Essex LINCs (Local History In a National Context)
is a three year project designed to connect Essex County elementary teachers with local primary source material to make their social studies lessons more relevant and exciting.

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Find out more about teaching American History in Essex County.

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Old Burial Salem class

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Created by Essex County teachers using local resources.

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Primary
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Documents using local American History sources.

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Educators from across Essex County participate in hands on lessons designed to help teach American History topics

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Lesson Plans

Lesson Plans from the Fall 2009/Spring 2010 Workshops

Lesson plans listed here are created by our museum educator, Rebecca Zimmerman. Pre and post activities have been developed in conjunction with the teachers from our cohort and then modified by the museum educator. In addition, some exemplary lessons from our participants will included as well. All lessons 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)
October, 2009
National Archives, Waltham, MA
(this lesson uses materials from other NARA lessons (see also February, 2008/2009 and October 2008) and adds in primary sources with a regional (N.E./middle/southern colonies) focus. There are 3 sublessons; eagles, regional trade and triangle trade & slavery.Each sublesson is geared towards a particular grade level and MA curriculum frameworks.

Two Friends Schooner documents, Eagle sublesson (also includes the electoral college lesson)

Coastal Manifests & Regional Trading documents
Seals from the National to the Local (.pdf)
November, 2009
Marblehead Museum and Historical Society, Marblehead, MA
This lesson is an adaptation of a lesson originally presented at the National Archives during the 2008 Summer Institute

Primary and Secondary Sources for Seals lesson
All city & town seal information not fully included



If the Shoe Fits...shoemaking in Essex County before the Industrial Revolution (.pdf) - Worksheets attached to main lesson
December, 2009 (repeat of the April 2009 lesson)
Haverhill Historical Society, Haverhill, MA
 Haverhill, Lynn, Beverly, Salem documents
Experiencing Essex County - First Impressions Through Word & Image (.pdf)
January, 2010
Beverly Historical Society, Beverly, MA 		Primary and Secondary Sources for Impressions lesson