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This Week in Class: Theodore Roosevelt! (Doc) -- Paper due April 12, All classes! HARD COPY!
(We are watching 2:25-41:00 and 53:00-1:00:02)
ESSAY Q: Based on the readings, videos, and our discussions, Xplain how Theodore Roosevelt transformed the presidency and was the nation’s first modern president.
***You must include a minimum three examples/pieces of evidence in your argument**
Print out the paper and physically hand it in to me unless you are concurrent. -5 points for failure to do so.
The paper will be written in the third person. - Graded in 5 point increments
The only sources you may use are this packet and any video or video podcast that you have watched in class. -15 points if you use an outside source.
Introduction Paragraph
- Name of the president with a good hook to get the reader excited about the paper. :)
- What number president and political party TR was
- How TR became president and from what years did TR serve?
- Thesis: TR transformed the presidency… TR was the nation’s first modern president because…
Body Paragraphs: Events/Actions you may wish to include -- You may use more than 3 examples, but 3 is the minimum. My suggestion?...The more the better...
- Meat Inspection Act & Pure Food and Drug Act
- Hepburn Act
- Antiquities Act & national parks/monuments/conservation
- Winning the Nobel Peace Prize
- Trust busting
- The coal strike
- Inviting Booker T. Washington to the White House
- Acting as an imperial president
- Panama Canal
Consider the following questions to help you sum up your paper. Make sure that you have referred to these elsewhere in your paper. You should not be introducing any new information in the conclusion.