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Constitution and Citizenship Day

Constitution and Citizenship Day

Each year, September 17th is designated as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.  By federal law, all schools that receive federal funding must provide instruction on the Constitution and/or Citizenship that day. (If the 17th is a Saturday, Constitution Day falls on the previous Friday.  If Constitution Day falls on a Sunday, Constitution Day is on the following Monday.)  All teachers that provide social studies instruction this year will teach a lesson on the Constitution and or Citizenship on that day.  While social studies is not taught until the second marking period in the elementary schools this lesson will occur during the regular science time period.

Elementary Schools

In the elementary schools, topics/questions connected to the Constitution and/or Citizenship have been identified.  Since social studies is not taught in September, the topics provide teachers with a focus as there are no social studies lessons occurring in order to connect the content. The identified topics also ensure that students do not get the same lesson topic each year.  The focus of the lessons are:

  • K- Pledge of Allegiance 
  • 1- What is citizenship?  
  • 2- What is a good citizen?  
  • 3- What is the US Constitution?  
  • 4- What is government?  
  • 5- Why are rules/laws necessary?

Secondary Schools

Constitution and Citizenship Day activities will happen within the social studies classroom. In the secondary schools, social studies is being taught each day.  Each high school operates on an A/B schedule, so social studies teachers will conduct activities on two consecutive days (A Day and B Day) to ensure all students engage in lessons within the social studies classroom.    Topics for Constitution and Citizenship Day are not identified in order for teachers to have the ability to align their activities with the course content being addressed at that time in the classroom. Activities may be full class period lessons or part of a lesson.  In a class like Government, it may not need to be a special lesson as it may fall in line with the scope of what is being taught at the time.