Tomorrow is Constitution Day. Here are 10 ways to integrate it into your curriculum:

Compare and contrast the ideas of ‘rights’ and ‘responsibilities’

Create ‘Founding Fathers’ infographics

Investigate how women and people of color contributed to the writing of the constitution

Take the U.S. Naturalization test

http://constitutioncenter.org/constitution-day/constitution-day-resources/naturalization-test

Take the ‘Which Founding Father Are You?’ quiz

http://constitutioncenter.org/learn/educational-resources/games/which-founder-are-you

Perform a play about the writing of The Constitution

Read The Constitution then take a poll.  Ask students, “Would you sign?  Why or why not?”

Develop criteria for Constitutional Amendments.  Use the criteria to keep, remove,  or create new amendments.

Make amendment Cootie Catchers http://constitutioncenter.org/media/files/Amedment_Cootie_Catchers.pdf

Search the day’s news.  What examples of Constitutional issues can you find?

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