Georgia Council for the Social
Studies
2011 State Social
Studies Fair Winners
Best in Fair
ÒSkill vs.
Luck: Does Making a Profit in the
Stock Market Require Skill and Experience or is it Pure Luck?Ó
Carol Anne Spangler
Chamblee Charter High School
DeKalb County Schools
Steve Rubino, Directing Teacher
Best in Class I
(Grades 5-6)
ÒWhat Impact Did the
Buffalo Soldiers Have on America?Ó
Correggio Peagler, Jr.
Wadsworth Magnet School
DeKalb County Schools
Paula Wilson, Directing Teacher
Best in Discipline: Class I Anthropology
ÒCould Bike Lanes
Benefit Gainesville?Ó
Zachary Funk
Lanier Elementary School
Hall County Schools
Marilyn Hamblen, Directing Teacher
Best in
Discipline: Class I Economics
ÒFluorescent Light
Bulbs vs. Incandescent Light BulbsÓ
Jessica Phillips and Cassidy
Startec
Rabun County Elementary School
Rabun County Schools
Sheila Tipton, Directing Teacher
Best in
Discipline: Class I Geography
ÒChilean vs. Haitian
Earthquake: Which One
Was Truly More
Destructive?Ó
A. J. Cox, Christian Staton, and Matt
Weissel
Woodstock Middle School
Cherokee County Schools
Megan Malecek, Directing Teacher
Best in
Discipline: Class I History
ÒThe Impact of
Nurses in the Civil WarÓ
Anne Reneslacis
Whitlow Elementary School
Forsyth County Schools
Karen Daughtery, Directing Teacher
Best in
Discipline: Class I Political
Science
ÒThe Public
Perception of Alternative Fuels:
What Will We Do When the Gas Runs Out?Ó
Brian Woolfolk
Sandtown Middle School
Fulton County Schools
Megan Bland, Directing Teacher
Best in
Discipline: Class I
Sociology/Social Psychology
ÒTwist, Turn, Pop!
Who Can Open That Top?Ó
Rebekah Travis
Mary Lee Clark Elementary School
Camden County Schools
Nan Ward, Directing Teacher
Best in Class II
(Grades 7-8)
ÒImpact of Child
Labor in BangladeshÓ
Naomi Siddiquee
Memorial Middle School
Rockdale County Schools
Caroline Snell, Directing Teacher
Best in
Discipline: Class II Anthropology
ÒSamoan Football
PlayersÓ
Jesse Cooper and Cole Smith
East Hall Middle School
Hall County Schools
Lynn Tankersley, Directing Teacher
Best in
Discipline: Class II Economics
ÒWhich Factor
Contributes Most to a Country Succeeding in the Summer Olympic Games?Ó
Dane Lassetter
Fulton Science Academy Middle
School
Fulton County Schools
Christopher Stiffler, Directing
Teacher
Best in
Discipline: Class II Geography
ÒShould There Be a
Kurdistan?Ó
Taylor Poole
Freedom Middle School
Cherokee County Schools
Marty Johansen, Directing Teacher
Best in
Discipline: Class II History
ÒOperation
Halyard: The Forgotten 500Ó
Caleb Brannon, Lucy Groves, and
Dalton Hutchison
Teasley Middle School
Cherokee County Schools
John Breen, Directing Teacher
Best in
Discipline: Class II Political
Science
ÒNorth vs.
