Bring a Scholar to Your Classroom

What Is a Scholar Exchange?

Our Scholar Exchange program give students the opportunity to discuss constitutional topics with a lawyer, judge, or constitutional scholar.

• Sessions are free and open to classes ranging from elementary school to college.
• Select topics are offered at any time throughout the year. Additional topics are featured on a monthly or seasonal basis.
• Sessions are scheduled at times that work for teachers and their students.

Select from topics offered throughout the year, or request one of monthly featured topics. We are offering two special Scholar Exchange topics to round out the school year: Pending Supreme Court Cases and the Articles of Confederation!

Live Classes This Week

Live From the Museum: Portraits of a New Nation

Tuesday, May 21 | Noon ET

Run time: 30 minutes

In collaboration with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this program allows students to analyze portraits as primary sources to unlock the past. From the wife of a Founding Father to a Black artist making a living in the early Republic, museum educators guide classes in a discussion around how principles of freedom and equality were granted to some but denied to others.

Photo: West Entrance and Fairmount Water Works. Graydon Wood, Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Civic Stories: Some Fighting Quakers

Thursday, May 23 | Noon ET

Run time: 30 minutes

Live ASL interpretation available

The Religious Society of Friends has been known as a pacifist faith—yet throughout time, Quakers have both embraced this belief and broken from it. This program highlights Betsy Ross and Samuel Nicholas, two Quakers who joined the branch known as Free Quakers, as well as some of their Quaker contemporaries who remained Loyalist to the cause. How did their faith impact their response to the Revolution? 

Presented in partnership with Arch Street Meeting House.

Live From the Museum: The Unknown Soldier Aboard Olympia

Friday, May 24 | 11 a.m. ET

Run time: 35 minutes

Join us and learn the story of the Unknown Soldier aboard Olympia, led by Independence Seaport Museum's Manager of Historic Ships Greg Williams. Discover the story about the unspeakable perils of World War I and follow along as we share the drama of the return of the Unknown Soldier’s remains and how this story had fallen into obscurity, until now.

Presented in partnership with the Independence Seaport Museum.

Civic Stories: How America Remembers

Friday, May 24 | Noon ET

Run time: 20 minutes

Live ASL interpretation available

Join in a lively conversation and explore some of the most recognizable memorials and monuments in the United States, from the Lincoln Memorial and Little Bighorn, to the U.S.S. Arizona and the Vietnam War Memorial. Learn about the history of memorials, how memorials and monuments remember and honor the past, and consider why these memorials are important.

Professional Learning for Educators

How Can We Support Your Education Community?

Are you planning your professional learning for next year? The National Constitution Center is focused on working to empower educators with constitutional tools, knowledge, and pedagogical practice, and would love to come to your school!

The National Constitution Center Education Team is committed to: 

• developing and disseminating rigorous, nonpartisan educational materials and programs that reach millions of students each year,
• cultivating meaningful relationships with educators to build trust and community,
• and fostering a community of empowered educators nationwide to deliver exceptional learning experiences.

Send any questions you have to [email protected], and we can start the planning process. We hope to see you, soon!

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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