On March 19th, several 8th grade Decorah Middle School students participated in the regional National History Day competition held at NICC.  Twenty students were recognized as finalists in the competition and will participate at the NHD state meet in Ames on April 28th. This year’s theme is “Rights and Responsibilities in History.”

State Qualifiers and their projects include the following:

Individual Performance 

Ruth Kueny: Nellie Bly: Advocating for Human Rights Through Investigative Journalism 

Group Performance

Charly Courtney and Kelbi Schuman: Mildred Fish-Harnack: Restoring Rights in Germany

Individual Documentary

Sofia Hageman: American Indian Boarding Schools: Identity Erasure

Nathaniel Crose: The United States Constitution: Pioneering Freedom of Expression in Civil Society

Per Weir: Island Trees Board of Education v. Pico

Group Documentary

Robert Davis and Leonard Nimrod: Women Code Breakers of Arlington Hall

Individual Websites:

Rosie Burkholder: Rosie the Riveter

Noah Alexander:Company K of the First Michigan Sharpshooters: The Brave Native American Men, and Post-Civil War Struggles

Individual Exhibit 

Harper Menke: Amelia Bloomer and the Fight for Women’s Rights

Group Exhibit 

Jacksyn Fromm, Hayden Wenthold, and Carter Rissman: Texas Western 

Austin Bohner and Sam Johanningmeier: Daniel Inouye: Fighting for the Rights of Americans 

Group Website:

Lula McAbee and Jaedyn Hageman: The Removal of Homosexuality From the DSM

Individual Paper:

Kylie Zoulek:The Murder of Gertrude Bestor 

Kenyon Bartels: The Rural Electrification Act of 1936

Photo ID (l-r):

Front Row: Kenyon Bartels, Noah Alexander, Nathaniel Crose, Jacksyn Fromm, Austin Bohner
Middle Row: Sam Johanningmeier, Carter Rissman, Hayden Wenthold, Kelbi Schuman, Charly Courtney, Ruth Keuny, Lula McAbee
Back Row: Robert Davis, Leonard Nimrod, Rosie Burkholder, Harper Menke, Sofia Hageman, Kylie Zoulek, Jaedyn Hageman
Not pictured: Per Weir