Constitution Day and Citizenship Day: September 17
Massachusetts Department of Education Links:
http://www.doe.mass.edu/news/news.asp?id=2509
National
Constitution Center: Text of the Constitution, timeline of constitutional
history, maps, debates; searchable database of topics related to the
Constitution, such as civil rights, school prayer and Supreme Court decisions
Description of how the Constitution was created and ratified;
biographies of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787
Text of the Constitution and other primary documents relating to
it
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/bdexhome.html
Role of the Continental Congress during the Revolution, including
relations with Native Americans http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fedpapers.html
Text of the Federalist Papers and history of the debates about
ratifying the Constitution
The Center for Civic
Education:
Lessons for Kindergarten, grades 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12
Discovering Justice
(at the Moakley Federal Courthouse, Boston):
A curriculum for the early elementary grades, dramatic
presentations of historic cases and legal issues for middle and high school,
courthouse tours and resources on the US legal system and important cases
Information and lesson plans on the First Amendment in the Bill of
Rights
The
Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework: Massachusetts
standards for learning about U. S. history, civics, government