The Constitution Kids Book Modules

Read the story. Learn the Constitution.

The Constitution Kids connects chapters from the book to civic ideas, classroom lessons, and learning topics students can explore.

Students

Read a story section, answer an essential question, then open the connected civic topic.

Teachers

Use modules as reading assignments, then build a kit or assign the related topic.

Curriculum spine

Book story to civic idea to topic to quick check to classroom path.

Reader Unit 11pages 41-444 min read + 25 min lessonquick check available

Local Decisions Can Become Constitutional

Local government decisions can reveal big constitutional questions about fairness, participation, budgets, and rights.

Why do local decisions sometimes matter beyond the local community?