South: Is There a Civil War
Going on in DeKalb County?Ó
Christina Burgess
DeKalb Elementary School of the
Arts
DeKalb County Schools
Lorenzo Nash, Directing Teache
Best in
Discipline: Class II
Sociology/Social Psychology
ÒMethamphetamine: Knowing ÔWhatÕ Can Save Your LifeÓ
Hunter Fisher, Josh Parsons, Riley
Wildeman
Teasley Middle School
Cherokee County Schools
John Breen, Directing Teacher
Best in Class III
(Grades 9-10)
ÒIslam and the
Media: What is the Impact of
Misinformation?Ó
Kerum Kendall
EagleÕs Landing High School
Henry County Schools
Zachory Kirk, Directing Teacher
Best in
Discipline: Class III Anthropology
ÒStretched Too THIN
and FED Up: How Do Beauty
Perceptions Affect Women in the U.S. and Mauritania?Ó
Lindsey Perry and Laura Nguyen
Morrow High School
Clayton County Schools
Jennifer Henley, Directing Teacher
Best in
Discipline: Class III Economics
ÒSmall Change: Big ImpactÓ
Allison Rapoport and Olivia
Volkert
Grady High School
Atlanta Public Schools
Susan Salvesen, Directing Teacher
Best in
Discipline: Class III Geography
ÒArcology: Can Building Upwards Solve Urban
Sprawl?Ó
Thomas (T. K.) OÕSteen
Forsyth Central High School
Forsyth County Schools
Jennifer Garner, Directing Teacher
Best in
Discipline: Class III History
ÒMore Than Just a
Game: The OlympicsÓ
Madeline Ryan and Victoria Cochran
Creekview High School
Cherokee County Schools
Stan Hunsucker and Mike Sinco,
Directing Teachers
Best in Discipline: Class III Sociology/Social Psychology
ÒMedia and
Mankind: TechnologyÕs Effect on
SocietyÓ
Brice Karickhoff
Forsyth Central High School
Forsyth County Schools
Jennifer Garner, Directing Teacher
Best in Class IV
(Grades 11-12)
ÒDoes Corruption
Impact the Internal
Displacement of Nations in Conflict?Ó
Rifat Mursalin
Douglass High School
Atlanta Public Schools
Cleopatra Warren, Directing
Teacher
Best in
Discipline: Class IV History
ÒThe Arch: The Foundation of SocietyÓ
Josh Schuyler
Forsyth Central High School
Forsyth County Schools
Jennifer Garner, Directing Teacher
Best in
Discipline: Class IV
Sociology/Social Psychology
ÒWhat Are the
Effects of Divorce on Adolescents?Ó
Melanie Valle
Ola High School
Henry County Schools
Steve Sewell, Directing Teacher
Special Awards
Archaeology
Awards
Presented by Lynn Pietak for
Society for Georgia Archaeology
and
Georgia Council for Professional
Archaeologists
ÒHow Did the Canton
Textile Mills Affect the Growth of Canton?Ó
Caleb Spurling
Clayton Elementary Schools
Cherokee County Schools
Susan Harris, Directing Teacher
ÒAndersonville vs. ElmiraÓ
Scotty Kent
Huntington Middle School
Houston County Schools
Mark McGee, Directing Teacher
Economics Award
Presented by Dr. Eddie Bennett,
GCSS Executive Director and Trustee,
Georgia Council on Economic Education
ÒWhich Factor
Contributes Most to a Country Succeeding in the Summer Olympic Games?Ó
Dane Lassetter
Fulton Science Academy Middle
School
Fulton County Schools
Christopher Stiffler, Directing
Teacher
Geography Award
Presented by Rebecca Ryckeley on
behalf of Dr. Garrett Smith,
Kennesaw State University, for the Georgia Geographic
Alliance
ÒChilean vs. Haitian
Earthquake:
Which One Was Truly
More Destructive?Ó
A. J. Cox, Christian Staton, and Matt
Weissel
Woodstock Middle School
Cherokee County Schools
Mega Malecek, Directing Teacher
Georgia Studies
Award
Presented by Dr. Virginia Shadron,
Emory University
Friends of Georgia Archives and
History
ÒHow Did the Canton
Textile Mills Affect the Growth of Canton?Ó
Caleb Spurling
Clayton Elementary School
Cherokee County Schools
Susan Harris, Directing Teacher
History Award
Presented by Joel Walker
The National Archives at Atlanta
ÒHow Did the Space
Race Change American PeopleÕs Lives?Ó
Isabelle Ariail
Peachtree Charter Middle School
DeKalb County Schools
Carole Dunn, Directing Teacher
Political Science
Award
Presented by Michael Boyd, Past
President
Georgia Council for the Social
Studies
Civic Mission of Schools Fund
ÒNorth vs.
South: Is There a Civil War
Going on in DeKalb
County?Ó
Christina Burgess
DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts
DeKalb County Schools
Lorenzo Nash, Directing Teacher
Sociology/Social
Psychology Award
Presented by Andrea Pritchett,
President
Georgia Leadership Association for
the Social Studies
And Board of Trustees member, GCSS
ÒTwist, Turn,
Pop! Who Can Open That Top?Ó
Rebekah Travis
Mary Lee Clark Elementary
Camden County Schools
Nan Ward, Directing Teacher
New Georgia Encyclopedia Award
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