Constitution
Podcasts
"Interpreting the Constitution in the Digital Era" from Fresh Air (30 November 2011)
Any episode of Make No Law: The First Amendment Podcast, from the Legal Talk Network(Note: Ken White, the host, is a fun Twitter follow.)
"Presidents Day and the Lessons of George Washington," from WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show, 15 February 2021
"The Shadows of the Constitution," from Throughline, 12 November 2020
ONLY SEASON 4 of Scene on Radio, a documentary podcast from Duke University -- 12 episodes, each = 1 learning activity) recommended by Bethany W.
Any episode of Civics 101, a podcast from New Hampshire Public Radio (each episode = 1 learning activity)
Any episode of the Constitution Center's podcast, We the People (each episode = 1 learning activity) -- added 3.14.2023
Films / TV episodes
13th, available on YouTube (free)
"The First Amendment: Where America Stands" survey interviews, a video created by the Freedom Forum, a nonprofit created to defend the First Amendment in the US
Amend, a series on Netflix about the 14th Amendment (from Will Smith) (each episode = 1 learning activity) - Netflix subscription required
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union, from PBS - streaming free from their web site here
What the Constitution Means to Me, a mostly-one-woman show available free for Amazon Prime subscribers
The National Constitution Center's YouTube channel includes archives of their "America's Town Hall" and "Constitutional Classes Online" series. Any of those specific videos may be watched as a learning activity (each video = 1 learning activity). I especially recommend:
Laboratories of Democracy: The Importance of State Constitutions (28 June 2021)
Justice Breyer on the Constitution, Civil Discourse, and the Courts (28 May 2021)
The Fourth Amendment and Policing in America, Featuring Charles Ramsey (10 May 2021)
The Bill of Rights, Featuring Akhil Reed Amar (16 April 2021)
Compromise and the Constitution in a Polarized America (17 March 2021)
Five proposed amendments to the Constitution (agreed upon by a team of Republicans, Libertarians, and Democrats) (19 September 2022)
Things to read
"What if We Wrote the Constitution Today?" from The Atlantic (8 December 2020)
Five nonpartisan proposed amendments that emerged from this project (agreed upon by a team of Republicans, Libertarians, and Democrats) (19 Septembner 2022)
"'America is a Republic, Not a Democracy' is a Dangerous -- and Wrong -- Argument," from The Atlantic (2 November 2020)
How to Read the Constitution and Why, a book by Kim Wehle
You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington, by Alexis Coe (each chapter = 1 learning activity), Amazon link
Research
"10 Ideas to Fix Democracy," a compilation of short ideas from Foreign Policy magazine, 7 January 2022.
"Democratic Backsliding Shouldn't Have Come as a Surprise," by Pippa Norris, Foreign Affairs magazine, 7 January 2022.
Who got the 27th Amendment ratified? (You'll have to trust me when I tell you that it's a story that is worth finding out on your own. Then make sure you watch the Daily Show interview with the guy you find. HINT: It's not James Madison, Ralph Nadar, or William Cohen.)