Constitution Day

September 17, 2007, Constitution Day. Celebrating and learning about America's Principal founding document.

Lesson Plans:

Balancing Three Branches at Once: Our System of Checks and Balances

Before and Beyond the Constitution: What Should a President do?
Lesson 1: The President Under the Articles of Confederation
Lesson 2: Chief Executives Compared: The Federalist Papers
Lesson 3: George Washington: The Precedent President

The Constitutional Convention of 1787
Lesson 1: The Road to the Constitutional Convention
Lesson 2: The Question of Representation at the 1787 Convention
Lesson 3: Creating the Office of the Presidency

The Constitutional Convention: Four Founding Fathers You May Never Have Met

The Constitutional Convention: What the Founding Fathers Said

Creating the Office of the Presidency

The Federalist Debates: Balancing Power Between State and Federal Governments

The First Amendment: What's Fair in a Free Country?

James Madison: From Father of the Constitution to President
Lesson 1: James Madison: Madison Was There
Lesson 2: James Madison: The Second National Bank—Powers Not Specified in the Constitution
Lesson 3: James Madison: Raising an Army: Balancing the Power of the States and the Federal Government
Lesson 4: James Madison: Internal Improvements Balancing Act: Federal/State, Executive/Legislative

Jefferson vs. Franklin: Revolutionary Philosophers

The Preamble to the Constitution: How Do You Make a More Perfect Union?

The President's Roles and Responsibilities: Communicating with the President

The Question of Representation at the 1787 Convention

The Road to the Constitutional Convention

The Supreme Court: The Judicial Power of the United States

Monthly Features:

July 2008 - Four Freedoms for the Fourth

June 2008 - The Bill of Rights

July 2007 - Four Freedoms for the Fourth

June 2007 - The Bill of Rights

June 2006 - The Bill of Rights

May 2006 - The First Amendment

September 2005 - The Constitution of the United States of America

July 2005 - Four Freedoms for the Fourth

September 2004 - "We the People:" Signing the Constitution

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