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Constitution Day (Sept. 17) Starting with the school year 2005, most U.S. schools must recognize Constitution Day (September 17) -- but how schools do that has been left up to them. To make the task easy, Education World has gathered dozens of resources and lesson ideas that provide the tools any educator will need to recognize Constitution Day this year and in years to come.

America's Freedom Documents Education World presents ten more lesson plans for teaching about three important freedom documents -- the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Included: Activities that involve students in creating time lines and posters, writing new amendments, and much more.

Every-Day Activities Students love routine. Use that fact to your advantage by offering "Every Day" Activities in one or more of your curriculum areas. These daily activities offer reinforcement and practice, ensure retention, and improve end-of-year test results. Start every day on the right foot with these "bell-ringer" ideas.

Ideas for All Year Long A year of special events, a classroom book club, fun games and "quick-tivities" for awkward moments, much more.

Grandparents Day Ten activities for celebrating this special day (September 9).

September 11 Activities for remembering, teaching tolerance.

Hurricane Watch! Activities designed to help your students understand this powerful force of nature.

Back-to-School Ideas Icebreaker activities, classroom management tips, much more.

Lesson Plan of the Day See lesson plans posted on recent days. Search for lessons by subject.

Friday Fun A colorful chain promotes teamwork all year long.

Learning Game of the Week Explore similarities, differences with this twist on Simon Says.

News for Kids A huge vault on an Arctic island is the new home for billions of seeds.

Tech LP of the Week Students use drawing software, such as Paint or AppleWorks, to write and draw the ending to a read-aloud story.

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games With Joanne and Jane This week: "Factor Find."

Vicki Cobb’s Show-Biz Science Discover that your arm has bionic strength.

Rhyme Time: Poems for Early Childhood
This week, early childhood editor Sue LaBella presents…
An Autumn Rhyme
Early Childhood Teaching Themes
Apples
Baby Animals

Bulletin Boards That Teach Quotes of Note -- Use quotes at the start of the school year to inspire your students to success.

From the Math Machine Send in the Trolls is a fun Web site for teaching about probability. (Grades 2-6)

Writing Bug What is the best advice you have ever received?

Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans
Teacher Lesson #1 For Constitution Day, this thoughtful lesson explores the Bill of Rights.
Teacher Lesson #2 Write a bio poem about Tomie dePaola's Adelita.

Every-Day Edits
Primary Edits Animals A to Z: Camel.
Ele-Middle Edits Roger Maris, Muppets, Neptune…

Fact Monster Hunts
Primary Hunt September Hunt #2.
Ele-Middle Hunt Hunt #2.

Vocab-u-lous! Words that begin with E.

5-Minute Fillers Volume 12

Work Sheet of the Week "Paragraph Writing" -- comparing and contrasting.

Best Books for Teaching About…
Each week, Education World presents our Editors’ Choices for the best books for teaching about popular classroom themes. Check out our choices and add your own recommendations to the Readers’ Voices section of this week’s themed booklists:
Best Books for Teaching About...
Constitution Day
Hurricanes

Just for This Month! See our September Month of Fun, September Word Search, and September Coloring Calendar. PLUS! Create your own work sheets for this month’s themes: Autumn.