Administrative Staff

Bethany Jay - Academic Director
(978) 542-7349 or bethany@usingessexhistory.org

Gretchen Dionne - Program Coordinator
(978) 766-4444 or gretchen@usingessexhistory.org

Advisory Board Members

Ex-Officio Members		Members

Brad Austin Assistant Professor of History Salem State College		Elaine Clements Executive Director Andover Historical Society

Robert Dunn Department of English Beverly High School		Claire Crane Principal Robert L. Ford School

Priscilla Foley Director, Archival Operations NARA-Northeast		Elizabeth Duclos-Orsello Assistant Professor Department of Interdisciplinary Studies

Annie C. Harris Executive Director Essex National Heritage Commission		Cheryl Forster Principal Ipswich Middle School

Walter Hickey Public Programs NARA-Northeast		Elizabeth Hoeffner Teacher, Department of History Beverly High School

		Diane Morey Teacher, Department of History Danvers High School

		Richard St. Pierre Librarian St. John’s Preparatory School

		Harriet Webster Executive Director Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center

		Jim White Teacher/Curriculum Supervisor Department of History Lawrence High School

		Christine Wright Library Ipswich Middle School

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.

Economic History Foreign Relations Political and
Constitutional History