Using ESSEX History is a three-year project to improve the quality of American History instruction in Essex County's middle schools and high schools through teacher seminars and summer institutes on the people, places and events of
Essex County, Massachusetts.

Rebecca Nurse Homestead

Field
Resources

Explore early settlement, maritime and industrial sites in Essex County.



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Jan Maetzliger

Lesson
Plans

Developed by teachers using primary and field resources available here and throughout Essex County.

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List of Import Tariffs from 19th Century

Primary
Resources

Documents, online here and available through our partners, for teaching any American History class.

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Seminars and Institutes

Reconstruction in the North and the
Compromise of 1876

General Institute Information
Syllabus







  • Date: July 17, 2007
  • Location: Andover Historical Society
  • Time:9AM - 4PM
    • Address and Directions



    During this seminar, Boston College’s Dr. David Quigley, author of Second Founding: New York City, Reconstruction, and the Making of American Democracy, will lead a discussion on the Compromise of 1876 and the effects of the end of Reconstruction on northern industry. This seminar will take place at the Andover Historical Society where teachers will be introduced to the Shawsheen Historic District- a 19th century planned industrial community.

     

Bibliography

David Quigley. Second Founding: New York City, Reconstruction, and the Making of American Democracy. New York: Hill and Wang, 2004.

Jack Tager and John W. Ikfovic, eds. Massachusetts in the Gilded Age. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1985.

  • Chapter One: Jack Tager. “ Massachusetts and the Age of Economic Revolution.”
  • Chapter Three: Dale Baum. “The Massachusetts Voter: Party Loyalty in the Gilded Age, 1872-1896.
  • Chapter Seven: Alexander Keyssar. “Social Change in Massachusetts in the Gilded Age.”

 

Address and Directions

Andover Historical Society
97 Main Street
Andover, MA 01810
Map


From 93
From Route 93-North: take Exit 41, Route 125 East, to Route 28 North, after the 3rd traffic light, Andover Historical Society will be on the left

From 495
From Route 495 - East or West: take exit 41, Route 28 South, after the 7th traffic light (8th w/ Fire Station blinker), Andover Historical Society will be on the right.

Parking
Parking is available in the Municipal Lot in downtown Andover. The rate is $1 every four hours. Parking is also available at four hour meters along Main Street.

Using ESSEX History Themes

Using ESSEX History will address four core themes in American history. These four themes are listed below. Teachers will find materials that relate to specific topics linked to the appropriate heading. Any subjects that relate to more than one theme will be linked to all of the appropriate headings.