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Constitution Day
Dear TAH Grantees,
September 17 is Constitution Day and Citizenship Day. This day commemorates the September 17, 1787, signing of the United States Constitution.
The U.S. Department of Education has responsibility for implementing the Constitution Day legislated mandates. Among these is the requirement for educational institutions that receive Federal funds to hold an educational program on the United States Constitution on September 17 of each year. This year, the official date is a Sunday. When September 17 falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, Constitution Day shall be held during the preceding or following week.
To assist in planning Constitution Day and Citizenship Day programs, we are pleased to provide links to Federal Web sites that contain materials that can be publicly accessed for general use or for use as teaching materials in the classroom.
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Constitution Resources:
http://www.ed.gov/free/constitution/index.html
Meet the delegates who gathered in Philadelphia in May 1787 to rewrite the Articles of Confederation. Learn what issues they faced. Discover the sources that inspired them. Read the essays printed in New York City papers urging ratification of the delegates' proposal. Explore a 200-year timeline showing the impact of the Constitution on our history.
Search the Constitution, and see explanations of 300 topics.
We also refer you to the National Archives and Records Administration's Web site.
Celebrate Constitution Day:
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution/constitution-day.html
Read the Constitution in its original form and in a transcript. View Webcasts of Senator Byrd's remarks and discussions on federalism and checks and balances.
Observing Constitution Day: The Signers of the
Constitution:
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/signers.html
Find out about the delegates who signed the Constitution on September 17, 1787.
Observing Constitution Day: The Constitution Game:
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/game.html
Explore, in this simulation, how the members of the Constitutional Convention might have felt as they gathered in Philadelphia's Independence Hall and began the task of writing the Constitution.
Teaching With Documents: The Ratification of the
Constitution:
www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/ratification.html
Uncover the issues involved in the creation and ratification of the Constitution and the new government it established.
Thank you for your interest in classroom instruction on the Constitution. We are pleased to provide access to these valuable documents and Web sites.
Alex Stein, Team Leader
Teaching American History Team
Office of Innovation and Improvement
U.S. Department of Education