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When
is Constitution Day?
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Please
read this important government announcement...
Notice
of Implementation of National Constitution Day
and Citizenship Day on September 17 each year.
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Where
is the Constitution?
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The
Charters of Freedom
http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience
/charters/charters.html
...from
the National Archives
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The
History of Our Constitution
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From
The White House
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The
Constitution for Kids
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/constitution/transcript.html
...from The White House
contains a transcript of the original Constitution
with links to those sections which have been changed.
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Amendments
11-27
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/constitution
/amendments11-27.html
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Unit
Lesson Plans
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We
the People...
Signing the Constitution
September 2004's Feature Topic Resource
http://edsitement.neh.gov/monthly_feature.asp?id=79
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Classroom
Activities and Ideas
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Classroom
Activities Guide
(Adobe Document Format)
This is a guide for a field trip to
The National Constitution Center but
contains ideas for lessons
answer
key for their activities
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Constitutional
Controversies
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/thismonth/may05/index1.shtm
Does Freedom of the Press Go Too Far?
Separation of Church and State
Checks and Balances Off Balance?
What is "Cruel and Unusual"?
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Yahooligans:
Teacher's Guide: The
Constitution
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/tg/constitution.html
...a teacher plan for working with this topic
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http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/
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Lesson
Plans
from the National Constitution Center
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/education/
ForEducators/LessonPlans/AllLessonPlans.shtml
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For
Younger Students
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 The
First Amendment
What's Fair in a Free Country?
http://edsitement.neh.fed.us/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=339
Grades 3-5
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From
Our Documents.gov
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Meeting
Standards with Our Documents.gov
http://ourdocuments.gov/content.php?flash=true&page
=meeting_standards
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