Eric Foner, The Story of American Freedom

• Colin Hopper, Lincoln-Way East High School
• Rich Baldwin, Bloomington High School
• Diane L. Mueller, Normal Community West High School
• Courtney Barrowman, Joliet West High School
• Daniel Hicks, Glenbrook South High School
• LaTishia Baker, Normal Community High School
• Larry Pahl, Elgin High School
• Mike Lootens, Olympia High School

Carl Abbott, Political Terrain

• Eric A. Byar, Lincoln-Way East High School
• Frank Peter Slotkus, Hamline Elementary School
• Heather Schamal, Prairie View Junior High School

K. Tsianina Lomawaima, They Called It Prairie Light: The Story of the Chilocco Indian School

• Janet Pavlons, Pekin Community High School
• Robert Mankiewicz, James H. Bowen High School
• Anne Libert, Normal Community High School
• Richard Baldwin, Bloomington High School
• Carmen M. Ganser, Illinois State University

Melvyn P. Leffler, The Specter of Communism: The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1917-1953

• Rich Baldwin, Bloomington High School
• Frank Peter Slotkus, John H. Hamline Elementary School
• Wendy Hegarty, Lincoln-Way East High School
• Carmen M. Ganser, Illinois State University
• Scott J. Hemmer, Bowen High School
• Sarah Bey, Steinmetz Academic Centre'
• Richard L. Hill, KeIvyn Park High School

E. B. Sledge, With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa

• Dave Witzig, Normal Community High School
• Eric S. Wagner, Kelvyn Park High School
• Dan Lamboley, Normal Community West High School
• Andrew Lisec, Kelvyn Park High School
• Tracy Freeman, Normal Community West High School
• Carmen M. Ganser, Illinois State University
• Julio Villegas, Kelvyn Park High School
• Robert J. Fitzgerald, Olympia High School

Francisco A. Rosales, Chicano!: The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement

• Fred Walk, Normal Community High School
• John Sullivan, Glenbrook South High School
• Jason Klokkenga, Normal West High School
• Carmen M. Ganser, Illinois State University
• Robert Sylvan, Kelvyn Park High School
• Jason M. Artman, Mendota High School

Pauline Maier, American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence

• Jason M. Artman, Mendota High School
• Dave Witzig, Normal Community High
• Daniel L. Zapler, Glenbrook South High School
• Jody Baker-Wiley, Monticello High School
• Kathleen Lunskis, Minooka Community High School

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary: 1785-1812

• Elizabeth Lupfer, Glenbrook South High School
• Hilary Rosenthal, Glenbrook South High School

Glenn C. Altschuler & Stuart M. Blumin, Rude Republic: Americans and their Politics in the Nineteenth Century

• Kevin J. Suess, Normal Community High School
• D. Matthew Jordan, Lincoln Way East High School
• Ben Hussmann, Glenbrook South High School
• Carmen M. Ganser, Illinois State University

H.W. Brands, The Strange Death of American Liberalism

• Jim Kelly, University High School
• Robert J. Fitzgerald, University High School
• Dave Witzig, Normal Community High School
• Rich Baldwin, Bloomington High School
• Steven S. Eich
• Stacy K. Flannery, Glenbrook South High School
• Frank Peter Slotkus, John H. Hamline Elementary School

Arnold B. Hirsch, Making the Second Ghetto: Race & Housing in Chicago: 1940-1960

• Glen Petersen, Normal Community High School
• Megan Novotney, Normal Community West High School
• Patrick M. Martin, Lexington High School
• Sal Velasco
• Carmen M. Ganser, Illinois State University
• Katie Roland
• Eric S. Wagner, Kelvyn Park High School
• Donita Duffee, Lexington Unit 7 School
• Nick Lilak, University High School
• Frank Peter Slotkus, John H. Hamline Elementary School

Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

• Carmen M. Ganser, Illinois State University
• Fred Walk, Normal Community High School
• Cherlyn McBride, Chenoa High School
• Traci Van Prooyen, Pekin Community High School
• Heidi Johnsen, Mather High School
• Jody Baker Wiley, Monticello High School
• Sean D. O'Laughlin, Pekin Community High School