Take the Bunk Constitution Day Challenge! 

Create a Constitution Day Bunk Collection

• Select 3-5 Constitution-themed articles/excerpts using Bunk
• Curate, annotate, save and share your collection with us via social media: On X find us @newamericanhist @bunkhistory, on Instagram @newamericanhistory, on Bluesky @newamericanhistory@bsky.social or email us a link to your collection at editor@newamericanhistory.org

or ... Share a Constitution Day Bunk Connection

• Find an interesting connection between two excerpts on Bunk using the View Connections button
• Copy the link and share it with us, including a short reason why you found it so interesting! You can find us on Twitter/X @newamericanhist @bunkhistory, on Instagram @newamericanhistory, or email us: editor@newamericanhistory.org

Here are some suggested resources on Bunk to get you started:

      Bunk Exhibits:

• "All Persons Born or Naturalized in the United States..." - 14th Amendment 
• Guns in America - 2nd Amendment

A few of our many Constitution-related Bunk excerpts and connections:

• What Two Crucial Words in the Constitution Actually Mean
• Connection: Was Emancipation Constitutional?
• How We Learned to Love the Bill of Rights

      Bunk Tags:

• U.S. Constitution   
• Bill of Rights
• Reconstruction Amendments
• Learning Resources for teaching the Reconstruction Amendments

Find Bunk connections spatially with Bunk Places!

Compare these to some historic maps from our collaborators at the University of Richmond's Digital Scholarship Lab:

Check out our other Constitution Day-related maps, resources, audio, and video content!

American Panorama:

Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States

13th Amendment map

Abolition maps

• 123AAbolition of Slavery, 1800
• 123BAbolition of Slavery, 1820
• 123CAbolition of Slavery, 1850
• 123DAbolition of Slavery, 1854
• 123EAbolition of Slavery, 1863
• 124AAbolition of Slavery, 1865

18th Amendment maps

Prohibition maps

• 128BProhibition, 1845
• 129AProhibition, 1855
• 129BProhibition, 1875
• 129CProhibition, 1890
• 129DProhibition, 1905
• 130AProhibition, 1915
• 130BProhibition, 1919
• 131AProhibition, 1920

19th Amendment map

Women’s Suffrage maps

• 126CWoman Suffrage, 1875
• 126DWoman Suffrage, 1900
• 127AWoman Suffrage, 1915
• 127BWoman Suffrage, 1919
• 128AWoman Suffrage, 1920
• Learning Resources for teaching Suffrage

BackStory:

• 5th Amendment - You Have the Right to Remain Silent
• 14th Amendment - A More Perfect Union
• Constitutional Law and the Supremes - Above the Fray?
• Constitutional Law in 4 Landmark Supreme Court Decisions - It Is So Ordered

The Future of America’s Past:

•  A Grave Injustice - Japanese American Internment & the Constitution
• Learning Resource for teaching A Grave Injustice

Other resources:

• Constitution Day Resources - Resources from the National Constitution Center
• Constitution Day Resources - Resources from the U.S. Census Bureau
• Celebrating Constitution Day - Resources from the National Archives 
• Korematsu v. United States - PBS.org series Thirteen: Constitutional Challenge to Japanese Internment 
• Constitution Primary Source Documents - Library of Congress
• Constitution Day and Citizenship Day - Resources from U.S. Federal Courts
• Constitution Day Resources - American Bar Association
• Constitution Day Resources - iCivics
• Five Videos To Spark Constitutional Debate in Your Classroom - RetroReport