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

Primary Resources


Early Colonial History

Probate Inventories: A Window to Your Ancestor's World
This article, from the website of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, offers tips on how to read probate inventories for maximum historic content.

The Plymouth Colony Archive Project
This website of the Plymouth Colony Archives offers 17th century court records, journals, town plans and probate inventories from Plymouth Colony. It also offers maps of the Plymouth Colony territory from the 17th through the 20th century and academic articles analyzing the material culture of colonial New England.





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.