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

Previous Seminars



Second Wave Feminism
January 9, 2007
Salem State College
The Vietnam War
December 7, 2007
NARA-Waltham
The Growth of Southern Slavery
November 15, 2007
Andover Historical Society
Progressivism
October 1, 2007
The House of Seven Gables
The '76ers: Turning Points in American History
July 17-21, 2007
The Fishing Industry in Essex County
May, 2007
Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center
About 20 Miles Outside of Boston: The Growth of Suburbia in the 20th Century
April 25, 2007
NARA
The Changing Landscape of Essex County
March 28, 2007
Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm
The Roaring Twenties
March 6, 2007
Ipswich Town Hall and The Crane Estate
Religion, Revival and Reform: The Second Great Awakening and Its Legacy
February 06, 2007
Amesbury Cultural Center and
Rocky Hill Meeting House
Integration: Ole Miss, Little Rock and Boston Busing
December 5, 2006
Enterprise Center at Salem State College
The Fighting Founders: Political Conflict in the Early Republic
November 3, 2006
Hamilton Hall
Women and Abolition in Massachusetts
October 11, 2006
Amesbury Cultural Center
Summer Institute 2006, America in Conflict
July 17 - 21, 2006
20th Century Immigration
April 23, 2006
Lawrence Heritage State Park
19th Century Immigration
March 23, 2006
National Archives and Records Administration, Waltham
Early Colonial History
February 16, 2006
Balch House





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.