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  Access primary sources and online teaching activities related to the U.S. Constitution and how it forms the basis for our Government's actions on DocsTeach, the online tool for teaching with documents from the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡.

K–12 Distance Learning Programs for students

Professional Development for educators via webinar

Exploring the United States Constitution - Find the special Constitution eBook and other resources, available for download with iBooks and on iTunesU, or as a PDF.

Congress Creates the Bill of Rights eBook, mobile app, and online resources

Putting the Bill of Rights to the Test primary source-based eWorkbook

for teaching about the Constitution

Pieces from the publication Social Education (written by NARA staff as a part of our partnership with the National Council for the Social Studies) 

• General Constitution: (September 2019)
• First Amendment:  (March/April 2018)
• Fifth Amendment: (November/December 2016) 
• https://www.socialstudies.org/social-education/80/6/pleading-fifth-lillian-hellman-and-huac-investigation-hollywood
• Eighth Amendment:  (March/April 2016) 
• 19th Amendment: (October 2019) 

Constitution Day Resources for Federal Employees

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The U.S. Constitution at the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡
Go inside the vaults to see rarely displayed documents relating to the formation of the Constitution, including George Washington’s printed copy with his annotations, the final printed text, and Pennsylvania’s ratified copy.

"Amending America" Exhibit
Take a virtual tour of our "Amending America" exhibit, which highlights the remarkably American story of how we have amended, or attempted to amend, the Constitution in order to form a nation that more closely mirrors our ideals.

U.S. Constitution — The "Fifth Page" (Transmittal Page)
The so-called "Fifth Page" of the U.S. Constitution is rarely displayed. Learn about this lesser known page of the Constitution and how ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ conservators care for it and our other precious documents.

The U.S. Constitution Comes to the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡
The United States Constitution is in the Rotunda of the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ today, but it took many years for the documents to arrive. Find out where it was stored and how it finally came to to rest in its present home.

Past public programs on YouTube

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(9/14/17)

(9/15/16)

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Prologue Articles

"Amending America" Prologue Magazine, Winter 2015

"Errors in the Constitution—Typographical and Congressional" Prologue Magazine, Fall 2012

"A New Era Begins for the Charters of Freedom" Prologue Magazine, Fall 2003

"Travels of the Charters of Freedom" Prologue Magazine, Winter 2002

Blogs

Archivist of the United States blog:

Education Updates: 

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Reagan Library Education Blog:

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ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ News: ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ Welcomes New Citizens (2017)

ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ News: New Citizens Sworn In on Constitution Day (2018)

ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ News: ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ Welcomes New Citizens (2019)

Constitution of the United States. Drafted in secret by delegates to the Constitutional Convention during the summer of 1787, this four-page document, signed on September 17, 1787, established the government of the United States.

Constitution Q&A. Questions & Answers Pertaining to the Constitution, excerpted from The Story of the Constitution, by Sol Bloom

Constitution of the United States: A History. Based on the Introduction to A More Perfect Union: The Creation of the U.S. Constitution, by Roger A. Bruns

Download high-resolution images of the Constitution. Articles 1–7 of the U.S. Constitution as well as the subsequent amendments.

Teaching With Documents: U.S. Constitution Workshop. A self-service online version of our popular on-site U. S. Constitution Workshop

Section 111 of Title I, Division J, of the Fiscal Year 2005 Consolidated Appropriations Act, enacted into law on December 8, 2004, instructs each Federal agency to provide educational materials concerning the United States Constitution to each employee on September 17 of each year.

An online experience highlighting some of the key dates and events that mark more than 200 years of our constitutional history.

Search the text of the Constitution by keyword, explore the Constitution by topic, or search the text of the Constitution by Supreme Court decisions.

Examples of activities, meetings, and programs for the observance of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.