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U. S. Constitution Day - Web Resources

• Meet delegates who gathered in Philadelphia in May 1787 to rewrite the Articles of Confederation. Discover the issues they faced and the sources that inspired them. Explore a 200-year timeline showing the impact of the Constitution on our history. Search the Constitution. See explanations of 300 topics at http://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=19&toplvl=173
• Lesson Plans on the Constitution
  http://www.udel.edu/dssep/constitution_lesson_plan_links.htm
• National Archives Constitution Day
  On September 17, 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention met for the last time to sign the document they had created. Visit this site and find out more about this historic event.
  http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/
• ThinkFinity
  http://www.thinkfinity.org/welcome

Primary Documents

• The American Constitution, A Documentary Record
  http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/constpap.asp
• Bill of Rights Institute
  http://billofrightsinstitute.org/resources/educator-resources/constitution-day-resources/
  
• Digital History
  http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/handouts.cfm
  
• The Federalist Papers
  http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fedpapers.html
• Foundations of our Constitution
  Lessons designed to help students explore documents that serve as the foundation for American democracy.
  http://www.crf-usa.org/online-lessons-index/free-lessons-index.html
• Library of Congress
  Continental Congress & Constitutional Convention Broadsides
  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/
• Library of Congress: A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
  U.S. Congressional documents and Debates
  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
• National Archives
  http://www.archives.gov/education/
• National Center for Constitutional Studies
  http://www.nccs.net/constitution-week/
• National Constitution Center
  http://constitutioncenter.org/
  
• Primary Documents in American History
  http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Constitution.html
• U.S. Constitution Online
  http://usconstitution.net/
• The White House
  http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/inside-white-house

Online Activities

• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
  Check out the online games categorized by age groups.
  http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
• The Making of America Game
  Take a quiz or play a game.
  www.nccs.net/constitution/index.html

PowerPoint downloads

• The Constitution of the United States (Kim Grimes, Librarian)
• Grade 5 – Writing Across the Curriculum
  http://jc-schools.net/write/socst/amendments.ppt
• Grade 8 - Constitution Jeopardy Game
  http://classroom.jc-schools.net/ce/constitution8jeopardy.ppt