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

Find out more about local historic sites in Essex County.

Click here.

Old Burial Salem class

Lesson
Plans

Created by Essex County teachers using local resources.

Click here.

Washington commission

Primary
Resources

Documents for teaching American History.

Click here.

  • Updates: First Essex LINCs Summer Institute a Success! New Cohort joins us this Fall!


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





Lesson Plans

Lesson Plans from Workshops

Lesson plans listed here are created by our museum educator, Rebecca Zimmerman. They use local Essex County resources which can be accessed directly on our Primary Resources page. There are also links to primary sources on each session's page. In addition, Essex County educators have produced pre and post lesson activities, some of which are accessible as well. They were created especially for the Essex LINCs seminars. Please contact us if you have any comments or questions regarding these documents.

  • Lesson Plans from the Spring 2008 Workshops

  • Lesson Plans from the 2008 Summer Institute