Education

Students, teachers, and rangers gather on the steps of Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace NHS

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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace: Where History Comes Alive!

Extend the students' classroom into Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site and explore how early childhood influenced America's 26th President.

Take a tour of the Birthplace and explore five period rooms, including the restored library, dining room, parlor, nursery, and master bedroom. Explore the artifacts in these rooms and learn stories of how growing up in Manhattan influenced the man Theodore Roosevelt became.

Explore the youth of our 26th president and learn more about Theodore Roosevelt's adult life within the museum's exhibit gallery that contain a wealth of Roosevelt memorabilia, including family photographs, political cartoons and his Rough Rider uniform. Roosevelt's political career and his activities as an outdoorsman will be discussed in these areas.

Please Note: The upper exhibit gallery, known as the 'Lion's Room', is currently closed for renovations.

 

Rangers giving a distance learning program

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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace is presenting distance learning programs in coordination with the Presidential Primary Source Project to provide classrooms around the country talks on Theodore Roosevelt!

Watch previously recorded sessions down below:

A Young Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt's Rise to the Presidency
Theodore Roosevelt, Adventure, and the Outdoors

 

Ranger visiting a classroom of students

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Curriculum-based programming

Hey teachers! Want to bring your class to Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace for a ranger guided tour, or programs? Please email e-mail us

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace Field Trip: Browse the self-guided gallery space and then join a ranger on a 30-45 minute guided program that explores five period rooms showing what TR's childhood home looked like. Learn the early influences on Theodore’s life that would carry through to his adulthood achievements. The estimated length of the whole field trip is 90 minutes. Good for grades 3+.

Rangers in the Classroom:
Want a ranger to visit your classroom to speak about Theodore Roosevelt? Contact [e-mail] to request this service.