A lot of interesting questions are posed in this video series on the Constitution. While the narrator informs listeners about the laws and intricacies of the US Constitution, he also pushes them to consider the tyranny of the US...

Video [16:00] provides an overview of The Constitution Project which is a series of inspiring documentaries on landmark Supreme Court cases.

This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to diagram the Contitution of the United States to aid in interpreting the meaning of this document.

Learn about important civil right movements in American history. Through a study of foundational documents like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, students learn about the fight for equal rights by different groups...

This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses the Executive orders that are established by Article II of the US Constitution. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics...

This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses Article II of the Constitution. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP Government course.

This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses The Preamble to the Constitution. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP Government course.

The United States didn't always have its current system of government. Actually, this is its second attempt. Craig will delve into the failures (and few successes) of the Articles of Confederation, tell you how delegates settled on a...

John Green teaches you about the United States Constitution. During and after the American Revolutionary War, the government of the new country operated under the Articles of Confederation. While these Articles got the young nation...

This resource from Khan Academy provides a lesson about the Constitution of the United States. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP Government...

This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses Article VI of the US Constitution. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP Government course.

This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses the Three-Fifths Compromise, a compromise that was agreed upon at the Constitutional Convention. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government...

An interactive website about Ben Franklin and the framing of the US Constitution.

This beautifully filmed presentation, narrated by Glen Ford, follows our country's progress from the early European colonists into the Revolutionary War and concludes with our country's constitution.

Legitimate government can come only from the consent of the governed, not from a dictatorship of a majority.

In the United States, there are various ways that the rights of individuals are protected.

The Founders learned from experience that a written Constitution and Bill of Rights was required in order to safeguard our liberties.

One of the most important innovations in government to arise from the Philadelphia Convention was federalism.

Today we discuss checks and balances.

Framers like James Madison believed that the competing interests in a country as large and diverse as the United States would make it harder for any one group to gain too much power.

How does the Constitution protect you from the government of your state? Find out on today's podcast.

James Madison proposed conventions made up of delegates elected by the people to approve the Constitution. This popular approval made the document a social contract.

The ratification debates were intense and often bitter. The debates in New York produced a series of articles now known as The Federalist.

George Mason, Elbridge Gerry, Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, and Mercy Otis Warren were all notable Anti-Federalists. Their strongest objection to the Constitution was that it lacked a Bill of Rights.