Constitution Day 2019
ON-DEMAND EVENT
Watch with Your Class
Celebrate Constitution Day by joining a Virtual Viewing Party tailored to engage students to find their voices and know their rights. Politics and government can often seem like the dominion of adults, and school-aged children may not realize that they too have a voice in American society.
Through participation in this Virtual Viewing Party, students will see examples of the rights the Constitution gives to them, how those rights are protected, and how they can use those rights to make their voices heard.
What is a Virtual Viewing Party?
The Constitution Day virtual viewing party features a special screening of a video featuring interviews with noted free speech activist Mary Beth Tinker, celebrated defense attorney Michael Brown, Esq., and 12th grade student activist and poet Zarea Boyde, to help students find their voice as citizens. During this VVP your students will explore:
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You Have a Voice Students will learn how their Constitutional rights give them a voice in American society.
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How Your Voice is Protected Students will explore how their Constitutional rights are still protected by the Bill of Rights.
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Make Your Voice Heard Students will be encouraged to use their voices to take civic action and create positive changes for themselves and others.
Suggested Viewing Activities
We’ve created a collection of activities for K-12 classrooms to drive discussion, ignite student’s natural curiosity and connect the content in the virtual viewing party to your curriculum.
Download the Teacher Guide
Interested in accessing the footage and resources from this Constitution Virtual Viewing Party after September 17? Log in and search the Constitution Day Channel. Not a Discovery Education user? No problem. Request a demo.
Related Resources
- Constitution Day Channel
Grades K-12, Discovery Education Experience
Use these assorted resources and lesson starters to prepare for Constitution Day!
- Celebrate with DE: Constitution Day
Grades 3-12, Discovery Education Experience
Uncover the history of the Constitution, the purpose of the document, and the observation of Constitution Day.
- The Preamble and Articles of the U.S. Constitution Infographic
Grades 3-12, Discovery Education Experience and Social Studies Techbook
Explore the goals of each article of the Constitution.
- SOS: Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt
Grades 3-12, Discovery Education Experience and Social Studies Techbook
Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt is a teaching strategy that introduces students to vocabulary related to a particular topic. Based on pre-selected words, students will clap during various activities whenever they hear any of the new vocabulary.