Video and Online Broadcasts of Justice Department Workings

http://justicel.bootnetworks.com/ConstitutionDay/index.asp

Online and satellite broadcast Sept. 16, 2005 of "Justice Talking: Free Speech in the Digital Age" (1:30 p.m. EDT) and "Conversations with Supreme Court Justices" (noon and 3 p.m. EDT).

The site also has a series of excepts with Justice Sandra Day O'Connor that can be shown at any time on the computer, using Windows Media or RealMedia.

Lesson Plans/Modules

www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/module2/index.html

A module on the Constitution for teachers and students, prepared by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

National Archives and Records Website

www.nara.gov

The official site of the National Archives and Records Administration, featuring historic primary-source documents.

National History Day Website

www.nhd.org

The Web site of National History Day.

National Constitution Center's Website

www.constitutionday.us

The National Constitution Center's official Constitution Day Web site.

Constitution Day September 17th

ThisWeek@newsweekeducation.com

The Newsweek Education Program has teamed with National History Day and Oxford University Press to bring teachers a variety of classroom activities to use in commemoration of Constitution Day. The activities, along with other recommended resources, are presented below in a Newsweek ThisWeek Extra! The same content can be found on our web site at www.newsweekeducation.com/constitutionday where it is available in a formatted four-page PDF document and also as a Microsoft Word document.

Great lesson plans and teaching ideas.