The First Amendment establishes 5 fundamental freedoms: freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the right to assemble, and the right to petition the government. It was enacted due to past governments suppressing peoples' opinions and the limits on speech in England at the time of the 13 colonies. It addresses citizens' rights to free speech and expression that can be exercised today through social media and protests.

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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 grievances.

2. The amendment addresses the issue of freedom of speech and is trying to
solve the problem of past governments where the peoples opinions have been
suppressed by their leaders.
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3. This amendment deals with every
United States citizen of the time and
to the current age.

4. Freedom of speech was a
problem in the 13
colonies because in
England they had strict
limits on what could and
could not be said.

5. Resources
Not a lot of money
was used to add this
amendment. What was
used was personal
values.

6. Controversial
Stone v. Graham, (1980), the
Supreme Court of the United
States ruled that a Kentucky
statute was unconstitutional
because it lacked a nonreligious,
legislative purpose. The statute
requires the posting of a copy of
the Ten Commandments on the
wall of each public classroom in
the state. While the copies of the
Ten Commandments were
purchased with private funding,
the court ruled no because they
were being placed in public
classrooms.
Lynch v. Donnelly,
(1984), was a United
States Supreme Court
case challenging the
legality of Christmas
decorations on town
property. The Supreme
Court ruled that the
display was not an effort
to advocate a particular
religious message and
had "legitimate secular
purposes."

7. We have the right to
say our opinion
about the President
or Congress
We have the freedom to say what
we want against the president or to
say what we want in federal court,
and to protest freely.

8. How do we exercise this right daily?
Woodward students
exercise this right daily
on social media
websites such as
Twitter, Instagram,
and Facebook.

9. Trick for remembering it
The first amendment can
be remembered with the
acronym, "SPRAP."
SPRAP would refer to
speech, petition, religion,
assembly, and petition.

10. 5 Question Quiz
1) How long has this been a problem?
2) What is the amendment trying to
solve?
3) Why did the anti-federalists add a bill
of rights where Freedom of Speech was
guaranteed?
4) Where both the Federalists and the
Anti-federalists pro free speech?
5) Why did the Supreme Court rule that
a Kentucky statute was
unconstitutional? (think Stone vs.
Graham)

11. Sources
__http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution__
__http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1983/1983_82_1256__
__http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0449_0039_ZO.html__
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