Education Services News: Constitution Day

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The Education Services collection consists of the Curriculum Collection and Juvenile Collection. The Curriculum Collection is a circulating collection of curricula, lesson plans, teacher materials, kits and non-circulating textbooks in support of teacher education.It is on the fourth floor of the library.

The Juvenile Collection is a circulating collection of books for use by university students taking education, children’s literature and young adult literature courses. The collection contains works for youth in grades pre K-12. Fiction picture books are housed in low shelving adjacent to the Juvenile Fiction and Juvenile Non-Fiction collection. These collections are on the third floor of the library.

Monday, September 16, 2019

Constitution Day- September 17, 2019

September 17 is designated as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day to commemorate the signing of the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787.

New Jersey City University will be Celebrating Constitution Day on Campus highlighting Voter Registration and the First Amendment -Freedom of Speech with an exhibit of challenged and banned books ( https://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2019/09/banned-books-week-september-22-28-2019.html).

Some available resources are:

Books

Catrow, David. We the kids: the preamble to the Constitution of the United States

(Juv.342.73 .C367w)

Fradin, Dennis B. The founders: the 39 stories behind the U.S. Constitution

(Juv. 973.3092 .F799f)

Hennessey, Jonathan The United States Constitution: a graphic adaptation

(Juv. 320.973 .H515u)

Websites

National Archives- Educator Resources

https://www.archives.gov/education

National Constitutional Center – Educational Resources

https://constitutioncenter.org/learn/educational-resources/

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