Constitution Day

This lesson introduces students to important facts about the Constitution and its history. Students create a thirteen-star flag and read or perform the Constitution Day Rap. Check out the Center...

In this lesson, students develop an awareness of the Constitution by exploring what it is and why it is important. Students examine their classroom rules poster as an introduction to the concept...

This lesson introduces the study of authority. Students learn two very important concepts: authority and limited government. Students also learn the importance of examining and choosing people for...

The emoluments clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution to ensure that elected leaders do not gain a profit from their offices. Three groups sued President Trump over the emoluments clause...

Throughout the history of our nation the word “liberty” has been of significance. This lesson will ask students to explore the word: its meaning through symbols, its historical significance...

In this inquiry, students gain an informed, critical perspective on the United States Constitution as it stood at the close of the 1787 Constitutional Convention. Examining the ways that the...

This engaging Constitution Day lesson presents a series of quandaries that represent many great ideas and principles that have shaped our constitutional heritage. In each exercise, students apply...

Using http://context.montpelier.org as a reference, students will understand why the Notes are important and how the Notes translated into our...

This activity has students respond to the 4 major compromises at the Constitutional Convention: strong federal vs. strong state governments, large population states vs. small population states,...

Just in time for the presidential election and Constitution Day, this lesson examines sources of presidential power and ways that checks and balances limit presidential power. Students explain the...

This podcast from 60 Second Civics describes eighteenth-century American attitudes about established religion.
(Freedom of Religion, Part 8)

This is a 5 day unit where students will be answering the following essential question: Were the colonists justified in declaring independence from Great Britain. In order to answer that question...