Middle and high school students explore barrier-breaking moments in Guamâs history for MARC competition
Middle and high school students explore barrier-breaking moments in Guamâs history for MARC competition
Middle and high school students explore barrier-breaking moments in Guamâs history for MARC competition
6/30/2020
Students explore barrier-breaking moments in Guamâs history in UOG competition
A total of 80 middle and high school student research projects explored barrier-breaking people and events in Guamâs history for this yearâs Guam History Day competition, which took place from May 15 to June 9, 2020. Sixteen projects took first-place prizes.
Hosted by the °”ÍűAV Micronesian Area Research Center, the Guam History Day competition is a year-long historical research program that challenges students to develop their perspectives of Guamâs history.
âThe students who competed not only interpreted the theme in dynamic ways, they also rose to the challenge of shifting from a traditional competition to a virtual one,â said Guam State Coordinator LaVonne Guerrero-Meno.
The competition was held virtually for the first time due to the pandemic. Adhering to the theme âBreaking Barriers in Guamâs History,â students electronically presented their research in the form of a research paper, documentary, exhibit, performance, or website.
The projects were judged by a panel of 35 community judges â including teachers, UOG faculty, business professionals, and representatives from Guampedia and Guam Preservation Trust â on historic quality and accuracy, adherence to the theme, and project guidelines.
âMARC appreciates the community-wide effort it took to host this yearâs competition,â Guerrero-Meno said.
While the students with the highest scoring projects typically go to the University of Maryland in Washington, D.C., to represent Guam at the National History Day competition, this yearâs first-place winners instead received laptops and iPads courtesy of Takagi and Associates Inc., South Pacific Petroleum Corp., GTA, Guam Preservation Trust, and UOGâs College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.
âWhile the island was concerned about the COVID-19 pandemic, UOG MARC was focused on getting this competition underway and giving the students their deserved recognition, which is truly an awesome thing they did,â said Mary Williams, teacher and coordinator at Andersen Middle School.
Guam History Day 2020 Winners
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Middle School |
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Research Paper |
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Documentary, Individual |
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Documentary, Group |
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Exhibit, Individual |
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Exhibit, Group |
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Performance, Individual |
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Performance, Group |
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Website, Individual |
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Website, Group |
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