Introduction
Jonelly Semper
701 Performance Task #1
Amendment I
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.
Amendment one is about how people are allowed to express themselves, have different beliefs, and the freedom to protest.
- Freedom of speech
- Freedom of religion
- Right to protest
Task
Jonelly Semper
Performance Task #2
701
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/faq/frequently-asked-questions-speech
This website helps answer frequently asked questions about the first amendment. For example, one question asked: ‘What is Freedom of Expression?’ and to summarize, the administrator says that the freedom of expression means to have to ability to express your own opinion on their own beliefs, thoughts and ideas.
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/faq/frequently-asked-questions-speech
This website, like the other one answers some questions, so it’s like a Q&A website in a way. An example is, ‘What is the rationale underlying the right to “free speech?’ is the question that the article starts with, leading to the answer: ‘ Thomas Jefferson and other Founders believed that minimizing the limits on what people were free to say was essential for a “liberal democracy” to thrive. The “marketplace of ideas” belief holds that the truth and good public policy arise from the competition of widely varying ideas freely shared in public discourse. The Founders also thought that open exchanges of ideas would encourage tolerance among people with opposing views.’ Which means that Thomas Jefferson believed that not letting people say what they believe was not fair.
http://voices.yahoo.com/freedom-speech-first-amendment-explained-2376571.html
This website explains amendment one with a few examples. For example, ‘Freedom of speech is similar to freedom of movement, which is also natural law or a truth that is self-evident. We have a right to swing our arms, and there are no police who are going to place us in handcuffs merely to prevent this or limit the right in case some people abuse it.’ This means that the freedom of speech is similar to having the freedom to make movement; it’s a natural thing.
This website’s a bit different. It explains how the first amendment and the freedom of speech is not always the same thing.
https://www.cdt.org/issue/free-expression
This website has a brief explanation of what the first amendment is explaining and how it works.
Evaluation
Jonelly Semper
Visual Arts
Performance Task #4
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2080345_2080344_2080342,00.html
- What do you think would happen if there were no law condoning freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, or petition?
- If the first amendment was never passed, do you think people would break the law in order to get what they want (freedom of speech, religion, etc.)?
- What did the first amendment mean back then?
Jeannette Gil
- If there was no law condoning freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, or petition then people would not be the way they are because they would have no way of expressing themselves and all they would want to say or do would be bottled up.
This is a good answer. I also like the figurative language you have used towards the end of your answer.
- If the first amendment was not passed then all the people would not have a way to express themselves or say what they want because they don’t have the freedom to do so. If the people could not say what they feel then all they had to say would be bottled up because they would not have the freedom to do what they want.
I would like to agree with this answer/opinion. I feel that people would never be who they if the First Amendment never passed.
- The first amendment was to refer to what the colonist experienced in the war with Great Britain.
I also agree with this answer, that how amendment one had started.
Conclusion
Jonelly Semper
Visual Arts
Performance Task #4
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2080345_2080344_2080342,00.html
- What do you think would happen if there were no law condoning freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, or petition?
- If the first amendment was never passed, do you think people would break the law in order to get what they want (freedom of speech, religion, etc.)?
- What did the first amendment mean back then?