First Amendment

The first amendment includes the freedom of religion, press, speech, petition, and peaceful assembly.

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• False

What does the 1st Amendment do?

• Protects our individual rights

• Protects our pets rights

• Protects other countries rights

• Tells us what we can't do

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Religion

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(b) Speech

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Organize each image into the right freedom category.

Groups:

(a) Press

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(b) Assembly

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(c) Petition

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Having freedom of religion in the United States means...

• you can believe what you want, belong to any religion or no religion at all.

• you can voice your opinions using words, symbols, or actions.

• the government cannot censor information in newspapers, 

  online news sources, TV news broadcasts, etc.

• you can gather as a group.

Having freedom of speech means...

• you can believe what you want, belong to any religion or no religion.

• you can voice your opinions using words, symbols or actions.

• the government cannot censor information in newspapers, 

  online news sources, TV news broadcasts, etc.

• you can criticize the government, and you can 

  complain about policies that affect you negatively and ask for change.

Having freedom of the press means...

• the government cannot censor information in newspapers,

  online news sources, TV news broadcasts, etc.

• you can gather in a group.

• you can believe what you want, belong to any religion or no religion.

• you can criticize the government, and you can

  complain about policies that affect you negatively and ask for change.

We can peaceably assemble in our country. What does this freedom mean?

• You can gather in a group peacefully.

• You can criticize the government, and you can 

  complain about policies that affect you negatively and ask for change.

• The government cannot censor information in newspapers,

  online news sources, TV news broadcasts, etc.

• You can voice your opinions using words, symbols or actions.

The freedom of petition allows us to...

• voice your ideas or criticize the government and complain about things that affect you negatively and ask for change.

• gather in a group.

• voice your opinions using symbols.

• believe what we want to believe in.

An amendment is a...

• change

• group

• bill