Constitution Resources

The Interactive Constitution

What Is The Interactive Constitution?

This nonpartisan tool has allowed learners of all ages to engage with the text of the Constitution, discover how experts agree and disagree about its history and meaning, and explore arguments on all sides of the constitutional debates at the center of American life.

Learn from more that 140 leading scholars of diverse legal and philosophical perspectives.

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How It Works

We selected two scholars for each clause with guidance from the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society—America’s leading legal organizations representing different perspectives on the Constitution. The Common Interpretation, signed by both scholars, is a joint statement of what they agree about the provision’s history and meaning. Matters of Debate represents each scholar’s individual views.

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The Structural Constitution

The Amendments

Education

Constitution 101 Course

The Constitution 101 course provides learners of all ages with a basic understanding of the Constitution’s text, history, structure, and case law. 

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Constitution 101 Curriculum: High School Level

Constitution 101 is a 15-unit asynchronous, semester-long curriculum that provides students with a basic understanding of the Constitution’s text, history, structure, and caselaw. 

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Classroom Resources by Topic

Our instructional materials use the National Constitution Center’s Interactive Constitution to provide students with nonpartisan analysis from top constitutional scholars.

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Classroom Resource Library

Our resources library has lesson plans, actvities, videos, and Constitution 101 resources for educators, students, and families.

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Video

Constitutional Conversations and Civil Dialogue

Learn about the Constitution’s text and to the skills necessary to engage in constitutional conversations. 

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Walkthrough of the Constitution

Uncover everything you need to know about the Preamble to the Constitution and the seven articles of the Constitution.

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Constitution 101: Methodologies

What is the difference between a political question and a Constitutional question? Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, explains the different methodologies of constitutional interpretation

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Primary Sources

Historic Documents Library

This collection includes primary texts that span American constitutional history. To ensure nonpartisan rigor and ideological diversity, we assembled a group of leading scholars from diverse perspectives to help choose the sources included in the document library.

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Supreme Court Cases Library

The Supreme Court Cases Library includes materials on the most influential Supreme Court cases in American history. To ensure nonpartisan rigor and ideological diversity, we enlisted a pair of leading scholars from diverse constitutional perspectives to curate the collection.

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Drafting Table

Explore key historical documents that inspired the Framers of the Constitution and each amendment during the drafting process, the early drafts and major proposals behind each provision, and discover how the drafters deliberated, agreed and disagreed, on the path to compromise and the final text.

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Writing Rights

Writing Rights allows users to explore an important set of documents that shaped the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Included are Historical Sources, James Madison's original proposals, and the House and Senate's revisions and final language.

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