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1Voice is an exciting new program designed to help you teach your students about the First Amendment. Channel One and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation partnered to bring you the resources you need to teach young people about their Constitutionally-guaranteed freedoms. Bookmark this page for easy access to all the broadcast news coverage, in-class lesson plans and online interactives 1Voice has in store.
WHAT'S NEW
- "Improv Anywhere?"
Does the First Amendment protect the rights of groups like Improv Everywhere to burst into song or perform synchronized swimming in public fountains? Download now! - "First Amendment 101" Video Series
Channel One, as part of our ongoing partnership with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, has produced this engaging video series, featuring Sam Chaltain, a respected author, educator, and First Amendment scholar, presenting First Amendment fundamentals, ideals, and applications to a live audience of teachers and students attending workshops at this year's Student Television Network Convention in Anaheim. Watch now! - "Remembering Dr. King... and the First Amendment," an OpEd from Educator and First Amendment advocate, Sam Chaltain
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a true champion of the First Amendment, yet few if any of us directly connect Dr. King's heroism and accomplishments to his faith in-- and use of-- our primary tools of democracy, the freedoms of the First Amendment. Download now. - "Political Cartoons"
A lesson plan and discussion with print-out examples from Sam Chaltain, education consultant for the Knight Foundation and Channel One. In this lesson, students are asked to interpret a political cartoon to extend their understanding of First Amendment issues and recent controversies. Additionally, students are asked to explain the events depicted in the cartoon, analyze the techniques the cartoonist has used, and identify the cartoonist's point of view. Download now.
IN-CLASS INTERACTIVES
Teach your students about the First Amendment with help from these online quizzes and games.
LESSON PLANS
Print and go: Educator and First Amendment advocate, Sam Chaltain has prepared a number of lesson plans and PowerPoint presentations to accompany our 1Voice programming. Read the introduction, then download and print the teacher guide and lessons below.
Introduction to the 1Voice program »
Click here to download the lesson plan materials »
VIDEO REPORTS
Out of Bounds
A soccer ref ruled a Muslim teen's headscarf was not in uniform.
Uniform Expression?
Do uniforms limit self-expression? Teens sound off.
Freedom or Privilege?
Should controversial world leaders be allowed to give a speech in the U.S.?
High School TV Station
Nashua High's presidential candidate interviews
1 VOICE DRAMA CLUB
Here are five one-act plays, all designed to raise awareness of our freedoms. If your students perform any of these pieces, we'd love to hear about it. Please e-mail us at Feedback@ChannelOne.com with "1Voice Drama Club" in the subject line.
Vignette 1: "Created Equal" [PDF]
A fictionalized dialogue between Frederick Douglass and Thomas Jefferson about slavery.
Vignette 2: "Free Press" [PDF]
A monologue; in the character of Elias Boudinot, founding editor, Cherokee Phoenix
Vignette 3: "Lynch Lie" [PDF]
A Monologue; in the character of Ida B. Wells, newspaper editor and activist
Vignette 4: "Decisions" [PDF]
A fictionalized dialogue between reporter Earl Caldwell and a Supreme Court justice
Vignette 5: "Lost Liberty" [PDF]
A fictionalized dialogue between Mr. Hokosawa, Japanese interment camp detainee, and Ms. Ahmed, a 20-something Arab-American woman
© Mary Ann Hogan. Republished with permission. For more information on the playwright, visit WholeStory.com.
ONLINE RESOURCES
Learn more about the Knight Foundation, Sam Chaltain, and others who will help you teach the First Amendment.
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation