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

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elcome to the Using ESSEX History website! Using ESSEX History is funded by a three-year Teaching American History grant from the U.S. Department of Education. This site was designed to provide history teachers with resources that can be easily incorporated into the classroom and enhance the experience of teaching and learning American history.

  • Essex County teachers can find all of the information they need to enroll in a Monthly Seminar or the Summer Session in the Seminars section.

  • Massachusetts teachers will find primary and field resources that correspond to the Massachusetts curriculum frameworks in our Resources section.

  • Teachers from across the nation can use our Resources section to find primary sources and lesson plans that can be used in any American history classroom.

We will continuously add content and links to this site so please be sure to check in often!

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.