LANDMARKS WORKSHOPS

A recipient of one of 26 We the People 2008 Landmarks of American History and Culture grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Minnesota Humanities Center conducted two week-long workshops for K-12 educators in Summer 2008. Titled "Building America: Minnesota's Iron Range, U.S. Industrialization, and the Creation of a World Power," the Humanities Center’s workshop focused on the history and activities that took place on the Vermilion and the Mesabi Iron Ranges. Participants were provided with resources and new content knowledge for introducing the history of Minnesota's Iron Range region, its contributions, and its people into their current American history curriculum.

We welcome you to view photos from this unique experience and to read accounts of our time spent with educators on the Range on our blog.

Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops for Schoolteachers are part of the National Endowment for the Humanities' We the People program. These workshops provide the opportunity for K-12 educators from throughout the U.S. to engage in intensive study and discussion of important topics in American history. The one-week academies give participants direct experiences in the interpretation of significant historical sites and the use of archival and other primary historical evidence. Landmarks workshops present the best scholarship on a specific landmark or related cluster of landmarks, enabling participants to gain a sense of the importance of historical places, to make connections between what they learn in the workshop and what they teach, and to develop enhanced teaching materials for their classrooms.