Ben's Guide to Government

A brief overview for middle school students on the history and development of the Constitution.

  The American Constitution
A Documentary Record


From the Yale Law School Avalon Project

What is Constitution Day?

To Form a More
Perfect Union


From the Library of Congress
the work of the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention

Celebrating

Constitution Day

John Read Middle School - Redding, Connecticut


From the National Archives

This online depiction of a digitized version of the complete Constitution and Bill of Rights (plus the text of Amendments 11-27) is presented by the National Archives. A transcription of the original version of the Constitution also is available which shows those sections of the document that have since been amended or superseded.  


The National Constitution Center
Includes two interactive pages -- one allows you to search the Consitution by keyword, topic, or Supreme Court case, and another depicts the development of the Constitution using an interactive timeline.


The
Constitutional Rights
Foundation