Greene County was well represented and had three first-place entries in the East Tennessee National History Day competition March 3 in Knoxville.

Four entries from three Greene County Schools will advance to the state-level competition to be held April 5 at the University of Memphis.

The March 3 district competition on the campus of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, included 300 students from 10 East Tennessee counties and more than 160 entries.

Students who placed first through third will advance to the state-level competition in Memphis. Fourth-place winners will serve as alternates.

Local first-place winners were:

* Nadareh Naseri, Chuckey-Doak High School, senior individual exhibit, "Women Writers and Pseudomyms";

* Breanna Morrow, Melissa Kinser and Brittney Loveall, Mosheim Middle School, junior group performance, "The Salem Witch Trials"; and

* Emilee Frazier and Katie Adams, Chuckey-Doak Middle School, junior group exhibit, "Women's Suffrage: The Conflict Within."

Placing second in the junior group documentary category was a team from Mosheim Middle School: Chandler Christopher, Karina Thacker, Taylor Patterson, Tyler Patterson and Daniel Whitehead. Their documentary is titled "Andrew Johnson: Defender of the Constitution."

The Mosheim students will have a spaghetti supper from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, at Mosheim School to raise money for their trip to Memphis.

Placing fourth, also in the junior group exhibit category, were Chelsea Casteel, Sarah Luttrell and Courtney Smith from DeBusk Elementary School with "The Scopes Monkey Trial."

Two local entries from Chuckey-Doak Middle School received special awards at the district competition.

The team of Taylor Morgan, Megan Schrodt, Patricia Woods, Gavin Long and Nathan Renner received the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War Award for outstanding use of Civil War primary and secondary resources and interpretation and presentation of research.

Their junior group performance is titled "Dickson-Williams Mansion: A House Divided."

Jessie Tipton received the East Tennessee Veteran's Memorial Association Award for her junior individual exhibit titled "Lincoln's Greatest Proclamation?"

The theme of the 2008 National History Day competition is "Conflict and Compromise," which asked students to view history through multiple perspectives.

Local students advanced to the district competition by placing at the Northeast Tennessee Regional History Day Competition held Feb. 1 at Tusculum College.

In its seventh year, the district National History Day competition was co-sponsored by the East Tennessee Historical Society and the UT Department of History.

Winners at the state-level competition will advance to the national-level competition to be held June 15-19 at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md.

The National History Day program in Greene County is coordinated by the Museums of Tusculum College, Department of Museum Program and Studies and is supported by the Andrew Johnson Heritage Association.

National History Day is a curriculum enhancement program designed to change the way history is taught and learned in middle schools and high schools.

It requires students to conduct extensive research, interpret information and draw conclusions about the meaning of the past.

For more information, visit www.nationalhistoryday.org.