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

The New Deal

General Seminar Information
Application Deadline: February 29
Apply to a Seminar
  • Date: March 27 , 2008
  • Location: NARA-Waltham
  • Time:9AM - 3PM
    • Address and Directions



    Using the source, The Depression and New Deal: A History in Documents, March’s seminar will move beyond the standard list of federal aid programs to talk about how average Americans in Massachusetts and the nation were affected by New Deal programs. This seminar will combine the expertise of Salem State College Assistant Professor Andrew Darien with the resources of the National Archives in Waltham. Teachers will leave the seminar with the information and sources that they need to bring the lived experience of the Depression and New Deal into their classrooms


    • Dr. Andrew Darien
    • Salem State College


Address and Directions

NARA
380 Trapelo Road
Waltham, MA
Map


From 95 South
At the end of the exit ramp, take a left onto Trapelo Road. Follow Trapelo Road for almost 3 miles, and NARA will be on your right


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.