Did you promote Constitution Day? Did you know that there are resources available to help plan your activities? On September 17, 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention met for the last time to sign the document they had created. Since 2005, the Dept. of Education has required that each educational institution that receives Federal funds for a fiscal year hold an educational program about the U.S. Constitution for its students in order to remain compliant with federal regulations..
There are myriad resources which can be used to plan a Constitution Day event. For example:
- The Department’s Federal Resources for Excellence in Education (FREE) offers more than 25 resources from various federal agencies at: https://www2.ed.gov/free/features/constitution-day.html
- The National Archives web site provides Constitution Day activities and materials. http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/ and http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-workshop/
- The Library of Congress American Memory site provides numerous resources on the Constitution. These two links provide access: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html and http://thomas.loc.gov/teachers/constitution.html
- The National Endowment for the Humanities provides content on the Constitution through the EDSITEMENT web site:http://edsitement.neh.gov/constitution-day
- The Office of Personnel Management has put relevant materials on its Web site at http://opm.gov/constitution_initiative.
- The U.S. Senate has posted material from the Legislative Branch:http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/ConstitutionDay.htm
- We also encourage you to access information about the Constitution on the National History Education Clearinghouse (NHEC) site at www.teachinghistory.org. The NHEC is funded by the U.S. Department of Education under contract no. ED-07-CO-0088. The NHEC homepage features special, highlighted information on teaching resources for Constitution Day.
At College Aid Services, we join our fellow Americans in observance of this important day in our nation’s history.