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Constitution Day

U.S. Constitution

Explore our library of no-cost educational resources for online, in-person, and at-home learning. Check out our library below.

Educational videos with full teacher's guides.

First Amendment

Explore the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights with your students through our new video.

Becoming Equal Under the Law

Explore the changes in U.S. laws to be more inclusive and closer to the ideal in the Declaration of Independence... all people are created equal.

Teachable Moments

Short, right-to-the-point videos.

Not a democracy, a republic. Why?

Brown v. Board of Education Case

Supreme Court case challenging segregation in U.S. schools.

Dred Scott Case

Supreme Court case that sparked the Civil War.

Eminent Domain - Atlantic City Story

A manifest abuse of eminent domain power in Atlantic City.

Eminent Domain - The Kelo Case

Supreme Court (Kelo case) decision tramples property rights.

Magna Carta - Rules above the ruler.

Plessy v. Ferguson Case

Homer Plessy challenged the separate railcar act before the Supreme Court.

Thurgood Marshall - First African-American Supreme Court Justice

Thurgood Marshall became the first African-American Supreme Court Justice.

Women's Suffrage and ERA

The 19th Amendment gave women the vote.

Explore our courses for online learning.

Civics Fundamentals with Judge Douglas Ginsburg

Our free, standards-aligned course to help all learners develop the foundational civics knowledge that every American should have.

CivicsFundamentals.org is a separate website, so you will need to create a new login and password. (Your izzit.org credentials won't work!)

Learning Modules

Structured content collections with about a week's worth of material.

First Amendment

This module explores the rights protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and why they're so important.

The U.S. Constitution & Black History

This module examines how the laws of the United States, starting with the Constitution itself, have impacted the history of black Americans.

Bonus Video

The Dred Scott Story

In November 2020, izzit.org presented a unique opportunity for the students of the Big Fish Learning Center in New Hampshire who were taking a civics class taught by izzit.org's own Dean Graziano, VP of Education – a chance to learn directly from Lynne Jackson, the great-great-granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott. Now you can do the same!

Lynne regaled the class with little-known historical stories about her ancestors, bringing this "ancient" (and let's face it, kids think all history is ancient – as are we!) history to a direct contemporary connection. She was babysat by Harriet and Dred's daughter as a child! History is much closer than we often think!

This video is approximately 45 minutes in length, so plan on a full class period to use it. We invite you and your students to pull up a chair and enjoy this exclusive opportunity to hear more from Lynne!