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

Administrative Staff

Bethany Jay - Academic Director
(978) 542-7349 or bethany@usingessexhistory.org

Sheilagh Doerfler - Program Coordinator
(978) 740-0444 or sheilagh@usingessexhistory.org



Advisory Board Members

Ex-Officio Members
Members
 

Brad Austin
Assistant Professor of History
Salem State College

Elaine Clements
Executive Director
Andover Historical Society

 

Robert Dunn
Department of English
Beverly High School

Claire Crane
Principal
Robert L. Ford School

 

Priscilla Foley
Director, Archival Operations
NARA-Northeast

Elizabeth Duclos-Orsello
Assistant Professor
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
 

Annie C. Harris
Executive Director
Essex National Heritage Commission

Cheryl Forster
Principal
Ipswich Middle School
 

Walter Hickey
Public Programs
NARA-Northeast

Elizabeth Hoeffner
Teacher, Department of History
Beverly High School
 
Diane Morey
Teacher, Department of History
Danvers High School
 
Richard St. Pierre
Librarian
St. John’s Preparatory School
 
Harriet Webster
Executive Director
Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center
 
Jim White
Teacher/Curriculum Supervisor
Department of History
Lawrence High School
 
Christine Wright
Library
Ipswich Middle School

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.