Constitution+Day

Constitution Day Wiki - A wiki that was created just for Constitution day. Activities are sorted by grade level as you scroll down the page.

Constitution Center - Elementary activities from the Constitution Center. The Bill of Rights game is fun!

Bill of Rights Institute - Our web resource, //[|Life Without the Bill of Rights?]// Is a click-and-explore activity that puts your students in control, asking them to consider how life would change without some of our most cherished freedoms. Comes with a graphic organizer as well. Play the new Constitution Duel game!

US Constitution.net - kid-friendly language that describes the different parts of the Constitution

Scholastic - Constitution lesson plans and activities from Scholastic

Livebinder - Janice Conger assembled a Livebinder that consists of multiple resources. Hover over the tab at the top to see the category. Some categories are resources for teachers while others can be used with students.

American Flag activity - Find all of the flags in the picture. As you find each flag, a new fact will be read to you.

Videos:
Schoolhouse Rock - Preamble - Preamble of the Constitution - lyrics

Schoolhouse Rock - Branches - 3 Branches of Government - lyrics

Simple Tech Projects for the Students:
Create a Voki and have students generate the words for George Washington!!! They can type words in and have an animated voice say the words OR you can have them record their own voices! Contact Brooke if you need microphones.

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Use Wordle to create a word cloud for an Article of the Constitution. Below is a Wordle I made for the Preamble. Why are the big words so important? What do they mean to our country? (the larger the word, the more times it was used)



Use the Big Huge Labs poster maker to find a patriotic image or create a patriotic image of your own! Students can brainstorm a motivational caption for beneath the poster. See example below: