Scholar Exchanges

Our Scholar Exchanges give students the opportunity to discuss constitutional topics with a lawyer, judge, or constitutional scholar and their peers from around the country. In this setting, students gain deeper constitutional understanding and engage in enhanced civil discourse.

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• Sessions are free and open to classes ranging from elementary school to college.
• Select topics are offered at any time throughout the year. Additional topics are featured on a monthly or seasonal basis.
• Sessions are scheduled on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, at times that work for teachers and their students. When at all possible, classes are scheduled with other grade-level appropriate groups from around the country to increase opportunities for students to engage with other students of different perspectives.

The following topics are offered throughout the year:

• Constitutional Conversations
• Federalism and the Separation of Powers
• Bill of Rights
• First Amendment: Speech and Press
• 14th Amendment
• Voting Rights

Fall

August/September: 

• The Constitutional Convention
• Principles of the American Revolution
• Articles of Confederation

October: 

• The Electoral College
• The First Amendment (Modern Questions)

November: 

• Native Americans and the Constitution (NEW)
• Second Amendment

December: 

• Amending the Constitution
• Fourth Amendment

January: 

• Article I: How Congress Works
• Article II: The Presidency
• Article III: The Judicial Branch

February: 

• Civil Rights and Liberties (NEW)
• Civil War and Reconstruction

March: 

• Women and the Constitution
• Nineteenth Amendment

April: 

• A.P. Founding Documents
• A.P. Supreme Court Cases

May/June: 

• Landmark Supreme Court Cases (NEW Series)
• Pending Supreme Court Cases (2025 Term)