Commemorate Bill of Rights Day with Student Programs and Classroom Resources

Register your students to be the first to experience new programs on the Bill of Rights and the Constitution!

We the People

We Rule: Civics for All of US, a new civic education initiative from the National Archives – just in time for Constitution Day!

New "We Rule: Civics for All of US" interactive distance learning programs for Constitution Day help elementary students explore the big ideas of the Constitution and connect the document to their own lives.

Hand raising in the air in front of an American flag at a march at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, in 2000

The Bill of Rights and Expanding Rights in America

Find primary source documents and teaching activities related to protecting and expanding rights in America in commemoration of Bill of Rights Day on December 15.

Bring the Constitution to Life

Get Ready for Constitution Day!

We have programs and resources to help you teach about the Constitution on Constitution Day or any day!

Images from Nixon Visits China activity

At-Home Learning Activities for High School

Check out these online resources for teaching American history or government to high school students.

How have Americans responded to immigration? activity on iPad

Resources for Online Teaching & Learning

For educators who are now teaching remotely and homeschooling parents, we have several resources for online teaching and learning at the National Archives.

Bring the Constitution to life!

Get Ready for Constitution Day!

Find resources for teaching the Constitution on Constitution Day, or any day!

Selection from Indictment of Jedediah Peck

A Seditious Petition

Less than 10 years after the ratification of the Bill of Rights, Revolutionary War veteran and NY State Legislator Jedediah Peck was arrested for distributing a petition.