In case you missed Constitution Day on Sept. 17, Free Speech Week to be held Oct. 20-26 will give you yet another opportunity to incorporate the Constitution and the First Amendment into your curriculum.

Several organizations are offering free resources that teachers can use in their classrooms to fulfill nationally mandated instruction on the topic.

Schooljournalism.org is a one-stop shop for lesson plans dealing with the First Amendment, censorship and student press rights.

Additional lesson plans on the First Amendment and instructions on entering the 1 For All First Amendment Challenge are available at 1forall.us.

The National Constitution Center has created a new installment of its free web-based video series, Constitution Hall Pass. “Constitution Day 2014: The Bill of Rights” gives students a look at how the first 10 amendments to the Constitution were created and interpreted.

The National Constitution Center website also provides an interactive Constitution and free lesson plans and activities for teachers.

Constitutionfacts.com offers an online Constitution I.Q. quiz as well as an annual Constitution Day Poster Design Contest. K-12 students, including homeschoolers, can design a poster showing how they have benefited from the freedoms embodied in the U.S. Constitution. Winners will receive U.S. savings bonds – $50 for each grade-level winner and $200 for the grand prize-winner. Entries must be postmarked by Oct. 1.

The Journalism Education Association’s Scholastic Press Rights Commission has prepared a series of lesson plans dealing with the Constitution and the First Amendment. The lesson topics include censorship, freedom of the press and libel, among others.