The 2020 Census and the Nineteenth Amendment are the topics of two timely new Constitution Day lesson plans. “What Is the Census and Why Do We Use It?” will help students in middle and high school understand the historical importance of the Census and how it is used today. “Women and the Right to Vote” commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. In the closing activity, students devise a campaign strategy for a member of Congress. Both lessons are offered for free and add additional depth to the Center's comprehensive K-12 lesson plans available on www.civiced.org/constitutionday.

The first webinar in the Center for Civic Education’s Power to the People series was held on Constitution Day, September 17, at 7:30 p.m. Eastern. “The Power of People and the Courts” (watch video) featured a discussion by U.S. District Judge Mae Avila D'Agostino and Center for Civic Education President Christopher R. Riano of recent U.S. Supreme Court Cases. The Power to the People webinars are offered for free thanks to the generosity of our sponsors: Kansas State University, the Johnson County First Amendment Foundation, and the Indiana Bar Foundation.

The Center for Civic Education is hosting a series of seven free webinars on a range of issues that will be hot topics in We the People classrooms this year.  This weekly series, which begins on Constitution Day, September 17, is for social studies teachers and anyone interested in civics, government, U.S. history. Power to the People is sponsored by the Center for Civic Education, Kansas State University,the Johnson County First Amendment Foundation, and the Indiana Bar Foundation.