DO NOW

Turn in your After Quiz packet to your block’s drawer at the back of the room

Your graded quizzes will be returned next class

Record in your Agenda: illustrations for all 10 Amendments due Tuesday

Open your notebook to your Bill of Rights chart, we need to get going immediately as we are a bit behind schedule! Have your pencil, Pocket Copy & hi-lighter ready!

THE FIRST AMENDMENT EXPLAINED

WHAT DO THE WORDS OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT MEAN?

Freedom of Religion means…

The government cannot establish an official religion.

Citizens have freedom to attend church, synagogue, temple or mosque of their choice – or not attend at all.

The First Amendment allows us to practice religion the way we want to.

WHAT DO THE WORDS OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT MEAN?

Freedom of Speech means…

The government cannot make laws that might stop us from saying what we think.

People have the right to criticize the government and share their opinions with others.

WHAT DO THE WORDS OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT MEAN?

Freedom of the Press means… We can get information

from many different sources.

The government cannot control what is printed in newspapers and books, broadcast on TV or radio, or offered online.

People can express their opinions through newspaper editorials, TV broadcasts, printed fliers, Web pages, etc.

WHAT DO THE WORDS OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT MEAN?

Freedom of Assembly means…

Citizens can come together in public and private gatherings.

They can join groups for political, religious, social or recreational purposes.

By organizing to accomplish a common goal, citizens can spread ideas more effectively.

WHAT DO THE WORDS OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT MEAN?

Right to Petition means… Citizens can ask for

changes in the government.

They can do this by collecting signatures and sending them to their elected representatives.

They can write, call or email their elected representatives.

They can support groups that lobby the government.

WHAT DO THE WORDS OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT MEAN?

Each scene deals with a First Amendment right in an example from everyday life.

Read each example. Underline clues in the scene that let you

know which first amendment right/freedom is suggested.

In the blank in front of the paragraph, write which first Amendment right the example illustrates.

1.

Yolanda Highsmith operated a newspaper for the African-American community in a large city. In her newspaper, she often criticized the mayor and city council.

Freedom of the Press

2.

Rick Jackson stood in front of an oil company’s office. He held a sign that said, “Don’t buy oil from polluters.”

Freedom of Speech

3.

Twenty-two high school students met in the park across from school to protest the firing of the basketball coach.

Freedom to Assemble

4.

Roland and Marybeth wore black armbands to school to show support for political prisoners in South Africa.

Freedom of Speech

5.

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart taught their three children at home because their church does not approve of public education.

Freedom of Religion

6.

Jack and Maria refused to bow their heads during the prayer that began a session of the state legislature.

Freedom of Religion

7.

Li Chen went from door to door, asking people to write letters to the president protesting government policies concerning the homeless.

Right to Petition

8.

Kendall and Roxie printed and handed out fliers describing the unfair hiring practices of a local business.

Freedom of the Press

9.

Rachel and LaTisha used the Internet at their public library to do research for a class assignment on the way the federal government works.

Freedom of the Press

FIRST AMENDMENT REFLECTION

Head the next clean page of your notebook with the title above.

Choose TWO first amendment rights/freedoms from the Bill of Rights that are the most important to you.

Do the following for each: Write a 4-6 sentence paragraph. Identify the right. Explain your reasoning. Use examples from your life.