Five local students are traveling to the University of Maryland College Park Campus in Washington, D.C. to compete in the National History Day contest June 12-16.
Each fall students nationwide begin competing locally in statewide history day events, choosing topics, conducting research and presenting their work in an exhibit, video, performance, paper or website. This year’s theme is “Debate and Diplomacy in History: Successes, Failures, and Consequences.”
Haines students participating and their projects are:
Jenae Larson and Corrina Hill, 7th grade, with an exhibit titled “What’s All the Bark About?: The Debate over Logging in the Tongass National Forest.”
Kayley Swinton and Autumn Gross, 7th grade, with a group exhibit titled “You Throw Like a Girl!: The Debate Over Title IX.”
Zayla Asquith-Heinz, 8th grade, with a website titled “The Choice to be Violent
or Diplomatic: How Human Evolution has and will Affect the Choice to be Violent or Diplomatic.”
Alexandria Chapin, 7th grade, with a website titled “The Trail of Death and Doom: The Trail of Tears-the Greatest Test of All.”