• If you are citizen of an European Union member nation, you may not use this service unless you are at least 16 years old.

  • You already know Dokkio is an AI-powered assistant to organize & manage your digital files & messages. Very soon, Dokkio will support Outlook as well as One Drive. Check it out today!

View
 

Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (redirected from Theodore Roosevelt)

Page history last edited by Robert W. Maloy 2 years, 12 months ago

 


external image Theodore_Roosevelt_%28Nobel_1906%29.png  Biography Resources


Theodore Roosevelt biography from the White House website

Theodore Roosevelt: Life in Brief from the Miller Center, University of Virginia

Click here for a timeline on Teddy Roosevelt

 

 Cross-Link: The Great White Fleet



 In the photo below, Roosevelt stands next to one of his favorite objects, a huge globe on which he used to put small white markers to show the position of US, German and British navies in the Western Hemisphere

external image Teddy_Roosevelt_portrait.jpg
Teddy_Roosevelt_portrait.jpg



Facts about Teddy Roosevelt

  • Youngest president in history

 

  • Believed the president should do everything he can within the law to do what is best for the citizens

 

  • Was a “trust buster”, leading to Sherman Act

 

  • Won the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the Russo-Japanese War

 

  • Lead the building of the Panama Canal; reserved lands for public use and irrigation projects

 

  Primary Sources


Theodore Roosevelt Primary Source Collection from Emerging America, Collaborative for Educational Services

Theodore Roosevelt: Documents

Roosevelt Message to Congress after Returning from the Canal Zone in Panama, December 17, 1906

The American Antiquities Act of 1906 gave the President the authority to protect objects of historic or scientific significance by declaring them national monuments.

  • President Theodore Roosevelt declared Devils Tower the first U. S. national monument.

 

  • He also designated 18 different sites as national monuments, including Muir Woods in California and the Petrified Forest in Arizona (National Geographic Magazine, December 2006, p. 26).

 

Platform of the Progressive Party, August 7, 1912

 Multimedia Resources

 

  • Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film from the Library of Congress

 

 

 

Teddy Roosevelt, Battle of San Juan Hill,1898
Teddy Roosevelt, Battle of San Juan Hill,1898



Learning Plans

Click here for lesson plans on Teddy Roosevelt and the Trusts

Click here for a lesson plan on Teddy Roosevelt

Comments (0)

You don't have permission to comment on this page.