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AIHE is a leading provider of technology-based classroom and professional development resources for History, Social Studies and Language Arts teachers. An award-winning organization, AIHE was founded in 2003 to provide teachers with classroom tools designed to increase the overall academic achievement of students.
Free Download of Yankee Doodle, a song from An American Sampler: Selected Poems and Songs that Celebrate our Nation’s Past, Courtesy of the Gilder Lehrman Institute.
“Yankee Doodle” was a favorite song during the American Revolution. British soldiers first sang it to mock the Americans, but American soldiers soon claimed it as their own, singing it as the British retreated from Concord and Lexington. They also made up verses making fun of their own officers, including General Washington.
Track legislation and election results, contact your representatives, and gain the civic knowledge that is the foundation of informed, active citizenship, all from this remarkable section of the Center’s website!
A fun interactive game for elementary-aged students to reconstruct the Bill of Rights using our basic freedoms.
Complete biographies of the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
Fast Facts and teach TEN key facts about the Constitution.
Discover how 200 years of constitutional history has been shaped through a collection of stories and headlines spotlighting some of the people, events and issues in American history.
Printable Text of the U.S. Constitution
Download the full text of the Constitution as a PDF in English or in any of the 10 other languages available!
Read the full text of several founding documents, including the Magna Carta and Mayflower Compact among many others.