Curated OER
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
It's fun to learn about an interesting figure. Share the youth, career, presidency, and conservationism of Theodore Roosevelt with your class. Slides provides very simple text alongside wonderful images to tell the story of a charismatic...
Curated OER
The Battle for San Juan Hill: Santiago, Cuba, July 1, 1898
Eleventh graders design and create a poster, advertising for recruitment of volunteers to serve with Teddy Roosevelt in the 1st Volunteer Calvary Regiment. Students create a historical newspaper front page, from the time period, which...
PBS
Reporting America at War: Richard Harding Davis: The Battle of San Juan Hil
A journalist's dispatch to the New York Herald about the Battle of San Juan Hill. Richard Harding Davis reported on the Spanish-American War popularizing the war and Theodore Roosevelt.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: The Rough Riders
This site contains the best-selling book by Theodore Roosevelt about the Rough Riders. The Rough Riders were a group of voluntary men who fought horseback in Cuba during the Spanish American War.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Theodore Roosevelt: Icon of the American Century
A thorough examination of the life of Theodore Roosevelt and the people and events that influenced him. You'll find photographs of Roosevelt, as well as photos, paintings, and biographies of some influential people in Roosevelt's life.
Other
Theodore Roosevelt: Almanac of Theodore Roosevelt
This site has everything about Theodore Roosevelt. Find his speeches, his family life, videos, his time in the military, as well as his presidency. The site is well laid out and easy to navigate.
Library of Congress
Loc: Today in History: July 1: The Rough Riders Storm San Juan Hill
Use this Today in History site as a jumping off place to view information about the Rough Riders, the Battle of San Juan Hill, and the Spanish-American War that is available in the Library of Congress. Find photographs, pamphlets, and...
Library of Congress
Loc: Today in History: February 3: Theodore Roosevelt
Check out this site to read Roosevelt's personal diary entries & see an actual diary page. Site includes a biography, photos and links to related sources.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Foreign Policy 1890 1914: Spanish American War and Overseas Empire
Looks at the development and evolution of the Spanish-American War, at Americans' views on imperialism at the end of this war, and at the relationship of this war with America's other international interests.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History History Unit: Period 7: 1890 1945: Teddy Roosevelt
The study resource from Khan Academy provides an overview of Period 7: 1890-1945 in American History. The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt is discussed in this lesson. This resource is designed as a review for the AP US History Test.
Library of Congress
Loc: World of 1898: Spanish American War: Rough Riders
This site gives a brief history of the Rough Riders, a group of voluntary men who fought with Theodore Roosevelt in Cuba during the Spanish American War.
Patrick McSherry
Spanish American War Centennial: Account of the Battles for Kettle and San Juan Hills
An account by Theodore Roosevelt of the assaults on Kettle and San Juan Hills by his Rough Riders in Cuba during the Spanish American War.
Patrick McSherry
Spanish American War Centennial: The Letters of Carl Lovelace
Letters written by trooper Carl Lovelace of the 1st U.S. Volunteer Infantry, "Rough Riders", provides details of his service in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
Patrick McSherry
Spanish American War Centennial: Memories of San Juan Hill
An account of a medic's heroic effort to tend to the wounded amidst enemy fire in the Battle of San Juan Hill during the Spanish American War.
Patrick McSherry
Spanish American War Centennial: A Letter Home From Rough Rider Alexander H. Wallace
Spanish American War Centennial website presents a letter from Alexander H. Wallace describing his experiences at San Juan Heights during the Spanish American War, 1898.
Patrick McSherry
Spanish American War Centennial: The Diary of Sgt. Frank Nickerson
Information on the Cuban Campaign from the diary of Sgt. Frank Frank Nickerson, of Troop F, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Interesting and informative, gives readers a glimpse the daily life at war.
Patrick McSherry
Spanish American War Centennial: Dislodging a Jammed Dynamite Gun Shell With an Axe!
An account from the Spanish American War describes an incident involving the Rough Riders' dynamite gun during the Battle of San Juan Hill.
Patrick McSherry
Spanish American War Centennial: The Transport Yucatan Nearly Rams the Matteawan!
An account details, with photo, the event that occurred while General Shafter's Fifth Corps was on its way to Cuba, when transport YUCATAN nearly rammed the transport MATTEAWAN.
Patrick McSherry
Spanish American War Centennial: Amaziah B Morrison of the Rough Riders Writes Home
Letter written by 40 year old Amaziah B. Morrison, enlistee of the 1st U. S. Volunteer Cavalry, "Rough Riders," while they were preparing to depart for the front during the Spanish-American War.the Rough Riders.
Patrick McSherry
Spanish American War Centennial: Colfax County, New Mexico Boys of Rough Riders: News
Newspaper article from The Raton Range, Raton, New Mexico describes the local men of Colfax County, New Mexico, who joined what would become the 1st U. S. Volunteer Cavalry, better known as the Rough Riders.
Patrick McSherry
Spanish American War Centennial: Colfax County, New Mexico Boys: 1st Territorial Volunteer Infantry
Newspaper Article from The Raton Range, Raton, New Mexico dated June 30, 1898, about the local men of Colfax County, New Mexico, who joined what would become the 1st Territorial Volunteer Infantry and known as the Rough Riders.
Patrick McSherry
Spanish American War Centennial: The Attack on San Juan, Puerto Rico
An account of the attack on San Juan, Puerto Rico, offers a glimpse into the events and soldier experiences of that day during the Spanish-American War.
Other
Theodore Roosevelt Association: A Brief Biography
This biography of Theodore Roosevelt includes many hyperlinks to related material. The article was written by Tweed Roosevelt.
Other
On Line History of the United States: The Age of Imperialism
Online history page containing numerous links to specific incidents of U.S. expansion in the Pacific, Latin America, China, and Cuba.