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 sorting these photos There is no correct or incorrect method for
sorting these photos
Activity: Photo Sort
You decide how best to sort these photos You can use the graphic organizers being handed
out to help you devise your sorting of these photos You can decide which criteria to use to sort these
photos For example, you can sort the photos into two,
three or four sub-groups, such as anti-violence, gender and racial equality, ethical/ moral issues and even popular versus unpopular causes advocated because someone feels it is the right thing to do
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
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