Constitution Day commemorates the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787. In this lesson, students will hear from constitutional scholars and see an excerpt of the Broadway play “What ...

On September 17, 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia signed the new legal foundation of our nation, the U.S. Constitution. Now a federal holiday also known as Citizenship ...

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SOMERSET — Cheryl Crossley Simmons last Wednesday gave a presentation to students in the fifth grade at Chace Street School about how the U.S. Constitution came to be, some of the amendments in it and ...

As we observe the 235th anniversary of Constitution Day on Sept. 17, public schools across the nation are required to educate students on America’s founding document. Unfortunately this year, the ...

One of the first acts of the 112th Congress this week was to read the U.S. Constitution aloud on the House floor. The idea was cooked up by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), as a symbolic way to underline ...

The United States Constitution is the foundation for all aspects of American government. The writers of the Constitution often left certain issues unanswered or open to interpretation so that American ...

It's not often that first-graders, CIA agents, agriculture inspectors and airport security workers from coast to coast all receive a lesson on the same topic -- and on the same day -- but that is what ...