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The Texas State Historical Association

presents the

35TH ANNUAL

TEXAS HISTORY DAY An Affiliate of National History Day

 

MAY 2, 2015

CO-HOSTED BY

THE BULLOCK TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM &

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY 

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National History Day Contest Themes

2003 Rights and Responsibilities in History 2004 Exploration, Encounter, Exchange in History 2005 Communication in History 2006 Taking a Stand in History 2007 Triumph and Tragedy in History 2008 Conflict and Compromise in History 2009 The Individual in History 2010 Innovation in History 2011 Debate and Diplomacy in History 2012 Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History 2013 Turning Points in History 2015 Rights and Responsibility in History 2015 Leadership and Legacy in History Texas History Day is sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association in cooperation with the University of North Texas. Texas History Day is an affiliate of National History Day. For their support of Texas History Day, we would like to thank the Summerfield G. Roberts Foundation, the University of North Texas History Department, the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin, TexasTejano.com, Locke Lord LLP, the Texas Jewish Historical Society, the Texas Oral History Association, the Texas Old Missions and Forts Restoration Association, the Descendants of Austin’s Old Three Hundred organization, the Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation for Texas Women’s History, the National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in Texas, Mrs. Willie Lee Gay, Mr. J. Clifton Caldwell, and the contributors to the Jane McCallum Women in Texas History Award.

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WELCOME TO

TEXAS HISTORY DAY

Welcome to Texas History Day! You have dedicated many hours to the research and creation of your entry. Your hard work has paid off and you are now part of a select group of students who have advanced to Texas History Day over the last 35 years. As part of the top three percent of students in our nationally-recognized program, you should be very proud of all that you have accomplished. It is our desire that you leave Texas History Day with positive memories that last a lifetime. I am quite certain that you have acquired and polished a variety of skills that will benefit you throughout your life. The ability to locate timely and pertinent information, evaluate it critically, and communicate it effectively is important in daily life. Individuals who master these skills are able to undertake successful careers in their chosen field and become productive citizens. Some of you will advance to National History Day, where you will represent Texas, while others will begin to prepare for next year’s Texas History Day. Regardless of the outcome of this weekend’s event, you should all be proud of what you have accomplished. The staff, Board of Directors, and membership of the Texas State Historical Association, commend you for your outstanding efforts.

Stephen S. Cure Director of Educational Services

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Texas State Historical Association

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS –FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2015 JUNIOR & SENIOR DIVISION

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM EARLY REGISTRATION AND EXHIBIT SET UP  

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS – SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2015 JUNIOR & SENIOR DIVISION

7:00 AM–4:30 PM DISPLAY OF HISTORICAL PAPERS & INTERPRETIVE WEB SITES Lobby of the Museum (Papers on 2nd Floor) T-SHIRT SALES Lobby of the Museum 7:00 AM–9:00 AM LATE REGISTRATION & EXHIBIT SET-UP

Lobby and Austin Room on the 3rd Floor 9:00 AM SENIOR DIVISION EXHIBIT JUDGING Austin Room on the 3rd Floor JUNIOR DIVISION EXHIBIT JUDGING Austin Room on the 3rd Floor

SENIOR DIVISION INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE PAR 304, 306, 308, 310

(Prop Storage PAR 100, SZB 296) JUNIOR DIVISION INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE PAR 210, 301, 302, 303

(Prop Storage PAR 100, SZB 296) SENIOR DIVISION GROUP PERFORMANCE

SZB 240, 278, 284, 286 JUNIOR DIVISION GROUP PERFORMANCE

SZB 330 370, 416, 422, 426 SENIOR DIVISION INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY

UTC 3.110, 3.112, 3.122, 3.124, 3.132

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JUNIOR DIVISION INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY

UTC 1.102, 1.104, 1.116, 1.118, 1.130 SENIOR DIVISION GROUP DOCUMENTARY

UTC 3.110, 3.112, 3.122, 3.124, 3.132 JUNIOR DIVISION GROUP DOCUMENTARY

UTC 1.132, 1.144, 1.146 1:00 PM* JUNIOR & SENIOR DIVISION INDIVIDUAL

DOCUMENTARY FINALS UTC 1.130, 3.122

JUNIOR & SENIOR DIVISION GROUP DOCUMENTARY FINALS UTC 3.104, 3.134 JUNIOR & SENIOR DIVISION INDIVIDUALPERFORMANCE FINALS PAR 301, 306 JUNIOR & SENIOR DIVISION GROUP PERFORMANCE FINALS SZB 278, 370

