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    CELEBRATE OUR CONSTITUTION!

Resources for Constitution Day, September 17, 2007

Bill of Rights Institute: Plan for Constitution Day
A web site designed for teachers with free lesson plans.

Youth Leadership Initiative
Register at this site for teacher created lessons that foster active participation in government.

National Archives of the United States: Constitution
This is essentially the "homepage" for the Constitution housed at the National Archives in Washington D.C.   Many links to more information about this precious document including high resolution images for viewing the document online.

Constitution Day
Also from the National Archives this page explains the month long celebration. See the link to the lesson plan: "The Ratification of the Constitution."

Library Congress: American Memory
This page from the American Memory project at the Library of Congress links visual resources at the library with a lesson plan on the constitution: "The Constitution: Counter Revolution or National Salvation?"

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MATERIALS IN SMS MEDIA CENTER
Click on above link for bibliography.

World Book Online and Grolier also have great articles: see link from Media Center
main page.

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