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After completing The First Amendment: Five Rights in One program with the National Archives, students will be better able to: • Explain what rights are and why they are important • Understand how one can exercise their rights • Identify the rights protected in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights
Kids learn about the First Amendment of the United States Constitution including freedom of religion, speech, the press, the right to assemble, the right to petition the government, and fun facts.
Grade Span: High School. Link to download PDF. Our library of lesson plans with themes surrounding the First Amendment, ranging from elementary school to high school level plans.
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution states: “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.”
Here are the exact words of the First Amendment: “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 griev-ances.”
Students will be able to define the five freedoms of the First Amendment and provide examples of how they exercise these freedoms in their own lives. GRADE LEVEL: Elementary and middle school TIME: 60 minutes MATERIALS: First Amendment Basics handout and My Five Freedoms worksheet (download) PREPARE 1.
The first amendments, the Bill of Rights, were added in 1791. The last amendment was added in 1992. Lots of people have ideas for new amendments. Adding an amendment is hard — it takes lots of agreement. Maybe you have a good idea for a change to the Constitution.
