Transcript TM TR Walk Softly and Cary and Big Stick Lesson Plan

TEDDY ROOSEVELT
“Walk quietly and
carry a big stick!”
Objectives:
• Students will be introduced to Teddy
Roosevelt and see what he was like as a
man and a president
• Students will create a political cartoon
dealing with an aspect of Roosevelt’s
presidency
Bell Work
1. Who were the Progressives?
2. Who was the 26th President of the
United States?
Teddy Roosevelt
• born in New York
• when he was born, doctors said
that he would probably never
reach his teenage years (sickly)
• lived though his childhood and
became an active young man
• eventually graduated from
Harvard University
Very involved young man…
• as a young man, Teddy liked to participate in many
activities including:
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hunting
fishing
hiking
swimming
boxing
The general idea was…if you could do it outside, Teddy
was doing it!!!
This led to him eventually joining the Army
ROUGH RIDERS
• Teddy joined the army
and started a unit called
the “Rough Riders” that
were well respected for
their abilities….
• fought in the Spanish
American war
Roosevelt and the Rough
Riders on San Juan Hill
So how did this rough,
tough, loud, cowboy
get to be President of
the United States?
•President McKinley was elected as the 25th
President of the United States
•He had selected Teddy Roosevelt as his
Vice President to secure more votes
•In 1901, he was shot and killed by an
anarchist
SO……
In 1901, Teddy Roosevelt took over as
President of the United States
At first, Teddy was not liked at all by many
of the current government officials! They
referred to him as the “crazy cowboy”.
Roosevelt as President
Bully Pulpit
• One way Teddy often
times got his way was
by using his power as
President
• this was called the
“bully pulpit” because
he bullied members of
Congress into doing
what he wanted!!!
Trustbuster
• Teddy Roosevelt is
perhaps most well
know for breaking up
trusts (or monopolies)
• broke up more than
40 business that were
eating up the “little
guy”
• helped Ida Tarbell
defeat Standard Oil
Conservationist
• Teddy’s love for the
outdoors also led him
to work at saving the
US wild areas
• He worked with his
good friend and fellow
conservationist
Gifford Pinchott
Civil Rights Pioneer
• Teddy was the first
President to invite a
black man to the
White House for
dinner
• His name was Booker
T. Washington
Active Outdoorsman
• Even as President,
Teddy liked to
participate in outdoor
activities
• loved to hunt and fish
• boxed in the back
yard of the White
House
• played with his kids
Social Reformer
• Teddy fought to reform
some of the many
problems the industrial
revolution had brought to
the US
• Worked on making
slaughter houses, textile
mills, and other industrial
complexes more safe for
common man
Teddy as a National Icon
• Many people looked at Teddy Roosevelt
as the “way a President should be”
• he was a progressive President
– means he fought for the common man
Due to his robust nature, he was made the
subject of a countless number of political
cartoons
Take a look….
• most of these
cartoons showed
Teddy attacking some
foe with this physical
ability
Let’s take a closer look
• As a project, we are going to look
at some political cartoons and
analyze them to see what the
artist was trying to say about
Teddy Roosevelt
• Giddy up!!!!