September 17 23 Educate Commemorate Celebrate DAR Leadership
September 17 - 23 Educate – Commemorate – Celebrate! DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
Jane Thomas National Vice Chairman Southeastern Division janethomas 1@triad. rr. com Historybelle. com DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
§ Petition to Congress in 1955 § President General Gertrude Carraway § Signed into law by President Eisenhower DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
Educate your community about historical events Hold events, give programs, put up displays, use social media and write articles Encourage all to defend the Constitution Goals of Constitution Week DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
Constitution Minutes Suggested Activities & Calendar Proclamations Media Spot Announcements Bells Across America Youth Activities On-line DAR Resources What is Constitution Day? http: //www. dar. org/members/committees/nationalcommittees/constitution-week-committee Septem ber 17 - 23 Educate Commem orate Celebrate!
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. ” DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
Septem ber 17 - 23 Educate Commem orate Celebrate!
DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
• Bobble heads • Dolls • Clay pipes • Quill pens • Flags • Drums • Soldiers • Candlesticks • Miniature tea sets • Reproduction colonial money • Parchment paper documents DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
§ Adopt classrooms § Make Constitution Week kits § Make bulletin boards for teachers § Dress in colonial garb and present programs § Read books to classes § Have mock signings of the Constitution § Hand out patriotic material DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
§ Patriotic Polly & the Convention § Quiz -Life in 1787 § Quiz- 1787 Convention § Story Cards - Stump the Class § The Constitution for K-3 www. Historybelle. com DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
§ Constitution Week Event on a college campus, at a historic site, on a military base, at a courthouse or National Park, on a stage, or even in a formal garden. § Be sure to have a special event on Constitution Day, September 17 th. DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
• Make Pinterest Boards • Write a “Rap” • Paint a “Spirit Rock” • Wear DAR ball caps • Sponsor Poster Contest • Have balloon made • Put flowers in churches • Hand out copies of the Constitution on the beach DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
• Take part in Festivals, Fairs, • • • & Parades Give out small American flags at a mall Have students learn the Preamble Fly your flags at home Get city flags flown Decorate an entire store window DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
• Put posters on telephone • • • poles Make flag yard displays Put posters in airports, bus stations, & train depots Get on television Help a Girl Scout Troop make a Constitution Quilt “Tweet” celebrities and shows like the Today Show DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
Reverend Mark Collins, George Washington re-enactor, visited SC for a week. Sixty people staged a “Signing of the Constitution” production at an Art Center. A town crier spread the news through the streets of town. State Constitution Week Luncheons, Teas, and Banquets were held. Lunches and Brunches were given for teachers. There was a high school photoop with a 6 ft. reproduction of the Constitution. Students from a Girls’ School carried amendment placards in a parade. Ceremonies were held at Signer’s monuments or at their grave sites. Numerous chapters had special “Bells Across America” ceremonies. Alabama daughters rode around town with “Constitution Week” on car doors. DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
College students read the Constitution in quads & rang Tower Bells. The “Big Tweet” with 32 hours of close circuit TV took place at a college. A Naturalization Ceremony was held on the USS Battleship North Carolina. A “Man in the Street” photo-op with a James Madison cut-out was popular. Taking part in “Colonial Days” was another favorite event. One chapter sponsored a Constitution Quiz bowl at a radio station. Seeing who could say the Preamble the fastest was a fun event, too. Several chapters had Constitution Week picnics in the park. DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
§ Write articles for newspapers and newsletters § Conduct Radio Interviews § Public public service announcements § Write Letters to the Editor § Use Social Media DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
§ Print Mayor’s Proclamation in Newspaper § Use signs throughout community § Give programs in schools or to other groups § Wear a sandwich board § Bring it up in conversation DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
§ Presidential Proclamation § NSDAR Announcements and Materials § National Archives § Historybelle. com § Liberty Bell Museum and Gift Shop § James Madison’s Montpelier § The Constitution Quest DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
Chapter Master Report Septem ber 17 - 23 Educate Commem orate Celebrate!
§ State Awards § National Awards § Outstanding Constitution Week Participation § Poster Contest § Outstanding Scrapbook DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
WEEZER 1@ATT. NET JANETHOMAS 1@TRIAD. RR. COM Contact the Committee http: //www. dar. org/members/committees/national-committees/constitutionweek/constitution-week-committee DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
September 17 - 23 Educate Commemorate Celebrate! DAR Leadership Training – August 2015
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