Free Pocket Constitutions for Your 8th Grade Class -- All 50 States
The 917 Society has distributed free pocket Constitutions to thousands of classrooms across America. Request yours today -- no cost, no catch, shipped directly to you.
Over 1,000,000 Pocket Constitutions Distributed -- All 50 States Served -- Serving Over 3,000 Districts -- 8th Grade Focus -- Est. 2014, A Decade of Civic Education
What You'll Receive
This year The 917 Society is distributing the 250th Anniversary Edition of the pocket Constitution -- "Celebrating the Constitution and U.S. Citizenship" -- free to 8th-grade classrooms across the country.
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Each booklet includes:
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The full text of the U.S. Constitution
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The Bill of Rights
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All 27 Amendments
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A note on America's 250th anniversary
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It fits in a backpack pocket. It's durable enough to last the school year; and it's the kind of civic artifact students actually hold on to.
Why Teachers Love It
“Thank you so much for the donation of pocket Constitutions for our 8th grade students. Our students are starting their second unit on the Revolutionary War so understanding the importance and the purpose behind the Constitution is crucial to the learning and understanding of the causes of the Revolutionary War. My students loved looking through the different amendments and connecting them to things in their lives. Students were able to give examples of their freedoms as well as the requirements of the laws to protect citizens from self-incriminating. Thank you again for this donation. My students thoroughly enjoyed learning about the Constitution on Constitution Day!”
--Allie Hall, Pine Ridge Middle School Columbia, SC
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“My students are so excited to receive their pocket Constitutions from the 9.17 Society. They always ask, "Do we get to keep it?" They love having their own copy. One of the ways I use the pocket Constitutions in class is to do a "Walk Through the Constitution" scavenger hunt. I can't thank the 9.17 Society and its generous donors enough for helping to inspire the kids to want to know about our Constitution.”
--Angie McClanahan, 8th Grade Social Studies/ELA, Mt. Pleasant Middle School
“For years my department at Stewarts Creek Middle School in Smyrna, Tennessee had been concerned about our former, current, and future students’ lack of knowledge and understanding about American Government and Civics. We had been contemplating implementing a civics-based unit for some time but had not found the inspiration to take the risk of losing valuable instructional time in those pursuits. That all changed three years ago when we received our first shipment of the 9-17 Society’s Pocket Constitutions. These gifts where a game-changer and we immediately set about a plan to not only get these booklets (we refer to them as the Blue Book) into the hands of our students, but to fully implement them as the base text for a new program of instruction which is now on the 917 Society Resource Page.”
--Allen W. Kessinger, Master Sergeant, USA (Ret), US History, 8B, Stewarts Creek Middle School
It's Simple to Request
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Fill out the Request Form -- your name, school, grade, number of students
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We process your request -- orders fulfilled on a first-come, first-served basis
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We check to see if there is a volunteer to deliver to your school.
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If there is no volunteer for your school, the Constitutions arrive to you for distribution -- ready for your Constitution Day unit.
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Orders are free for qualified 8th-grade classrooms. We ship across all 50 States.
About The 917 Society
The 917 Society is a nonpartisan civic education nonprofit founded by Joni Bryan. Our Mission is simple: put the Constitution in the hands of every 8th grader in America -- especially on Constitution Day, September 17.
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We believe that civic education is the foundation of a functioning republic. And it starts with making sure students have the actual document.
