Whether you teach elementary, middle, or high school students, when it comes to observing Constitution Day, INFOhio has quality instructional materials to support learning! September 17th is a day to remember our country's foundations and to help our students at all levels learn more about what it means to be "the land of the free and the home of the brave."

Early Primary Grades

For beginning readers, start with BookFlix. The fiction/nonfiction pair John, Paul, George, & Ben and Benjamin Franklin offers a fun, fictionalized introduction to some of our first statesmen and facts about one of the most famous. You'll find both books in the "People and Places" category in BookFlix. Start with the video fiction title to pique young learners' interest. 

Then read the non-fiction text Benjamin Franklin to learn more about one of the U.S. Constitution's framers. BookFlix's quality, authentic text and interactive interface is a quality resource that supports students in all learning environments.

Students can learn more about the Constitution and its framers using the article in World Book Kids. Students who need a little help with the text can have it read aloud to them. You can also find the Ohio Learning Standards supported by this digital resource under the Curriculum Standards tab. 

Teachers can use the questions under the "More Information" tab as guiding questions to help students read with purpose.

Using grade level text is important to accelerate student learning. Students can open the article in World Book Student using the button at the bottom of any World Book Kids article. Students studying French and Spanish can use the World Book Encyclopedias to read and develop fluency in these languages.

Upper Elementary and Middle School

PebbleGo Next is a social studies and science resource for grades 3-5 aligned with Ohio's Learning Standards. You can find an article to help support your Constitution Day lessons by searching for the term. The articles in this Capstone product have a tabbed interface to break down content in easy-to-read chunks. 

Capstone Interactive is a collection of science and social studies eBooks. Search for "Constitution" to find unlimited access eBooks to use in your classroom. 

Use Capstone Connect to find instructional materials to use with Capstone Interactive eBooks. This resource allows educators to search by standard or keyword to find titles and printables for science and social studies. Browse Capstone Connect for trending lessons and activity bundles. Search by keyword to find eBooks, activity plans, and resources for teaching the U.S. Constitution. 

The activity plan below includes prior knowledge activities, discussion questions, and printable graphic organizers to help K-2 students discover, engage, and share their learning about the U.S. Constitution. 

Late elementary and middle school students can browse information about U.S. History in IWonder. IWonder's collection of websites was hand picked by Ohio school librarians for students to use for classroom or personal research. Click the button, Do you want to learn more about people, places, and things in history? to explore websites that help students learn about U.S. History. 

Late elementary and early middle school students will find much to explore on the Constitution, its framers, and U.S. History in World Book Student.

 Direct students to additional articles in the tab Related information to find biographical articles on the Constitution's signers. Divide students into collaborative groups and ask each to choose a different person. Groups can share their learning with others in the class by "teaching" a lesson on the Constitution's signer.

High School 

Using World Book Advanced, middle and high school students can find primary source documents, eBooks, biographies, videos, and images related to the U.S. Constitution. 

Click the Related Information tab to find primary sources about the Constitution. This rigorous text will challenge students, pushing them to use critical thinking skills for mastery.

Educators can browse Teaching with Documents to find a lesson plan using one or more primary source images. Click Research & Resources. Select Educator Tools. Choose Teaching with Documents to open a menu of lesson plan topics. Choose Constitutional Issues and select lesson plans and primary sources to support Constitution Day. 

High school students can find primary source documents and articles about constitutional issues using Points of View Reference Source. Select the topic Civics and Government. Next, click the subtopic U.S. Constitution. Browse the articles and eBooks in the search results.

Click Access Now to open the article in online full text or PDF format. Or, click Access Options. Choose to open the article in full text online or in PDF format. Open and review the article. Copy the link from the browser to share the article with students. 

Educator Tools

Find eBooks, videos, and instructional materials for students in grades K-12 using INFOhio's Educator Tools. Educators can search the collections of multiple resources on infohio.org using one search box.

Search using the keyword Constitution. Use the filters on the left to narrow your results by grade level, item type, or content area. Click the heart in the lower left corner of each item tile. Educator Tools will save this item to a list of favorites.

Click the heart next to the search box to open the list of favorites. Send the list to an email address or copy and paste the URL and save it for later. Return to this list to open the saved items. 

You can count on INFOhio working to bring you quality content for teaching and learning for Constitution Day and all year long! Using INFOhio in your Constitution Day celebrations? Share your pics with us on social media and use #INFOhioWorks.