Searching for Constitution Day lesson plans? September 17 is the day when schools across the nation commemorate the signing of the U.S. Constitution. Learn more about this historic event with Thinkfinity's Constitution Day activities and resources.

• Start with NEH's Constitution Day Portal where you can view George Washington's edits to an original draft of the Constitution.
• Then find out who was present at the signing of the document through an interactive painting of the event.
• Unanimously elected the first president of the United States, George Washington set the example for each of the presidents who followed him. Understand the complexity of a president's job with The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden from Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
• Lastly, look closely at the Constitution, Bill of Rights and other letters, speeches and journals of our Founders with ConSource - the first, free, fully-indexed, comprehensive online library of constitutional sources.
• Additional Constitution Day lessons:
  EDSITEment's Constitution Day Feature
  What Are My Rights? Exploring and Writing About the Constitution from ReadWriteThink