The Right to Protest

The First Amendment, Freedom of Expression and

the Right to ProtestA Photo Sort Exercise

What do you know about the First Amendment to the United States Constitution?

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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

The 1st Amendment:

The First Amendment says that people have the right to gather in public to march, protest, demonstrate, carry signs and otherwise express their views in a nonviolent way

The Right to Assemble

For this activity, we are going to form teams of four

Each group will receive a packet of photos Each photo is from a major protest in

American history Each group is to study and discuss each

photo Develop a method for sorting these photos There is no correct or incorrect method for

sorting these photos

Activity: Photo Sort

You decide how best to sort these photos You can use the graphic organizers being handed

out to help you devise your sorting of these photos You can decide which criteria to use to sort these

photos For example, you can sort the photos into two,

three or four sub-groups, such as anti-violence, gender and racial equality, ethical/ moral issues and even popular versus unpopular causes advocated because someone feels it is the right thing to do

Photo Sort

After working within your group for approximately 10-12 minutes, each group will share with the rest of the class what they found and how they sorted their photos

Discussion