WCC Constitution Blog

A Blog created to celebrate the American Constitution Day, September 17, and to give Waubonsee College AELC students additional resources for the study of the Constitution, Government and Citizenship preparation. Click on the title to take you to the site referenced. Also note the Hotlist of Constitution Sites and the Gabcasts for additional information to aid in studying the Constitution, all located in the left hand column of this Blog.

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Constitution Day September 17 (Friday)

This year Constitution Day is on Friday, September 17. Take the time to share with students the blessings that American liberty affords. I h...

Monday, March 02, 2009

Daily Civic Learning Blog

Resources for Educators: http://www.constitutioncenter.org/ncc_edu_Education_Team_Blog.aspx Whether planning a field trip, looking for i...

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

ESL Civics

http://www.elcivics.com/ Learn EL Civics with great pictures and easy words. Just click on a picture to start a lesson or activity. The fol...

Monday, September 15, 2008

Interactive Constitutional Games

http://games.sunnylandsclassroom.org/constitutiongame/CCG/index.html Annenberg Foundation The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands is ...

US Constitution Scavenger Hunt

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/constintscav.htm US Constitution Scavenger Hunt

Scene at the Signing of the Constitution Painting

http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/christy/ Not much is known about the story behind the Christy painting of the Signing of t...

Prentice-Hall Constitution

http://stage.lin.phschool.com/curriculum_support/interactive_constitution/ Constitution and excellent links library and glossary.

The Holiday Zone

http://www.theholidayzone.com/constitution/interactive.html Interactive puzzles and quizzes for Constitution Day.

MrNussbaum.com Interactive Constitution

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/constitution.htm MrNussbaum.com Games and other tools to help explain the Constitution. Recommended for children.

iConstitution

iConstitution, the Interactive Constitution, enables people to learn about the constitution like never before. Discuss, critique, and ask qu...

Interactive Constitution

http://72.32.50.200/constitution/ National Constitution Center Discover how the Constitution relates to more that 300 indexed topics from ...

Thursday, August 21, 2008

ESL Civics Curriculum Framework

http://www.pde.state.pa.us/able/lib/able/profdev/EL-Erie.pdf ESL CIVICS CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK and INS questions, Pennsylvania Good informatio...

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Citizenship News

http://www.citizenshipnews.us/ Welcome to Citizenship News, where citizenship education providers can find information, resources, and the l...

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Bill of Rights Institute

http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/Teach/FreeResources/Lessons/ Here are some free lesson plans and resources for teaching the Bill of Ri...

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

National Constitution Center

"National Constitution Center" education@constitutioncenter.org > http://hancock.constitutioncenter.org/images/www_Edu/index.ht...

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Constitution Day Resources and Lesson Plans

http://cfbstaff.cfbisd.edu/davidj/Special%20Events/Constitution%20Day/constitution_day.htm Resources, Lesson Plans, Presentations, Constitut...

Resources for Constitutional Study

http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/hist.htm This is a great linked list to resources for Constitutional Study

Constitution Day Lesson Plans

http://www.illinoisfirstamendmentcenter.com/classroom_materials.php Classroom Materials, Constitution Day, English and Spanish Educational M...

Constitution Day Lesson Plans

http://www.crf-usa.org/constitution_day/constitution_day_home.htm A 2005 act of Congress states that all educational institutions receiving ...

U.S. Constitution and ESL Civics

http://www.elcivics.com/constitution_civics_1.html EL Civics Lesson: Constitution of the United States facts and information for ESL stude...

Wikipedia on the Constitution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution Wikipedia is a constantly changing resource for information about the Constitution...

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Bill of Rights

I added a new widget to quickly let you read the Bill of Rights from this site. Scroll down to the bottom of this site and use the widget to...

Thursday, March 27, 2008

New: Spanish Constitution Hotlist, Nuevo: Hotlist de los sitios de la constitución

http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listspanishjs1.html A new Hotlist has been created for Spanish GED students. To access the Hotlist, si...

Thursday, December 06, 2007

How to Use AELC Hotlists and Gabcasts

This Website has several tools for students to help them understand the various parts of the Illinois and Federal Constitutions. Follow thes...

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Commentary: Sotir: Happy Birthday, Sputnik! (October 4, 1957)

It's been 50 years since that little 183 pound ball of aluminum made Americans sit up and take notice. It was about the size of a basket...

Monday, November 27, 2006

Annenberg Foundation

This is an excellent resource for classroom instructors who are teaching the Constitution. The Foundation funds projects on the Constitution...

Monday, September 11, 2006

Commentary: 9/11/06

On the 5th Anniversary of 9/11. we should all pause to consider how strongly our forefathers valued freedom, and endeavored to safeguard tho...

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Constitution Day, September 17, 1787

http://usgovinfo.about.com/blconstday.htm Historical references to the first Constitution Day from About.com Resources for Observing Constit...

