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Information about Constitution Day, September 17.

Constitution Day Poster Design Contest

Constitution Day Poster Contest

Constitutionfacts.com invites K-12 students (including homeschoolers) to celebrate Constitution Day (Sept. 17) by designing a poster showing how they benefit from the freedoms embodied in the U.S. Constitution.

                                                    
                                                           Click on image for PDF of poster

The Constitution Day Poster Contest is promoted by the Government Information for Children (GIC) Committee of the ALA Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT).  

 

Participating in the contest is a great way to:

  1. Encourage students to learn about the rights we have as U.S. citizens.
  2. Teach students the vocabulary of the Constitution and other founding documents.
  3. Help students apply the principles of the Constitution to events today.
  4. Encourage students to participate in civic events.
  5. Give students a positive venue to think visually, frame their thoughts about how much we rely on the Constitution to support equity and equality, and outline the freedoms that we value.

 

While the instruction for the poster contest needs to be accomplished early in the school year, it is an excellent way to get those valuable conversations going early on. We are all bringing forth courageous conversations about race, equity, protest, and rights. We can ground those discussions with evidence from the founding documents, and once we understand the basic concepts, we can debate, discuss, question, and explore the latest news and events, knowing we can always go back to the source and forge ahead with those concepts firmly in our back pocket.

 

 

Access the 2024 entry form: https://www.constitutionday.cc/2024_ConstPoster.pdf

Ideas for integrating Constitution Day into your library or classroom

Blog Topics: Integrating Constitution Day into Your School's Curriculum

On the Constitutionfacts.org website, locate the dropdown "Constitution Day" and then scroll down to the information called: U.S. Constitution Day Activities and Lesson Plans. There are lots of great ideas for activities and lessons.