14th Amendment Session With Professor Kate Masur
Join us for a class on the 14th Amendment from Reconstruction to today. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, will be joined by professor Kate Masur of Northwestern University who specializes in 19th-century United States history, with a primary focus on how Americans grappled with questions of race and equality after the abolition of slavery in both the North and South.
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Explore and register for future Scholar Exchange dates.
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Article I: How Congress Works – The Legislative Branch
In this session, students explore Article I of the Constitution, which defines the powers of Congress. This class examines constitutional debates involving the legislative branch from the Constitutional Convention to the most recent term.
Monday, November 30 and Wednesday, December 2
Friday, December 4
Fun Friday session with Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, joins Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen, to explore Article I of the Constitution, which defines the powers of Congress.
Find resources for this session here.
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Part lecture and part lively conversation, sessions are open to the public so that students, teachers, and parents can join in a constitutional discussion with the Center's scholars.
Live Classes are offered the entire school year with new topics WEEKLY! Review the Full 2020-2021 School Year Schedule for upcoming topics.
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Give Your Students the Museum Experience Without the Trip |
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The Center’s NEW Virtual Museum Experience includes signature features of the on-site experience. Highlights include LIVE interactive tours of key spaces including our main exhibit, The Story of We the People; the iconic Signers’ Hall; the Civil War and Reconstruction exhibit, featuring over 100 artifacts; and our newest exhibit, The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote. These virtual tours work perfectly on their own or to compliment a Scholar Exchange.
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The National Constitution Center is hosting online professional development webinars throughout the 2020-2021 school year. Sessions include a tour of the Center's exhibits or a scholar talk, and time to collaborate with fellow educators.
Monthly sessions will focus on a specific topic, such as:
- The Founding Documents
- First Amendment: Past and Present
- The Second Amendment
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Private Scholar Exchanges—which include your class, a scholar, and a moderator—are also available on any of the topics previously discussed in a public Scholar Exchange. Complete this survey for more information or to register your class. A member of the education team will contact you to help with the planning process.
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Classroom Exchanges connect middle and high school students across the United States for virtual discussions about the Constitution. These sessions are moderated by National Constitution Center scholars, federal judges, and master teachers, but led by student voice. Participating teachers receive lesson plans on the content of the discussion and on civil dialogue techniques, as well as educational resources from the Center's Interactive Constitution.
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Authors Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett joined National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen to discuss their book The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again. The authors shared what they learned tracing more than a century of American history. They expand upon their thesis that the country went from an individualistic “I” society to a more community-oriented “we” society, then back again—remaining individualistic, unequal, and divided today—and how we can learn from that experience to become a stronger, more unified nation going forward.
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The National Constitution Center's education team is here to help with any of our online resources. Email [email protected] with questions or comments on how we can help you and your students with your remote learning needs.
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