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This President Theodore Roosevelt: Foreign Policy Statesman or Bully? lesson plan also includes:
- Lesson Overview
- Activity Handouts
- Theodore Roosevelt Foreign Policy PowerPoint
- Theodore Roosevelt Childhood
- Theodore Roosevelt the Warmonger
- Alone in Cuba
- Speak Softly
- Theodore Roosevelt and the Panama Canal
- Theodore Roosevelt wins Nobel Peace Prize
- Theodore Roosevelt on WWI
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Can a negative perception of a president's foreign policy harm his or her historical legacy? A project that winds the clock back to the date of Theodore Roosevelt's death puts students at the editorial desk of a fictional newspaper. After researching, analyzing, and debating his foreign policy record, they decide whether or not Roosevelt's foreign policy affected his overall record as president.
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theodore roosevelt, united states presidents, presidents' day, journalism, editorial writing, the united states constitution, united states foreign policy, the executive branch, primary sources, secondary sources, the spanish-american war, the panama canal, world war i, ken burns, american imperialism, imperialism, the cold war, debate
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Instructional Ideas
- Use extension activities as final projects or extra credit assignments
- Invite a journalist come to class to join in the discussion before the debate begins
Classroom Considerations
- Lesson is designed for Common Core literacy standards for social studies, but is applicable to speaking and listening standards as well
- Requires three class periods for the lesson, and then another week of homework and/or classroom for the project
- Assumes that learners know the format of an obituary; if they don't, bring in some examples
- Based on Ken Burns' documentary The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, and provides relevant video clips
Pros
- Provides an option for a shorter version of the lesson
- Lesson promotes critical thinking and purposeful research
Cons
- None