Online Learning Opportunities

Bill of Rights Tour

Wednesday, December 14 | 1 p.m. ET

Friday, December 16 | 1 p.m. 

We’re celebrating the first 10 amendments to the Constitution: the Bill of Rights! Travel back to the final days of the Constitutional Convention and join the debate about whether to adopt a bill of rights. Listen to the arguments for and against including a list of rights and freedoms, learn about which rights were included, and uncover the ratification process. The tour includes the Center's Constituting Liberty exhibit, which houses rare versions of America's founding documents including a Stone engraving of the Declaration of Independence, the first public printing of the Constitution, and a copy of the Bill of Rights. 

MORE CIVIC LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Register for a Peer-to-Peer Scholar Exchange in December! 

Peer-to-peer Scholar Exchanges give students the opportunity to discuss constitutional topics with a legal professional or constitutional scholar and their peers from around the country. Sessions are free and open to classes ranging from elementary school to college.

Times are available on:

• Monday, December 12
• Tuesday, December 13
• Thursday, December 15
• Monday, December 19
• Tuesday, December 20
• Thursday, December 22

Email [email protected] to schedule your session today!

For Educators

Professional Learning Session: Separation of Powers and Federalism

Wednesday, December 21 | 6:30 – 8 p.m. ET

In this session, participants will focus on separation of powers and how the Constitution set up a system of checks and balances between the different branches of government. Our Constitution set up this system to ensure that no one branch of government would become too powerful, but where did this idea come from, and how has this been tested over time in America? There will also be conversations around Federalism and the debate over how to balance the powers of the national government, the powers of the states, and the rights of individuals. From Andrew Jackson and the battle over the country’s national bank to modern conversations around COVID-19, participants will engage in a lively and fast-paced conversation on how to balance and check power within our constitutional republic.  

More from the National Constitution Center

Justice William O. Douglas: Public Advocate and Conservation Champion

The Honorable Jeffrey Sutton, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, joins the Honorable M. Margaret McKeown, senior judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, for a discussion on McKeown’s new book, Citizen Justice: The Environmental Legacy of William O. Douglas—Public Advocate and Conservation Champion, and the constitutional legacy of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, one of the court’s longest serving justices. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.

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