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	Center for Civic Education: Constitution Day URL: http://www.civiced.org/index.php?page=constitution_day ODP description: Collection of downloadable lesson plans and audio files for kindergarten through high school. Page title: Center for Civic Education Constitution Day
	Observing Constitution Day URL: http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/ ODP description: Resources for students and educators from the National Archives. Page title: Educators and Students - Observing Constitution Day Page description: The National Archives Digital Classroom: Primary Sources, Activities and Training for Educators and Students.
	Constitution Day URL: http://www.constitutionday.com/ ODP description: The official site of the organization that lobbied for Constitution Day to be made a national holiday. Includes a Constitution study guide with 200+ questions/answers. Page title: Constitution Day September 18th, 2006
	Education World Lesson Planning:Â Constitution Day URL: http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson347.shtml ODP description: An educator's guide to online resources, lesson plans, and activities. Page title: Education World ® Lesson Planning: Constitution Day Page description: Starting with the school year 2005, all schools that receive federal monies must 'hold an educational program pertaining to the United States Constitution on September 17 of each year.' What that 'educational program' entails is not detailed in the notice of implementation from the U.S. Department of Education or the federal appropriations bill that requires it. So it appears that the recognition of Constitution Day is up to you. For that r...
	Constitution Day URL: http://www.crf-usa.org/constitution_day/constitution_day_home.htm ODP description: Free classroom materials from the Constitutional Rights Foundation. Page title: Constitution Day, Materials and Resources for teachers, lesson plans, schools, students, Free, Celebration, Commemeration
	Constitution Day Resources from the Library of Congress URL: http://thomas.loc.gov/teachers/constitution.html ODP description: Includes full text of various historical documents, lesson plans, stories for children, and book recommendations. Page title: Constitution Day Resources - THOMAS (Library of Congress) Page description: The Library of Congress celebrates Constitution Day with a special feature about the U.S. Constitution that incorporates the Library's holdings related to this historic document in American history.
	CQ Press In Context: Constitution Day URL: http://www.cqpress.com/incontext/constitution/default.htm ODP description: Provides lesson plans and other educational resources for use in the high school or college classroom. Page title: CQ Press In Context : Constitution Day
	Scholastic News: Constitution Day URL: http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/constitution_day/teachers/index.asp?article=teacher ODP description: Three projects from Scholastic help students write their own classroom constitution, explore ways in which the U.S. Constitution is a living document, and determine whether various laws and actions are constitutional. Page description: Teacher Lesson Helpers
	Celebrating Constitution Day at TheHolidayZone.com URL: http://www.theholidayzone.com/constitution/ ODP description: Provides printable worksheets, puzzles, coloring pages, discussion questions, writing prompts, and a vocabulary guide. Page description: Provides printable worksheets and puzzles, interactive puzzles, coloring pages, discussion questions, literature recommendations, writing prompts, and a vocabulary guide for Constitution Day, observed in the United States of America on September 17th.
	Schools to Observe "Constitution Day" URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7960256/ ODP description: News article discusses requirements set forth in the bill creating this event as well as the government's plans for enforcing the requirements. Page title: Schools to observe Ã¢â¬ËConstitution DayÃ¢â¬â¢ - Education - MSNBC.com Page description: The Education Department outlined Tuesday how it plans to enforce a little-known provision that Congress passed in 2004: Every school and college that receives federal money must teach about the Constitution on Sept. 17, the day the document was adopted in 1787.
	Constitution Day Stirs Debate Over Interpreting Founders' Intentions URL: http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2005/09/21/news/13143.shtml ODP description: Article from The Daily Princetonian explores the controversy behind this holiday. Page title: The Daily Princetonian - Constitution Day stirs debate over interpreting founders' intentions