A boy learns the Constitution’s meaning in Philadelphia.
Thursday, September 17, is Constitution Day — the day all Tennessee public school teachers are required to do a lesson for their students about the U.S. Constitution.
Tennessee History for Kids does it for you, with an accurate, interesting and amusing 30-minute lesson about the U.S. Constitution — complete with a study guide that students can fill out.
These “open house” lessons used to be live, but that became unwieldy. The way we do them now is that, on the afternoon of Wednesday, September 16, we email both the study guide and the recorded presentation by “History Bill” to every teacher who registered. Teachers can show it to their students whenever they like on Constitution Day.
Re-enactor Joe Becton points out the location of Independence Hall, where the Constitution was written and signed.
And what about the presentation?
History Bill will answer questions such as:
Why didn’t the Articles of Confederation last?
Who wrote the Constitution?
Why didn’t Rhode Island send anyone?
How many of the 55 attendees signed it?
Why do you have to understand fractions to really “get” the Constitution?
How did they start with 19 amendments in the Bill of Rights and end up with 10?
This presentation will mix in HUMOR (with Riley the Cattle Dog).
Click here to sign up now to receive a link to a 30-minute presentation by “History Bill” FOR STUDENTS.
