SOUTH ZANEVILLE, Ohio – Many Muskingum County school districts participate in various national conferences that promote civic education through various forms of communication.
Maysville High School has multiple students who competed in multiple categories at the State History Day competition to qualify for the national competition to be held next month at the University of Maryland.
Maysville High School senior William Stopfel won the documentary category for his video about the 1972 Bloody Sunday Massacre.
“It was…the second time I had to learn how to edit. It was a lot of fun,” Stoopfel said. “But I think the most difficult part was definitely reaching out to so many primary sources. I was lucky enough to interview three people. I’m a postdoctoral fellow at Boston University. We interviewed Rebecca Young and Jules Campbell, former leader of the Bloody Sunday Trust and sister of the unfortunate Jean Hegarty, two of whom live in Northern Ireland. So that was definitely the most difficult part. So the time difference is very difficult.”
The National History Day Contest allows students to present their themes through documentaries, websites, museum exhibits, and performances.
Maysville High School junior Scarlett Price and her student Emma Rush will also travel to Maryland to win a state competition for a website project about a Supreme Court case involving reproductive rights.
“My partner and I’s main topic is the 1972 Supreme Court case Eisenstadt v. Baird, which made contraception equally available to all women,” Price said. “Because before this case, only married women had access to it. Our project focuses not only on this case, but also on the man involved, because he was a big activist for women’s reproductive rights. I was really glad that I got the chance to interview him.
Maysville High School student Chesney Carter placed third in the individual performance category at the state’s National History Day contest, qualifying her as an alternate for the national competition.
