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

Upcoming Seminars

Westward Migration
The Culture of Jim Crow
October 29, 2008

The China Trade
November 19, 2008

The 76ers: Turning points in american history

General Institute Information
Syllabus
Application deadline: March 30



  • Date: July 16 - 20, 2007




Day 1: 1676 - Bacon's Rebellion and Slavery in America

Peabody Institute Library, Danvers and Rebecca Nurse Homestead
Dr. Emerson Baker, Salem State College
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Day 2: 1876 - Reconstruction in the North and the Compromise of 1876

Andover Historical Society
Dr. David Quigley, Boston College
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Day 3: 1776 - The Declaration of Independence in American History and Memory

The Marblehead Museum and Historical Society
Dr. Pauline Maier, MIT
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Day 4: 1976 - Culture and Politics in the 1970s

NARA - Waltham
Dr. Bruce Shulman, Boston University
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Day 5: Teaching with Material and Visual Culture

Riley Seminar Room at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Dr. Patricia Johnston, Salem State College, Ray Williams, RISD and Dr. Emerson Baker, Salem State College
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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.