Constitution+Resources

= Favorite Sites = http://constitutioncenter.org/
 * The National Constitution Center:** They sometimes offer great summer programs for teachers. You can sign up for a daily email about the Constitution in the News. The "Town Hall Walls" give ideas for classroom discussion. Their website could be a bit easier to navigate so here are links to some of the good resources:

Interactive Constitution: http://ratify.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/index_no_flash.php

Town Hall Walls and Newswire: http://constitutioncenter.org/ncc_edu_Current_Events.aspx

Which Founder are you? http://www.constitutioncenter.org/foundersquiz/

Delegate Biographies [|__http://www.constitutioncenter.org/ncc_edu_Founders.aspx__]

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/ An example of what you can find: = Primary Sources = http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/constit.html
 * A Century of Lawmaking: One Stop Primary Source shopping**
 * Documents from Library of Congress:**

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/us8.cfm
 * Ratification Debate- short excerpts:**

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?category=1
 * Founding Era Primary Source documents:**

http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/a-guide-to-the-united-states-constitution
 * Annenberg Guide to the Constitution**: Annotated with sections called "the text" and "the meaning"

Online Lesson Plans using founding documents from **Constitutional Rights Foundation** http://www.crf-usa.org/foundations-of-our-constitution/foundations-of-our-constitution.html

http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/
 * Electoral College Archives**

http://docsteach.org/ = Government/Civics Today = http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/
 * Primary Source activities** including one comparing drafts of the Constitution
 * C-Span Classroom:** Make yourself a free teacher account and get a presidential timeline poster in the mail! Many of the videos are long but you could pull out portions. They also do annual contests for students, post lesson plans, and offer other current events resources. Will also be a good resource once the election season picks up.

http://thomas.loc.gov/
 * Thomas Legislative Information from Library of Congress:** Access to bills, resolutions, the Congressional Record, schedule of House and Senate proceedings. It has a simple and more detailed search page. Right now, many bills have not been refiled so searching for the 111th Congress leads to more interesting results.

It also has a page for teachers: http://thomas.loc.gov/teachers/

Great list of civics resources from the **Virginia Department of Education** http://civics.pwnet.org/resources.html = = = Resources Geared for different age levels: = http://www.usconstitution.net/index.html
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 * US Constitution:**

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
 * Ben's Guide to Government:**


 * //younger students://**

http://www.icivics.org/
 * ICivics-** Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has been key in this. It has some fun games about government. Could be useful with younger students.

http://www.congressforkids.net/Constitution_index.htm

= Secondary Source Materials/Background on the Constitution/Lesson Plans/Interactives =

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/one-size-fits-all-reflecting-on-the-role-of-government/?ref=education
 * New York Times Learning Networ**k: Role of Government/recent post

http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/page.aspx?pid=592
 * Bill of Rights Foundation**


 * Facts and Figures about the Convention **

Link to 3 Great **Online Texts** that you can download as pdfs (middle/high school): the Introduction to "Our Rights" ties nicely to this course http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/all-books

Debating the Bill of Rights from **Colonial Williamsburg:** http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Winter09/rights.cfm = More In-Depth Reads = Knowing it By Heart: Report from the National Constitution Center about how Americans think about the Constitution

= More from the Congressional Record: = Constitutional Caucus, Special Order Speeches, House of Representatives, March 8, 2011

= PDFs of handouts from class: =

= Share your lessons and favorite websites: = A set of questions to use with looking at current day proposed amendments:

Opinion Questions about Powers of Government: