Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt was a weak, asthmatic child who grew up to be one
of the most robust and ambitious U.S. presidents ever. A former New
York City police commissioner, author, and hero of the Spanish-American
War, he reluctantly accepted an offer to become William McKinley's
vice president upon McKinley's re-election in 1900. When McKinley
was assassinated in 1901, Roosevelt became the youngest man ever to
become president. He served two terms, won the Nobel Peace Prize in
1905, and strengthened the executive branch through his progressive
agenda and the sheer force of his personality. He is often remembered
for his policy pronouncement, "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
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Lesson Plans | Primary
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Lesson Plans:
Teddy
Roosevelt Curriculum Based Lesson Plans grades 5-12 - The TRA
web site provides basic tools for student research, including a biography
of Theodore Roosevelt, a TR Timeline, Quotations, TR's Conservation
Legacy, and a page entitled "Just for Kids." As an added
service for teachers and students, the TRA adds a series of lesson
plans based on National Standards in History, Civics, Geography, and
Language Arts. Each lesson plan includes applicable national standards,
lesson objectives, a lesson introduction, and a selection of activities
for students, grades 5-12, focusing on Era 7 (The Emergence of Modern
America, 1890-1930) for U.S. History Standards.
Teddy
Roosevelt Online Scavenger Hunt - pretest, posttest, and printable
scavenger hunt for researching the life of President Roosevelt
Primary Source Documents:
Theodore Roosevelt
Papers at the Library of Congress - The Theodore Roosevelt Papers
from the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress constitute
one of the Library's largest Presidential collections, numbering approximately
250,000 items. The collection includes diaries, letter books, general
and special correspondence, speeches, executive orders, press releases,
scrap books, and other papers dating from 1759 through 1919. Plans
for the future digitization of this collection are still being made.
Theodore
Roosevelt Collection - The Theodore Roosevelt Collection, housed
in Harvard's Houghton and Widener libraries, is a major resource for
study of the life and times of the 26th president of the United States.
The collection includes manuscripts, archival resources, printed works,
pictures, and ephemera relating to both his personal and professional
life.
Almanac
of Theodore Roosevelt - Great resource for images, information,
facts, games, and teacher resources for all grade levels.
Teddy
Roosevelt on Film - The film collection reflects the myriad interests
and accomplishments of Roosevelt as a statesman, scholar, naturalist,
explorer, traveler, advocate of the strenuous life, conservationist,
historian, hunter, Rough Rider, orator, family man, vice-president,
president, and Progressive party leader.
Sound
Recordings of Teddy Roosevelt's Voice - When running as the third-party
Progressive (Bull Moose) candidate for president of the United States
in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt recorded a number of campaign speeches.
Represented here are all of the cylinder recordings he made for the
Edison Company in August of 1912.
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