BHS Social Studies Department Presents History Day Projects for 2018

Luke Blakely answers questions from the visitors about his exhibit Restricting Freedoms: Conflicts Surrounding the Berlin Wall – Image (c) Jeff JHO Hoyland, 2018 all rights reserved – Click to view larger image

By Jeff JHO Hoyland

Bedford High Social Studies Department proudly showcased the latest projects for History Day. The projects are part of Mr. Sunderland and Mr. Culhane’s high honors Modern American history classes.

Since September, students have engaged in the process of discovery and interpretation of historical topics related to the theme of “Conflict & Compromise in History”.

Projects were judged by BHS Class of 2018 students who competed last year. This is like a “dress rehearsal” for competition in the National History Day Program.

The projects are modeled on the National History Day (NHD) program. NHD is an annual initiative designed to promote the teaching and learning of history. The core of the program is a nationwide National History Day competition. Some of the projects presented here will go on to represent Bedford High School in the district, and, hopefully, state and national competitions.

National History Day Competition Dates:

Central Massachusetts District Competition: Saturday, March 3 at Quabbin Middle High School, Barre, MA
Massachusetts State Competition: Saturday, April 7 at Winchester High School, Winchester, MA
National Competition: June 10-14 at University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Charlie Anderson performs her project – Culture Compromised: Ballet Exchange during the Cold War Conflict

Jessica Johnson and Chloe Lai answer questions from the judges about their exhibit – The Tiananmen Square Massacre: Conflict Between Two Different Approaches to Reform in the Government and How it Prevented Compromise

Website projects like Finding Compromise for Aboriginal Australians Amidst Racial Conflict: Fighting Discrimination in a White Man’s World by Chloe Byun, Kristen Hekimian & Georgia Pitner are availableonline at www.winterhistoryfair.weebly.com

Eleanor Lowen and Phineas Potter wait patiently for the start of their video Iran Hostage Crisis: How Diplomacy Saved 52 Lives

Cam Rackey and Ashley Guarino share a light moment with the judges while their video Ida B Wells: Facing the Conflicts of Racial Inequality & Her Journey to Find Compromise by Exposing the Truth of Racially Motivated Lynchings is loaded into the computer

Additional images from History Day are available on the Bedford Snapshots Facebook page

THIS YEAR’S PROJECTS INCLUDE

Individual Live Performances

Culture Compromised: Ballet Exchange during the Cold War Conflict
Charlie Anderson

Terezin: Creation as Compromise
Eran Zelixon

Individual & Group Documentaries (Video)

How Espionage in the Skies Led to Conflict & Compromise in the Cold War
Evan Graf

Pullman Strike: Government Brought Conflict to the Workers Instead of Compromise
Jasper Shapiro

The Watts Riot of 1965: Where Violence Found its Place and Compromise was Not an Option
Samantha Gallant & Bernice Lai

Group Documentaries (Video)

Iran Hostage Crisis: How Diplomacy Saved 52 Lives
Eleanor Lowen, Ryan Ouellette & Phineas Potter

Ida B Wells: Facing the Conflicts of Racial Inequality & Her Journey to Find Compromise by Exposing the Truth of Racially Motivated Lynchings
Ashley Guarino & Cameron Rackey

The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Diplomatic Compromise to a Jarring Cold War Conflict
Andrew Ha, Mason Schalick & Chris Wirth

Group Exhibits

Safe Drugs into Bodies Soon: The Conflict Between Individuals’Rights to Hope and an Organization’s Obligation to Safety & the Compromise that Found Middle Ground
Sydney Hoiseth & Lucy Santiago

Restricting Freedoms: Conflicts Surrounding the Berlin Wall
Luke Blakely, Dylan Catanzano & Mikey Hayes

The Tiananmen Square Massacre: Conflict Between Two Different Approaches to Reform in the Government and How it Prevented Compromise
Jessica Johnson & Chloe Lai

Individual Exhibits

Crittenden Compromise: The Final Effort to Avoid the Civil War
Martha Haviland

The Cuban Missile Crisis: A World Saving Compromise
Kate Winkler

Rogers & Hammerstein: Composed of Conflict & Compromised by None
Mia Bernstein

The Troubles: Conflicting Perspectives, A Compromised Future
Mary Reyling

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: The Conflict Between Safety and Profit & the Compromised Reforms that Allowed Workplace Tragedy
Zoe Ellen

Individual Websites

Women’s Conflict, Women’s Compromise: How the Equal Rights Amendment Established a Woman’s Place in American Society
Maddy Siegal

The First Crusade: A History of Conflict Before, During & After the Crusade that Never Resulted in Compromise
Ben Woodward

National & Local Conflicts in the Irish Civil War
Ronan Loughlin

Group Websites

Nellie Bly Confronting Conflicts: Breaking Gender Barriers & Social Justice by Creating Compromise Through Her Works
Meghan Barnes, Julia Palazzo & Kara Shelmire

The Compromise that Saved the World: the Cuban Missile Crisis
Nicholas Fhu & John Giaquinto

Finding Compromise for Aboriginal Australians Amidst Racial Conflict: Fighting Discrimination in a White Man’s World
Chloe Byun, Kristen Hekimian & Georgia Pitner

The Enigma Code: The Conflict Between the World & the Compromise that Assisted Saving It
Isabelle Gitlin & Sylvia Yan

Ping Pong Diplomacy: How the Medium of Table Tennis Rekindled Sino-American Relations
Omar Al-Adhami, Matthew Carlucci, Nathaniel Kang, Ryan Lobo & Ryan Richard

Potsdam Conference: Compromises that Shaped a New World of Conflict
Madison Cohen, Riya Patel, Alphina Thopurathu & FionaWolckenhaar

Research Papers
Truman’s Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb: A Logical Increase in the Weapons Used During the Conflict of WorldWar II
Annie Williams

The Compromises Made to Resolve the Conflicts Between the United States & Japan
Kai Dyer

MacArthur & the Scapegoat Emperor: Lessons in Conflict Resolution, Compromise & Diplomacy
Alex Weissman

Documentaries, Papers & Websites viewable at www.winterhistoryfair.weebly.com