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Constitution Day Materials
Suggested lesson plans and activities for celebrating Constitution Day! These activities are based on Close Up Publishing's award-winning book The Bill of Rights: A User's Guide; click here to read a sample chapter. Interested in ordering copies of The Bill of Rights: A User's Guide? See our catalog.

More Constitution Day Ideas
The National Constitution Center has partnered with various organizations - including Close Up - to compile classroom resources for Constitution Day, September 17. Please visit the National Constitution Center website for more information.

First Amendment Lesson Plan: The Right of Petition (.pdf)
This lesson plan was produced for use by First Amendment Schools: Educating for Freedom and Responsibility .  Co-sponsored by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) and the First Amendment Center, First Amendment Schools is a national initiative designed to transform how schools teach and practice the rights and responsibilities of citizenship that frame civic life in our democracy.  For more information or to learn how to apply, contact the First Amendment Center's Sam Chaltain (703.284.2808, schaltain@freedomforum.org) or ASCD' s Molly McCloskey (703.575.5475, mmccloskey@ascd.org).

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