PowerPoint Presentation First Amendment RightsPowerPoint演示第一修正案的权利.pptVIP

Class Activity Write a “letter to the Editor” expressing YOUR OPINION on some subject important to you. I will choose some of these (anonymously) to READ and which we can DISCUSS in class * * What rights are covered by the freedom of assembly? Protects our right to gather in groups for any reason, so long as the assemblies are peaceful. They can make rules about when and where, but cannot ban them. We also have the right to form and join social clubs, political parties, and labor unions. * * Life without Freedom of Assembly People would not be allowed to peacefully gather in large groups without permission It would be harder to protest opinions and use the other freedoms guaranteed in the first amendment * 9. What does freedom of petition allow the citizens to do? The right to express one’s idea to the government. Petition = formal document * * Life Without Freedom of Petition People could be penalized for political views and beliefs. People would be unable to communicate with their senators and congressmen * Harry S. Truman, 1950 “In a free country we punish men for crimes they commit but never for the opinions they have.” * Although we have many individual freedoms, whose rights come first? The rights of the community / society Otherwise, the society would break apart – “My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins” THE FIRST AMENDMENT * * Class Activity: Quiz Which of the specific rights guaranteed by the First Amendment can you name? In the U.S. is it legal to burn the flag as a means of political protest? Can a public university censor a student newspaper? What does it mean to be “free”? What does it mean to “have rights”? Six Big Ideas: Constitution The Six Big Ideas are: limited government republicanism checks and balances federalism separation of powers popular sovereignty * * -QUESTION:  What are the five basic freedoms that are listed in the 1st Amendment? What are civil liberties? * What are civil liberties? Th