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FSCC preparing for Constitution Day
Students who are enrolled in history classes at Fort Scott Community College are learning about the United States Constitution this week.
Thursday is National Constitution Day and FSCC is celebrating the event by hosting different activities throughout the week, according to an FSCC statement.
John Seal, a history instructor at FSCC, began the week by giving students in his History 101 and 102 classes a quiz to determine their knowledge of the U.S. Constitution. Seal also plans to use lecture time during class this week to hand out a book provided by FSCC about the U.S. Constitution. Students will also work on a project that will require them to create their own government, the FSCC statement said.
Constitution Day was declared a federal holiday in 2002 by President George W. Bush to recognize the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, and also all people who have become U.S. citizens due to either coming of age or naturalization. Prior to that declaration, the holiday had been called Citizenship Day since 1952.
The law establishing the holiday was amended in 2004 to include a mandate that all publicly funded educational institutions, on Constitution Day, are to provide educational programming concerning the U.S. Constitution to students. The law also changed the name of the holiday to Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.
In 2005, the U.S. Department of Education enacted the law and announced that it would apply to all schools that receive federal funds of any kind, including FSCC.
On Friday, FSCC will welcome special guest speaker Fred Campbell, who will give two presentations, The Making of a Democrat and What It Takes to be a Republican. Campbell will speak at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Friday in the theatre of the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center. The Friday sessions are free of charge and open to the public.
For more information, contact Seal at (620) 223-2700, extension 320.