Understanding the First Amendment
A worksheet for 6th graders to learn about the five freedoms protected by the First Amendment: religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
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Understanding the First Amendment
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you understand the five important freedoms protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
1. The First Amendment is part of which important document?
The Declaration of Independence
The U.S. Constitution
The Bill of Rights
Both b and c
2. The First Amendment protects five basic freedoms: religion, speech, press, , and .
3. The freedom of means you can believe in any religion, or no religion at all.
4. Explain in your own words what "freedom of speech" means.
5. The freedom of the press means that newspapers and news channels can print or broadcast anything they want, even if it's not true.
True
False
6. Match each freedom with its definition.
a. Freedom of Assembly
i. People can ask the government to change things.
b. Freedom of Petition
ii. People can gather peacefully in groups.
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