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

The Declaration of independence in american history and memory

General Institute Information
Syllabus








  • Date: July 18, 2007
  • Location: Marblehead Museum and Historical Society
  • Time:9AM - 4PM
    • Address and Directions


    MIT’s Dr. Pauline Maier, author of American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence will lead this session on the changing significance of the Declaration of Independence in American culture. The seminar will marshal the formidable Revolutionary era resources of the Marblehead Historical Society as the site resource.

     

Bibliography

Pauline Maier. American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence. New York: Vintage Books, 1997.


Address and Directions


Marblehead Museum and Historical Society
170 Washington Ave
Marblehead, MA 01945
Map

From 95
Exit at Route 114 East, and travel 6 miles, through Salem, to Marblehead.
In Marblehead, Rt. 114 turns into Pleasant Street.
Bear right onto Washington Street and follow up the hill past Abbott Hall.
MMHS is located on the right at the bottom of the hill

Parking
Parking Map
Please park in the far end of the lot of the Old North Church at 8 Stacey Street. Stacey Street is off of Washington Street.

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.