Did you know our constitution was signed on September 17, 1787? The United States Constitution is 223 years old. In an amendment to the Omnibus spending bill of 2004, the late West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd designated September 17 as Constitution Day, on which schools receiving federal funding are required to teach the Constitution. Check out the following websites for more historical information:
History.com
http://www.history.com/topics/constitution
Prentice Hall
http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/interactive_constitution/
The National Constitution Center
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/ncc_edu_Online_Activities.aspx
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/ncc_progs_Constitution_Day.aspx
The National Endowment for the Humanities
http://edsitement.neh.gov/ConstitutionDay/constitution_index2.html#read
Scholastic Constitution Game
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/constitution_day/constitution.asp?eml=TNL/e/20100831/912_NEW
The National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=3&title.raw=Constitution%20of%20the%20United%20States
The Charters of Freedom from NARA
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/charters_of_freedom_1.html
School House Rock presents - The Preamble on kidstube.com (thanks to Ally Segovia) which has a cute song on the Preamble.
http://www.kidstube.com/videos/1927/School House Rock - The Preamble
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