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Descriptive Audio: Get Action (1858-1901)

Descriptive Audio: Get Action (1858-1901)

Season 1 Episode 15
1:54:57
President Theodore Roosevelt with his family, 1903

Get Action (1858-1901)

Season 1 Episode 1
1:54:57
Theodore Roosevelt at the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo

In the Arena (1901-1910)

Season 1 Episode 2
1:56:20
The Fire of Life (1910-1919)

The Fire of Life (1910-1919)

Season 1 Episode 3
1:56:30
Descriptive Audio: The Storm (1920-1933)

Descriptive Audio: The Storm (1920-1933)

Season 1 Episode 18
1:56:40
The Storm (1920-1933)

The Storm (1920-1933)

Season 1 Episode 4
1:56:40
The Rising Road (1933-1939)

The Rising Road (1933-1939)

Season 1 Episode 5
1:56:40
The Common Cause (1939-1944)

The Common Cause (1939-1944)

Season 1 Episode 6
1:55:05
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Education Clip: Theodore Roosevelt Warmonger

Theodore Roosevelt understood early on that the United States’ bid to become a world power would depend upon her commitment to building a strong navy. Thus when William McKinley was elected president, Roosevelt lobbied to be appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy. When the U.S. battleship Maine was blown up in Havana Roosevelt seized the opportunity to put the American Navy to the test

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Examine Eleanor’s role as civil rights and U.N champion after FDR’s death.
Descriptive Audio: The Common Cause (1939-1944)
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Survey FDR’s leadership during WWII, while Eleanor tends to wounded servicemen.
Descriptive Audio: The Rising Road (1933-1939)
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Examine FDR’s New Deal and Eleanor’s growing political activism.
Descriptive Audio: The Storm (1920-1933)
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FDR battles with polio and responds to the Great Depression.
Descriptive Audio: The Fire of Life (1910-1919)
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Trace the effects of WWI on the lives of the Roosevelts.
Descriptive Audio: In the Arena (1901-1910)
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1:56:20
Theodore’s presidency and FDR and Eleanor’s courtship and marriage.
Descriptive Audio: Get Action (1858-1901)
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1:54:57
Examine the early lives of Theodore Roosevelt and his younger cousin, Franklin.
A Strong and Active Faith (1944-1962)
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1:51:33
Examine Eleanor’s role as civil rights and U.N champion after FDR’s death.
The Common Cause (1939-1944)
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1:55:05
Survey FDR’s leadership during WWII, while Eleanor tends to wounded servicemen.
The Rising Road (1933-1939)
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1:56:40
Examine FDR’s New Deal and Eleanor’s growing political activism.
The Storm (1920-1933)
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1:56:40
FDR battles with polio and responds to the Great Depression.
The Fire of Life (1910-1919)
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1:56:30
Trace the effects of WWI on the lives of the Roosevelts.
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