Curated OER
Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Relocation Camp Experience of Estelle Ishigo
Eighth graders study World War II through art.
Curated OER
The State vs. The Individual
Students explain the roles of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments in regards to due process and eminent domain. They apply their knowledge of the takings issue by creating a political cartoon depicting a takings event.
Curated OER
Presidential Eligibility
Students examine what requirements determine who can and can't run for president.
Curated OER
Democracy in the Middle East
Students explain that President Bush's foreign policy to promote democracy is a departure from the Cold War policy of containment, and examine the reasons this policy has been proposed at this time.
Curated OER
America Responds to Terrorism
Students discuss truths and myths dealing with the subject of terrorism.
Library of Virginia
Virginia Memory: Constitution Day Activities: Middle and High
How was the Constitution created? What did the delegates contribute in creating the Constitution?
Library of Virginia
Virginia Memory: Constitution Day Activities: Middle and High 2
What would life be like without the freedoms of speech, press, religion, assembly, and the right to petition?
Library of Virginia
Virginia Memory: Constitution Day Activities: Elementary
Who were Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Patrick Henry, and George Mason?
Center For Civic Education
Center for Civic Education: We the People: Constitution Day Pdf [Pdf]
This teachers guide has activities for Constitution Day.
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: The United States and the Barbary Pirates
Lesson and activity in which students analyze foreign policy challenges on paying ransom. Students study U.S. response to the Barbary pirates and apply their knowledge to modern day terrorism and foreign policy examples.