Citizenship Resources for Constitution and Citizenship Day

uscitizenpod: The U.S. Constitution

A basic introduction to the Constitution for ESL/Citizenship students. This video is based upon a ppt that I made in 2005 and modified in 2008. 

US Constitution and Citizenship Day Resources from US Citizenship Podcast

• Constitution Week 2021 Quiz pdf
• Pair this 10 Question civics quiz with one of the Mix-and-Match Citizenship Interview for a quick mock Naturalization Interview.
• Constitution Day and Citizenship Week Quiz 2020 video
• Constitution Slide Show google slides
• Constitution and Citizenship Week Interview video (2018)
• The U.S. Constitution  video
• Summary of the US Constitution MP3  (2016)
• Summary of the US Constitution PDF  (2015)
• What is US Constitution and Citizenship Day? pptx
• What is US Constitution and Citizenship Day? pdf
• US Constitution Quick Quiz (picture vocabulary) pdf and Google slides (2021)

Preamble

• Preamble Puzzle pdf 
• Preamble of the US Constitution (2017) video

Bill of Rights 

• Bill of Rights pptx via Google Slides
• Bill of Rights Vocabulary Quiz 01  pdf
• Bill of Rights Vocabulary Quiz 02  pdf
• Bill of Rights Vocabulary Quiz 03  pdf
• Bill of Rights Vocabulary Quiz 04  pdf
• Bill of Rights Vocabulary Quiz 05  pdf
• Bill of Rights Citizenship Quiz  pdf
• Bill of Rights Dictation pdf

Civics

• A Handy Copy of the USCIS 100 Questions (updated) pdf
• Principles of American Democracy: USCIS 100:01-12 Google slides (2021)
• Branches of Government Part 1: USCIS 100:13-25 Google slides (2021)
• Branches of Government Part 2: USCIS 100:26-36 Google slides (2021)
• Branches of Government Part 3: USCIS 100:37-47 Google slides (2021)
• Rights and Responsibilities USCIS: 100:48-57 Google slides (2021)

Practice Citizenship Interviews and Quizzes

• Lan Thi Nguyen (Vietnam): Constitution and Citizenship Week Interview Quiz 2015 pdf
• Hao Thi Vu (Vietnam): A Quick Interview for US Constitution and Citizenship Day 2014 based on the new N-400r (2014) pdf 
• Fu-Chiu Chen (Taiwan): Quick N-400 Interview plus 10Qs about the Constitution (2011) pdf
• Maria Teresa Garcia (Mexico): Twenty-seven N-400 and twenty-seven USCIS 100Qs (2011) pdf
• A Quick Review of the Bill of Rights and the N-400 Part 12 plus Civics Questions (2017)  pdf and mp3
• uscitizenpod: All Practice N-400 Interview Scrips

ConstitutionDay.com: Celebrate the Birthday of Our United States of America Government

digitalmediasomerset: Constitution Day 2015

Elizabeth Claire's Easy English News: US Constitution in Simple English
A free digital download of the US Constitution with a side-by-side translation in Simple English

ELCivics.com: U.S. Constitution

Learning Chocolate (for ESL Literacy level students)

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  U.S.Constitution
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  U.S.Constitution: Articles
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  U.S.Constitution: Bill of Rights
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  U.S.Constitution: the First Amendment
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  U.S.Constitution: Voting Rights

ListenAndReadAlong is an AWESOME resource that produces videos that highlights words as they are heard from VOA news reports and features.

• American History - Part 015 - Birth of the Constitution
• American History - Part 016 - Birth of the Constitution - Part 2
• American History - Part 017 - Birth of the Constitution - Part 3 - Making of a Nation
• American History - Part 018 - Birth of the Constitution - Part 4 - Executive Branch
• American History - Part 019 - Birth of the Constitution - Part 5 - Big State vs Small State
• American History - Part 020 - Birth of the Constitution - Part 6 - Slaves
• American History - Part 021 - Birth of the Constitution - Part 7 - States Ratify
• American History - Part 022 - Bill of Rights

National Constitution Center: Constitution Day - Lesson Plans and Activities

si.edu: Preparing for The Oath

• Writing the Constitution: Videos  (Updated!  No FLASH!  Great on mobile devices)
• Writing the Constitution: Transcript (page 5)

St. Mary's University: Constitution Day: Forming the United States video

USCIS: 

• USCIS Celebrates Constitution Day and Citizenship Day 2016 with Federal Partners and Welcomes More Than 38,000 New Citizens during Constitution Week
• Oath of Allegiance - Constitution Week 2013 (video): The Oath of Allegiance recited by #newUSCitizens at Oath Ceremonies across America. Very inspirational!

USScourts: 

• 2014 Constitution Day and Citizenship Day video
• 2015 Constitution Day and Citizenship Day video
• 2016 Constitution Day and Citizenship Day (7 min) video
• 2016 Constitution Day & Citizenship Day Live Coverage (99 min) video
• 2016 Constitution Day & Citizenship Day: Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor Remarks video
• 2018 Constitution Day and Citizenship Day Read Along with the Constitution’s Preamble video
• 2017 What the Constitution Means in My Life video
• 2019 Constitution Day and Citizenship Day: Judges, Baseball Fans Welcome Newest Americans video 

Vanderbilt University: 'We The People...' - #Constitution Day at Vanderbilt video

VOA Learning English: What's So Important about Sept. 17? 

VOA Learning English: The U.S. Constitution
An outstanding collection of articles, videos, and audio files, including the standard and simplified version of the constitution and the amendments.  


Thanks for studying the U.S. Constitution--I know that you will be a great American citizen!

Check back for updates! (updated 09/20/2021)