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Fundamental Rights
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How many tickles does it take to make an octopus laugh?
Tentacles
Standard: 3b
Essential Understandings: The Constitution of the U.S. establishes and protects the citizens’ fundamental rights and liberties. Few, if any, are considered absolute.
Essential Questions: What fundamental rights and liberties are guaranteed in the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the U.S.?
Vocabulary: First Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Freedoms of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
Candy QuestionsCandy Questions
Which fundamental foundation of government goes with
this picture?
Bob McDonnell Bob McDonnell arrested and arrested and
sentenced to two sentenced to two years in prison for years in prison for
bribery.bribery.
What civics vocabulary word from the word
wall means “people people rulerule”?
Which early American document
affirms individual worth and
dignity of all people?
Which early American document maintained that major
powers would reside
with the states?
Why did Congress
write campaign
finance laws?
Where do we look to find out the differences between parties and what each party stands
for?
What purpose of government
according to the Preamble is being
fulfilled when governors of two
states work together to solve
a problem?
Which purpose of government
according to the U.S. Constitution is being fulfilled
when the flu shot is given to
students and teachers for free?
What is the main job of a
PAC (Political Action
Committee)?
Who must ratify
amendments to the Virginia
State Constitution?
The Constitution of the United States of America establishes and protects the citizen’s fundamental rights and liberties. Few rights, if
any, are considered absolute.
The First and Fourteenth Amendments provide these
fundamental rights and liberties.
Religion
Government may not establish an official
religion, nor endorse, or unduly interfere with
the free exercise of religion.
Speech
Individuals are free to express their opinions
and beliefs.
Press
The press has the right to gather and
publish information, including that which
criticizes the government.
Assembly
Individuals may peacefully gather.
Petition
Individuals have the right to make their views known
to public officials.
Fourteenth Amendment
• Extends the due process protection to actions of the states.
Where do our
individual rights end?
Our individual rights end where someone else’s rights
begin.
On the left hand side of your notebook, please draw a hand and use that to illustrate the five First
Amendment freedoms.
