U.S. Constitution Day  All local education agencies receiving federal funds must teach about the U.S. Constitution on September 17 each year:
www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/other/2005-2/052405b.html

Federal law states "each educational institution that receives federal funds for a fiscal year shall hold an educational program on the United States Constitution on September 17 of such year for the students served by the educational institution."  Constitution Day commemorates the September 17, 1787, signing of the Constitution.

Texas HB 708 moves Celebrate Freedom Week from the week of November 11 to the week of September 17, effective beginning with the 2007–2008 school year.  The purpose of Celebrate Freedom Week is “to educate students about the sacrifices made for freedom in the founding of this country and the values on which this country was founded….”

The following sites offer extensive resources to support the teaching of the U.S. Constitution and observance of Constitution and Citizenship Day along with Texas' Celebrate Freedom Week.  Click on an icon to link to the Constitution resources of each site.

These sites offer additional resources to support the teaching of the U.S. Constitution and observance of Constitution and Citizenship Day along with Celebrate Freedom Week.  Click on a link to access their resources.
 

The Center for Civic Education has posted complete, grade-appropriate lessons at its Constitution Day and Citizenship Day site
www.civiced.org/index.php?page=constitution_day
See also its We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution pages
www.civiced.org/index.php?page=wtp_introduction
 

EDSITEment features -  Constitution Day
edsitement.neh.gov/ConstitutionDay/default.asp
and The Constitution of the U.S.
edsitement.neh.gov/monthly_feature.asp?id=166
 

The National Constitution Center and its partners - the ABA, C-Span, and many others - have prepared Constitution Day!
constitutioncenter.org/ConstitutionDay/ and
www.constitutionday.us/
 

The Library of Congress' Collection Guides & Bibliographies - Primary Documents in American History: US Constitution
www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Constitution.html
 

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School's The American Constitution: A Documentary Record
avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/constpap.asp
 

The National Archives' "Charters of Freedom" -Constitution of the United States
www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html
 

The Law Related Education Department of the State Bar of Texas has produced the following student games --
* The Declaration Clarification Game
   www.texaslre.org/declaration_intro.html
* Pirates of the Preamble Game
   www.texaslre.org/PiratePreamble/pirates_game.html
* The Bill of Rights Match Game
   www.texaslre.org/BOR/billofrights.html
* The Constitution Relay Game
   start at www.texaslre.org/onlinegames.html
* The Preamble Scramble Game
   www.texaslre.org/preamble_intro.html
 

The Annenberg Classroom site
features an Ask a US Supreme Court
Justice with students' questions and
replies from actual Supreme Court
justices
www.annenbergclassroom.org/AssetDetail.aspx?myID=1178
Its Constitution Day Resources page is at
www.annenbergclassroom.org/default.aspx
 

Region XIII ESC has created pages with a variety of resources and lesson activities for both Constitution Day at
www5.esc13.net/socialstudies/feature_constitution_day.html
and Celebrate Freedom Week at
www5.esc13.net/socialstudies/feature_freedom_week.html
 

The U.S. Courts have posted their Constitution Day is Every Day at the Federal Courts resources at:
www.uscourts.gov/outreach/resources/constitutionday.html
 

A Celebrate Freedom Week poster of Monticello and a passage from the Declaration of Independence is here
 

PBS's Rediscovering George Washington's site offers a complete lesson plan and resources addressing the question, "Why Celebrate Constitution Day?"
www.pbs.org/georgewashington/classroom/constitution_day.html
 

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