In anticipation of Constitution Day, DePaul is offering sessions at its Naperville and Lincoln Park Campuses from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The sessions will concentrate on the history of the American Constitution. Please see below for details. September 14th at Lincoln Park Campus, 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. September 16th at Naperville, 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Celebrate Constitution Day on September 17th, the day the U.S. Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution in 1787. The Constitutional convention started as a group of regional commercial conferences that were looking at several things one of them was the Articles of Confederation and how they may be modified. A group of gentlemen wanted to strengthen the central government they where describe as nationalists. This group of nationalists led by James Madison, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Wilson, immediately began changing the Articles of Confederation. The representatives quickly realized that a constitution would be a more productive document that could be written. The father/architect of the Constitution is generally realized to be James Madison. One other individual who had a significant role in writing the constitution was George Washington. George Washington had the popularity and political power to allow this document to be accepted by all of the different colonies. The law establishing September 17th as Constitution Day was created in 2004 with the passage of an amendment that mandates all publicly funded educational institutions to provide educational programming (108th Congress Bills S. 2808 and Department of Education) on the history of the American Constitution. The Library of Congress provides through its various collections an assortment of primary resources for educators to use in the classroom to enhance students learning and understanding of this important document. In the sessions held at DePaul’s Lincoln Park and Naperville Campus September 14th and 16th respectively, we will discover the resources provided through the Library of Congress Collections. In addition, we will engage in several activities that can be used in the classroom. Materials and handouts will be provided at the session. Please signup for one or both sessions (content is the same) by emailing mtomaras@depaul.edu and place Constitution Session in the subject line. Constitution Day Resources Creating the United States Constitution Creating the United States James Madison and the Federal Constitutional To Form a More Perfect Union: Creating a Constitution The Making of the Constitution Benjamin Franklin In His Own Words Thomas Jefferson James Madison Lesson Plans- What Is an American Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional
Convention, 1774-1789 Constitution Classroom Materials The Federalist Papers The Bill of Rights Civics and Government Creating the United States: Word Search The Charters of Freedom: The Constitution of the United States,
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