Students Advance in History Day Competition

Updated March 22, 2024
March 12, 2024

Update: State Competition

Eleven CDH students representing seven projects participated in the State History Day Competition this past Saturday. This group is among the top 6 percent of the thousands participating in Minnesota History Day this year!

Three of these students advanced to the final round and earned awards. They are: 

Xinyu (Alice) Su ‘26 - Research Paper - Honorable Mention - The Developing Labor Movement and Changing Confrontation Between Labor and Capital in Different Periods of Society: Watching the Labor Movement Adapt and Impact Development of Society

Holly Johnson ‘26 - Individual Documentary - Honorable Mention - Turning Point For Women’s Service In The Military

Grace Nickel ‘25 and Emily Boss ‘25 - Group Website - Honorable Mention - Dorothea Lang: Turning Points in Photojournalism

Several CDH students competed in the Metro Senior Regional History Day Competition this year. The following students' projects have been chosen by the judges to advance to the State Competition on Saturday April 20 at the Minneapolis Convention Center:

Individual Exhibit

Joey Hover '26 - The Pink Triangle

Individual Website

Carl Steinhoff '26 - The Minneapolis Flour Milling Boom: The Industry That Built a City

Group Website

Emily Boss '25 and Grace Nickel '25 - Dorothea Lang: Turning Point in Photojournalism

Jackson Drieman '26, Louis Reinartz '26 and Griffin Becker '26 - The Impact Of The FDA

Sage Gilbert '26 and Olivia Laughlin '26 - Title IX

Individual Documentary

Holly Johnson '26 - Turning Point For Women’s Service In The Military

Group Exhibit

Honorable Mention - not advancing to State
Sofie Goodlund '26 and Taylor Williams '26 - The Polio Vaccine (1955)

Individual Research Paper

Xinyu (Alice) Su '26 - Labor Day and May Day