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Celebrate Constitution Day with BRI's #ConstitutionDayLive programming! We encourage you to join with your students and ask questions of our guests and staff commentators on what unites us. Tune in live on our YouTube page!

As a follow up to today's special #ConstitutionDayLive webinar, we are inviting you and your students to reflect on the theme of E Pluribus Unum and share with us in a three-minute video, what brings you and your students together in common constitutional culture?

You may submit by tagging us in a public video posted to YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram, using the hashtag #whatunitesuscontest. A first-place prize and nine runner-up prizes will be awarded on or before December 15, 2019.

Visit the website for further details including contest rules and prizes.

 
BRI Lessons & Resources

"A Deep Stain on the American Character"
In this lesson and narrative, middle school history students will learn about the actions of Chief Justice John Marshall concerning the Cherokee nation. They will explore how his actions helped to advance justice and, through his example, learn how they can advance justice in their own lives.

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
In this lesson from our Supreme Court DBQs, civics and government students will use case background and primary source documents concerning the Supreme Court case of McCulloch v. Maryland and asses to what extent the Necessary and Proper Clause grants a new power to Congress and what is the meaning of “proper” in this context.
 
BRI News

Join the Debate on the Electoral College on Think the Vote
Encourage your students to join in the latest debate on Think the Vote: Should the United States change the Electoral College or keep it in place? The students who make the strongest argument on both sides and their referring teachers will win prizes.  
Educator Spotlight

Meet Craig Hanzel!
Craig Hanzel has been teaching for fifteen years and has been using BRI resources in his classroom for most of that time, having attended his first BRI seminar in 2006. "BRI is my favorite professional development opportunity of the school year. I always walk away with new content knowledge, ready-to-use lessons and thorough instructional strategies that can easily be lent to my varied classes." ...Read More.
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Mark Robinson, a member of our 2019-2020 Teacher Council recently shared with me that what unites his students is a "sense that they’re a part of a community bigger than themselves...a community where people genuinely care what happens to them".

Isn't it amazing that as an educator you have the privilege of making this concept a reality for your students? Your work this school year will help them understand that they're a part of a story bigger than themselves and the foundations you lay in your classroom can help them see how to care well for others. 

As you celebrate Constitution Day today, take heart that you too are part of a bigger story; passing the torch of liberty to the next generation.

Warmly and until next time, 

Laura Vlk
Senior Manager, Teacher Services
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