| Fun and learning – that winsome duo – have a track record in the Second Annual GovDoc Kids Group Constitution Day Poster Contest for students, an international contest promoted exclusively through the Internet. Co-sponsors are the national GovDoc Kids Group and the Kansas Library Association’s Government Documents Roundtable.
To compete, the contest invites K-12 entrants (including homeschoolers) to celebrate Constitution Day (Sept. 17) by designing a poster showing how the entrant benefits from the freedoms embodied in the U.S. Constitution. Entries must be postmarked by October 1, 2008.
Each winning student will receive two copies of his or her poster, and the three local winners in the Kansas City area will receive in addition a scholarship certificate for art classes at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art valued at $125 each. The first 100 entrants will receive one copy each of the U.S. Constitution from Oak Hill Publishing Company, Naperville, IL, a national sponsor.
The GovDoc Kids Group, comprised of librarians from Kansas, Missouri and Ohio, conceived the contest as a promotional tool for the value of government documents to K-12 students and teachers in addressing the new requirement since 2005 to integrate an educational program about Constitution Day into public school curricula.
Contest winners will be posted on the Gov Doc Kids Group wiki on Election Day, November 4, 2008. Local winners will receive their awards in a ceremony on December 6 at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
The 2007 Constitution Day Poster Contest had national and international participation, with winning posters highlighting the Bill of Rights, voting rights, and the need to preserve liberties. Among the winners were four kids from Pineville, MO: Tony Griffith, Meiandra Marin, Sheldon Russell, and Tiffany Ward.
Details, resources and entry form are available here. Go Back | 
