WEST TENNESSEE REGIONAL CONTEST 2019 TENNESSEE HISTORY DAY

Junior Individual Documentary

1st

Mount Vernon Ladies Save Mount Vernon

Taqwa Qattoum

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County   Educator: Calvin Shaw

2nd

Memphis State Eight: The Fight for Higher Education Zainab Malik

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Calvin Shaw

3rd

Katherine Johnson Taylor Crutcher

St Georges Independent School, Collierville, Shelby County Educator: Chris Miller

Senior Individual Documentary

1st

The Elizabethton Textile Mill Strike of 1929

Deenat Yusuf

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Calvin Shaw

2nd

The Tusks of Tragedy

Jeremiah Chapman

First Assembly Christian School, Cordova, Shelby County Educator: Sherrie Hopper

Junior Group Documentary

1st

The Triumph and Tragedy of the Memphis Sanitation Strike

Tanoah Champion, Naomi Bucio

Memphis Rise Academy, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Caitlin McElligott

2nd

The Striking Change

Krishnav Manga, David Burnham, Connor Magdovitz, Ryon Ghodoussi, Zayyan Choudhry

The Striking Change

Lausanne Collegiate School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Catherine Hammons

3rd

Tragedy Leads to Triumph at Stalingrad

Justin Bourdeau, Huffman Smith, Deacon Larson

St Georges Independent School, Collierville, Shelby County Educator: Traci Erlandson

Senior Group Documentary

1st

The Attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Afia Sushma, Aisha Ahmed

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Calvin Shaw

Junior Individual Exhibit

1st

The Tragedy of The Aids Epidemic

DeJa Harris

St Georges Independent School, Collierville, Shelby County Educator: Traci Erlandson

2nd

Struggle for Peace: Anwar Sadat

Yasmeen Abunasrah

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Andre Clarke

3rd

Triumph throughout Shakespeare’s Tragedies

Jyotika Maharaj

Lausanne Collegiate School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Dwight Spain

Senior Individual Exhibit

1st

The Iran Hostage Crisis

Sarah Qadhi

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Calvin Shaw

2nd

Remembering Masada: A Two-Sided Triumph and Tragedy

Ella Gregory

Lausanne Collegiate School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Rebecca Hodges

Junior Group Exhibit

1st

Operation Overlord: The Turning Point and Triumph in WW2

Nate Mencke, Owen Klco

St Georges Independent School, Collierville, Shelby County Educator: Traci Erlandson

2nd

The Christmas Truce of 1914: Triumph in the Midst of Tragedy

Bella Taylor, Alexa Paharik, Morgan Paharik, Dakota Partee

St Georges Independent School, Collierville, Shelby County Educator: Marianne Leung

3rd

The Manhattan Project

Cody Cox, Hudson Bryan, Keifer Cox, Andrew Bell

St Georges Independent School, Collierville, Shelby County Educator: Traci Erlandson

Senior Group Exhibit

1st

Fever Season: The Tragic Role Yellow Fever played in the Triumph of Public Health Reform in Memphis, 1878

Tia Dyson, Artrianna Freeman

Memphis Rise Academy, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Caitlin McElligott

2nd

The Survival of a Nation: The Seventh Generation

Summer Hussain, Ayah Mohammad

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Calvin Shaw

3rd

Once Upon a Time… A Peaceful Land

Baraa Shamoon, Haneen Jaber, Ayat Ayesh

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Calvin Shaw

Junior Individual Performance

1st

Galveston Hurricane

Kate Vento

St Georges Independent School, Collierville, Shelby County Educator: Chris Miller

2nd

Tennessee Coal Creek War

Nia Yusuf

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Calvin Shaw

3rd

The Triumph of Elizabeth II

Angelina David

St Georges Independent School, Collierville, Shelby County Educator: Traci Erlandson

Senior Individual Performance

1st

Let’s Talk: Vincent Van Gogh

Saad Khan

Lausanne Collegiate School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Rebecca Hodges

Junior Group Performance

1st

The Atomic Quandary

Hayley Mcmanic, Malaika Kumar, Risha Manga, Dany

Hamze, Nikhita Srinivas

Lausanne Collegiate School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Catherine Hammons

