Constitution Day

Our Constitution Cube activity has multiple uses for every type of learner. Download the cube from our Constitution Day Lesson for High School (in pdf format) by clicking the links below and get rolling!

Cube Options

Blank cube
Filled-in cube

Kinesthetic Activities

• Select six students to come to the front of the room and give each a Constitution Cube. Give remaining students in the “audience” a copy of the Constitution. Call on audience members to read one sentence from the Constitution, while the six students in the front of the room decide which principle the statement is an example of. Have them turn their cubes out with the correct answer facing out. (There may be more than one correct response.) Conduct a large group discussion on each statement.
  
• Have students roll the Constitution Cube like a die and find 2-3 examples of the principle rolled within the Constitution.
  
• Play “Constitution Jenga”: Divide the class into groups of four and distribute 15-20 cubes to each group. Have students read the Constitution section by section, noting which Constitutional principle(s) each exemplifies. Have them stack the cubes with that side facing up. Make sure not to topple the stack!
  
• Divide the class into groups of four and distribute 15-20 cubes to each group. Have students read the Constitution section by section, noting which Constitutional principle(s) each exemplifies. Divide the Cubes into stacks representing each principle and compare the various heights of the stacks when play is complete.

Visual Learners

• Distribute Constitution Cubes and have students illustrate each side with a representation of the constitutional principle listed.
  
• Play Constitution “Pictionary.” Divide students into groups of four. Have one student in each group roll the Constitution Cube like a die (without letting teammates see it) and then draw an illustration of the principle. Teammates should offer guesses when they are sure of the answer – an incorrect guess means the team is out of play. When the principle is identified, the team should hunt for four examples of the principle in the Constitution. The first team to correctly identify the principle and find four examples wins.

Auditory Learners

• Divide students into groups of 2-4 and give each group a copy of the Constitution and the Constitution Cube. Have students read the Constitution aloud, noting examples of each principle (Article and Section numbers) on the appropriate face(s) of the cube.

Advanced Students

• Distribute copies of the Constitution along with blank Constitution Cubes. Have students read the Constitution and determine six principles essential to the form of government it establishes. Have them write the principles on the cube and share their responses. Compare responses to the Bill of Rights Institute Constitution Cube and discuss similarities/differences.
  
• Distribute blank Constitution Cubes and have students write names on respective sides of the Cube of people who helped frame the Constitution. You may wish to suggest: James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Gouverneur Morris, Roger Sherman, and George Mason. Ask students to research the role of each individual and write their most important contributions on the cube.