Fairmont State University Library: Constitution Day: From the Collection

Audio

The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States
An engaging audio presentation of the two most important documents in American history. The Declaration of Independence was the promise of a representative government; the Constitution was the fulfillment of that promise.

Amending the Constitution
Discusses the history and purpose of the Constitution and how amendments are proposed and ratified.
The Amendments to the Constitution: Bill of Rights and beyond
This DVD explores each amendment, its orgins, its real-world applications, its history of interpretation in the nation's courts, and its implications for the future.
Key Constitutional Concepts
These video segments examine key constitutional concepts. The first explains why the nation's framers created the Constitution...
Our Constitution: A Conversation
United States Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen Breyer talk about the Constitution with high school students and discuss why we have and need a constitution, what federalism is, how implicit and explicit rights are defined and how separation of powers ensures that no one branch of government obtains too much power.

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Constitution Café by Christopher Phillips
Christopher Phillips has set out to engage Americans in discussions surrounding our must fundamental rights and freedoms, with some help from Thomas Jefferson. A radical in his own day, Jefferson believed that the Constitution should be revised periodically to keep up with the changing times. Instead, it has become a sacred, immutable text-and in Phillips's opinion, it's in need of some shaking up.

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