Education Programs

Available at the TR Site or at your location

Education Programs

 

Available at TR SIte or at Your Location

The TR Inaugural Site takes seriously its role in educating future generation of Americans, and welcomes school groups to the Site at discounted rates.  We offer an engaging and dramatic tour experience and curriculum-linked education programs for all grade levels.

            Can’t make it to the TR Site?  We also have a wide selection of education programs available as outreach programs that can come to you!

            Please check TRSite.org for more information, or contact us at 716-884-0095 to schedule a visit for your school!

                                        

 

ALL programs can be offered at the TR Site with a museum tour, or can be conducted at your location.

ALL programs include a visual presentation and a hands-on skill-building activity.

 

Teddy Bear Story Hour

Audience: Grade K, 40 student maximum

Program Length: 45 minutes/1 hour

Standards: K.8, K.8a, K.8b

Common Core:

Reading Standards: 5, 6, 7, 10

Speaking and Listening Standards: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6

Description:  Students will engage in a visual presentation describing the history of the teddy bear and of TR.  A short story will be read aloud.

 

Teddy Bear History

Audience: Grades K-4, maximum 40 students

Program Length: 45 minutes/1 hour

Description:  Students will engage in a visual presentation describing the history of the teddy bear and of TR. 

             

President Theodore Roosevelt & His Family

Audience: Grade 1, 40 student maximum

Program Length: 45 minutes/1 hour

Standards: 1.1, 1.2a, 1.5b, 1.5c, 1.7a, 17.b, 1,7c, 1.7d, 1.8a, 1,8b

Common Core:

Speaking and Listening Standards: 1, 2, 3

SS Practices: A.2, A.3, A.5, B.1, B.2, F.7

Description:  Students will learn facts about TR, his presidency, and the history of the Roosevelt family.

 

Mount Rushmore & Theodore Roosevelt

Audience: Grade 2, 40 student maximum

Program Length: 45 minutes/1 hour

Standards: 2.3, 2.3a, 2.3d

Common Core:

Reading Standard: 1, 2

SS Practices: A.6, B.3, B.4, B.5, C.3

Description: Students will learn facts about Mount Rushmore, TR, and his presidency.  The presentation answers questions about Mt. Rushmore, focusing on "Who, What, Where, When, and Why?"

 

Global Citizenship

Audience: Grade 3, maximum 40 students

Program Length: 45 minutes/1 hour

Standards: 3.1a, 3.7d, 3.8, 3.8a, 3.8b, 3.8c

Common Core:

Speaking and Listening Standards: 4, 5, 6

SS Practices: A.1, C.1, C.3, D.1, F.1, F.4, F.8

Description:  Students will define community and what consists of a local community; define citizenship and the various levels of citizenship including local, national, and global citizens; define human rights; and learn about President Roosevelt's efforts to support child labor laws and food and drug regulations.

 

Buffalo: My City, The City of Light

Audience: Grade 4

Program Length: 45 minutes/1 hour

Standards: 4.6e, 4.6f

Common Core:

SS Practices:  A.1, A. 2, A.6, B.1, B.3

Description:  Students will learn about inventor Nikola Tesla and the use of alternating current in Buffalo, New York; trace the development of electricity in Western New York; learn about the Pan American Exposition World's Fair on 1901 in Buffalo, New York; and learn about the inauguration of President Roosevelt in Buffalo, New York.

 

Who is Theodore Roosevelt?

Audience: Grades 5-7 or 9-12, maximum 40 students

Program Length: 45 minutes/1 hour

Description:  Students will learn about the life and family of TR; and learn about the lasting impacts of the presidency of TR.

 

The Progressive Era & President Theodore Roosevelt

Audience: Grade 8, maximum 40 students

Program Length:  45 minutes/1 hour

Standards: 8.2e

Common Core:

SS Practices: A.1, A.2, B.3, B.5, C.2

Description:  Students will define and understand the Progressive Era in the United States; identify important individuals of the Reform Movement such as: Jane Addams, Booker T. Washington, and W.E.B du Bois; and understand TR's presidential impact on the Progressive Era.

 

The Progressive Era & President Theodore Roosevelt

Audience: Grade 11, maximum 40 students

Program Length:  45 minutes/1 hour

Standards: 11.5b

Common Core:

Reading Standards: 1, 2, 4, 8

Speaking and Listening: 5, 6

Description:  Students will define and understand the Progressive Era in the United States; identify important individuals of the Reform Movement such as: Jane Addams, Booker T. Washington, and W.E.B du Bois; and understand TR's presidential impact on the Progressive Era.