United States Constitution Day

• On August 17, 1878 the Founding Fathers signed the U.S. Constitution, which established the U.S. Federal Government which has been our governing framework ever since.
• In 2004, the U.S. Congress established Constitution Day as a formally recognized event to occur on September 17 and mandating that all federally funded educational institutions and all federal agencies provide educational programming on the history of the American Constitution on that day.
• When September 17 falls on a weekend the next weekday is the formal date observing Constitution Day.

Test Your Knowledge

• Interactive Constitution - explore the Constitution through this interactive site.  Also available as an app on iOS and Android
• American Treasures - explore the Constitution as it developed through four different early drafts and the final version
• ​Constitutional Rights - explore the documents that influenced the Constitution's authors and explore the concepts of individual rights around the world
• Constitution Duel Quiz - Find out how much you know about the Founding documents, landmark Supreme Court Cases, and historic Americans!
• Test Your Knowledge - Test your knowledge then challenge friends and family to see if they can beat your score. See how you compare to others in your state, and nationally. See which founding father you'd vote for, which founding father you're most like, test your knowledge with varying levels of U.S. Constitution crossword puzzles, word finds, treasure hunts and more! Can you tell what's real or fake?, try your hand at this entertaining quiz to find out more about the founding fathers.
• Life Without the Bill of Rights? - Have you ever imagined what life would be like without a Bill of Rights to protect our rights as American citizens? Explore the Life Without the Bill of Rights? Flash Activity to consider how life would change without some of our most cherished freedoms.
• Madison’s Notes are Missing - This game gives you a chance to become a reporter and travel back in time to the Constitutional Convention. You will ask questions of the Founders and report your findings in a news story.

Online Resources

• The American Founding
  Resources from TeachingAmericanHistory.org covering the Constitutional Convention, Federalists/Anti-Federalists, Ratification of the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
• Charters of Freedom - Constitution of the United States
  Online exhibit from the National Archives.

• The House Explained
• United States Senate
  This annotated version of the Constitution provides the original text (left-hand column) with commentary about the meaning of the original text and how it has changed since 1789 (right-hand column).
• Legal Information Institute - Constitutional Law
  As the Constitution is the foundation of the United States, constitutional law deals with some of the fundamental relationships within our society. This includes relationships among the states, the states and the federal government, the three branches (executive, legislative, judicial) of the federal government, and the rights of the individual in relation to both federal and state government.
• Law Library of Congress
  Current legal topics.
• The Founders' Constitution

  In this unique anthology, Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner draw on the writings of a wide array of people engaged in the problem of making popular government safe, steady, and accountable. The documents included range from the early seventeenth century to the 1830s, from the reflections of philosophers to popular pamphlets, from public debates in ratifying conventions to the private correspondence of the leading political actors of the day.
• National Constitution Center
  The National Constitution Center is the first and only nonprofit, nonpartisan institution devoted to the most powerful vision of freedom ever expressed: the U.S. Constitution.
• The Annenberg Classroom - Teaching the Constitution
  Contains over 48 videos on major constitutional concepts and court cases with learning materials aligned to state standards, as well as lesson plans,  online no-cost books for download, and interactive games on the origins of  the Constitution.
• ConstitutionDay.com

  Another resource for exploring the U.S. Constitution