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Cook County Middle School students in Dorie Carlson and David Liechty’s eighth-grade classes have immersed themselves in history this winter, writing thesis papers and preparing displays for History Day presentations. At the beginning of March, students set up their displays in the Arrowhead Center for the Arts. Left: Jack Viren and Will Lamb introduce visitors to their display Sputnik: The Fever of ’57.

Above left: Melanie Smith and Molly Sietsema worked together on an Internet project on X-rays, which were accidentally discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen. Above middle: Maranda and Mariah Deschampe, avid basketball players, selected a historic figure in the field of basketball. Their presentation was about Earl Lloyd who was the first African American to play in the National Basketball Association in 1950-1951. Above right: Sharing the history of the Gatling gun were Jaden Aubid and Danny Lewis. The most interesting thing they learned? The first weapon incorporated a coffee grinder. Student judges selected the historical presentations that went on to regional competition. Look for those results in an upcoming issue.