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The First Amendment

6-12

The First Amendment

Students' freedom of speech, symbolic speech rights in schools, free speech on social media is the subject of this lesson. This lesson contains details of several cases, the teacher may choose with the Visitor the ones most appropriate for students as they learn about First Amendment rights, and how they've been interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Students will:

--learn about the three branches of Govt

--analyze practical applications of a law.

--appreciate that laws may be subject to different interpretations.

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TAGS:

1st Amendment, Constitutional Rights, 1960s, Constitution Month

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