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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Documents using local American History sources.

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Lesson Plans

Lesson Plans from the "Governing" Summer Institute - 2008 and 2009

Lesson plans listed here are created by our museum educator, Rebecca Zimmerman, and teachers who have been participants in our Summer Institute program. The 2009 summer institute was a repeat of our popular 2008 summer institute with the addition of one new lesson. 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
Main Lesson Creating A Town Meeting (.pdf)
Amesbury Cultural Center and Rocky Hill Meetinghouse, Amesbury, MA

  • 2008 Exemplary Lesson, Gr. 4/5- "The Town Meeting " - math and art focus (.pdf)
  • 2008 Exemplary Lesson, Gr. 5- "Comparing Covenants" - language arts focus (.pdf)
  • 2009 Exemplary Lesson, Gr. 3- "Covenants, Compacts Constitutions and By-Laws… Written Documents that Guide Governing" - language arts focus (.pdf)


    		•  Primary sources for Amesbury lesson
    Main Lesson Declaring Independence -- How Members of Local Communities Chose to Act(.pdf)
    Marblehead Historical Society, Marblehead, MA

  • 2008 Exemplary Lesson, Gr. 5- "Testing Independence - Acts of Protest in Massachusetts " - language arts focus (.pdf)
  • 2009 Exemplary Lesson, Gr. 2/3- "Yankee Doodle... More Than Just a Catchy Tune " - music focus (.pdf)
  • 2009 Exemplary Lesson, Gr. 5- "Understanding Freedom:Catching the The Spirit of ’76 " - art focus (.pdf)
  • 2009 Exemplary Lesson, Gr. 5- "Loyalist Vs. Patriot" - art and language arts focus (.pdf) additional materials for this lesson available by email from the museum educator


    		•  Primary Sources for Marblehead lesson
    Main Lesson Seals from the National to the Local (.pdf)
    July, 2008
    National Archives and Records Administration, Waltham, MA

    		 Primary Sources for NARA lesson
    Main Lesson Towards Separation of Church and State - Judith Sargent Murray Protests. (.pdf)
    July, 2009
    Judith Sargent Murray House, Gloucester, MA

    		 Primary Sources for Gloucester lesson
    Main Lesson The Geometry of Democracy (.pdf)
    Hamilton Hall, Salem, MA

  • 2008 Exemplary Lesson, Gr. 5- "Architecture and Democracy " - art focus (.pdf)
  • 2008 Exemplary Lesson, Gr. K - 1- "Let's Learn About Symmetry" - math focus (.pdf)
  • 2009 Exemplary Lesson, K- "Buildings in Our Community" - language arts, mathematics & art focus (.pdf)


    		•  Primary Sources for Salem lesson
    Main Lesson The Forgotten Populations -- Working Towards Freedom Through Government (.pdf) --includes a worksheet
    African American Meetinghouse, Boston, MA

  • 2008 Exemplary Lesson, Gr. 5- "Recruitment" - language arts focus (.pdf)
  • 2008 Exemplary Lesson, Gr. 5- "Voyage to Freedom - What Does it Mean? " - art & language arts focus (.pdf)
  • 2008 Exemplary Lesson, Gr. 5- "Abolition and the Underground Railroad in Essex County " - art and language arts focus (.pdf)


    		•  Primary Sources for Boston lesson