Constitution Day
September 17 is Constitution Day. Use our 5-Minute Challenge warm-up activities to commemorate this day with your students. With the Apportionment Map activity, students will analyze a map to help them answer questions about states and the amount of seats they have in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Amazing Apportionment Machine activity asks teachers to share a quick video with students to help them answer questions about congressional apportionment. An answer key for teachers is provided with this activity.
Additional Resources
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MapApportionment of the U.S. House of RepresentativesThis map shows the apportionment of the U.S. House of Representatives based on the 2010 Census.
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2010 Census: The U.S. Census and the Amazing Apportionment MachineApportionment is the process of dividing the seats in the House of Representatives among the 50 states based on the population figures.
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Trends in Congressional ApportionmentHigh school students will examine a 2020 Census brief to understand the apportionment process.
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Voting Trends in America, 1964-2020Students will analyze bar and line graphs showing the percentages of people who voted in elections between 1964 and 2020.
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The Progressives and the 1920 CensusInterpret and analyze a political cartoon about the 1920 Census.
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Remarks by James Madison on the Bill for the 1790 CensusThis document contains remarks by James Madison (then a Member of Congress) during the debate on the bill for the 1790 Census.
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My Congressional DistrictWith My Congressional District, users can view statistics covering age, employment, education, and much more by congressional district.
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Stats for StoriesConstitution Day and Citizenship Day: September 17, 2023The American Community Survey estimates that in 2021 there were 310.7M citizens and 21.2M noncitizens in the U.S. About 281.1M citizens were born in the U.S.
Page Last Revised - October 8, 2021