Hoosier Students Qualify for National History Day® State Contest

The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) proudly announces that a group of Indiana students has been selected to advance to the National History Day in Indiana (NHDI) State Contest after two successful regional contests on Saturday, March 8.

The finalists listed below will advance to the 2025 NHDI State Contest on April 26 at Marian University in Indianapolis.

Youth Individual Performance

“Agincourt: Henry V Takes Responsibility for His Lands and Proves His Rights to be King of England and France” — Henry Mundy (Homeschool)

Youth Individual Exhibit

“Haunted Houses in America and Their Historic Value” — Elena Neely (South Putnam Middle School)

Junior Paper

“How Our Past Actions are Destroying Our Future: How We Can Create a Lifeline for the Next Generation” —  Ayden Chen (Jenning County Middle School)

Junior Individual Documentary

“Pushing the Barrier: How Elizabeth Cady Stanton Charged the Fight for Women’s Rights” — Whitney Barber (Jennings County Middle School)

Junior Individual Performance

“Wounded Knee” — Ada Mundy (Homeschool)

Junior Individual Exhibit

“Martin Luther King Jr. — A Hero of America” — Randy Gross (Jennings County Middle School)

Junior Group Exhibit

“Bonnie & Clyde Rights & Responsibilities in History” — Korrine Fulkerson, Mariah Hall (South Putnam Middle School)

“6888” — Annaleigh Gastineau, Madisyn Jones (South Putnam Middle School)

“Indy 500 The Right to Race” — Emma Rounds, Keegan Wells (South Putnam Middle School)

“Oskar Schindler: A Hero At Risk” — Coraline Stevens, Delaynee Ritz, Macy Willhite, Mia Gassaway (Jennings County Middle School)

Senior Paper

“Moritz v. IRS: Our Right and Responsibility to Gender Equality” — Aphtyn Earley (Sullivan High School)

“The Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem: Rights and Responsibilities in U.S. Foreign Policy” — Benedict Mundy (Homeschool)

Senior Group Documentary

“By the People: Indiana’s Fight for Rights and Responsibility” — Andrew Foster, Landon Hartman, Landon Kern (Reitz Memorial High School)

Senior Individual Performance

“The Rights and Responsibilities in Designing and Using the R7, Sputnik, and the N1” — Maximilian Mundy (Homeschool)

Senior Individual Exhibit

“The Impact of the 14^th Amendment” — Whitley McCreary (Salem High School)

NHDI is a yearlong program dedicated to enhancing history education in Indiana’s schools. Students in grades four through 12 explore a historical subject that fits under the annual theme. This year’s theme is “Rights & Responsibilities in History.” Students use their research to create a documentary, exhibit, paper, performance or website.

NHDI is a project-based, inquiry-based program which encourages students to explore their own passions by conducting research, developing research questions, and then exhibit their individual learning styles through the creation of exhibits, documentaries, performances, papers and websites.

Educators and students alike use NHDI because it allows them to build critical thinking, inquiry, analysis and presentation skills through subjects the students are passionate about. Whether students create mini projects in class or go all the way to regional and state contests, educators and students share in control of the project.

NHDI is presented by Rooker Family Foundation with support from Vigran Family Foundation.

For more information, visit www.indianahistory.org/historyday or call (317) 232-1882.

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