Research Guides: Virtual Book Display: Constitution Day

Constitution Day

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Check out our display in the library to pick up a free copy of the U.S. Constitution!

The United States Constitution
A link to a digital copy of the United States Constitution

The Constitution by Hal Marcovitz
Discusses the history of the United States Constitution, from events leading up to its creation and ratification more than 200 years ago to some amendments that have been added as recently as 1971.
A Pocket Guide to the US Constitution: What Every American Needs to Know by Andrew B. Arnold
This handy guide helps readers understand, quickly and in nontechnical language, the US Constitution. Historian Andrew Arnold provides a simple, non-partisan, line-by-line commentary with concise explanations of the Constitution's meaning and history, offering little known facts and anecdotes about all twenty-seven amendments, and discusses key Supreme Court cases through the ages.
America's Founding Documents
Contains the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the United States Constitution, the Federalist Papers, and the Bill of Rights

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Link to Amending the Constitution Video
This program is an indispensable tool for helping students to understand the constitutional amendment process and to see its importance in their own lives. It defines what an amendment is, explains why amendments have been needed down through the centuries, and describes the process for proposing and ratifying an amendment.

Link to The United States Constitution Video
The Constitution is one of the most important and versatile documents ever written. Orderly systems of government, a president who is held accountable by Congress, and brilliantly conceived checks and balances all flow from the Constitution and have served as the backbone for creating and maintaining the greatest nation in history. It has stood the test of time and remains viable and fresh in an age, today, when life is much different than when it was written.