Constitution Day
September 17, 2009
Test your knowledge of the U.S. Constitution!
Text of the Constitution | Searching the Constitution | Historical Background | Current Constitutional Controversies | Teaching the Constitution | Background of Constitution Day
Text of the Constitution (Federal and Maine state)
U.S. Constitution (Text and annotations) (FindLaw)
Constitution of the United States and Amendments (Facsimile) (National Archives)
Searching the Constitution
CRS Annotated Constitution(Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School)
Constitution of the United States (GPO Access)
Interactive Constitution (National Constitution Center)
Historical Background
Centuries of Citizenship: A Constitutional Timeline (National Constitution Center)
The Evolving Constitution (CQ's Guide to the U.S. Constitution)
Constitutional Law: an Overview (LII/Legal Information Institute, Cornell)
United States Constitution: Texts, Commentaries, Historical Texts and Judicial Decisions (Library of Congress)
Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention 1774-1789 (American Memory, Library of Congress)
Biographical Index of "America's Founding Fathers" (National Archives)
Current Constitutional Discussions
Supreme Court of the United States
Debating the Patriot Act (National Public Radio)
US Supreme Court Center (Findlaw)
Exploring Constitutional Law (University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School. Doug Linder, Professor of Law.)
Constitutional Controversies (PBS Teachers)
Teaching the Constitution
Constitution Day Resources (THOMAS/Library of Congress)
Conversations on the Constitution (American Bar Association)
Presidential Conversations on the Constitution (PBS/WHYY)
Constitution Day & Citizenship Day (U.S. Dept. of Education)
Explore the Constitution (National Constitution Center)
Constitution Resources (U.S. Department of Education)
Constitution Day Resources (U.S. Courts)
"Constitution Day is Everyday at the Federal Courts"Constitution Day (Annenberg Classroom/Annenberg Public Policy Center)
Teaching with Documents: Observing Constitution Day (National Archives)
Resources for Maine Schools (Center for Civic Education) dated 2005.
whitehouse.gov/kids (White House)
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids (U.S. Government Printing Office)
Background on Constitution Day
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (P.L. 108-447), and Division J.
Notice of Implementation (Federal Register, May 24, 2005)
Constitution Day (US) (Wikipedia)
