Newton County School System (NCSS) is pleased to announce the winners of the recent 2019 NCSS Social Studies Fair. Students in grades 6 through 12 competing in the fair conducted extensive research on a topic of their choice and were judged on the four major components of their social studies project—the research summary paper; the visual/display that should effectively organize and communicate the research and results; the project abstract which should include a description of the project, the research question/problem, methodology, and conclusion; and finally an oral interview.
The following students won first place at the NCSS Social Studies Fair and will now compete in the Regional Social Studies Fair on Saturday, February 23, 2019 at the University of North Georgia. They will compete against students in the Northeast Georgia Region, which includes: Fannin, Banks, Walton, Gilmer, Franklin, Union, Hart, Morgan, Towns, Elbert, Greene, Rabun, Madison, Taliaferro, Lumpkin, Jackson, Columbia, White, Barrow, McDuffie, Habersham, Clarke, Warren, Stephens, Oglethorpe, Glascock, Dawson, Wilkes, Hancock, Forsyth, Lincoln, Putnam, Hall, Oconee, Jasper, Butts, Monroe, Jones, Commerce City, Jefferson City, Baldwin, Gainesville City, and Social Circle City school systems.
2019 District Social Studies Winners; This is Alt Text
| Student |
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School |
|
Grade |
|
Project |
| Rhyanna Robinson & MaKy'la Willimas |
|
Clements |
|
6 |
|
Georgia's Entertainment Industry: The Economics Behind the "Hollywood of the South" |
| Kya Hinkson, Khyndall Lambert, & A'Kira Morgan |
|
Clements |
|
7 |
|
How Social Media Effects Teenage Girls |
| Carmen Hinton |
|
Indian Creek |
|
7 |
|
Adoption |
| Serenity Hays |
|
Indian Creek |
|
7 |
|
Assistant Dogs |
| Hannah Brothers & Reilly Darnell |
|
Indian Creek |
|
7 |
|
Why Did Alcatraz Close? |
| Brooklyn Wescott & Elizabeth Bryans |
|
Indian Creek |
|
7 |
|
Andersonville Tragedy of Men |
| Payton Dozier & Layna Cher |
|
Indian Creek |
|
7 |
|
Tic Tac Tourette's |
| Danielle Howard & Kelsey Jernigan |
|
Indian Creek |
|
7 |
|
Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World |
| Ziya Rich & Alexa Williams |
|
Liberty |
|
6 |
|
The Civil War |
| Jayden Williams, Lenaya Turnbull & Juan Barajas |
|
Liberty |
|
7 |
|
Israel vs Palestine: Who Do You Feel Should Have the Right to Israel? |
| Kayla Parsons, Keely Pontiff, & Hailey Quinn |
|
Liberty |
|
7 |
|
Genocide in Rwanda (Huti vs. Tutsi) |
| Shanelle Edie & DeAjah Johnson |
|
Liberty |
|
6 |
|
The Cold War |
| Nathan Jones |
|
Veterans Memorial |
|
6 |
|
Do Video Games Help or Hurt Kids with ADHD? |
| Cameron Sheilds |
|
Veterans Memorial |
|
6 |
|
Why is Recycling Important? |
| Natalie Henderson, Jade Neal, & Nicholas Jean |
|
Veterans Memorial |
|
8 |
|
The Black Death |
| Diana Lopez, Aly Medina, Emma Johnson, & Ey'ces Tubbs |
|
Veterans Memorial |
|
7 |
|
Is Government Funding Hampering or Helping Our Country? |
| Megan Parks |
|
Veterans Memorial |
|
7 |
|
Do Attractive People Get More from Life than Non-Attractive People? |
| Noah Horne, Logan Parrish, & Romeo Thitapanh |
|
Veterans Memorial |
|
8 |
|
The Effects of Agent Orange |
| Samuel Lent |
|
Newton College & Career Academy |
|
9 |
|
How Will the Future Covington Town Center and Three Ring Studios Affect the Economy in Covington? |
“Social Studies Fairs provide students with the opportunity to acquire new knowledge and skills by providing a platform to compete, practice, and perfect research processes that can be used now and in the future to make informed decisions that impact both today and posterity,” said Dr. Nikkita Warfield, Director of NCSS Secondary Education. “Each project is designed to show research and conclusions about the study of people and their relationships to their physical and social environment.”
Warfield added, “I am very proud of all of all of our District Social Studies Fair winners. “They worked very hard on their projects and I know they will represent Newton County Schools very well in the Regional Social Studies Fair.”
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