Lesson Plans

Welcome to the B&O Railroad Museum’s teacher resource center’s lesson plans. Each plan includes an explanation of how to use the plan and how it fits into the curriculum standards. They are designed to enable the teacher to use as much of the plan as they deem appropriate for their students. They focus on a wide range of topics, from the earliest days of railroading when trains were pulled by horses to more modern times and contemporary issues.

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Your feedback is essential to the museum’s ability to refine our programs and provide the necessary resources that help teachers and students in the classroom. Feel free to contact the Director of Education to ask about how to better prepare your students for a museum visit, comment on a lesson plan, provide an idea for a new lesson plan or resource, or for additional information on our educational programs.

Click Downloadable Lesson Plans for the pdf version of each plan below.