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Suggested
Reading with Annotations by Clay Jenkinson
Edmund Morris,  The
Rise of Theodore Roosevelt.
This won the Pulitzer prize. It is the book that led me to take
on the character of Roosevelt. It is one of the best biographies
of our time.
Edmund Morris,
 Theodore
Rex.
This volume about the Presidential years is also good, but not as
compelling as his first volume.
Carlton Putnam,
Theodore Roosevelt: The Formative Years.
Out of print but worth looking at in the library. It is the best
account of Roosevelt's sojourn in the Dakota badlands, and it is
insightful throughout.
Paul Russell
Cutright, Theodore Roosevelt: The Making of a Conservationist.
The great book on this subject has not yet been written, but this
is a very good overview by Cutright, who is the leading natural
history writer about the Lewis and Clark expedition.
H. R. Brands,
 T.
R.: The Last Romatic.
Excellent recent biography
Kathleen Dalton,
 Theodore
Roosevelt: A Strenuous Life.
Very good, and with a welcome emphasis on Roosevelt and women.
Sarah Watts,
 Rough
Rider in the white House: Theodore Roosevelt and the Politics of
Desire.
An interesting look at the cult of manhood in Roosevelt. This book
is rather hard on Roosevelt. Watts suggests that Roosevelt's sense
of manhood was insecure, and that his pursuit of the strenuous life
was compensatory.
William Henry
Harbaugh, The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt.
This biography has been around for long time, but in many ways it
is the best political study of Roosevelt.
Websites
Theodore
Roosevelt Association
Web site includes four lesson plans, full text of some speeches
and some books written by TR, political cartoons, a timeline, quotations,
and more.
Theodore
Roosevelt: Icon of the American Century
National Portrait Gallery
A retrospective examination of TR using portraits of him and other
important figures of his time.
Theodore
Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film
The American Memory Project
Includes links to film clips of public appearances and Progressive
era sound recordings (with transcripts) excerpted from speeches
TR had given.
Theodore
Roosevelt Papers at the Library of Congress
Includes a few digitized papers of TR. Plans are being made to digitize
more of the 250,000 items in the collection.
Theodore
Roosevelt.com
Includes a vast number of links to speeches, quotes, pictures, political
cartoons, books, videos, and much more.
1912:
Competing Visions for America
Provides information about the candidates, campaign, and national/international
issues of 1912.
The
Presidents: Theodore Roosevelt
American Experience
Web site to accompany the PBS program. Includes biographical information,
primary sources (speeches and letters), a timeline, audio interviews
with historians, and a teacher's guide to the video program.
Theodore
Roosevelt: An Autobiography
Complete online text of Roosevelt's 1916 autobiography, organized
by chapters.
The
Damned Cowboy Who Became President
Online Essay by Clay Jenkinson
Introductory article to TR by Clay.
Lesson Plans
Points
of View: Theodore Roosevelt, Lesson Plans from C-SPAN.org
Lesson plan topics include the Progressive Movement, Foreign Policy,
the Political Landscape, and the Nature of the Presidency. Lesson
plans utilize video clips and PowerPoint presentations.
Theodore
Roosevelt: The Winning of the West
A C-SPAN lesson plan using video clips. Part of a series of lessons
on American writers. Sub themes of the lesson are "Perspectives
on the Western Frontier," "Roosevelt and American Heroes,"
and "Leadership and Public Life."
The
Presidential Election of 1912
Teaching
With Documents: Political Cartoons Illustrating Progressivism and
the Election of 1912
Theodore
Roosevelt: Trust Buster? Cartoon Analysis
Expanding
Power: A Study in Extension of Power by Four Presidents
Making
Biographical Judgments: Was Theodore Roosevelt a Warmonger?
Theodore
Roosevelt Inaugural Site: Birthplace of the Modern Presidency
Teddy
Roosevelt's View on Citizenship and the Environment
Part of a series of lessons about the Concept of Leadership. The
purpose of the lesson is to enable students to understand the conflicts
in society between economic and environmental interests and the
role of the citizen in government.
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