Essex LINCs (Local History In a National Context)
is a three year project designed to connect Essex County elementary teachers with local primary source material to make their social studies lessons more relevant and exciting.

Saugus Iron Works

Field
Resources

Explore early settlement, maritime and industrial sites in Essex County.

Find out more here.

Old Burial Salem class

Lesson
Plans

Developed by teachers using Essex County resources.

Find out more here.

Washington commission

Primary
Resources

Documents for teaching American History to elementary school children.

Find out more here.

  • Updates: Summer Institute on the topic of Governing at various Essex County locations, July 7-11


Educators from across Essex County meet at Lawrence Heritage State Park to discuss American History topics




Contact Us

Essex LINCs is a Teaching American History grant designed to bring local primary sources directly into Essex County elementary classrooms. Each "semester" a cohort of 25 educators from K-6 classrooms around Essex County Massachusetts will be chosen to attend 4 workshops during the school year and a week long seminar in the summer. To find out more about this opportunity, you may contact;

our museum educator; Rebecca Zimmerman at essexlincs@gmail.com

or our project director, Bethany Jay at bethany@usingessexhistory.org

In addition, this grant has a direct link with Salem State college. Faculty members, Brad Austin and Elizabeth Duclos-Orsello, will direct class lectures and discussions at each workshop.

They can be reached via the following links; Brad Austin at baustin@salemstate.edu

and Elizabeth Duclos-Orsello at educlosorsello@salemstate.edu

More information about the staff involved with Essex LINCs will be coming soon.