Connecticut History Day
Projects from National History Day Winners and Finalists
Junior Division Projects
1st Place, Junior Individual Documentary - Claire Flynn, Sedgwick Middle School, West Hartford – Clearing the Air: How John Hersey Communicated Hiroshima Survivors’ Stories to the World and Changed the Global Perspective on Nuclear Weapons.
Watch Claire's Documentary
4th place, Junior Group Documentary and Junior Division, Outstanding Connecticut Award - June Lanpher and Maya Harpaz-Levy, Worthington Hooker Middle School, New Haven – The Reindeer Express.
Watch June and Maya's Documentary
5th place, Junior Paper - Sophia Caneira, Mansfield Middle School – Letters for Understanding: Communication during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Read Sophia's Paper
6th place, Junior Papers: Manxi Han, Worthington Hooker School, New Haven – Objective Journalism vs. Patriotic Narrative How (Mis)Information Was Communicated to the American Public during the Tet Offensive of 1968.
Read Manxi's Paper
Senior Division Projects
3rd place, Senior Group Website: KeQing Tan and Sneha Maskey, Wilbur Cross High School, New Haven – Communicating through Code: Elizabeth Friedman’s Crackdown on Nazi Spy Rings during World War II.
Explore KeQing and Sneha's Website
3rd place, Senior Individual Exhibit: Zachary Brody, Staples High School, Westport – Blowing Smoke: Unmasking the Persuasive Communication Techniques of Cigarette Advertising in the 20th Century: a Key to Understanding the Emergence of Regulations.
View Zachary's Exhibit
4th place, Senior Individual Performance and Senior Division, Outstanding Connecticut Award - Jeffrey Pogue, Staples High School, Westport – Thomas Paine, the Most Influential Man in America: A Key to Understanding Revolutionary Communication.
Watch Jeffrey's Performance and Read Jeffrey's Written Materials
5th place, Senior Individual Performance: Iniya Raja, South Windsor High School – Near v. Minnesota: How One Man’s Communication of “Malicious, Scandalous and Defamatory” News Was the Key to Understanding Freedom of the Press.
Watch Iniya's Performance and Read Iniya's Written Materials
5th place, Senior Group Performance - Julia Healey-Parera, Lauren Levine, Mateu Healey-Parera and Sarah Levine, E.O. Smith High School, Mansfield – McCarthy and the Jackal Pack: How the Media Exposed America’s Most Infamous Senator.
Watch Julia, Lauren, Mateu, and Sarah's Performance
6th place, Senior Individual Exhibit - Hannah Fiarman, Staples High School, Westport – The Freedom Rides: Communicating Injustices in Interstate Travel for a Key understanding of Crucial Change.
View Hannah's Exhibit
9th place, Senior Group Performance: Clarissa Halpryn of Rockville High School and John Margelony, Arts at the Capitol Theater Magnet School, Willimantic – Ted Sorensen: The Letter That Saved the World.
Watch Clarissa and John's Performance and Read Clarissa and John's Written Materials
1st Place, Junior Individual Documentary - Claire Flynn, Sedgwick Middle School, West Hartford – Clearing the Air: How John Hersey Communicated Hiroshima Survivors’ Stories to the World and Changed the Global Perspective on Nuclear Weapons.
Watch Claire's Documentary
4th place, Junior Group Documentary and Junior Division, Outstanding Connecticut Award - June Lanpher and Maya Harpaz-Levy, Worthington Hooker Middle School, New Haven – The Reindeer Express.
Watch June and Maya's Documentary
5th place, Junior Paper - Sophia Caneira, Mansfield Middle School – Letters for Understanding: Communication during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Read Sophia's Paper
6th place, Junior Papers: Manxi Han, Worthington Hooker School, New Haven – Objective Journalism vs. Patriotic Narrative How (Mis)Information Was Communicated to the American Public during the Tet Offensive of 1968.
Read Manxi's Paper
Senior Division Projects
3rd place, Senior Group Website: KeQing Tan and Sneha Maskey, Wilbur Cross High School, New Haven – Communicating through Code: Elizabeth Friedman’s Crackdown on Nazi Spy Rings during World War II.
Explore KeQing and Sneha's Website
3rd place, Senior Individual Exhibit: Zachary Brody, Staples High School, Westport – Blowing Smoke: Unmasking the Persuasive Communication Techniques of Cigarette Advertising in the 20th Century: a Key to Understanding the Emergence of Regulations.
View Zachary's Exhibit
4th place, Senior Individual Performance and Senior Division, Outstanding Connecticut Award - Jeffrey Pogue, Staples High School, Westport – Thomas Paine, the Most Influential Man in America: A Key to Understanding Revolutionary Communication.
Watch Jeffrey's Performance and Read Jeffrey's Written Materials
5th place, Senior Individual Performance: Iniya Raja, South Windsor High School – Near v. Minnesota: How One Man’s Communication of “Malicious, Scandalous and Defamatory” News Was the Key to Understanding Freedom of the Press.
Watch Iniya's Performance and Read Iniya's Written Materials
5th place, Senior Group Performance - Julia Healey-Parera, Lauren Levine, Mateu Healey-Parera and Sarah Levine, E.O. Smith High School, Mansfield – McCarthy and the Jackal Pack: How the Media Exposed America’s Most Infamous Senator.
Watch Julia, Lauren, Mateu, and Sarah's Performance
6th place, Senior Individual Exhibit - Hannah Fiarman, Staples High School, Westport – The Freedom Rides: Communicating Injustices in Interstate Travel for a Key understanding of Crucial Change.
View Hannah's Exhibit
9th place, Senior Group Performance: Clarissa Halpryn of Rockville High School and John Margelony, Arts at the Capitol Theater Magnet School, Willimantic – Ted Sorensen: The Letter That Saved the World.
Watch Clarissa and John's Performance and Read Clarissa and John's Written Materials