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

Culture and Politics in the 1970s

General Institute Information
Syllabus






  • Date: July 19, 2007
  • Location: NARA - Waltham
  • Time:9AM - 4PM
    • Address and Directions



    Using his book, The Seventies, Boston University’s Dr. Bruce Schulman will lead this seminar on the culture and politics of the 1970s with special attention to the Watergate scandal. Archivists from the National Archives and Records Administration in Waltham, MA will introduce teachers to NARA’s vast resources on the politics of this era.

     

Bibliography


Bruce Schulman. The Seventies: The Great Shift in American Culture, Society, and Politics. New York: Da Capo Press, 2001.

Preface and Introduction
Chapter One: “’Down to the Nut-Cutting’: the Nixon Presidency and American Public Life.
Chapter Three: “’Plugging In’: Seeking and Finding in the Seventies”
Chapter Four: “The Rise of the Sunbelt and the ‘Reddening’ of America
Chapter Five: “Jimmy Carter and the Crisis of Confidence”
Chapter Nine: “The Reagan Culmination”


Address and Directions


NARA
380 Trapelo Road
Waltham, MA
Map


From 95
At the end of the exit ramp, take a left onto Trapelo Road Follow Trapelo Road for almost 3 miles NARA will be on your right

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.