Online Learning Opportunities First Amendment and Freedom Fighters Tour Wednesday, February 22 | 12 p.m. Friday, February 24 |1 p.m. ET Continue your Black History Month celebration with free virtual exhibit tours highlighting freedom fighters who used the power of the First Amendment to gain freedom for themselves and ensure it for others. Learners can take a virtual tour of our Civil War and Reconstruction exhibit, explore the First Amendment tablet, and examine how the history of the First Amendment has played hand-in-hand with the civil rights movement. REGISTER: WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22 REGISTER: FRIDAY, FEB. 24   MORE CIVIC LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Peer-to-Peer Scholar Exchanges Register your students to participate in a Scholar Exchange, where they can discuss constitutional topics in a smaller group setting, which helps promote deeper constitutional understanding and enhance civil discourse and discussion. Sessions are free and open to classes ranging from elementary school to college. Topics for February include: Constitutional Conversations Federalism and Separation of Powers Bill of Rights First Amendment: Speech Fourth Amendment 14th Amendment First Amendment: Religion Article I: Congress Email [email protected] to register for a session today! LEARN MORE   Presidents Day Resources Presidential Trivia Friday, February 17 | 1 p.m. ET How well do you know the presidents? Join the National Constitution Center’s education team to test your knowledge about our commanders in chief. What is the most common first name among presidents? Which presidents have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? Who was the last president not to graduate from college? Bring your Article II A-game and remember, “the buck stops here!” REGISTER Can't join us to participate live? Explore our presidential trivia videos, where members of the Center's education team host a series of interactive videos from inside our exhibits. You’ll get a sneak peek at the one-of-a-kind artifacts and documents housed at the museum, while playing along as we quiz you on presidential history! George Washington and James Madison Abraham Lincoln Grover Cleveland Barack Obama Kids Town Hall: Meet the Presidents Monday, February 20 | 12:45 p.m. ET Join in a special Kids Town Hall with some very famous guests—Presidents Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. REGISTER George Washington and Writing History with Alexis Coe In this recorded Scholar Exchange, we take a unique look at George Washington, and how historians have captured his past and retold history. Joining Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, is Alexis Coe, historian and author, to examine how America remembers our first president. Explore how George Washington gets romanticized by male biographers and how Coe, only the third woman to write a complete Washington biography, reexamines some of the common and unfamiliar stories of our first president, as described in her new book, a New York Times bestseller, You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington. WATCH   For Educators   Professional Learning Session The Fourth Amendment Wednesday, February 15 | 6:30 – 8 p.m. ET Join us for our professional learning workshop tomorrow night as we examine the historical context and the drafting of the Fourth Amendment, exploring what the it says and means. This lesson will allow participants to examine the text, history, and interpretation, describe key terms and ideas (like searches, seizures, and privacy), and define some of the key debates about where the Fourth Amendment is headed in an age of new technology. Clark Neily, senior vice president for legal studies at the Cato Institute, joins us for this session. REGISTER Due Next Week: Summer Teacher Program Applications Every summer, the National Constitution Center hosts educators from across the country in its summer institutes series, bringing together top educators and ideologically diverse constitutional scholars. Educators gain new content knowledge, teaching tools, classroom-ready resources, and skills for improving constitutional literacy. This summer, the Center is offering four opportunities for these professional learning programs: Sunday, July 9 – Friday, July 14 | Constitutional Conversations and Civil Dialogue (in-person weeklong institute) Monday, July 10 – Wednesday, July 12 | Constitution 101 (three-day virtual workshop) Sunday, July 16 – Friday, July 21 | First Amendment (in-person weeklong institute) Wednesday, July 26 – Friday, July 28 | The 14th Amendment (three-day virtual workshop available exclusively to members of our Teacher Advisory Council) Applications are open until Friday, February 24. Email questions about any of these programs to Sarah Harris, at [email protected]. LEARN MORE   More From the National Constitution Center   Richard Stengel on Mandela: The Lost Tapes  Nelson Mandela—born in South Africa in 1918—was an international freedom fighter and Nobel Peace Prize winner who helped overturn the apartheid system of racial segregation and usher in democracy for his nation. After being convicted of sabotage and serving 27 years in prison, Mandela was released, and soon after was elected president, becoming the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. He served as president from 1994 to 1999, overseeing the enactment of a new democratic constitution in 1996. After stepping down from power, he continued work on social justice issues. He died in Johannesburg in 2013. In this episode, Richard Stengel—former president of the National Constitution Center, and former editor of TIME Magazine—joins to discuss his new podcast, Mandela: The Lost Tapes, which is available on Audible. These never-before-heard audio tapes come from Stengel’s years-long conversations with Mandela while collaborating with him on his remarkable memoir, Long Walk to Freedom. From the tapes, we learn about what democracy meant to Mandela, how his upbringing and inspirations led him to becoming a force for justice, and what lessons Mandela’s story holds for us today. Host Jeffrey Rosen moderates. LISTEN   Thank you for being part of our community of educators. If you have any questions, need assistance, or have feedback to share about the new website or any of these new educational offerings, we’d love to hear from you. Please email the education team at [email protected].     Connect with us Interactive Constitution | Professional Development | Events Calendar | Online Learning Opportunities The National Constitution Center's education team is here to help with any of our online resources. Email [email protected] with questions or comments on how we can help you and your students with your remote learning needs. 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