Archangel Torres |
| Website | |||
| 1st | Slaves in President Washington's House | Independence Charter School | Shaquanna Leak, LaShana James, Troy Cooke, Kareen Blackwell-McGhee, Camisha Brown |
| 2nd | Conflict: Israel and Palestine | Independence Charter School | Catherine Mendel, Seth Parker-Neal, Aysia Ali |
| Showcase | |||
| The Visionary for the Vote | American Legion Rec Center | Jasmine Nguyen, Zebnia Reid, Courtney Gruber, Cayla Gruber, Geovanni Guilbe | |
| Events Leading to the American Revolution | Christopher Columbus Charter School | Madison Marker, Aliyah Lopez | |