Service and Sacrifice: Quentin Roosevelt's Ultimate Sacrifice

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Service and Sacrifice: Quentin Roosevelt's Ultimate Sacrifice

Former U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt was a great supporter of American involvement in the Great War. While serving, his son Quentin was killed in action in 1918. His death had a profound effect on fellow soldiers, the nation, and especially his father. This lesson asks to high school students to interpret multiple primary source documents and artifacts to provide evidence of the realities of war.