Included are documents and activities relating to the guided
museum lesson Transportation: From Trails to Rails, along with a slide show that can serve as a preview
of the lesson.
Documents are in PDF format unless otherwise specified. They require Adobe®
Acrobat® or the free utility
Adobe® Reader®.
 Abbot-Downing Co., circa 1893
Transportation
in New Hampshire: Background and Objectives
This document provides an historical context for students in preparation for the guided museum lesson Transportation:
From Trails to Rails. The document can also serve well as the basis for independent classroom work on the subject
of transportation.
Transportation in New Hampshire:
Classroom Activities
These activities serve well as preparation for any unit on New Hampshire in which the history of transportation
is discussed. They are especially useful in preparation for the guided museum lesson Transportation: From Trails
to Rails. (A few of the activities refer to material included only in mailings to schools.)
From Trails to Rails: Transportation
in New Hampshire (slides)
[READ ME: Information
about viewing slide shows.]
What role has New Hampshire played in the history of transportation? The show poses this question and asks
students to consider how changes in transportation have affected people in our state. The presentation may serve
as an introduction to a study of transportation; it also prepares students for a visit to the museum and even provides
a pre-visit activity. [1 MB]
Transportation in New
Hampshire: Reading List
This list of suggested readings for the guided museum program focusing on transportation contains separate sections
for students and teachers.
Stagecoach Etiquette
This piece, purportedly from an 1877 issue of the Omaha Herald, provides a list of do's and don'ts for stagecoach
travelers. Follow-up discussion questions are included.
Concord Railroad Passenger Tariff,
1849
This railroad table lists fares from station to station between Concord and Boston. Questions help students read
the table and compare the cost and convenience of travel in 1849 with cost and convenience today.
Toll Sign from the Cornish Toll Bridge
(c. 1800)
This photograph of the toll sign that stood at the original toll bridge connecting Cornish, NH, and Windsor, Vt.,
can be used to initiate a study of the history of transportation in New Hampshire. The document provides questions
and suggestions for the direction of further study. (The original sign is on exhibit at the museum.)
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