Ohio High School Student Wins The History Channel(R) Award Best Senior Entry: International Theme at 2007 National History Day Ceremony

Ohio High School Student Wins The History Channel(R) Award Best Senior Entry: International Theme at 2007 National History Day Ceremony

COLLEGE PARK, Md., June 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After months of intensive research, Andrew Walker from Gallia Academy in Gallipolis, Ohio, earned The History Channel(R) Award for "Best Senior Entry on an International Theme" at the National History Day (NHD) ceremonies today for his research paper titled "Canadian Caper: Triumph in the Midst of the Iran Hostage Crisis."

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National History Day, Inc. is a nonprofit education program that presents an annual national history contest. Students present the findings of in-depth historical research in the form of documentaries, performances, exhibits, and papers and are judged by a panel of experts. More than half a million students nationwide participate in National History Day. The national finals are held at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Dr. Kimberly Gilmore, Historian and Director of Corporate Outreach at The History Channel, presented a $5,000 prize for the project to Walker. More than 2,300 students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and American Samoa participated in the national event. During the competition, students presented research addressing the 2007 National History Day theme: "Triumph and Tragedy in History."

Walker's paper details the heroic actions of Canadian diplomats who selflessly harbored six American diplomats who had escaped from the American Embassy during the take-over by radical Muslim students on November 4, 1979. Despite the risks to their own safety, the Canadians smuggled the Americans out of Iran to safety. "The response of the Canadian government provides an example of uncompromising triumph in the face of an international crisis," Walker writes. "The historical significance and the effects of the Iran Hostage Crisis are far ranging and tragic. In the age of continuing terrorism, the Canadian reaction to the crisis they faced should provide as much inspiration as it did when it was first publicized."

Walker researched and wrote his paper under the guidance of his teachers, Pam Wiseman and Ellen Brasel.

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The goal of National History Day, Inc. is to promote the study of history by engaging students in the excitement of historic inquiry and creative presentation. Through publications and education programs, National History Day trains teachers to move students beyond textbooks and expand their classrooms to include libraries, museums and archives. Nationwide 40,000 teachers currently use NHD curriculum materials. The National History Day program received the Charles Frankel Prize for Public Programming and collaborated with the National Archives to create "Our Documents," a national initiative on American history, civics, and service. More information is available at http://www.nhd.org/.

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