Theodore Roosevelt for Educators

He Never Stopped Learning. Neither Do the Best Classrooms.

An antique golden-brown teddy bear seated in a museum display case
Elementary School

Grades 3–5

Meet the curious naturalist, adventurer, and lifelong reader. Core concepts and activity ideas that connect young learners to Roosevelt’s story.

Theodore Roosevelt gesturing with clasped hands while delivering a speech
Middle School

Grades 6–8

Bigger questions for growing thinkers: how Roosevelt expanded presidential power, and how conservation collided with development.

Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir standing at Glacier Point above Yosemite Valley
High School & AP

Grades 9–12

Advanced topics for high school and AP study, from executive power and constitutional authority to primary-source analysis of the Roosevelt era.

Primary-Source Lesson: Women of the Roosevelt World

Grades 6–12

How did women with no vote, and no office, still shape public life? Students read T.R.’s letters to his sister Bamie, a 1902 portrait of Alice, newspaper coverage of Ethel’s wartime service and Edith’s 1932 campaign appearance, then write a museum label of their own. Free sources, guiding questions and C3 standards are all included.

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