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Do Now – Wednesday, October 23

Update your Binder’s Table of Contents with today’s date and objective Hand in your KWL Charts and Homework Answer on your Do Now Response Form What is the First Amendment? What freedoms does it protect? Why is the First Amendment important?. Do Now – Wednesday, October 23.

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Do Now – Wednesday, October 23

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  1. Update your Binder’s Table of Contents with today’s date and objective • Hand in your KWL Charts and Homework • Answer on your Do Now Response Form • What is the First Amendment? What freedoms does it protect? • Why is the First Amendment important? Do Now – Wednesday, October 23

  2. shall 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. Congress make no law Breaking It Down

  3. 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. Breaking It Down

  4. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of… • religion– the right to believe what you want • speech – the right to say what you want • the press– the right of the media (TV, books, newspapers, internet) to publish freely • peacefully assemble– the right of citizens to protest and join any political group • petition the government– the right of citizens to complain to the government The Five Freedoms of the First Amendment

  5. Religion • Does the 1st Amendment allow members of a Native American tribe to break federal drug laws as part of a religious ceremony? • Speech • Does the 1st Am. allow Congress to pass a law that makes it illegal to burn an American flag? • Press • Does the 1st Amendment prohibit the government from forcing a newspaper not to publish military secrets in order to protect soldiers? Types of 1st Amendment Const. Questions • Assembly • Does the 1st Am. prohibit a city from banning a hate group (the Nazis) from holding a rally there?

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