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CONSTITUTION DAY WALL 

Directions:  

1. Find a phrase or word that helps describe the Constitution
2. Print out the one page that the phrase or word appears on(so we have the URL or source)
3. Highlight the phrase or word

Explore the following links for information about the Constitution of the United States.  

The National Constitution Center

Click on the boxes at the top of the screen labeled Preamble, Article I, Article II, Article III, Article IV, and Article V to learn more about the constitution.  Each page contains the written words of the constitution along with an explanation that is reader-friendly.

http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/

The U.S. Senate:  Reference

This site contains information about the Preamble, Articles I – VII of the Constitution and the various Amendments to the Constitution.  Each part of the Constitution is provided in the original text along with a side-by-side explanation.

http://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm

The U.S. Constitution Online

Steve Mount, author of this site, has summarized the Constitution in a one-page document for easy reading entitled The Constitution Explained.  He has included more detailed information with every underlined word(s) for all the Articles and Amendments.

http://www.usconstitution.net/constquick.html

The National Archives and Records Administration

This site provides high resolution images of the Constitution of the United States a section at a time. (Note:  It takes over one hour to download this image.)  It also gives an in-depth history of the Constitution within the area labeled “Read More” along with the 27 amendments to the Constitution.

http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs

Ben’s Guide to U.S. government

This site provides a variety of links (by topic) to other sites that relate to the Constitution of the United States.  Topics included in this site are:  Analysis and interpretation, General information about the Constitution, text of the Constitution, the writing of the Constitution, ways to amend the Constitution and Constitution trivia.  

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/documents/constitution/index.html