Free Virtual Professional Learning Session: Bill of Rights and Amending the Constitution

Wednesday, December 18 | 6:30-8 p.m. ET

Celebrate Bill of Rights Day with the NCC Education team this week and discover how constitutional amendments have shaped the nation, from the Bill of Rights to more recent changes.

During this online session, educators will learn about the Bill of Rights and how it applies in the modern day. Members of the NCC’s Education team and a guest educator will share resources and classroom applications on the first 10 amendments and the amendment process.

Activities to Celebrate Bill of Rights Day

Looking for easy-to-use, engaging ideas to celebrate Bill of Rights Day in your classroom? Here are some recommendations from the NCC Education team:

• Read a historic document: John Bingham’s One Country, One Constitution, One People (1866)
• Watch a Constitution 101 video: How did the Anti-Federalists influence the creation of the Bill of Rights?
• Listen to a We the People podcast: Akhil Reed Amar on the Bill of Rights
• Play bingo as a class: Bill of Rights Bingo (printable PDF)

Constitution in the News: U.S. v. Skrmetti

A divided Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2024, considered one of the highest profile cases in its current term, leaving perhaps more questions than answers about how it will decide if a state can regulate gender-affirming health care for teenagers.

The case of United States v. Skrmetti is an appeal from the Biden administration and several families from a decision by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upholding a Tennessee law that greatly restricted such care to limited circumstances

Discuss the news in your classroom with these two new resources:

We the People podcast:

Professor Kurt Lash of the University of Richmond and David Gans of the Constitutional Accountability Center join Jeffrey Rosen to debate whether the law violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

Constitution Daily blog post:

This blog posts summarizes the main arguments in United States v. Skrmetti and the questions that the presiding Supreme Court judges posed to the attorneys for various parties in the case focusing on the equal protection issue.

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