This 8-part series explores how The U.S. Constitution came to be.

Special features: English and Spanish chaptered ; blackline masters ; historical documents ; timeline ; photo gallery ; teacher guide and lesson plans. To access the special features this DVD must be put in a computer with a DVD player. Quit the DVD software if it starts to play the disc. Navigate to this DVD and look in the folders labeled "Extras". The "Documents" folder has PDF files. To view the files you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader. Double click on the files to open them. The DVDs contain the following historical documents accessible via a computer with a DVD player: Amendments to the Constitution -- Bush v. Gore 2000 -- Dred Scott v. Sanford 1857 -- Interstate Commerce Act 1887 -- KELO et al. v. CITY OF NEW LONDON et al. 2005 -- Magna Carta translation -- Mapp v. Ohio 1961 -- Marbury v. Madison 1803 -- Miranda v. Arizona 1964 -- Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 -- Roe v. Wade 1973 -- Schenck v. U.S. 1919 -- The Bill of Rights -- The Declaration of Independence -- The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1638 -- The Judiciary Act of 1789 -- The Militia Act of 1792 -- The South Carolina Ordinance of Secession 1861 -- The U.S. Constitution. Specifications: Hi-definition enhanced. Documentary.

DISC 1: Program 1: The seeds of the Constitution (1619-1739) ; Program 2: Founding the Constitution (1750-1774) -- DISC 2: Program 3: Writing the Constitution and the Bill of Rights (1774-1791) ; Program 4: Testing the Constitution (1793-1803) -- DISC 3: Program 5: The Constitution survives (1810-1861) ; Program 6: The Constitution is expanded (1865-1918) -- DISC 4: Program 7: The Constitution in a changing world (1919-1961) ; Program 8: Constitutional reform and controversy (1961-2005).