Constitution Day and Constitution Week Theme Unit

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September Theme Units and Daily Themes

Constitution Day and
Constitution Week
Theme Unit

Leveled Books

Our Living Constitution

Our United States Constitution (PDF file)

Constitution Day

The Bill of Rights (PDF file)

The First Ten: The Bill of Rights

Books

Why We Celebrate Constitution Day (Grades 3-5)

Celebrating Constitution Day (Grades 5-6)

The Constitution: Three Branches (Grades 5-6)

The Constitution of the United States (Grades 6-8)

The Supreme Court (Grades 6-8)

The Bill of Rights (Grades 6-8)

A Play: The Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention Play (Grades 4-8)

Constitution Dot to Dots

Extreme Dot to Dots: Constitution Day

Plays:  Reader's Theater Scripts
     Constitutional Cathy Pays a Visit (Grades 3-4)
     A More Perfect Union (Grade 4)

Document Based Activities

Document Based Activities

Constitution Puzzles
Words missing from Constitution - Fill in the blanks
You Decide! Essay Questions - Supreme Court decisions

Finish the Story
We the People (Grades 3-4)

What would YOU do?
What if There Were No Bill of Rights? (Grades 3-6)

Draw and Write

Constitution Day Draw and Writes

Make a Daily United States Constitution Activity Lesson Plan Book

Daily United States Constitution Activity Lesson Plan Book

Constitution Review
     Constitution Day first grade social studies questions
     Constitution Day second grade social studies questions
     Constitution Day third grade social studies questions
     Constitution Day fourth grade social studies questions
     Constitution Day fifth grade social studies questions
     Constitution Day sixth grade social studies questions
     Constitution Day middle school social studies questions
     Constitution Day high school social studies questions

Secret Codes

Make a Secret Codes Printable

Analogies

The Constitution Analogies

Conversations (foreign languages)
Spanish
     Constitutional Cathy Pays a Visit - Spanish and English
     A More Perfect Union - Spanish and English
French
     A More Perfect Union - French and English
     Constitutional Cathy Pays a Visit - French and English
German
     Constitutional Cathy Pays a Visit - German and English
     A More Perfect Union - German and English
Italian
     A More Perfect Union - Italian and English
     Constitutional Cathy Pays a Visit - Italian and English

Writing

Replying to Letters

Compare and Contrast

Branches of Government Traits: Compares the attributes of the three branches of government. (Grades 3-4)

Branches of Government Traits: Compares the duties of Congress and the President (Grades 5-6)

Government Document Traits: Compares three important government documents (Grades 3-4)

Court Traits: Compares three American courts (Grades 5-6)

Government Document Traits: Compares two linked government documents (Grades 5-6)

Constitution and Declaration of Independence: Compare and contrast the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. (Grades 3-4)

Glyphs

Constitution Day Glyph

Books

Constitution Day (Grades 3-5)

Why We Celebrate Constitution Day (Grades 3-5)

Celebrating Constitution Day (Grades 5-6)

The Constitution: Three Branches (Grades 5-6)

The Constitution of the United States (Grades 6-8)

Vocabulary and Spelling Puzzles
Constitution Day mixed vocabulary and spelling review - (option for multiple pages and multiple keys)

Constitution Time Line
Constitution Timeline (8 pages) - Pre-made PDF for your bulletin board
Customize the Constitution time line and make custom print-outs

Constitution Word Wall

Constitution Word Wall (easier)

Constitution Word Wall

Literature Unit
Shh! We're Writing the Constitution (Grades 4-6)

Reading Comprehensions
United States Constitution
     Constitution Is a Big Word (Grades 1-2)
     Constitution Week (Grades 2-3)
     Making a Constitution (Grades 2-3)
     Three Branches (Grades 2-3)
     Our National Government (Grades 3-5)
     How Laws are Made (Grades 3-5)
     The Documents that Shaped America (Grades 3-5)
     You Have Rights (Grades 3-5)
     Our Wonderful Constitution (Grades 3-5)
     How Our Constitution Has Changed, Part 1 (Grades 3-5)
     How Our Constitution Has Changed, Part 2 (Grades 3-5)
     The Powers of the Judicial Branch (Grades 6-8)
     The Powers of the Legislative Branch (Grades 6-8)
     The Executive Branch (Grades 6-8)
     The Constitution (Grades 6-8)
     Keeping Things in Check (Grades 6-8)
     The Constitution and the Bill of Rights (Grades 6-8)
     Our Living Constitution, Part 1 (Grades 6-8)
     Our Living Constitution, Part 2 (Grades 6-8)
     How the Constitution Came to Be (Grades 9-12)
     The United States Constitution (Grades 9-12)
     The Bill of Rights (Grades 9-12)
     First Changes Made - Amendments of the 1800s (Grades 9-12)
     More Changes Needed - Amendments of the 1900s, Part 1 (Grades 9-12)
     More Changes Needed - Amendments of the 1900s, Part 2 (Grades 9-12)
     Two Houses of Congress (Grades 9-12)
     The Powers of Congress (Grades 9-12)
     The Courts of the Judicial Branch (Grades 9-12)
     The Supreme Court (Grades 9-12)
     The Executive Branch (Grades 9-12)

Spanish
     Constitución es una palabra grande (grade 1)
     El mundo de Wendy- Semana de la Constitución (grades 2-3)
     Haciendo una Constitución (grades 2-3)
     El mundo de Wendy- Las tres ramas (grades 2-3)
     Nuestro Gobierno Nacional (grades 3-5)
     Cómo se hacen las leyes (grades 3-5)
     Los documentos que formaron a América (grades 3-5)
     Tú tienes derechos (grades 3-5)
     Nuestra Maravillosa Constitución (grades 3-5)
     Cómo ha cambiado nuestra Constitución (segunda parte) (grades 3-5)

Spanish
     Nuestro Gobierno Nacional
     Nuestra Maravillosa Constitución

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