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President Theodore Roosevelt with his family, 1903

Get Action (1858-1901)

Season 1 Episode 1
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Theodore Roosevelt at the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo

In the Arena (1901-1910)

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The Fire of Life (1910-1919)

The Fire of Life (1910-1919)

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The Storm (1920-1933)

The Storm (1920-1933)

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The Rising Road (1933-1939)

The Rising Road (1933-1939)

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The Common Cause (1939-1944)

The Common Cause (1939-1944)

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The Roosevelts Season 1

A Strong and Active Faith (1944-1962)

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Education Clip: Pacific Front Radio Address

In the early days of the war, FDR gets on the radio to reassure the nation and encourages everyone to get a map and follow along with him the war’s progress in his Fireside Chats. In his leadership, he understood the power of his persona through mass media and its limitations.

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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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Survey FDR’s leadership during WWII, while Eleanor tends to wounded servicemen.
The Rising Road (1933-1939)
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Examine FDR’s New Deal and Eleanor’s growing political activism.
The Storm (1920-1933)
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FDR battles with polio and responds to the Great Depression.
The Fire of Life (1910-1919)
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Trace the effects of WWI on the lives of the Roosevelts.
Theodore Roosevelt at the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo
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Theodore’s presidency and FDR and Eleanor’s courtship and marriage.
President Theodore Roosevelt with his family, 1903
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Examine the early lives of Theodore Roosevelt and his younger cousin, Franklin.
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