Constitution Day

Constitution and Citizenship Days to Be Celebrated on September 17

The goal of Constitution Day is to: perpetuate the Constitution to each succeeding generation; promote the annual national simultaneous recitation of the Preamble across all of America, especially in the schools; involve all the 50 states in the roll call of states in the order they ratified the Constitution or were admitted to the Union; educate each new generation to the uniqueness and brilliance of our Constitution, the most perfect governmental document conceived by man; and show the need to protect and defend it to maintain our liberties.

Some informational resources pertaining to the Constitution that may be useful in planning educational activities are listed on the U.S. Department of Education's Web site at: http://www.ed.gov. Go to the search box and enter Constitution Day. Other nonpartisan resources are listed at: http://www.BillofRightsInstitute.org.

Resources for Constitution Day and Citizenship Day - September 17, 2007

Interactive Constitution from the National Constitution Center
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/

The Library of Congress American Memory Project
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/

Bill of Rights Institute:
http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org

Center for Civic Education:
http://www.civiced.org

Lesson Plans from the National Constitution Center
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/education/ForEducators/LessonPlans/AllLessonPlans.shtml

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
http://www.free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=19

Civics Education Week in Virginia

House Joint Resolution No. 627 passed in February 2007 designated the third week of September, in 2007 and in each succeeding year, as Civics Education Week in Virginia. CLICK HERE for a copy of the resolution.

Superintendent's Memo

Please see the Superintendent's Memo about the implementation of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day at http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/suptsmemos/2006/inf176.html.