Resources for Teachers

United States Constitution

  • Educational Activities — Find educational activities at the United States Courts homepage
  • America’s Founding Documents — View America’s Founding Documents at the National Archives, including The Constitution of the United States
  • Interactive Constitution — Explore the U.S. Constitution and what it means today, from the National Constitution Center
  • ConSource — Historical sources related to the creation, ratification, and amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Federal Judiciary

The websites of the federal courts, maintained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, and of the Federal Judicial Center, contain extensive historical and current information about federal judges and the federal court system.

Additional Compilations of Teaching Materials

Judges

  • Biographical Directory of Federal Judges — A searchable database with biographical information about all life-tenured federal judges since 1789
  • Pathways to the Bench — A video series in which individual judges talk about the personal, character-building challenges they have faced that prepared them to serve on the bench

Financial Education