TALLAHASSEE — The Museum of Florida History announced the winners of its annual Florida History Fair contest held May 1–3 in Tallahassee.
More than 50,000 students participated in the fair, and each county’s top entries competed at the state contest.
At the event, history teachers from across the state were also recognized and presented with awards.
TEACHER AWARD
Grace Freeman, of Gulf Breeze Middle School, won the Teacher of Merit Award for creative history teaching within and outside the classroom.
To be eligible, a teacher must have at least three years’ experience as an FHF participant. The $250 prize is sponsored by Flagler College Tallahassee, which is based at Tallahassee Community College.
Freeman — who teaches U.S. history and gifted classes for sixth to eighth grades — has involved her students in National History Day for 10 years.
STUDENT AWARDS
ESCAMBIA
●1st Place: E is for Exploration, Encounter, and Exchange, Sesame Street: Exploring Educational Television and Its Benefits, Encountering Social Changes, and Exchanging Ideas for Foreign Co-productions — Senior Individual Documentary, Parker Beverly, Pensacola High School
●2nd Place: The Power of Purse Over Politics: The Rise of the Panton Leslie Company and the Forbes Purchase — Senior Historical Paper, Gorham Partington, Pensacola High School
●3rd Place: Mongols: Conquerors of the World — Junior Group Website, Sami Humeda, Mehul Kapur, Luca Benny and Nicholas Skoufis, Creative Learning Academy
SANTA ROSA
●1st Place: Lies, Spies, and Sneaky Guys: Traitor or Trader, You Decide — Junior Individual Performance: Max Mateer, Gulf Breeze Middle School
●2nd Place: Quackenbush's Gypsies: Photographic Exploration, Encounters and Exchanges in the Pacific Theater — Junior Individual Website: Hailey Ward, Gulf Breeze Middle School
●2nd Place: Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: First Encounter in Space — Junior Historical Paper: Elizabeth McCluskey, Gulf Breeze Middle School
●3rd Place: Exploring the Heart: The Exchange That Encountered Controversy and Shaped Society — Junior Historical Paper: Genna Hoitt, Gulf Breeze Middle School
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DID YOU KNOW?
●More than 1,120 middle and high school students presented award-winning research in a variety of mediums — including documentaries, exhibits, papers, performances and websites — during the Florida History Fair
●The top two placements of each category are invited to represent Florida June 12–16 at the National History Day contest in College Park, Md.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Escambia, Santa Rosa residents win Florida History Fair awards