Did you miss our Constitution Day programming? Explore all of the recordings of the day, including:
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The School District of Philadelphia’s Dr. William R. Hite, iCivics’ Louise Dubé, and Khan Academy’s Sal Khan discuss the state of civics education in America;
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Professors Martha S. Jones, Hasan Kwame Jeffries, and Robert P. George join us for a special All-Star edition of our Scholar Exchange live classes;
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Judges Marjorie Rendell, Cheryl Ann Krause, and Stephanos Bibas discuss how they approached some of the most significant appellate cases on last term’s docket.
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Part lecture and part lively conversation, these weekly classes are accessible to the public so that students, teachers, and parents can join in a constitutional discussion with National Constitution Center scholars, including President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen, Chief Learning Officer Kerry Sautner, and Senior Fellow for Constitutional Studies Thomas Donnelly, on core topics such as the branches of government, landmark court cases, civil rights, First Amendment’s freedoms of speech and press and the Fourth Amendment’s search and seizure.
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Ratification and the Federalist Papers
Week of September 20
In this session, students will explore the battle over the ratification of the Constitution—beginning with Convention delegates like George Mason who refused to sign the Constitution and continuing through the debates between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists. The class will also examine great works like The Federalist Papers (#10 and #51) and Brutus #1. Students will explore why this time in America was called a “grand national discussion.”
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Ratification and The Federalist Papers Featuring James Madison
Friday, September 24
In this Fun Friday Session, Founding Father and Father of the Constitution James Madison joins National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen for a conversation on the ratification of the Constitution. Beginning with debates at the Convention, through the publication of The Federalist Papers, students will explore why this time in America was called a “grand national discussion.”
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Constitutional Conversations and Civil Dialogue
Week of September 27
In this session, students will examine the structure and function of the U.S. Constitution, and the methods scholars use to interpret it. By examining primary sources, students use historical thinking skills and explore what the government may and may not do based on past examples. The session will conclude by introducing civil dialogue skills as we channel our inner-Louis Brandeis who famously remarked, “Come let us reason together!”
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Explore the schedule for the entire school year and register for upcoming sessions here. |
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Scholar Exchanges: Peer-to-Peer
Interested in scheduling a session for your class and other classes nationwide? The peer-to-peer Scholar Exchanges promote deeper understandings and enhance opportunities for civil discourse and discussion. Sessions will be offered Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays each week from September 2021 – May 2022. Learn more about those sessions, and register for a future session, here. |
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Applications for the fall cohort of the Teacher Advisory Council are now open! We are looking for members of the classroom education field to join our Teacher Advisory Council. The council is open to educators who teach fifth grade to college level students from all types of school environments and locations. Members are asked to:
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Participate in monthly online meetings and virtual student programs, such as Scholar Exchanges.
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Advise the Center’s education team on new and additional resources that will best support teachers and students nationwide.
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Advocate on behalf of the Center through social media posts, regional professional networks, and professional development workshops.
Members of the advisory council will have a voice in shaping our free online classes, and will receive a yearly stipend for their valuable time and professional advice. They can also join in our professional development opportunities that include prominent scholars and judges.
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The 33rd annual Liberty Medal will be awarded to two freedom fighters: Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai and Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul for their courage and conviction in exercising the fundamental rights of freedom of speech, nonviolent resistance, and peaceful dissent.
The National Constitution Center will honor the recipients in a video airing here at 6 p.m. ET tonight, September 21, 2021, and on the Center’s YouTube channel.
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The Supreme Court declined to temporarily halt, and thus allowed to go into effect, a new Texas law that bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy—effectively banning most abortions in the state. On this episode of We the People, host Jeffrey Rosen is joined by constitutional law scholars Kate Shaw and Sarah Isgur to explain what exactly the Texas law says, the motivations and legal theory behind it, and why it was structured the way it was specifically in order to be hard to challenge—given that it directly violates constitutional precedents like Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which protect the constitutional right to abortion pre-viability (around 22-24 weeks).
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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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