U. S. Constitution

Constitution of the United States

Celebrate Constitution Day 2005
The National Archives Experience

The Constitution of the United States
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html
View high resolution scans of the original, signed Constitution; obtain a transcription of the document; read an essay about the Constitutional convention; learn dozens of fascinating facts about the Constitution; and view images of the National Archives Rotunda, and learn about each of the signers at this site from the National Archives and Records Administration.

Observing Constitution Day: The Signers of the Constitution
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/signers.html
Find out about the 39 delegates who signed the Constitution on September 17, 1787, at this site from the National Archives and Records Administration.

Observing Constitution Day: The Constitution Game
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/game.html
Explore in this simulation, from the National Archives and Records Administration, how the members of the Constitutional Convention might have felt as they gathered in Philadelphia's Independence Hall and began the arduous and memorable task of writing the United States Constitution.

 

Submitted by webmaster on December 30, 2007 - 5:34pm.