Rediscover the Constitutiononline

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Rediscover the Constitutiononline

• Theresa Storey
• Mary John Gray Library
• September 15, 2005

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GPO Access
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GPO Access resources

• Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
• http//www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html
• Bens Guide to U.S. Government
• http//bensguide.gpo.gov/
• Offers a section on Historical documents for
  grades 3 12. Detail increases by age group.

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National Archives
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Charters of Freedom

• Charters of Freedom http//www.archives.gov/nation
  al-archives-experience/charters/charters.html
• Constitution http//www.archives.gov/national-arch
  ives-experience/charters/constitution.html
• Americas Founding Fathers
• http//www.archives.gov/national-archives-experien
  ce/charters/constitution_founding_fathers.html
• Bill of Rights http//www.archives.gov/national-ar
  chives-experience/charters/bill_of_rights.html
• Amendments 11-27 http//www.archives.gov/national-
  archives-experience/charters/constitution_amendmen
  ts_11-27.html

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Our Documents

• Home page http//www.ourdocuments.gov
• Articles of Confederation (1777)
• Virginia Plan (1787)
• Constitution of the United States (1787)
• Federalist Papers No. 10 and No. 51 (1787-1788)
• Bill of Rights (1791)
• 13th Amendment Abolition of Slavery (1865)
• 14th Amendment Civil Rights (1868)
• 15th Amendment Voting Rights (1870)
• 16th Amendment Federal Income Tax (1916)
• 17th Amendment Direct Election of U.S. Senators
  (1913)
• 19th Amendment Womens Right to Vote (1920)

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Americas Historical Documents

• Home page http//www.archives.gov/historical-docs
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• Articles of Confederation
• Constitution
• The Bill of Rights

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Library of Congress American Memory Collections
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Personal Papers

• James Madison Papers 1723-1836
• http//memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/madison_pa
  pers/index.html
• George Washington Papers 1741-1799
• http//memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.html

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Searching the Madison Papers
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Constitution Collections

• Continental Congress Constitutional Convention
  (1774-1789) http//memory.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/bdsd
  home.html
• Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
• http//memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
• Journals of the Continental Congress
• Letters of Delegates to Congress
• Elliotts Debates
• Farrands Records
• U.S. Congress Documents 1774-1875

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The Federalist Papers

• Available via THOMAS Legislative Information on
  the Internet.
• http//thomas.loc.gov
• Click on Historical Documents
• Click on Federalist Papers
• http//thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fedpapers.html

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Primary Documents in American History

• http//www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/PrimDocs
  Home.html
• The American Revolution and the New Nation
  1763-1815
• http//www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/NewNatio
  n.html

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Yale Law School

• Avalon Project
• http//www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
• The American Constitution A Documentary Record
• http//www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/constpap.htm

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American Constitution A Documentary Record

• Roots of the Constitution
• Revolution and Independence
• Credentials of the members of the Federal
  Convention
• Constitutional Convention
• Ratification and Formation of the Government

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Sample Search in Avalon Project
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Additional Information

• For links to the sites used in this presentation
  visit http//biblos.lamar.edu/lib/gov/govconst.htm
  l
• The site also includes a copies of the handouts
  and this presentation.