Constitution Day Resources

Congress.gov

• Congress.gov – the source for U.S. Legislative Information Videos on the Legislative Process
• Get to Know the New Congress … Right from the Source

Free Constitution Ebook for Teachers and Students

• The Constitution: Student Discovery Set External
  This interactive ebook for iPads lets students zoom in on and annotate primary source documents from the drafts and debates that brought the Constitution and Bill of Rights into being.

Primary Source Documents Related to the United States Constitution

• Articles of Confederation
• Constitution
• Federalist Papers
• Bill of Rights
• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• 19th Amendment

Resources for Teachers (Or anyone else who wants to learn about it)

• Constitution: Primary Source Set
  Primary sources, historical context, teaching suggestions, analysis tools and guides
• Creating the United States Constitution: Interactive
  Connect particular phrases and ideas set down in the Constitution with texts that preceded it
• Creating the Bill of Rights: Interactive
  Connect particular phrases and ideas set down in the Bill of Rights with texts that preceded it
• The New Nation: The United States Constitution
  Primary source excerpts and discussion questions related to the Constitution

Activities from the Teaching with the Library of Congress Blog

• Constitution Day: Exploring the Creation of the Constitution Online
• Constitution Day: Celebrating the Father of the Constitution
• The Preamble to the Constitution: Making Inferences About Intent Using Two Drafts from the Library of Congress
• More posts on the Constitution