Northeastern Wisconsin National History Day Finalists 2025
Junior Division
Junior Individual Documentary
- State Finalist: Innocence Behind Bars: Anthony Ray Hinton's Road to Redemption, Wyatt
- State Finalist: Gender Pay Gap, Avery
- State Finalist: Political Cartoons, Elias
Alternate(s):
- A Woman's Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement: The Story of Ella Baker, Brinley
- 14th Amendment, Luca
Junior Group Documentary
- State Finalist: From War to Justice: How the Nuremberg Trials Redefined Rights and Responsibilities of International Law, Charles & Landon
Junior Individual Exhibit
- State Finalist: Wisconsin Environmental Protection Acts, Austin
- State Finalist: The Hatpin Peril: The Point in Fighting for Women's Rights and Responsibilities, Leighton
- State Finalist: Kohler Strike of 1934: A Fight for Kohler Workers' Rights, Isabel
Alternate(s):
- Rodney King and the LA Riots: The Fight for Justice, Lucille
- The Stonewall Uprising: A Fight for Rights, Emma
- Malcolm X: A Spark Responsible for the Civil Rights Flame, Owen
Junior Group Exhibit
- State Finalist: The Education for All Handicapped Children Act: A Lesson in Rights and Responsibilities, Genevieve & Isabella
- State Finalist: From Recipe to Resume: How Title VII Evolved the Rights and Responsibilities of Women in the Workforce, Gemma & Abbey
- State Finalist: The Holodomor Genocide and the Soviet Reign, Audrie & Lorelei
Alternate(s):
- Speak Out with Your Vote, Chloe, Kellin, & Kylie
- Watergate: A Violation of Political Rights, Mae & Ona
- Little Rock Nine, Brailyn & Grace
Junior Paper
- State Finalist: The Copper County Strike of 1913-1914 and the Italian Hall Disaster: Responsibility to Safety, Right to Strike, Gideon
- State Finalist: The Rising Sun Against Free Land: How Pearl Harbor Changed the World, Mason
- State Finalist: In the Eyes of the Corrupt, Abigail
Junior Individual Performance
- State Finalist: Jacobson vs. Massachusetts: Right to Choose vs. Responsibility to Protect, Emalyn
- State Finalist: Ruby Bridges: Home and School, Jackson
- State Finalist: The Match Girl Strikes of 1888 and 1894, Anna
Alternate(s):
Junior Group Performance
- State Finalist: The Equal Pay Act of 1963, Raluca & Nola
- State Finalist: The Safety of Football Players, Lemmy & Anthony
Junior Individual Website
- State Finalist: The Margarine Ban, Jayden
- State Finalist: The Nuremberg Trials and How They Helped Pave the Way for International Human Rights and Criminal Law, Ellenore
- State Finalist: Stonewall Riots, Riley
Senior Division
Senior Individual Documentary
- State Finalist: COINTELPRO: A Stain in America's History, Van
- State Finalist: Bob Dylan: Accidental Activist, Joelle
- State Finalist: Right to Practice Their Own Religion: Responsibility to Stand Up for Your Beliefs, Asa
Alternate(s):
- Twist, Spin, Mamba: The Buddy Deane Show, Mai
- The Americans with Disabilities Act, Merryn
- Gone, Alana
Senior Group Documentary
- State Finalist: Native American Boarding Schools, Reese, Tryniti, Jayana, & Lauren
- State Finalist: Breaking the Barrier: Jackie Robinson, Luke, Alexander, Carter, & Preston
- State Finalist: The Abandonment of the Hmong, Hailey & Ellyna
Alternate(s):
- Selma Marches to Montgomery, Samuel, Jose, & Ty
Senior Individual Exhibit
- State Finalist: Women's Suffrage: Victorian Era England, Olivia
- State Finalist: Susan B. Anthony, Lyla
- State Finalist: Otis Blackwell, Maxwell
Senior Group Exhibit
- State Finalist: Title IX: The 37 Words that Transformed Women's Education, McKenna, Marli, Lilah, & Adalie
- State Finalist: Women's Rights and Responsibilities in Afghanistan, Karlee, Zoey, & Gretchen
- State Finalist: Women's Rights and Responsibilities in Government, Madelynn & Emma
Alternate(s):
- OJ Simpson 1995 Murder Trial, Peyton & Aubrina
- Education Rights for the Disabled, Jenna & Annessa
- Father Groppi Fighting for Fair Housing, Ava & Keion
Senior Paper
- State Finalist: The Code of Hammurabi, William
- State Finalist: The Miracle of Free Speech: Burstyn v. Wilson and the Impact on Film Rights, Savannah
- State Finalist: Jane Addams: The Most Dangerous Woman in America and Nobel Prize Winner, Miranda
Alternate(s):
- Paving the Way: A Look into the Women of World War Two, Audrey
- Media Coverage of the Stonewall Riots, Alex
- An Inconvenient Truth about Humans and Climate Change: An Overuse of Rights and an Overlook of the Environment, Riley
Senior Group Performance
- State Finalist: Zona Gale: Wisconsin's Unsung Trailblazer, Caitlin, Jessica, & Lucia
- State Finalist: Women Fighting Against Gender Discrimination, Nayeli & Sophia
Senior Group Website
- State Finalist: Harvey Milk, Emma, Jaisa, Kyler, & Kenzie
- State Finalist: Japanese Internment, Jonathan, Brian, & Sean
American Women's History Award
Awarded by the Jean Nicolet Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Junior Category Winner
A Woman's Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement: The Story of Ella Baker - Brinley (Junior Individual Documentary)
Senior Category Winner
Women Fighting Against Gender Discrimination - Sophia & Nayeli (Senior Group Performance)
Northeastern Wisconsin History Award
Awarded by the Brown County Historical Society
Junior Category Winner
Wisconsin Environmental Protection Acts - Austin (Junior Individual Exhibit)
Senior Category Winner
Zona Gale: Wisconsin's Unsung Trailblazer - Caitlin, Jessica, & Lucia (Senior Group Performance)
U.S. Labor History Award
Awarded by the Wisconsin Labor History Society
Kohler Strike of 1934: A Fight for Kohler Workers' Rights - Isabel (Junior Individual Exhibit)
The Copper County Strike of 1913-1914 and the Italian Hall Disaster: Responsibility to Safety, Right to Strike - Gideon (Junior Paper)
Peninsula Prize in Environmental History
Awarded by Michael Dahlberg
Wisconsin Environmental Protection Acts - Austin (Junior Individual Exhibit)
Zufelt Law Prize in Legal History
Awarded by the Zufelt Law, LLC
Jacobson vs. Massachusetts: Right to Choose vs. Responsibility to Protect - Emalyn (Junior Individual Performance)