Students from Central Junior High School and Lawrence High School were among winners in the Kansas History Day contest at Washburn University in Topeka.

First- and second-place winners qualify for the National History Day competition June 12-16 in Washington, D.C.

First-place winners:

• The Terri Schiavo Case: The Right to Die-Debate and its Consequences, by Sadie Keller, of Central.

• Naming Names: Elia Kazan and the Hollywood Blacklist, by Josie Naron, of Central.

• Bismark & Realpolitik, by Kelly Song and YuKung Lee, of Lawrence High.

Second-place winners:

• Dropping the Bomb: A Moral Debate, by Ayesha Vishnani, of Central.

• The Second Red Scare, by Alyssa Crider and Lauren Fleming, of Lawrence High.

• The Great Crisis: The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, by Nick Cohen and Jim Kittel, of Lawrence High.

Third-place winners: Bridget Casad, of Central; Rosie O’Brien, of Lawrence High; and Maria Watson, of Lawrence High.