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With topics like voting rights, national elections, separation of powers, and more, recorded Scholar Exchanges are a great way to explore constitutional topics with your students.

Bring the National Constitution Center's scholars, and special guest speakers including Ken Burns, Jamelle Bouie, and Martha S. Jones, to your classroom while examining historical events, constitutional questions, and current case law.

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Article II: The Presidency and the Executive Branch

In this session, students will explore the powers of the president. The class will take a close look at Article II of the Constitution, which addresses the presidency and the executive branch. Students will cover the role of the president written into the Constitution, major Supreme Court battles over presidential power, and how the president’s powers have expanded over time.

Dec. 1 at 12 p.m. ET

Dec. 1 at 2 p.m. ET

Dec. 3 at 1 p.m. ET

Watch all sessions live on YouTube here.

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Week of December 6

Article III: Supreme Court in Review – From Judicial Selection to Current Cases

In this session, students explore Article III of the U.S. Constitution, which defines the powers of the judicial branch and the Supreme Court. This class covers the nomination and confirmation process of Supreme Court justices and how judicial power (and the Supreme Court’s role) is defined in Alexander Hamilton’s The Federalist Papers #78 and cases such as Marbury v. Madison (1803).

Dec. 8 at 12 p.m. ET

Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. ET

Dec. 10 at 1 p.m. ET

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Scholar Exchanges: Peer-to-Peer

Interested in scheduling a session for your class and other classes nationwide? The peer-to-peer Scholar Exchanges promote deeper understandings and enhance opportunities for civil discourse and discussion. Sessions are offered Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays each week until May 2022. Learn more and register for a future session here.

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Constitutional Ambassadors Program

The National Constitution Center is pleased to announce that it will continue to offer the Constitutional Ambassadors Program to middle and high students across the country. The Constitutional Ambassadors Program is an intellectual, social, and skills-based educational experience in which students learn the basic principles of the U. S. Constitution, see rare historical documents, priceless artifacts, interactive exhibits, and live theater that bring contemporary discussions about the Constitution to life.

The Constitutional Ambassadors Program is FREE for all students in the Philadelphia area! Transportation included. Scholarship funding may be available for students outside of the Philadelphia region. Ask the group sales team for more information.

Available topics include: freedom of speech, separation of powers, and principles of the American Revolution.

To reserve your spot, please fill out this online request or contact Director of Group Sales Gina Romanelli at [email protected] or 215.409.6695.

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The Gettysburg Address

November 19, 2021, marks the 158th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. This week’s episode highlights the landmark speech, its historical and constitutional significance, and its continued relevance today. Host Jeffrey Rosen is joined by historians Kate Masur of Northwestern University and Sean Wilentz of Princeton University. Through a close, line-by-line read of the speech they analyze its rhetoric, highlight its references to other founding documents including the Declaration of Independence, and illuminate its dire historical context memorializing the Civil War’s bloodiest battle at a crucial turning point.

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