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Constitution Day--September 17

09.16.2006

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. --Preamble to the Constitution of the United States


To celebrate Constitution Day tomorrow, explore some of the web resources below.

Take a look at the Constitution of the United States of America

and

Constitution (jpg) and text

United States Constitution (a hyperlinked version)

See the Library of Congress resource page for Constitution Day

Visit an online exhibit at the National Archives:

"Constitution of the United States"

"The Charters of Freedom"

and

"Teaching With Documents: Observing Constitution Day"

See the Articles of Confederation in digital reproduction.

Here is a sampling of books, DVDs, and VHS tapes in the Zondervan Library plus a couple of online articles. To find more information in our library on the Constitution and its related Amendments, search the catalog using “Constitution” as a keyword or a subject. Also try searching for “Amendment” and “Constitution.”

BOOKS

Gaustad, Edwin S. Faith of the Founders: Religion and the New Nation, 1776-1826. 2004. Zondervan Library Call No.: 322.1 G23f

Marshall, Paul Marshall. God and the Constitution: Christianity and American politics. 2002. Zondervan Library Call No.: 261.55 M35g

Bowen, Catherine Drinker. Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September, 1787. Boston: Little, Brown, 1986. Zondervan Library Call No.: 342.7302 B67

Corwin, Edward Samuel. Corwin & Peltason's Understanding the Constitution. 1991. Zondervan Library Call No.: 342.023C81u

The Bill of Rights. 2002. (An eBook)


DVD


A more perfect union. 1989. Zondervan Library: DVD Collection 342.029M81

Our living history a celebration of our Constitution with a discussion about the future of the First Amendment. 2005. Zondervan Library DVD Collection 342.029 Ou71

Our constitution a conversation. 2005. Zondervan Library DVD Collection 342.73 Ou71


VHS

We the People: the President and the Constitution. 4 videos. 1991.
Zondervan Library Call No.: 973.92 W36

The Constitution of the United States of America. 1990.
Zondervan Library Call No.: 342.02 C76L

The Constitution, the compromise that made a nation. 1973.
Zondervan Library Call No.: 973.4 C76L


ARTICLES

Rakove, Jack N.. "The Great Compromise': Drafting the American Constitution, 1787." HISTORY TODAY September 1987: 19-26.

Weisberger, Bernard A. "Amending America." AMERICAN HERITAGE May/Jun 1995: 24-26.

Finally, a few more web sites:

Explore the Constitution : an interactive site

Centuries of Citizenship: A Constitutional Timeline

Exploring Constitutional Law

Dan Bowell, University Librarian