Celebrate Constitution Day, September 17, with these activities provided by the Bill of Rights Institute. Some links require adobe acrobat.

Do you know your Constitution? Quiz - New for 2008!

Do you think you know the Constitution? Find out with this 20 question quiz written to test your students' knowledge of our nation's Constitution. Students can keep track of their score and even print the quiz to show everyone how well they've done.

Click here to take the quiz now!

Article II and the 2008 Presidential Elections
Coming August 31!

Can the candidates deliver on the promises they make? Find out what power the Democratic and Republican candidates have per the Constitution to carry out their agenda - if any - with this flash interactive activity that uses text and video from their campaign websites. The activity is part of our Being an American Today lesson in our newly-revised Being an American curriculum. Updated twice a year, this online lesson will keep that teacher's guide fresh and relevant to your students.

Find out how you can get future Being an American Today lessons by visiting our Online Catalog.

Celebrate the Constitution Tabloid

• Focus on the Constitutional Convention, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, with a special First Amendment focus.
• “First Amendment in Action” activities on every page encourage kids to use their newspaper to learn about their rights and freedoms.

To download the full tabloid, or a series version of the tabloid, please click here.

*Click here to view the answers for the Tabloid's Crossword Puzzle.

Visit our All-New, On-line Module - An interactive flash experience, the On-line Module is a great way to connect your students with the thoughts and ideas of the Constitutional Convention, and it's a lot of fun!

Visit the Online Interactive Module!

Below are some screenshots and explanations for each activity in the Module.

	From the homepage of the module, you can select any one of 3 activities. Each activity is listed below.
	The highlight of the On-line Module, Madison's Notes are Missing takes users back in time to the Constitutional Convention. The time-traveler will ask questions of the Founders and report their findings in a news story. Each Founder is voiced and animated.
	The next activity is an interactive crossword puzzle that focuses on the Founding.
	The final activity is a quote matching exercise that lets users identify important phrases that were used by the Founders. Each quote is matched with its Founder by dragging it from the bottom box into the speech bubble above.

Constitution Day Lesson For Middle School (click links below to download)
High Resolution in pdf format (1.55 mb) can take 2 to 3 minutes to load
Low Resolution in pdf format (427 kb)

Constitution Day Lesson for High School (click links below to download)
High Resolution in pdf format (1.43 mb) can take 2 to 3 minutes to load
Low Resolution in pdf format (469 kb)

Constitution Cube Activities (Click Here!) (Great for every type of learner)

Faces of Freedom - Lesson 2: Champions of Freedom for Middle School
Lesson 2: Champions of Freedom in pdf format (221 kb)

Founders' Online (Click Here!)

Founders and the Constitution
3-minute audio biography (streaming audio) to listen, download Windows Media Player

First Amendment Lesson (pdf) from Media and American Democracy for High School (Click Here!) (386 kb)

More Resources for Constitution Day 2008

Celebrate the Constitution: Why do we have a Constitution?

This entertaining and informative activity booklet helps teachers educate their students about how the Constitution continues to impact our rights and responsibilities as citizen's today. Includes multiple activities to engage your students.
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Pocket Constitution

Includes the Constitution of the United States, the Declaration of Independence, and an index to the Constitution and the amendments.
Order Pocket Constitutions for your students today so they can carry their rights with them everywhere!
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