FIRST AMENDMENT LESSON PLANS

The following lessons were produced by Sam Chaltain, the First Amendment scholar helping to inform, and contributing content to, our new 1Voice campaign. Sam is a writer, an educator, and the founding director of the Five Freedoms Project, an organization that assists educators in raising awareness with students about their First Amendment rights and obligations. He can be reached at schaltain@gmail.com.

1Voice Teacher Guide [PDF] »

Lesson 16
"First Amendment 101": 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!

Lesson 15
OpEd:"Remembering Dr. King... and the First Amendment,"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.

Lesson 14
Political Cartoons [PDF]

Lesson 13
Students and the Internet: Free Speech in Cyberspace [PDF]

Lesson 12
Dress Codes
Power Point
* These lessons contain examples some may find of questionable taste.