The Dirksen Center wants to help teachers teach better by giving them the opportunity to use technology to create, customize, and share online learning activities in their classrooms. The Center wants to help students learn more by bringing educational resources together in one place that provide new ways to learn about Congress interactively.

CREATING THE UNITED STATES: WORD SEARCH - UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION

Find words that relate to a founding document of the United States, the United States Constitution.  Note: You need Flash 9 to use this interactive activity.

Find Creating the United States: Word Search – United States Constitution at: http://www.congressforkids.net/games/Constitution_workbegins/2_workbegins.htm

Word Spy!  Match the word(s) in the left-hand column to complete the questions or statements in the right-hand column.  Check your answers.

Find Word Spy: Writing the Constitution at: http://www.congressforkids.net/wordspy/wspy_Constitution_writingconstitution.htm

Trivia: Which man put the ideas of the Constitution into actual words?

1. James Madison
2. Alexander Hamilton
3. Roger Sherman
4. Gouverneur Morris [Answer: Gouverneur Morris took the ideas of Roger Sherman and James Madison and put them into words that became the Constitution.]

*Find the answer in next month's issue.

Answer to July 2009’s Fun, Facts, and Trivia: http://www.webcommunicator.org/classroomresources/funfactstrivia_ans0709.htm

Do you have or know of an online activity you would like The Dirksen Congressional Center to feature on its new Web site for students -- Congress for Kids? The Center is currently seeking online activities that provide new ways to learn about Congress and the workings of the federal government interactively.

If you have questions or suggestions for online activities, contact Cindy Koeppel.