Constitution POSTER

Here you’ll find the digital resources that accompany the poster. All are free to use and to remix in the classroom.

1. Create gummy bear representations of government types. Lesson here!

2. Go to the source! Navigate to the CIA World Factbook and research a government type.

3. Make a Constitution By the Numbers infographic (like the one pictured here).

4. Find the amendment: Check out the Bill of Rights cases on our poster, 25 Landmark Supreme
Court Cases. Which amendment is being limited or expanded with each decision? Use the Periodic
Table of the Amendments for help.

5. Make a timeline for ratification of all 27 Amendments. Use Canva

6. Learn about the Reconstruction Amendments with the Bill of Rights Institute.

7. Watch Constitution Explained videos with iCivics.

8. What’s next? Write to a representative about a new possible amendment. Find your rep

9. Read the actual text, scholarly interpretations, and find lesson plans at the Constitution Center.

10. Read the 12 amendments proposed and the 10 ratified at the National Archives site.

Success!