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Teachers
and students take note! Here’s a fun way to work over some hard
questions and learn a few things about the remarkable document that
has governed our nation for 220 years. The winners will have their
essays published in the participating newspapers and they will be
invited, along with parents and teachers, to a special reception at
the state Supreme Court.
Web Resources for Writing About the
Constitution Eligibility: All New Hampshire school students enrolled in grades 5-12. Deadline for Submissions: Essays must be postmarked by Oct. 1, 2009 Rules: 1. Each essay should be type written and no longer than 300 words. Submissions will be judged on understanding of the issue, clear writing and thinking, presentation, grammar and spelling. 2.Each essay should be the sole product of the student’s work. 3. Submissions should include the writer’s name, age, grade, school, home address, home telephone, parent e-mail address, teacher and teacher e-mail address. Winners will be notified by telephone. 4. Employees of participating newspapers and immediate family members are not eligible to win. 5. Entries will not be returned. Essays should be submitted to one of the participating newspapers listed below. Entries are limited to one per student. Each participating newspaper will select a winner from entries submitted for grades 5-8 and for grades 9-12. A statewide winner for each group will then be selected by members of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. 2009
Participating Newspapers:
Learn all about the Constitution from a website created by retired US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Conner: http://www.ourcourts.org/ Bibliography of sources at the NH Law Library http://nhlawlibrary.blogspot.com/2007/09/constitution-day-essay-announced.htm Text of the US Constitution http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution_transcript.html NH Department of Education Constitution Day resources, programs and lesson plans for teachers NHPTV
Knowledge Network New Hampshire Bar Association Find more online resources about the U.S. Constitution Information from the National
Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitutionday/display/MainS/Home Education Resources for use on
Constitution Day http://www.justicelearning.org/ConstitutionDay/index.asp Guide to the Constitution and “civic
education in the real world.” http://www.justicelearning.org Information on the US Constitution provided by
the federal court system http://www.uscourts.gov/outreach/resources/constitutionday.html Bibliography of sources at the NH Law Library http://nhlawlibrary.blogspot.com/2007/09/constitution-day-essay-announced.html
For the 2008 Essay Contest question, winners and more go here.
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2009 Essay Question