Constitution Day - September 17th!

CONSTITUTION DAY RESOURCES


According to the Library of Congress site:

On September 17, 1787, the final draft of the Constitution was signed by 39 delegates.  The document was then sent to the states for ratification, and went into effect on June 21, 1788 when New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution.

Check out these sites for additional information, lesson plans, and resources:

Constitution Day Resources - The Library of Congress Thomas

Resources for Teaching the Consititution - NCSS resource page

Constitution Day Resources - National Constitution Center

Teaching with Documents:  Observing Constitution Day - National Archives

United States (U.S.) Constitution Day 2015 - ConstitutionFacts.com

Constitution Day - Constitutionday.com

Check out these sites for sharing curriculum materials!

Vanessa Vega, a Edutopia research analyst ---- and if you have not yet checked out Edutopia -- http://www.edutopia.org/ -- make sure you do ---- suggests several websites where educators can collaborate and share curriculum resources.  Check out Curriki.org and Digital Is (website affiliated with the National Writing Project) are sites that allow teachers to network and share materials with peers, while other sites like The Ohio Resource Center for Mathematics, Science, & Reading and the Ohio Social Studies Resource Center offer free resources that are aligned with state and national curriculum standards.

Yes, and you guessed it if your follow our blog ---- free resources to check out! 

Happy back to school!