On Wednesday, February 26, Sage Hill’s History and Social Studies Department hosted National History Day Night for ninth graders in the Peter V. Ueberroth Gym. This year’s NHD theme was "Breaking Barriers in History."
Congratulations to this year’s NHD award recipients:
Exhibit
Avery Watson Thinking Inside the Box: How Donuts Changed the World
Ameena Mujtaba Muhammad Ali: Punching the Barrier
Arushi Chokshi The Forgotten Revolution of Women: How Art Single-Handedly Refuted Sexism
Charlie Murray Out of the Closet and Into the Streets: Sylvia Rivera and the Stonewall Riots
Amin Sajjadian/Navin Yogaratnam Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine
Katherine Zeng The Mathematician Who Made History
Elisha Choi The Hippie Movement: Rejecting the Morals of Mainstream America
Paper
Andy Du Eating Away at Racial Inequality: The Food Stamp Act of 1964
Chloe Rhee Why Cows Hate Yellow: Temple Grandin’s Success in Understanding Cattle in Slaughterhouses
Cliff Jin A History of Swimming and Challenging Societal Norms
Performance
Megan Vahdat A Groundbreaking Victory for Women Despite a Political Loss: Victoria Woodhull’s 1872 Presidential Campaign
Website
Elliot Conolly “Delete the adjectives and you’ll have the facts,”: How To Kill a Mockingbird Provides a Unique and Enduring Perspective on U.S. History
Lorelai Jordan Fatal Blood Transfusions: The Gateway to Blood Types and Advances in Modern Science
Carson McNeill The Benin Bronzes: Changing the Thinking of a Continent
Zahra Sarwono Sofonisba Anguissola
Lauren Pak Breaking Moral Barriers: Executive Order 9066
Documentary
Ethan Ball The Little Rock None and their Battle to Intgrate
Anyssa Dang Stonewall: The Beginning of a Movement
Adi Rawal Nat Turner: Turning heads with Christianity