Looking for a great way to engage your students with Constitution Day? Look no further!
Check out these fun, interactive games:
- Our newest activity Life Without the Bill of Rights? Is a click-and-explore activity that puts your students in control, asking them to consider how life would change without some of our most cherished freedoms.
- Our Interactive Module allows students to travel back in time to the Constitutional Convention
- FREE lessons and resources for your classroom
- AND MORE!
Want an easy way to celebrate Constitution Day in your classroom? Looking for FREE classroom resources? Want to win $5,000
and an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C.?
Participate in the Bill of Rights Institute's Being an American Essay Contest with your class for Constitution Day! The largest high school essay contest in the country is back, asking students to answer the question, "What civic value do you believe is most essential to being an American?" Over 50,000 students participated last year in all 50 states. The 2010-2011 Bill of Rights Institute Being an American Essay Contest begins on September 1, 2010 and will continue until December 1, 2010.
For more information including a FREE classroom poster and activity, information sheets for you and your students, sample essays from last year, and a judging rubric visit www.BeingAnAmerican.org.

