Lesson 30: How Does the First Amendment Protect Freedom to Assemble, Petition, and Associate?
What is the importance of the rights to assemble, petition and associate? (Video)
Importance of the rights to assemble, petition, and associate; relationship of those rights to freedom of expression; their importance to the Founders; Magna Carta; English Bill of Rights of 1689.
Student Questions: Unit 5, Lesson 30, Sections 1-5 (pdf download)
What are some common forms of petition? (Video)
Common forms of petition.
What are some examples of effective assemblies and petitions? (Video)
History of effective assemblies and petitions.
What limitations can government put on the right to assembly? (Video)
Governmental limitations on the right to assembly.
How is the right to associate protected? (Video)
Protection of the right to associate; the right not to associate; the right to associate in public versus private situations; relationship to free and open government.
Freedom of Assembly (Video)
A description of the right of assembly.
MLK: March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom (Video)
Just one hundred years after Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation to free the slaves, 200,000 march in Washington to rally for civil rights and to urge Congress to pass the Civil Rights Bill.
School Prayer, Gun Control, and the Right To Assemble (Video)
A video describing the right to assemble by Annenberg Media.
