What does the First Amendment say about freedom of speech? Can speech be restricted, and if so, when? How did freedom of the press come about? Are there restrictions on press freedom? The ways in which this core freedom has developed in law are explained in this overview by a First Amendment scholar.
The First Amendment introduced bold new ideas to the world: that government must not impose a state religion on the public, or place undue restrictions on religious practice, but must recognize the right of the people to believe and worship, or not, as their conscience dictates. Our right to gather in peaceful public protest — in marches, rallies and other assemblies — is another core freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment.
The social studies book follows Jed, an adolescent whom they meet during the French and Indian War. Jed grows up as his story continues intermittently in the book so the students grasp the time span, and they follow him to the Constitutional Convention where he has been chosen as a delegate from Virginia. The students are immersed in the turmoil of the times, as well as the excitement of being a participant in deciding how to use the scientific, enlightenment rationality to create a nation unique from any other, tracing back to concepts of ancient Greece.
They create a Book of Heroes — a character analysis of outstanding people they study in each subject and the principles of these men, women and children along with the sacrifices they made. In conclusion, the students determine which heroes they want to emulate. In math, word problems use every grade-level math skill to discover aspects of life in the Revolutionary period that children really want to know.
A highlight of the program is Patriots Day. At this point, the students find themselves right in the middle of the American Revolution. Throughout the school day there are activities, debates, and an assembly allowing students in other grades to participate. The role-play continues at a special evening session lived out in character by candlelight.
The students, teachers and other interested parents participate in huge decisions while the future of the new experiment, America, hangs in the balance. Will each person have the courage to stand on his or her convictions, at great personal cost? They decide whether to accept or pass on the challenge.
Several years ago, Helen gave Darnall W. Boyd a folder describing the curriculum. Because of the Darnall W. Boyd Values Through History — S. In , this grant proved crucial for Dawn Smith, lead teacher of the new magnet school at Lonnie B.
The Academy for Civic Engagement is one of the only magnet schools in the nation based on government, economics and service learning. As Dawn started this program with no extra funding for materials or teacher training, she learned about Why America is Free from the Richland Two social studies coordinator, and soon she was introduced to Donna and Jan. It begins with the nature of colonial British America—a society in which freedom was limited and in which everyone was the subject of a distant monarch—and follows the story of the Revolution through a generation that secured our independence, established our republican form of government, created our national identity and expressed ideals of liberty, equality, natural and civil rights, and responsible citizenship.
These ideals have shaped our history and will shape our future—and the future of the world. Why America is Free is an ideal enrichment text for classroom and remote use and the foundation for a series of online lesson plans on the pivotal events of the Revolution discussed in the book. America is free because nearly years ago brave people fought a war to establish the independence of the United States and create a system of government to protect the freedom of its citizens.
This is the preface to Why America is Free. The book tells the story of how Americans came to fight for their freedom, how they won their independence in the Revolutionary War, established a republican system of government and became a united people, with a shared history and national identity.
It is a story in which all Americans, whatever their background, can take pride. It is a great story, full of courageous men and women who risked their lives to create a new nation based on the idea that government should serve people and protect their freedom. All Americans share in the responsibility to fulfill the high ideals expressed in the Revolution.
The story of the American Revolution begins in our colonial past, when freedom as we understand it was not yet imagined. The people of colonial British America lived in a society characterized by deep and pervasive inequalities.
Women were subordinated to men, their talents stifled, their natural rights ignored and their civil rights denied. Indentured servitude was common and enslavement was practiced throughout the colonies, as it was through much of the Atlantic world. They were subjects of a king, not citizens of a republic. The wealthy and privileged among them had few opportunities to participate in government.
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