Civics Resources for Bill of Rights Day

Bill of Rights Day celebrates the ratification of the first ten amendments protecting individual liberties to the US Constitution on December 15, 1791.  During the 150th anniversary commemorations in 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt proclaimed December 15th as Bill of Rights Day—a week after the United States entered World War II—to honor the nations who supported freedom, and denounce countries such as Nazi Germany for its destruction of those very rights.  

The following is a list of civic resources for the deeper study of the Bill of Rights. Please share your resources below.  UPDATED 2024-12-12

American Civil Liberties Union: Know Your Rights

American Presidency Project: Proclamation 2524—Bill of Rights Day

Bill of Rights Institute: Bill of Rights Day Resources

Bill of Rights cartoon

C-SPAN: Lesson Plan: The Bill of Rights Choice Board

Gilder Lehrman Institute: Our Constitution: The Bill of Rights

iCivics: Do I have the right? Game

National Archives: Celebrating Bill of Rights Day

National Constitution Center: Bill of Rights Resources

National Park Service: NAMA Notebook December: Bill of Rights | The Bill of Rights and the Fugitive Slave Laws

Newseum Ed: Battle for the Bill of Rights: Debating the Bill of Rights

Library of Congress: Today in History: December 15: Bill of Rights

Teaching Skills that Matter: First Amendment Rights Lesson Plan

TED-ED: A 3-minute guide to the Bill of Rights - Belinda Stutzman (video)

US Census: Stats for Stories: Bill of Rights Day

US Courts: Bill of Rights Day

USCIS: Bill of Rights Day | A More Perfect Union series: The Civics Test Guide to the George Mason Memorial

uscitizenpod: A Quick Review of the Bill of Rights and the N-400 (2024) Part 9 plus Civics Questions PDF

VOA Learning English: What Does the Bill of Rights Say?