Here are some interesting links to visit. We hope they will help you as you explore and discover more about our Constitution and system of government:
■ See an image of the Constitution of the United States:
www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/images/constitution-01.gif
■ Explore an interactive Constitution:
www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/
■ Learn more about Constitution Day through the National Archives:
www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/
■ Peruse Maryland’s Constitution:
www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/43const/html/const.html
■ Did you know that Maryland was the seventh state to ratify the Constitution? Discover more facts about the Constitution in a Q&A format:
www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution_q_and_a.html
■ Learn about Maryland’s court system in this online:
mdcourts.gov/overview.html
■ Discover the courts from a younger point of view and help children learn with these guides and coloring books:
mdcourts.gov/publications/coloringbooks/index.html
■ Watch Maryland’s highest court in action -- webcast archives of Maryland Court of Appeals arguments:
mdcourts.gov/coappeals/webcastarchive.html
■ Learn about jury duty and play a game of “Double Jeopardy”:
www.uscourts.gov/outreach/DJ/index.htm
■ Improve your knowledge of citizenship by taking part in this “Who Wants to be a Million-Dollar Citizen” game:
www.uscourts.gov/outreach/MDC/index.htm
■ What do you know about the Fourth Amendment? Explore through this American Bar Association interactive game about search and seizure:
www.abanet.org/publiced/conversations/constitution/searchme.shtml
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