Tag: Theodore Roosevelt

  • The Public Trust Under Pressure: What Congress Is Doing to Our Public Lands, and Why Theodore Roosevelt Would Not Recognize It

    The 119th Congress is moving fast on public lands; and most Americans don’t know it’s happening. A breakdown of the key bills, the CRA resolutions, and why Theodore Roosevelt’s conservation legacy is more at risk than at any point in the last hundred years.

  • The Heart of Leadership: Valuing Others Above Self

    Today’s conversation with my freshmen about altruistic and culturally competent leadership reminded me why I love teaching government and civics. When we stripped away all the complexity, the students kept circling back to something fundamental: real leaders care about other people more than themselves. This isn’t the leadership we see valorized in movies or celebrated…

  • POTUS Theodore Roosevelt July 4th Speech

    On July 4, 1903 people cathered at the Huntington Club on Long Island to hear POTUS Theodore aroosevelt speak. His short 3min oratory shows what he thought citizenship and how to continue mending a country burdened by the loses of the Civil War. Mr. Chairman, and you, my fellow citizens, my old time friends and…

  • Earth Day With Adobe Creativity Challenge

    The Adobe Creative Challenge this month focuses on environmental policy and advocacy, inspiring creators to use their creativity for a greater cause. Students are encouraged to discuss and act on federal laws to regulate land and resources. Encouraging positive action and discussing local impacts are also essential. A focus on the UN Sustainable Development Goals…

  • Update to Adobe Express Image Generation

    In this video update to my September post, I show how to use the Text-to-Image Generator to create the images and encourage students to develop their prompt engineering skills.

  • Using AI to Generate Classroom Posters

    In the state of Kentucky, new legislation developed a list of required primary reading sources for all secondary social studies classes. One of the unique additions is Theodore Roosevelt’s New Nationalism speech from 1910. (See the speech here) So, I thought why not take the Conservation section of his speech and make a poster out…