An article is this week's New Yorker, By Jeffrey Toobin. He talks about problems with the Constitution and challenges conventional wisdom that it is a sacred document. This link just shows you the first page - must be a subscriber to read the whole thing. Might be worth checking it out in your school library or a new stand, though, the article seems like one I might use with my students.

Documentary from the American Social History Project. It looks at the American Revolution from a social history perspective. It follows the events of the 1770s from the perspective of a Boston shoemaker. Interesting take. I've found the documentaries produced by this organization to be excellent.

This website is a real "go-to" for me when looking for visuals to enhance my teaching. It has resources from all eras, and there are some hard to find images here. Could help teachers at any level.

There is a lot to improve on here - but also a lot of great essential questions. A really good starting point for someone new to the course or profession - and interesting food for thought for the veterans!

This chart shows how many electoral votes each state had between 1981-90, 91-2000, and 2001-10. Could be useful when teaching contemporary elections - and could be particularly helpful when looking at demographic patterns - inferences galore to be made!

This is a somewhat scholarly look at how African Americans, artisans and small farmers viewed the Constitution. Great for your own background or to give honors or AP kids something to think about and wrestle with. Not your typical point of view!

This website has historic maps of every presidential election. It is a valuable resource to teach those complicated elections - the visual really helps.

This link is even more useful - full-text copies of all major anti-federalist writings. I've spent hours looking for great anti-federalist resources - here they are all in one place! Fantastic.

I feel like there have been several times when I've been looking for a site just like this - an easy list and full-text of all the federalist papers. Outline format makes it easy to find what you're looking for.

Jon Stewart uses the founding documents to condemn republicans for the government shut down.

I recently found this lesson and used a modified version of it this year - really liked it!