Start your unit with a trip to the library to pick up some age-appropriate books about the Constitution for kids. Help your kids and teens learn about the Constitution through the resources, activities, and worksheets we have pulled together for you! Each section includes links to relevant online resources.
This Constitution unit study introduces the document, the Republic, and the day chosen to honor our Constitution. So begins the Constitution of the United States of America.ĭo your kids know about those secret meetings that led to the creation of the United States Constitution?ĭo they know which Founding Fathers did not sign the document?ĭo they know the contributions of the Iroquois Confederacy of Nations to the development of the Constitution ?ĭo they know the sticking points that were difficult for the framers of the Constitution to agree on? “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” citizens in naturalization ceremonies on September 17 each year, that same anniversary, meaning it's also Citizenship Day. Tens of thousands of qualified people become U.S. We even celebrate Constitution Day each year on the anniversary of the date when the Constitution was signed into existence. More than 200 years later, we study the Constitution to learn more about its history and how the Constitution affects individuals, communities, institutions, and states today. The United States Constitution was signed into existence on September 17, 1787, following a long hot summer of secret meetings in Philadelphia.
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