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Make America 250 civics education meaningful by helping students connect the Constitution to citizenship, history, and their role in the nation's future.

America 250 civics education can turn a national milestone into meaningful classroom learning about the Constitution, citizenship, and self-government.

Request a free pocket Constitution for classroom use in 8th grade and help students explore the document that shapes American government.

America 250 civics education is a chance to help students connect the Constitution's history to their role in our shared future.

Every September, classrooms across the country put the Constitution front and center. Then October arrives, the bulletin boards change, and the pocket Constitutions go into a drawer until next year. We get it — the calendar is packed. But the Constitution isn't just a September guest. It's the operating system of American civic life, and the students who revisit it all year are the ones who walk into high school truly understanding it. Here are five low-prep ways to keep it a

Request a free pocket Constitution for classroom use and help 8th graders explore the document that shapes American civic life.

America 250 civics education gives students a timely way to explore the Constitution, its history, and the principles that shape civic life.

Request a free pocket Constitution for classroom use. The 917 Society equips every 8th grader with the founding document at no cost.

America 250 civics education can begin with the Constitution. Help 8th graders understand the document that shapes our rights and responsibilities.

A pocket constitution book makes a thoughtful gift for civic-minded adults while supporting free Constitutions for eighth graders.

America 250 civics education is a chance to help students connect the Constitution's founding principles with their responsibilities as citizens.

This is it, writers — the final countdown. Entries for the 917 Society's 2026 Essay Contest are due October 1, 2026, and that date will be here before you know it. If you're an 8th-grade student (or the teacher of one), here's your last-call guide to getting your essay submitted on time. Quick Contest Refresher Theme: "What America 250 Means to Me" Who can enter: 8th-grade students anywhere in the United States Length: 300–500 words Deadline: October 1, 2026 Winners announce

Looking for a free pocket Constitution for your classroom? The 917 Society provides free copies to 8th graders. Request yours for Constitution Day.

Founding documents are front and center for America’s 250th birthday as Pennsylvania’s 1776 Constitution, the first adopted after independence, turns 250 on September 28.

America 250 civics education can help students connect the Constitution’s founding principles to civic life through meaningful classroom learning.

America 250 civics education can turn a historic milestone into lasting constitutional literacy for students, families, churches, and communities.

America 250 civics education can become a lasting habit. Here are simple ways families, churches, and schools can keep learning.

America 250 civics education starts with the Constitution. Discover how schools, families, and communities can turn history into civic understanding.

Constitution Day has come and gone — but here at the 917 Society, the celebration is just getting started. Constitution Week (September 17–23) is officially underway, and classrooms in all 50 states spent America's 250th Constitution Day doing what this anniversary deserves: reading, discussing, and celebrating the document that made the United States possible. Here's a look at how this historic Constitution Day unfolded — and how you can keep the spirit of the week going in

America 250 civics education can be more than a celebration. Use the Constitution to build lasting classroom habits of reading, discussion, and citizenship.