Primary
Resources
Documents for teaching American History to elementary school children.
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Lesson Plans
Lesson Plan Information for Participants
Lesson Plans from Workshops
Lesson plans listed here are created by our museum educator, Rebecca Zimmerman. They use local Essex County resources which can be accessed on our Primary Resources page. They were created especially for the Essex LINCs seminars. Please contact us if you have any comments or questions regarding these documents.
All lesson plans are in .pdf format.
| Lesson Title | Primary Sources Used |
|---|---|
| Introduction to Using Primary Sources (.pdf) February, 2008 National Archives, Waltham, MA |
Eagle documents Salem Impost Pages Beverly Coasting Manifest |
| Why Do We Have Governments? (.pdf) "What Does Government Do For Us?" worksheet (.pdf) March, 2008 Beverly Historical Society, Beverly, MA |
Beverly documents Peabody Institute documents Ipswich Archives documents |
| I Can Make Myself Contented Most Anywhere, Changes Caused By the Industrial Revolution (.pdf) - Worksheets attached to main lesson April, 2008 Lawrence Heritage State Park, Lawrence, MA |
Beverly documents Gloucester documents Lawrence documents Amesbury documents |
| Remember Me...What Do Monuments Around Essex County Have to Tell Us About the Past (.pdf) May, 2008 Andover Historical Society, Andover, MA |
Andover documents Photos of Essex County Monuments |