Constitution Day Made Easy

http://www.justicelearning.org/constitutionday/index.asp To help schools comply with the federal requirement to offer an educational program...

Constitution Day, Sunday, September 17, 2006

Celebrate the birthday of your government! The Constitution Day website is located at http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitutionday/disp...

Monday, August 14, 2006

Constitution: Free Resources

http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=190301916 Just in time for the next Constitution Day (September 17), here is a...

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Financial Literacy

In 2003, Congress established the Financial Literacy and Education Commission (the Commission) through passage of the Financial Literacy and...

Monday, December 19, 2005

ABE/GED/ESL The Learning Page: Library of Congress

http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/index.html This is a companion site to the Library of Congress (LOC) site listed below, and is set up for i...

Thursday, December 01, 2005

Constitution: Library of Congress

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/bdsdhome.html The Library of Congress' repositories for Constitutional documents and information.

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

'Be Not Afraid': Justice Clarence Thomas on Supreme Court Functionality

http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/sayitplain/cthomas.html This speech from Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas entitled ...

Monday, November 21, 2005

US Law and History

Discussion of several aspects of US Law and History, including: Law Congress President Courts Founding Documents History of USA

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Illinois Constitution Webquest

This webquest was designed to allow students to learn about the Illinois Constitution and also some historical facts concerning Illinois. Th...

Constitution Society

This site aims to eventually provide almost everything one needs to accurately decide what is and is not constitutional in most situations, ...

Monday, September 12, 2005

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 Spee...

Lesson Plans/Modules

www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/module2/index.html A module on the Constitution for teachers and students, prepared by the Gilder Lehrman Ins...

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 teac...

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Reference Tools

Reference Tools ----------------- Excellent resources: REFDESK - In a library, if you don't know where to look for a reference book, you...

Thursday, June 30, 2005

Constitution Daily Special

Char Rokop and Pat Fabian reviewed all the GED programs on the network, as well as Learning 2000 and the Grolier Encyclopedia. They put tog...

Monday, June 13, 2005

Citizenship Test: Adults

http://www.herald-sun.com/votebook/citizenship/citstart.html This is a short test with questions that are likely to be asked by the INS. S...

Citizenship/ESL: Kids, English and Spanish

http://www.goodcharacter.com/pp/citizenship.html Another good Family Literacy site, this covers how to be a good citizen, discussion questio...

Citizenship: Kids

http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr008.shtml This is a curriculum for kids, and is great for Family Literacy. It covers: Teaching Cit...

ESL Citizenship: Kids Page

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic/ For Family Literacy, this is a great page on citizenship from a child's perspective. Created by PB...

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

ESL: Citizenship

http://www.usnaturalization.org/ This site is the US Naturalization Services home site, and has a trove of information on U. S. Citizenship ...

Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Citizenship: Questions in English and Spanish for EL/Civics

This is a DVD or VHS tape that can be purchased from High Tec Productions, 348 Illinois Avenue, Mercedes, TX 78570. The cost is $19.95 per D...

Constitution: Constitution and Government via Benjamin Franklin

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/ Ben's Site This is an interesting site that uses the character of Benjamin Franklin to explore the Constituti...

Constitution: Constitution Simulation Activity

http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/marston/constitution/ A Web Quest Developed for students at a middle school level, this site gives a simu...

Constitution: Lesson Plans

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSExecutiveBranchUSConstitutionJH.htm A great resource for instructors who wish to teach the Constitution in ...

Constitution: U.S. Constitution Quiz

http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/constitution/quiz/ this is the kids.org site exploring the Government, but it is an interesting sites for s...

Constitution: Constitution Center/Interactive

http://www.constitutioncenter.org/explore/TheU.S.Constitution/index.shtml This site translates the Constitution into Spanish and other langu...

Constitution: U.S. Senate Reference Home

http://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm Includes the original text and an explanation of the text, a listing of the ...

Constitution: Search Information

http://www.nwbuildnet.com/nwbn/usconstitutionsearch.html "We have provided this service to help our users better understand their right...

Constitution: Constitution Facts

http://www.constitutionfacts.com/ Constitution Facts At Constitutionfacts.com you'll see the entire text of the Constitution, the Bill...

Constitution: Yale Law School Avalon Project

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/usconst.htm The Avalon Project at Yale Law School This site contains many of the previous documents that...

Constitution: Interactive/Multimedia

http://www.constitutioncenter.org/ Dedicated to honoring and explaining the U.S. Constitution through interactive and multimedia exhibits, p...

Constitution: Hypertext Version

http://www.usconstitution.net/ hypertext version of the U.S. constitution, with a FAQ, message base, glossary, and comprehensive links to ...

Constitution: National Archives

http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/constitution.html The National Archives has a nationwide network of research f...

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