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Grades 4 -9 :50 min.
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is unique because people arrived “by ship.” Since the peninsula was geographically isolated, many ethnic and cultural traditions remained long after they disappeared from other parts of the country. Children were raised speaking foreign languages and they did things like ski jump in the winter and take showers at the mines.
With the aid of a short video, students learn how the mines operated and provided the basic ingredient for steel. Students learn of the hardships of growing up in a mining town and living in a company house.
Students learn how the growth of the iron ore industry was linked to the development of America's industrial economy. The ore was critical in the production of steel, which made the cannons of the Civil War, fueled the emerging automobile industry and built America's battleships. Students will come away with a better understanding of the role of natural resources and the important role the Upper Peninsula had in shaping America's history.
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