2:30-3:15 PM* ADDITIONAL PUBLIC VIEWING OF STUDENT

EXHIBITS

3:15 AM–4:30 PM DISMANTLING OF EXHIBITS 

            (Exhibits must be removed by 4:30 pm.) 4:45 PM* AWARDS CEREMONY * Time is subject to change ** Evaluation forms for all categories will be distributed immediately after the awards ceremony at a location to be announced at the end of the awards ceremony. If you cannot pick up your evaluations, we will mail them to you within two weeks after the contest

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Building Locations and Maps

  

Temporary Gallery

TSHM: Texas State History Museum – Student Registration, T‐Shirt Sales, Exhibits GRE: Gregory Gym – Judge Orientation, Awards Ceremony SZB: Sanchez Building – Performances UTC: University Teaching Center – Documentaries JES: Jester Center – Websites CBA: McCombs School of Business – Documentaries MEZ: Mezes Hall – Websites PAR: Parlin Hall – Papers  

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Special Events   

Texas Quiz Show Saturday, May 2ND

Texas Spirit Theater of the Museum, 2nd Floor

Preliminaries: 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 Championship Round: 2:00

Come see the best students from across the state as they square off in this exciting Texas oriented game show. Be a part of the studio audience as it is live streamed online!

   

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Museums

In your free time, you may want to visit these museums, all within walking distance.

Texas State Capitol

11th & North Congress Free Admission Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 AM – 8 PM

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum 2313 Red River (north of the UT football stadium) Adults: $8 Children 13-17: $3 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily

Harry Ransom Museum 21st and Guadalupe

Free Admission Saturday and Sunday, Noon – 5:00 PM

The Blanton Museum of Art 200 Martin Luther King Blvd. (across from the Bullock Texas State History Museum) Adults $9, Youth (13-21) $5, 12 and under Free Saturday 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

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 National History Day 2014 Texas Medalists

Medalists Gold—Senior Individual Performance Matthew Broussard Impact Early College High School—Baytown Writs, Rights, and Responsibilities: Franklin On the Origins of the Fourth. Silver—Junior Group Performance Hannah Edwards, Jake Brien, Jessie Loehr, Max Mitchell, Keith Teague One Day Academy – Austin Echoes of the Auction Block: The Radical Advocacy of Sojourner Truth and Harriet Beecher Stowe Bronze—Junior Group Performance Paige Dupuy, Brigitte Eichenberg Atlas Academy – Waco Armbands on Trial: When Rights and Responsibilities Collide

                              

Texas History Day appreciates the generous support of both the National History Day Organization and The History Channel!

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Submit your original designs and have the opportunity to win $50 and a free T-shirt!

Texas History Day encourages all students to submit a T-shirt design for the 2015 Texas History Day theme: “Leadership and Legacy in History.” The winning design will be featured on the 2016 T-shirt and sold at the 2016 state contest. The name of the winning student, school, and teacher will be posted on the Texas History Day web site. In addition, the winning student will receive a free T-shirt and $50. Contest Rules:

1. All entries must be received by December 11, 2015. 2. All designs must be original art. 3. All designs must be limited to three colors that can be silk-screened. 4. Designs are not limited to one side. You may include front, back, and sleeve

elements. 5. Designs will be used on short sleeve T-shirts and possibly on 1-3/4” round

buttons. 6. If you submit an electronic design, please also print and mail it to the address

below. If your design is selected, the Texas State Historical Association will request a TIFF version.

7. By submitting an entry, you grant the Texas State Historical Association permission to use the design, to post it on the Texas History Day web site, and to modify the design as necessary.

8. The winner will be announced by January 30, 2016

Submit entries to: T-Shirt Contest Texas State Historical Association 3001 Lake Austin Blvd., Suite 3.116 Austin, Texas 78703

Please Include: Original art

Student’s name School’s name Teacher’s name, phone/e-mail A self-addressed stamped envelope if you would like your entry returned to you

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Buy your 2015 Texas History Day T-Shirt!

Congratulations to William Louis from Burkburnett Middle School in Burkburnett on his award winning design!

$10 Each On Sale at the Registration Table in the Museum Lobby

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The Texas State Historical Association

Announces

The 2016

Leadership in Education Award for $5,000

To Honor an Outstanding History Teacher at the Middle School, High School or College Level

The Mary Jon and J.P. Bryan Leadership in Education Award is given annually to recognize and honor an outstanding teacher in Texas. History teachers at the middle school, high school, and college levels are eligible. The winning teacher will be presented a certificate and a check for $5,000 at the Association’s Annual Meeting in March 2016. Any person may nominate any full-time teacher presently teaching history in a Texas secondary school or college. Letters of nomination sent to the award committee must be postmarked on or before December 11, 2015. Supporting materials may include the nominee’s resume or vita, a list of activities and accomplishments, awards, honors, publications, descriptions of programs the nominee has created, etc. The letter and supporting materials cannot exceed seven pages. Should the committee members decide that no entry meets the award requirements, they may withhold the award at their discretion.

Please submit your nomination and supporting materials to:

Leadership in Education Award Texas State Historical Association

3001 Lake Austin Blvd., Suite 3.116 Austin, Texas 78703

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2014-2015 Texas History Day Regional Coordinators

Aldine ISD- Deborah Johnson, Aldine ISD

Arlington and Fort Worth- Juliann Warner, Arlington ISD

Big Bend- Caroline Fox, Alpine ISD

Brazos Valley- Anne McGaugh, Star of the Republic Museum

Cen-Tex- Danny Corbett

Coastal Bend- Lois Jaimes, John E. Conner Museum

Commerce and East Texas- Maxey Hooks, Quinlan ISD

Dallas Area- Caleb Tolleson, Social Studies Coordinator, Garland ISD

El Paso- Charles Martin, The University of Texas at El Paso

Fort Bend- Susan Voradakis and Nancy Cowart, Fort Bend ISD

Heart of Texas- Dr. Stephen Sloan and Brian Simmons, Baylor University

Houston ISD- Don Hernandez, Houston ISD

Lee College- Faith Longorio, Goose Creek ISD and Portia Hopkins, Lee College

McMurry University- Stephen Hardin, McMurry University

Lamar University Regional History Day – Ken Poston, Lamar University

Lone Star College-Montgomery- Adrian Salinas and John Wood, Lone Star College

Panhandle-Plains- Elaina Cunningham, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Rio Grande Valley- Michael Faubion, The University of Texas- Pan American

San Antonio-Barbara Parisher, Northside ISD

South Plains-Kelley Coleman, Texas Tech University

SFASU- Scott Sosebee, Stephen F. Austin State University

University of North Texas-Deborah Liles, University of North Texas

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THE TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION,

ON BEHALF OF THE TEXAS HISTORY DAY PROGRAM,

wishes to express its appreciation to its institutional partner, THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS

AND THE

BULLOCK TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM AND

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN For co-hosting this year’s Texas History Day

AND THE

THE SUMMERFIELD G. ROBERTS FOUNDATION HILL CREST FOUNDATION

SID RICHARDSON FOUNDATION ELIZABETH HUTH COATES FOUNDATION

for their generous support of Texas History Day

AND our special award contributors for their dedicated support

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HISTORY DEPARTMENT

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS, UT AUSTIN

TEXASTEJANO.COM

DESCENDANTS OF AUSTIN’S OLD THREE HUNDRED

LOCKE, LORD LLP, AUSTIN

THE TEXAS OLD MISSIONS AND FORTS RESTORATION ASSOCIATION

TEXAS JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY

TEXAS ORAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION

THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN TEXAS

THE RUTHE WINEGARTEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR TEXAS WOMEN’S HISTORY

CONTRIBUTORS TO JANE MCCALLUM WOMEN IN TEXAS HISTORY AWARD

CONTRIBUTORS TO THE DICK & SCOTTY MEMORIAL PIONEERING TEXAS SPIRIT AWARD

AND

MRS. WILLIE LEE GAY AND MR. J. CLIFTON CALDWELL