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Constitution Day

Detail, U.S. Constitution, Library of Congress

The Constitution defines the core of the United States and its government. On Constitution Day, study the document, its shifting interpretations, and its impact on every aspect of American life.

Photo, . . . Nixon giving a speech, 1969, General Services Admin., NARA

To indict or not to indict? Watergate raised complicated questions concerning Constitutional interpretation.

Photo, Dressmaking class, Manzanar. . . , Ansel Adams, 1943, LoC

Two practices help students to make sense of primary source documents on the internment of Japanese Americans while improving their reading skills.

Screenshot, Do I Have a Right?

Drill students on the constitutional amendments with this engaging game.

Start your own law office, defend your clients' rights, and brush up on your constitutional knowledge in this fast-paced game. Do I Have a Right? introduces students to constitutional law. FIND OUT MORE »

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Learn about the Constitution and its interpretation

On Gendering the Constitution

The Force of Truth, 19th century allegorical image

The agitation among women’s rights activists over the language of the 14th [...] »

Bill of Rights

Congress discussing the Bill of Rights

Whitman Ridgway outlines some of the context in which the Bill of Rights was [...] »

The Uses & Abuses of the Constitution

Detail, homepage

What role did the Constitution play in the Clinton impeachment, women's history [...] »

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Engage your students with the Constitution

Marbury v. Madison

Document, Marbury v. Madison, 1803, Our Documents

Constitutional or not? Read about this 1803 landmark court case deciding issues [...] »

A Focus on American Political Thought and History

Lithograph, "Declaration of Independence. . . ," 1835-1856, N. Currier, LoC

Contextualize those founding documents—without context, they are little [...] »

Teaching the Emancipation Proclamation on Constitution Day

Print, Watch meeting, Dec. 31, 1862, c1863, Heard & Moseley, LoC

This Constitution Day, the National Endowment for the Humanities asks, how is [...] »

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Test your constitutional knowledge!

We the People . . . Rarely Agree

Photo, "Elizabeth Freeman," 1910, Bain News Service, LoC, Flickr Commons

What does the Constitution mean to you? Match each quote to the historical [...] »

Constitution Day Count

Data visualization, word tree, Many Eyes

How does the Constitution measure up to other important documents in U.S. [...] »

Potent Quotables: Every Vote Counts

Photo, Suffrage Straw Ride, c.1910-1915, Library of Congress

After more than two centuries of citizenship, much has been said about voting. [...] »

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