Constitution Day 2012: Founding Documents
The Constitution and the Bill of Rights inspired many other important documents in U.S. history. This Constitution Day, trace its influence through primary sources.
Teaching the Emancipation Proclamation on Constitution Day
This Constitution Day, the National Endowment for the Humanities asks, how is the Emancipation Proclamation like the U.S. Constitution?
You Must Be This Old to Govern
25, 30, 35. We all know these ages are part of the requirements for elected representatives, but where did they come from?
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation
Looking for a way to fund graduate education related to teaching the U.S. Constitution?
Creating the United States
Even the Founding Fathers wrote rough drafts! Interact with early versions of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights.
Bill of Rights Institute
What would life be like without freedoms we take for granted—of the press, right to assembly, and more?
Constitution Day Count
How does the Constitution measure up to other important documents in U.S. history?
National Constitution Center: Explore the Constitution
Looking for resources on the Constitution? What better place to look than a center dedicated to its legacy?
Do I Have a Right?
Drill students on the constitutional amendments with this engaging game.
Elizabeth Schaefer on the Interactive Declaration of Independence
Eighth-grade U.S. history teacher Elizabeth Schaefer “warps” the Declaration of Independence into the future with interactives from the Library of Congress.
Amy Trenkle on Experiencing the First Amendment
For Constitution Day, DC teacher Amy Trenkle’s 8th-grade class carved out their thoughts on the First Amendment.
Constitution Day 2010
Explore these online Constitution Day resources for September 17 and throughout the year.
Constitution Day
Securing the blessings of liberty for ourselves and for posterity—answer these questions on the U.S. Constitution.
Iroquois and the Founding Fathers
Historians argue over whether the Founding Fathers’ knowledge of Native American forms of confederation influenced their early plans for the government of the United States.
The Uses & Abuses of the Constitution
What role did the Constitution play in the Clinton impeachment, women’s history, and gun control?
Teaching Resources for Constitution Day
Constitution Day is September 17.
Documents from the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention
274 sources focusing on the work of the Continental Congress and the drafting and ratification of the Constitution.
Our Documents
Presents 100 milestone documents in American history, from the Richard Henry Lee Resolution of June 7, 1776, to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.