The Right to Ptotest

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?

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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!