Founders' Library: Black Voices in America's Past

Wednesday, February 28 | 1 p.m. ET

Run time: 30 minutes

Join National Constitution Center Chief Content Officer Tom Donnelly for a look at Black voices throughout history. Using selected documents from the Founders’ Library, he will share how these primary sources authored by Black Americans have shaped constitutional history.

Four Ways to Celebrate Women's History

Scholar Exchange: Women and the Constitution

Our Scholar Exchanges give students the opportunity to discuss constitutional topics with a lawyer, judge, or constitutional scholar and their peers from around the country. In this setting, students gain deeper constitutional understanding and engage in enhanced civil discourse. New for March, teachers are invited to sign up their classes for a special Women and the Constitution class. Learn about the role women have played in shaping constitutional history.

Sessions are free and open to classes ranging from elementary school to college. Sessions are scheduled at times that work for teachers and their students.

Civic Stories: Women Lead The Way

Friday, March 1 | Noon ET

Run time: 20 minutes

Live ASL Interpretation Available

Grab your suffrage sashes! This interactive presentation celebrates generations of American women who led the fight for suffrage. Spanning from the Colonial Era to the present day, students will explore the connection between the abolition and the women’s rights movements, experience the trial of Susan B. Anthony, and cast a ballot for their favorite woman from history!

Live from the Museum: How Women Won the Vote!

Tuesday, March 5 | Noon ET

Run time: 45 minutes



Join a live guided tour of The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote, which traces the triumphs and struggles that led to the ratification of the 19th Amendment. The tour will help students to better understand the long fight for women’s suffrage, and will also highlight some of the many women who transformed constitutional history—including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Alice Paul, and Ida B. Wells.

Live from the Museum: Alice Paul Institute

Friday, March 8 | 11 a.m. ET

Run time: 30 minutes

In celebration of International Women's Day, students are welcome to join us for a special edition of Live from the Museum. Join us live from Paulsdale—the childhood home of Alice Paul—where we’ll take a look at the values that Alice Paul learned during her childhood and the way those values led her to advocate for equality as a major figure in the women’s suffrage movement.

Presented in partnership with the Alice Paul Institute

Professional Learning for Educators

Expanding Civic Circles

Tuesday, March 12 | 7–8 p.m. ET

The National Constitution Center is excited to be part of Civic Learning Week, a national effort to prioritize civic education in order to sustain and strengthen our constitutional democracy.

Learn about opportunities for expanding your civics circle! During this program, educators will gain insight into building connections with various cultural and civics-based organizations. These connections range from employing resources, participating in professional learning sessions, and joining robust nationwide teacher networks. Hear from teachers who have worked with these organizations as they share the ways their practice has been impacted by using educational materials and participating in various teacher advisory groups. 

The 19th Amendment Featuring Paula Monopoli

Wednesday, March 20 | 6:30–8 p.m. ET

Explore the ratification process of the 19th Amendment, which grew out of decades of advocacy by the suffragists and their allies, and its connections to federalism, as we discuss the beginning of women’s suffrage out West in the late 1800s and its eventual spread to the rest of the nation. We’ll also learn about the hard work of the people involved in the Civil Rights Movement years after ratification to extend voting rights to all women, including women of color. Paula Monopoli, the Sol & Carlyn Hubert Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, joins us.

Thank you for being part of our community of educators. If you have any questions we’d love to hear from you. Please email the education team at [email protected].

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