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

The China Trade

November 19th, 2008
Dr. Dane Morrison, Salem State College
St. Joseph's Hall

Dr. Morrison will lead us through a discussion of the economic and maritime history of Salem during the China Trade




Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass
and Abraham Lincoln

January 30, 2009
Dr. John Stauffer, Harvard University


Stauffer’s dual biography probes the similarities between the two great mens’ lives in this dual biography, offering new perspectives on Lincoln, Douglass, and on 19th century American culture and politics.








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.