Texas Finalists at National History Day 2006
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National History Day, June 12-15, 2006
Senior and Junior Division Medalists
Senior and Junior Division Finalists
Special Award Recipients
SENIOR AND JUNIOR DIVISION MEDALISTS FROM TEXAS
| Place | Students | School/Teacher | Title | |
| Junior Individual Performance | 1 | Collin Cresson | Lorena Middle School, Lorena, Bruce McCarver | Taking a Stand, Turning the Tide |
| Junior Individual Documentary | 2 | Michelle Rosique | Rudder Middle School, San Antonio, Carlita Kosty | Si Se Puede |
| Junior Individual Exhibit | 2 | Stuart Tiller | Gentry Junior High, Baytown, Jenice Coffey | And We Fought for Texas....The Defenders of the Alamo: Few Stand Against Many |
| Junior Group Exhibit | 2 | Kevin Boes, Adam Smith, Cody Hoskinson, Seth Kendrick, Jacob Crites | Copperas Cove Junior High, Copperas Cove, Danny Corbett | Freedom Flyers |
| Junior Group Exhibit | 3 | Kaitlyn Martin, Mary Grosjean, Marlee Burns, Karsyn Jackson | Baytown Junior High, Baytown, Peter Cushman | Vietnam War College Protests: 13 Seconds that Altered 13 Years of War |
| Senior Historical Paper | 3 | Sarah James | Sterling High School, Baytown, Donna Britt | Taking a Stand Against Indiscriminate Pesticide Use: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring |
SENIOR AND JUNIOR DIVISION FINALISTS FROM TEXAS
| Junior Historical Paper | 4 | Kaitlin Barnes | Teague Middle School, Humble, Nicole Brantley | Don't Go into the Basement |
| Senior Group Performance | 5 | Elisa Nino, Elizabeth Rentfro, Emilio Banda, Valerie Vera, Yoshio Pineda | Lopez High School, Brownsville, Patricia Diaz | Murder in the Forest: The Francisco Mendes Story |
| Senior Individual Documentary | 6 | William Trotty | Carver High School for Applied Tech/Engineering/Arts, Houston, Todd Gonion | From Pulpit to Protest: Rev. Jemison and the Baton Rouge Bus Boycott |
| Senior Individual Performance | 7 | Whitney Gafford | Lorena High School, Lorena, Greg Blanchard | Refusing To Have My Wings Clipped |
| Senior Individual Exhibit | 9 | Helen Bowman | International School of America, San Antonio, Jay McCusker III | Breaking the Chains: Dorothea Dix's Advocacy for the Mentally Ill |
| Senior Group Performance | 10 | Lisa Hinojosa, Amanda Gonzalez, Jordan Saenz, Brittany Garcia, Ashley Quintanilla | Falfurrias High School, Falfurrias, Sharon Wilson | Taking a Stand in History: The Voice that Challenged a Nation |
| Senior Group Documentary | 12 | Mecklin Ragan, Shivani Patel | Carroll High School, Corpus Christi, Suzanne Ransleben | Norbert Wollheim: Taking a Stand Against Forced Labor |
SPECIAL AWARDS FOR TEXAS ENTRIES
| Special Award | Division | Students | School/Teacher | Title |
| Outstanding Senior State Entry Award | Senior Division | Elisa Nino, Elizabeth Rentfro, Emilio Banda, Valerie Vera, Yoshio Pineda | Lopez High School, Brownsville, Patricia Diaz | Murder in the Forest: The Francisco Mendes Story |
| Outstanding Junior State Entry Award | Junior Division | Kaitlin Barnes | Teague Middle School, Humble, Nicole Brantley | Don't Go into the Basement |
| The Jamestown Award | Senior Division | Lindsay Liles | Cameron Yoe High School, Cameron, Toni Lafferty | By an Immediate Revelation: Anne Hutchinson's Ideological Stand for Religious Freedom and Democracy in Colonial New England |



