"IRON RANGE: MINNESOTA BUILDING AMERICA" DOCUMENTARY

 
 Now an Emmy Award Winner!  
2009 Best Cultural Documentary
 
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In 2008, Minnesota Humanities Center set forth to create a documentary that would highlight the history and future of the Iron Range—one that would broaden public knowledge and appreciation of the critical role that this 100-mile long, 10-mile wide strip of land has played and continues to play in the success of our nation.
The Humanities Center, together with tpt and Iron Range Resources, is pleased to present this highly-anticipated documentary entitled “Iron Range: Minnesota Building America" which premiered on tpt MN April 26, 2009 at 7 p.m.
 
                                 PART ONE - THE LAND                                                                      PART TWO - THE MINES
    
                             PART THREE - THE PEOPLE                                                                PART FOUR - THE WORK
    
 
NEXT AIR DATES:
Sunday, January 31, 8:00PM on 
 
The documentary illustrates that the profound contributions of the Anishinaabe and immigrants from 43 different ethnic backgrounds who came to work the mines and the birth of the towns to support them; the United States would be a different place.
 
To complement the documentary, the Humanities Center has created and compiled extensive resources, classroom guides, and activities so that educators can share this documentary and extrapolate on the Iron Range with their students. Click here to view this exciting collection of resources.
 
Want more Iron Range resources to use in your classroom?  Now you can buy access to all of the Iron Range resources for only $15!  You will have access to over a hundred different resources including: lesson ideas, websites, bibliographies, book titles, and more! We make your job easier by doing the research for you!  
 
Produced by Lisa Blackstone, the documentary includes commentary and narration by: Dr. David A. Lanegran, Geographer, Macalester College; Peter Rachleff, Historian, Macalester College; Rep.Tom Rukavina, MN House of Representatives; Dr. Marilyn J. Chiat, Art and Architecture Historian; Pamela Brunfelt, Historian and Iron Ranger; Elizabeth Raymond, Landscape Historian, University of Nevada, Reno; Rose Berens, Director and Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Bois Forte Heritage Museum; Jerry Meier, Lab Director for Physics Research at the Soudan Underground Mine; and Dan Bauer, Project Manager of Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS).