The First Amendment

Introduction

Why can newspapers print stories that seem to be false? Why are we allowed to protest outside of government buildings? Both questions can be answered from the first amendment of the US Constitution. There are five main parts of this amendment: freedom of speech, religion, press, petition, and assembly.

Task

 Please do the Following:

  1. Name each freedom specified in the First Amendment.

  2. Provide a descripiton of each guaranteed freedom (at least 3 sentences).

  3. Investigate the first amendment and how it applies to your life.

  4. Number freedoms in order of their importance (in your opinion).

  5. Get in a group of 2 to 3 and create an argument for why you put that freedom there.

 

Process

In order to learn more about this amendment use the links below.

  1. https://www.ducksters.com/history/us_government/first_amendment.php

Go to the website above and read about the freedoms, then take the quiz at the bottom. Show me your score when you are done.

2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YezjmAZBB3E

 

Evaluation

 

 

Beginning

             1

Developing

              2

Accomplished

                  3

Exemplary

             4

Score

 

Name all 1st Amendment freedoms

          

Described Freedoms

          

Investigate Amendment

          

Order Freedoms in Importance

          

Create Argument with Group

          

 

 

 

 

 

Conclusion

The freedoms granted to you by the first amendment include your right of speech, petition, religion, assembly and press. Every one of these rights has been discussed in multiple ways and ideally in finishing the tasks you will be able to clarify the significance of these rights that have been given to you as citizens of the United States.

Credits

The following resources were used to create this WebQuest:

Createwebquest.com

izzitEDU

Ducksters.com

 

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