Constitution Day and Citizenship Day  http://www.constitutionday.com

President George W. Bush signed a bill on December 8th, 2004 (public law 108-447) which designates every September 17th as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day to commemorate the signing of the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787.

 All America will unite in the simultaneous recitation of the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution all over the world on September 16, 2005 by schools and the military at home and overseas. The Preamble will be lead by General Tommy Franks and this year the celebration will be dedicated to the military.

Preamble to the U.S. Constitution

.........We The People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,

 provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessing of liberty to ourselves and our posterity,

do ordain and establish this, Constitution for the United States of America 

Educational Resources:

The Center for Civic Education:  www.civiced.org  Lessons for grades K-12.

Discovering Justice (at the Moakley Federal Courthouse, Boston): www.discoveringjustice.org  A curriculum for elementary grades and legal issues for middle and high school.

Constitution Resources:  www.ed.gov/free/constitution/index.html  Links to agencies, libraries, archives, and museums

National Constitution Center:  www.constitutioncenter.org  Test of the the Constitution, timeline of constitutional history, maps, debates; searchable database of topics related tot the Constition, such as civil rights, school prayer, and Supreme Court decisions.

The Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework: www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/current.html  Massachusetts standards for learning about U.S. history, civics and government.

First Amendment Schools:  www.firstamendmentschools.org  Information and lesson plans on the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights

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