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

 

Previous Seminars

Teddy Roosevelt and the World
May 14, 2008

The Rise of the New Right
April 28, 2009

 Early Cold War
March 9, 2009

The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
January 30, 2009

The China Trade
November 19, 2008

The Culture of Jim Crow
October 29, 2008

Foreign Relations

Summer Institute 2006, America in Conflict
The Civil War and Memory
Examining the collective memory of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Whose Victory?
Analyzing the major factors contriburing to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Emancipation Proclamation and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment
Understanding the relationship between the Emancipation Proclamation and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteers
The Homefront Experience in World War II
Daily life in America during the War
Exploring the Homefront and Race Issues
Analyzing the American character during World War II
Mobilizing for Total War - Changes on the Homefront and the Role of Propaganda
A closer look at the lives of Americans during World War II
GIRLS GONE WILD!
Stepping out of gender roles to struggle with the enemy



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.