PBS
19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution - Women's Right to Vote (1920) and Resource Materials
A facsimile of the 19th Amendment, a transcript of the amendment, a photograph of a suffragist march, and a background information sheet that details the struggle to get the amendment passed comprise a packet of resource materials...
Teaching American History
Teaching American History: State by State Ratification Table
A chart illustrating the order of states as they ratified the new constitution. Find the delegates from the states, vote, population, and outcomes.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Flag Picture Gallery
This is a collection of American flags in color with a description of their reason for existence. Very appealing site.
Tom Richey
Tom richey.net: Introduction to English Constitutionalism
A PowerPoint presentation created by a history teacher that teachers can use in their classroom. This presentation focuses on the emergence of the English constitution.
US National Archives
National Archives: Congress Creates the Bill of Rights I
This is the first PDF in a four-part series on the Bill of Rights. This part focuses on the history and chronology of the passage of the Bill of Rights. Vivid pictures, primary source documents, and a timeline are provided. [PDF]
Other
Commonwealth Secretariat: Grenada
The Commonwealth Secretariat offers a country profile of Grenada with information on its geography, society, economy, history, constitution, and politics. Includes a map and image of the flag.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: The Women at the Revolution of 32
Multimedia collection explores the women's role in the Constitutional Revolution of 32 in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo.
Curated OER
Constitution Des Treize
Historical overview of Louis XIV and XV reigns in France as a comparison between an absolute monarch and an enlightened monarch. Details the varying styles of two monarchs-one oppressive to the human spirit and a counter-cultural...
Curated OER
Unesco: Syria: Ancient Villages of Northern Syria
Some 40 villages grouped in eight parks situated in north-western Syria provide remarkable testimony to rural life in late Antiquity and during the Byzantine period. Abandoned in the 8th to 10th centuries, the villages, which date from...
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America
[Free Registration/Login Required] A marvelous look at the life of Alexander Hamilton shown through primary documents in this interactive site.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: United States Bill of Rights
This encyclopedia article from Wikipedia gives some background history to the creation of the Bill of Rights and contains a transcription of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution in their original form.
Curated OER
John Dickinson
A good biography of John Dickinson (1732-1808 CE). He was one of the delegates to the Constitutional convention from Delaware. He was a strong supporter of the new Constitution and as a result, Delaware became the first state to ratify...
Curated OER
Abraham Baldwin
A nice biography of the delegate to the Constitutional Convention from Georgia who later served both in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Curated OER
Richard Bassett
A good biography of Richard Bassett (1745-1815 CE). He is the delegate from Delaware to the Constitutional Convention. He also served as governor of Delaware and as Senator.
Curated OER
William Few
This article provides background biographical information on the delegate to the Constitutional Convention and who later served as a United States Senator.
Curated OER
Thomas Fitzsimons
A nice biography of the delegate to the Constitutional Convention from Pennsylvania. He served in the Revolutionary Army and later was a Congressman.
Curated OER
Nicholas Gilman
A detailed article on the life of the delegate from New Hampshire to the Constitutional Convention. he later served as a Congressman and Senator.
Curated OER
Rufus King
A good biographical sketch of one of the signers of the Constitution. He was the delegate from Massachusetts. He served in the Revolutionary war and was later a senator from New York.
Curated OER
John Langdon
This article summarizes the life of the delegate from New Hampshire to the Constitutional Convention. It gives details on his personal life, military and political careers.
Curated OER
James Mc Henry
A good biography of James McHenry(1753-1816 CE) a delegate from Maryland to the Constitutional Convention. He also served as an aide to General Washington and later as his Secretary of War.
Curated OER
Etc: Settlements of the Saxons and Angles, Ad 449 626
A map of Scotland, England and Wales showing the settlements of the Saxons and Angles from the landing of Hengist and Horsa at Ebbsfleet on the shores of the Isle of Thanet (AD 449) to the Saxon Heptarchy (AD 626). "By these invasions...
Curated OER
Unesco: Iran: Gonbad E Qabus
The 53 m high tomb built in ad 1006 for Qabus Ibn Voshmgir, Ziyarid ruler and literati, near the ruins of the ancient city of Jorjan in north-east Iran, bears testimony to the cultural exchange between Central Asian nomads and the...
Curated OER
Map of the Netherlands
BBC News features a general summary of the Netherlands, a constitutional monarchy. Includes a brief history, current information, profile of leaders, timeline of key events, and description of local media. Links to related websites and...
Curated OER
Flag of the Netherlands
BBC News features a general summary of the Netherlands, a constitutional monarchy. Includes a brief history, current information, profile of leaders, timeline of key events, and description of local media. Links to related websites and...