1. AIM: Was Teddy Roosevelt a “progressive president?”
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2. Do you think TR was “progressive?”

3. President Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal
Workers
Every American should have an equal opportunity to succeed.
Square Deal
Consumers
Business owners
Farmers
He promised to help workers, farmers, business owners and consumers.
Question: Why do you think President Teddy Roosevelt's plan was called the Square Deal?

4. Was TR a “progressive president?”
Use Stanford’s “Reading like a Historian” model to analyze the documents
Keep the think questions in mind
How well has the government addressed the needs of the people?
How did people’s lives change as a result of the Square Deal?
How did businesses change as a result of TR’s reforms?
Was Teddy Roosevelt a “progressive president?”

5. Critical-Thinking Carousel
Directions: As a group, answer the question at each station using your assigned marker color. Write your group # and then your answer. Your answer must be different than the group’s answers before you. Do not move on to the next station until instructed to do so.
Question…
Group 1- answer…
Group 2-answer…
Group 3-answer…

6. Reflection
How well has the government addressed the needs of the people?
How did people’s lives change as a result of the Square Deal?
How did businesses change as a result of TR’s reforms?
Was Teddy Roosevelt a “progressive president?”

7. All I ask is a square deal for every man. Give him a fair chance
All I ask is a square deal for every man. Give him a fair chance. Do not let him wrong any one, and do not let him be wronged.