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The First Amendment, Freedom of Expression and
the Right to ProtestA Photo Sort Exercise
What do you know about the First Amendment to the United States Constitution?
Do Now!
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances
The 1st Amendment:
The First Amendment says that people have the right to gather in public to march, protest, demonstrate, carry signs and otherwise express their views in a nonviolent way
The Right to Assemble
For this activity, we are going to form teams of four
Each group will receive a packet of photos Each photo is from a major protest in
American history Each group is to study and discuss each
photo Develop a method for describing what is
going on in each of these photos
Activity: Photo Sort
You decide how to best describe these photos
You can decide which criteria to use to describe these photos
What do you see going on in each photo? What is being protested in each photo?
Why? What are the similarities and differences in
each photo?
Photo Sort
After working within your group for approximately 10-12 minutes, each group will share with the rest of the class what they found and how they sorted their photos
Discussion
What is the most important fact about Freedom of Speech and the right to protest that you learned today?
Exit Question: Sum it up!
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