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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Lesson
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Created by Essex County teachers using local resources.

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Documents using local American History sources.

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Lesson Plans

Lesson Plans from the "Working" Summer Institutes, 2009 and 2010

Lesson plans listed here are created by our museum educator, Rebecca Zimmerman, and teachers who have been participants in our Summer Institute program. 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 Fishing & Maritime Work in Essex County (.pdf)
July, 2009 & 2010
Gloucester Maritime Center, Gloucester, MA

  • Exemplary Lesson, Gr. 3- "The Beach Painters of Swampscott and Lynn" - visual arts focus (.pdf)
  • Exemplary Lesson, Gr. 4- "Fishing and Trade in the Region of Northeast Colonial America " - language arts focus (.pdf)
  • Exemplary Lesson, Gr. 5- "Why is there a Cod hanging in the Massachusetts Statehouse?" - language arts focus (.pdf)

    		•  Primary Sources for Gloucester lesson
    Main Lesson To Market, To Market...Farming & Domestic Work in Essex County (.pdf)
    July, 2009 & 2010
    Spencer Peirce Little Farm, Newbury, MA
  • Exemplary Lesson, Gr. 4- "Natural Resources " - language arts and mathematics focus (.pdf) pictures for lesson(.pdf)
  • Exemplary Lesson, Gr. 3- "Farming Tools of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century " - visual arts and language arts focus (.pdf)

    		•  Primary Sources for Newbury lesson
    Main Lesson Secretive Slavery in Essex County(.pdf)
    July, 2009 & 2010
    Royall House & Slave Quarters, Medford, MA

    		 Primary Sources for Medford lesson
    Main Lesson Let's Make A Deal... Commerce in Essex County(.pdf)
    July, 2009 & 2010
    House of Seven Gables, Salem, MA
  • Exemplary Lesson, K- "Money Now, Long Ago and Tomorrow" - mathematics focus (.pdf)
  • Exemplary Lesson, Gr. 5- "Trips and Trade; An Overview of the China Trade" - language arts focus (.pdf)
  • Exemplary Lesson, Gr. 5- "From Wampum to Greenbacks- the Evolution of Mediums of Exchange" - language arts focus (.pdf)

    		•  Primary Sources for Salem lesson
    Main Lesson Entrepreneurship In Essex County (.pdf)
    July, 2009 & 2010
    Peabody Institute Library, Peabody, MA
    Lawrence Heritage State Park, Lawrence, MA
  • Exemplary Lesson, Gr. 5- "Privateering in Salem " - language arts focus (.pdf)
  • Exemplary Lesson, Gr. 3/5- "Crafts/Entrepreneurship in Essex County" - language arts and science focus (.pdf)

    		•  Primary Sources for Peabody lesson