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Educator Workshops

The Center offers customized workshops that help educators enhance their teaching about the Constitution.

Join the National Constitution Center for a customized educator workshop, where you can:

  • Deepen your understanding of civics and American history to enhance your teaching.
  • Gain new strategies to inspire active citizenship in your students.
  • Learn how to get the most out of the Center's interactive exhibitions and educational resources.

The Center’s workshops are customizable to your needs. We offer three-hour, six-hour, and multi-day workshops. The Center’s education staff can also bring the workshop to you. Topics for workshops include Teaching with Our Museum, Teaching with Primary Sources, as well as customized historical and constitutional themes and topics. Contact us to learn more!

One-Day Workshop Sample Agenda

9 a.m.

Welcome to the National Constitution Center

  • Participants are introduced to the workshop staff through an activity that both helps to begin the session and can be easily and effectively replicated in the classroom.

9:30 a.m.

Freedom Rising performance

10 a.m.

Teacher tour of the Center’s exhibitions

  • An education team member escorts participants through the Center’s exhibitions, highlighting each of the many areas that have been developed into classroom-ready resources.

11:30 a.m.

Lunch in Delegates' Cafe

12:30 p.m.

Educational philosophy and resources

  • Participants are introduced to the Center’s educational philosophy, which is designed to promote active citizenship through a comprehensive framework for civic learning composed of civic knowledge, public action and democratic deliberation.
  • Review of print materials, online lessons, activities, and interactives available from the Center, as well as other similar educational institutions.
  • Introduction to free opportunities to get students involved in learning about the Constitution through the Constitution Hall Pass series.

2 p.m.

Primary source workshop (or scholar lecture with discussion and classroom application session starting at 1:30 p.m.)

  • Teachers are shown new ways to explore primary sources and engage students in appreciating the historical context behind famous documents, such as the Emancipation Proclamation.

3 p.m.

Conclusion