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Future of the First Amendment. What America’s High School Students Think About Their Freedoms Mrs. Verpooten, Miss Wadycki & Mrs. Lolkema. Study Details. The Knight Foundation completed this study in 2004. They surveyed: Over 100,000 high school students Nearly 8,000 teachers
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Future of the First Amendment What America’s High School Students Think About Their Freedoms Mrs. Verpooten, Miss Wadycki & Mrs. Lolkema
Study Details • The Knight Foundation completed this study in 2004. • They surveyed: • Over 100,000 high school students • Nearly 8,000 teachers • More than 500 administrators • All from 544 schools across the U.S.
The Study • The results were frightening. • According to the study, America’s youth are leaving the First Amendment behind.
Key Finding #1 • High school students tend to express little appreciation for the 1st Amendment. Nearly ¾’s say they don’t know how they feel or take it for granted.
Key Finding #2 • Students are less likely than adults to think that people should be allowed to express unpopular opinions.
Key Finding #3 • Students are less likely than adults to think that news-papers should be allowed to publish without government approval of stories.
Key Finding #4 • Students are more likely than adults to think musicians should be able to sing songs with offensive lyrics.
Key Finding #5 • Students are more likely than adults to think they should be allowed to publish controversial stories in their school paper.
Key Finding #6 • Only 25% of students correctly answered that it is legal to burn the American flag.
Key Finding #7 • Over 1/3 of students think the First Amendment goes too far in its guarantees.
Key Finding #8 • Students have a keen distrust of the media, although they do trust the media more than teachers do.
Key Finding #8 • Students have a keen distrust of the media, although they do trust the media more than teachers do.
So Where does this leave us? • With your study buddy, answer the following questions and be ready to share your answers: • 1. Which of the results surprises you the most? Least? • 2. Why do you think students are leaving the First Amendment behind? • 3. What can we do to get kids more informed?