Constitution Day

"Each educational institution that receives Federal funds for a fiscal year shall hold an educational program on the United States Constitution on September 17 of such year for the students served by the educational institution."
section 111(b), 118 Stat. 3344 (page 536 of the pdf version)

"This posting is intended to remind affected educational institutions of this responsibility and to provide resources for them to use in developing their program. To assist in planning Constitution Day programs, we are pleased to provide links to Web sites that contain materials that can be publicly accessed for general use or for use as teaching materials in the classroom. The U.S. Department of Education does not mandate or prescribe particular curricula or lesson plans."

Primary Sources and Learning Activities Related to the U.S. Constitution

- Educational Games and Interactive Modules
- For Teachers
- Recommended Websites
- Recursos sobre La Constitución (en español)

Resources for teachers, including lesson plans

"The National Constitution Center is the Museum of We the People, America's Town Hall, and a civic education headquarters dedicated to non-partisan constitutional education and debate."

Statistical fact sheets and teacher resources for Constitution Day.

"The National Archives and Records Administration celebrates this important day in our nation's history by presenting the following activities, lesson plans, and information."

"The education team of the National Archives and Records Administration is pleased to present, for the first time, a self-service online version of our popular U. S. Constitution Workshop! This activity is:
- Suitable for grades 4 through 12
- Fully self-contained, requiring little advance prep time
- Correlated to the National History Standards and the National Standards for Civics and Government."

Resources for teachers, including student activities.

"The Institute develops instructional materials and educational programs that engage students and teachers with America’s Founding documents and principles."

Join thousands of students and teachers on Sept. 17 in taking the Preamble Challenge for Constitution Day, which celebrates the signing of the Constitution. Share the creative ways that your students are learning about the Preamble by using #RenewCivics or #PreambleChallenge on Twitter or Instagram! Sign up your class, school or organization here and we’ll give you everything you need to host your own Preamble activity with our free Preamble Challenge Teacher Toolkit!

ConstitutionFacts.com is a companion to the pocket constitution book "The U.S. Constitution & Fascinating Facts About It".

Learn about the Congress. The site is designed for young learners from grade school to High school. Teachers can also find teaching resources from this site. The site is created and maintained by the Office of the Clerk, U.S. Capitol.

- Predecessors to the U.S. Constitution
- U.S. Constitution
- Influences
- Authors of the Constitution
- Writing the Constitution
- Debating the Constitution
- Critiques of the U.S. Constitution
- The Constitution in Popular Literature

Set up an account for excellent resources on a wide variety of civics-related topics via video, hands-on activities and games.