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Resources for Teaching the Constitution

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Teaching Privacy in the 21st Century [1]

—Odette Edbrooke and Meg Leta Ambrose, Social Education, September 2012
This article is a free PDF. See other Constitution lessons listed in the Table of Contents [2] of that issue. Get access to them all by becoming a member [3] of NCSS.

Resolution and Letter to Congress from the Constitutional Convention

-Lee Ann Potter Social Education, September 2005,

The First Act of Congress

-Lee Ann Potter Social Education (Nov/Dec 2004).

Lesson Plans on the Constitution

-Stacie Fieth and Neil Deason Social Education, September 2005.

Rapping the 27 Amendments to the Constitution

-- Adam Knaresborough, Social Education, November/December 2009

Other Online Resources

The following articles are available to NCSS members. In addition to these articles, NCSS members can access many "Looking at the Law" [18] columns that deal with constitutional issues, as well as the full NCSS Journal Archives [19]

The Constitutional Amendment Process

-Kahlil Chism Social Education (Nov/Dec 2005).

The Words We Live By: The Constitution in Context

-Linda Monk Social Education (Nov/Dec 2003).

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Population Estimates Used by Congress during the Constitutional Convention

-Lee Ann Potter Social Education, September 2006.

Constitution Day: Start the School Year with Civics

-Eli Lesser Social Education, September 2006

An Internet Guide to Teaching the Constitution

-C. Frederick Risinger Social Education, September 2005.

Living Democracy: How Constitution High School Molds Better Citizens

-Marc Brasoff Social Education (September 2009).

What Having Students 'Write the Constitution' Taught Me

-Thomas Ladenburg Middle Level Learning (May/June 2008).

Frederick Douglass, The Constitution and Slavery: A Classroom Debate

-Vanessa Rodriguez Middle Level Learning (September 2008).

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[4] http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/6905/6905232.pdf
[5] http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/6807/6807430.pdf
[6] http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/6905/6905236.pdf
[7] http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/6905/6905241.pdf
[8] http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/6905/6905244.pdf
[9] http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7307/7307342.pdf
[10] http://www.abaconstitution.org/
[11] http://billofrightsinstitute.org/resources/educator-resources/constitution-day-resources/
[12] http://new.civiced.org/resources/curriculum/constitution-day-and-citizenship-day
[13] http://www.crf-usa.org/constitution-day/constitution-day-lesson-plans-kindergarten-middle-and-high-school.html
[14] http://edsitement.neh.gov/constitution-day
[15] http://docsteach.org/
[16] http://constitutioncenter.org/education/students/
[17] http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/resources-for-constitution-day
[18] http://www.socialstudies.org/resources/lookingatthelaw
[19] http://members.socialstudies.org
[20] http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/6907/6907373.pdf
[21] http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/6707/6707381.pdf
[22] http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7005/7005270.pdf
[23] http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7005/7005294.pdf
[24] http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/6905/6905248.pdf
[25] http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7305/7305207.pdf
[26] http://publications.socialstudies.org/mll/32/MLL32.pdf
[27] http://publications.socialstudies.org/mll/33/MLL33.pdf
[28] http://www.socialstudies.org/constitution_day
[29] http://www.socialstudies.org/assessment