What History Means To Me

2001 Honorable Mentions

Middle School

J. Chen
Sponsoring Teacher: Ms. Earnheart
Arkansas
"History is not just about sitting in your social studies class, to me, history is an apotheosis of life."

D. Flores
Sponsoring Teacher: Mrs. Penã
Texas
"History is a discovery of ourselves—a lesson in who and what we are."

B. Levine
Sponsoring Teacher: Mrs. Shenefelt
Pennsylvania
"History is life, heritage, experience, connections, learning, and changes."

R. Moldoveanu
Sponsoring Teacher: Ms. Moore
Washington
"What does history mean to me? It is a unique world of valuable 'friends.'"

J. Nam
Sponsoring Teacher: Mr. Wilde
California
"Family history is the most respected and most remembered kind of history within any household."

J. Um
Sponsoring Teacher: Mr. Shetley
California
"History are the roots to my tree. I know where I stand."

A. Zodorozny
Sponsoring Teacher: Ms. Johnson
Georgia
"History is everyone's story…history is one thing that can never escape you."

High School

C. L. Alsip
Sponsoring Teacher: Ms. Davis
Oklahoma
"History to me is a triumph over hard times."

B. L. Chunko
Sponsoring Teacher: Mr. Roebuch
Pennsylvania
"The history of one is, in essence, the history of many."

J. M. Edwards
Sponsoring Teacher: Ms. Lowe
Arkansas
"History is the application of the present to improve upon the past."

P. Holston-Toth
Sponsoring Teacher: Ms. Miller
Texas
"The giant library of history is made up of many authors, most of whom never wrote a word."

D. V. Kimel
Sponsoring Teacher: Ms. Russell
Connecticut
"We interpret our own world through the prism of the perceptions of past civilizations."

C. A. Nichols
Sponsoring Teacher: Mrs. Hillstrom
Washington
"I could be the person to find a cure for cancer using historical events that have affected me personally."

J. Taylor
Sponsoring Teacher: Ms. Taylor
California
"Without history, we would be wandering in a wilderness of confusion."