Library of Congress
Loc: Constitution Day Resources
A selection of online resources from THOMAS that have to do with the US Constitution.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Why Celebrate Constitution Day? (Lesson Plan)
A instructional activity in understanding the significance of the U.S. Constitution revolving around an editorial that explains two modes of interpreting the constitution: "living document" versus "original intent."
iCivics
I Civics: Our Courts: Constitution Day Lesson: Checks and Balances [Pdf]
Students learn the roles and responsibilities of each branch of government and where the checks and balances are located in this role-playing instructional activity. Requires Adobe Reader.
Center For Civic Education
Center for Civic Education: 9/11 and Constitution: American Identity, Diversity
A set of lessons that can be used to commemorate the anniversaries of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, and the signing of the Constitution on September 17, 1787. They help students to reflect on the...
iCivics
I Civics: For the President, All in a Day's Work
Young scholars learn the primary responsibilities of the president and how those duties connect to the powers the Constitution grants to the Executive Branch.
Library of Congress
Loc: The u.s. Constitution: Governing of the u.s.
This unit includes four lessons using primary sources to examine continuity and change in the governing of the United States. Lessons one and two are focused on a study of the Constitution and Bill of Rights and provide access to primary...
US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: Revolution and the New Nation (1754 1820s)
Links to primary source documents from the revolution to the new nation.