The United States Constitution and Bill of Rights: Educational Resources


The United States Constitution and Bill of Rights:
Educational Resources

Premier Websites:  The National Archive and the Library of Congress

The National Archive

See a photo of the original Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights as well as their complete texts. Great supplementary information.
At: www.archives.gov

The Library of Congress

Find a comprehensive list and content for major primary documents in American history covering three historical periods: The American Revolution and the New Nation, 1763-1815; National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860; and Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860-1877.
At: www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/ 
         

Other Sites of Interest:

The Avalon Project

The Avalon Project at Yale University is dedicated to providing access via the World Wide Web to primary source materials in the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.  You will many important American documents including Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, as well as many individual state constitutions and other important primary source documents.
At: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp

 

National Constitution Center

The National Constitution Center in historic Philadelphia is America's most interactive history museum. Located just two blocks from the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, it is the only museum devoted to the U.S. Constitution and the story of We, the People. Find the copies of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, and the Magna Carta – widely viewed as one of the most important legal documents in the history of democracy.
At: www.constitutioncenter.org


Bill of Rights Institute

Discover ways to educate students on the ideas of America's founders.
At: www.billofrightsinstitute.org/


ConSource

Founded in May of 2005 and launched on the Constitution's 200th birthday, ConSource, also known as The Constitutional Sources Project, is a non-profit, public organization aimed at creating the first, free, comprehensive, online library of Constitution-related source materials including authoritative transcripts and high quality digital images of the original documents.
At: www.consource.org/

 

More Constitution and Bill of Rights Educational Websites:

White House Kids at: www.whitehouse.gov/our_government/legislative_branch/

U.S. Constitution Online at: www.usconstitution.net/

ushistory.org at: www.ushistory.org/Declaration/

The Constitution Society at: www.constitution.org/