U.S. Constitution Day  All local education agencies receiving federal funds must teach about the U.S. Constitution on September 17 each year:
http://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
 

The September 2005 MarcoGram from the Marco Polo Education Foundation (now known as Thinkfinity is We the People: Celebrating Constitution Day
www.marcopolo-education.org/MarcoGrams/Sep2005.html
 

EDSITEment features -  Constitution Day
edsitement.neh.gov/ConstitutionDay/default.asp
and The Constitution of the U.S.
edsitement.neh.gov/monthly_feature.asp?id=115
 

The National Constitution Center and its partners - the ABA, C-Span, and many others - have prepared Constitution Day!
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
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/constpap.htm
 

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 - Constitution Quiz
www.texaslre.org/constitutionquiz.cfm
 

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
 

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
 

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

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