2nd

The Declaration of Independence: Triumph or Tragedy

Jenna Abutineh, Dana Shala, Fatima Fadl

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Andre Clarke

3rd

The Tennessee Uprising of 1934

Samit Ahmed, Neeymet Ahmed

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Andre Clarke

Senior Group Performance

1st

The Women of the Secret City: One Calutron Girl’s

Story of the Manhattan Project

Jad Hamze, Dalia Chemaitilly, Cailin Brown, Ali

Devji, Isabel Kagoo

Lausanne Collegiate School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Rebecca Hodges

Junior Individual Website

1st

How One Woman, One Book, and One Pesticide Changed the Course of a Nation: The Story of Silent Spring

Zaheen Chowdhury

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Andre Clarke

2nd

Kelly v. Board of Education: Tragedy and Triumph for Public Schools

Abbey Vincent

St Georges Independent School, Collierville, Shelby County Educator: Traci Erlandson

3rd

Cuban Revolution: A Struggle to the Death between the Future and the Past

Fayadh Chowdhury

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Andre Clarke

Senior Individual Website

1st

Algeria’s Fight Against French Imperialism

Wissal Boudaoud

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Calvin Shaw

2nd

Saving Lives: Past, Present, Future

Jana Elabiad

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Calvin Shaw

3rd

D-Day: The Battle That Changed the Course Of History

Noah Crowell

First Assembly Christian School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Jonathan Moody

Junior Individual Website

1st

Atomic Bomb: Scientific Triumph vs. Human Tragedy

Aribah Morshed, Sima Madaraty

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Andre Clarke

2nd

The Tragedy of Mary I

Sophia Stone, Mayyadah Alzaben

St Georges Independent School, Collierville, Shelby County Educator: Traci Erlandson

3rd

The Underground Railroad: The Path to Freedom

Ramlah Rahman, Jovana Valadez

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Andre Clarke

Senior Individual Website

1st

Cracking Enigma: Tragic Cost of Triumph

Naisha Chowdhury, Manal Aboushala

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Andre Clarke

2nd

Road to Unity

Sarah Ahmed, Dawood Alkabsh, Ahmed Alkabsh

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Calvin Shaw

3rd

Black Wall Street: The Tale of Ethnic Cleansing in the

Homeland

Hamza Alsaadi, Bennett Jebril, Emir Celikok

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Andre Clarke

Junior Individual Paper

1st

The Partition of India: A Crucible of Triumph and

Tragedy

Yasmeen Mannan

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Andre Clarke

2nd

Florence Nightingale: “The Lady with the Lamp”

Asli Kocak

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Calvin Shaw

3rd

The Beginning of a New Era: The Manhattan Project

Ibrahim Boudaoud

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Andre Clarke

Senior Individual Paper

1st

The 1963 Ba’ath Coup in Syria: An Alawi Triumph and

a Sunni Muslim Tragedy Muadth Malley

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby CountyEducator: Tshaka Omowale

2nd

Triumph and Tragedy: Uyghur Resistances in East Turkestan after 1949

Dilare Aizezi

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Calvin Shaw

3rd

Music That Mixed Colors: How Music from the City Where Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Assassinated

Helped Racial Reconciliation and World Peace

Simeon Betapudi

Memphis University School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Jonathan Jones

Special Awards

West Tennessee Historical Society Student Prizes

Sponsored by the West Tennessee Historical Society

Junior Individual Documentary

Memphis State Eight: The Fight for Higher Education

Zainab Malik

Pleasant View School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Calvin Shaw

Junior Group Documentary

The Triumph and Tragedy of the Memphis Sanitation Strike

Naomi Bucio, Tanoah Champion

Memphis Rise Academy, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Caitlin McElligott

Junior Group Exhibit

The Memphis Belle: A Triumphant in Journey

Griffin Jackson, Jack Whitaker

St Georges Independent School, Collierville, Shelby County Educator: Marianne Leung

Senior Group Exhibit

Fever Season: The Tragic Role Yellow Fever played in the Triumph of Public Health Reform in Memphis, 1878

Artrianna Freeman, Tia Dyson

Memphis Rise Academy, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Caitlin McElligott

Senior Individual Paper

Music That Mixed Colors: How Music from the City Where Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Assassinated Helped Racial Reconciliation and World Peace

Simeon Betapudi

Memphis University School, Memphis, Shelby County Educator: Jonathan Jones