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.

Saugus Iron Works

Field
Resources

Explore early settlement, maritime and industrial sites in Essex County.

Find out more here.

Old Burial Salem class

Lesson
Plans

Developed by teachers using Essex County resources.

Find out more here.

Washington commission

Primary
Resources

Documents for teaching American History to elementary school children.

Find out more here.

  • Updates: Summer Institute on the topic of Governing at various Essex County locations, July 7-11


Educators from across Essex County meet at Lawrence Heritage State Park to discuss American History topics




Primary Resources

Essex County, MA Primary Sources

This is a page designed to help direct you to local Essex County primary sources and related materials. You can access lesson plans linked to these sources and created especially for the Essex LINCs seminars on the Lesson Plans page. Primary Sources listed here were located by our museum educator, Rebecca Zimmerman. Please contact her if you have any comments or questions regarding these documents. You may also want to contact the institutions which hold the originals of these materials directly.

  • Primary Resources for the Introduction to Primary Sources lesson - National Archives, Northeast Region, Waltham, Mass. (February, 2008)
  • Primary Resources for the Why do We Have Government? lesson - Beverly Historical Society, Beverly, Mass. (March, 2008)
  • Primary Resources for the "I Can Make Myself Contented Most Anywhere", Changes Caused By the Industrial Revolution lesson - Lawrence Heritage State Park, Lawrence, Mass. (April, 2008)
  • Primary Resources for the Remember Me... lesson - Andover Historical Society, Andover, Mass. (May, 2008)



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