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Does freedom of speech need to be absolute or do restrictions to free speech threaten our democracy?
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1. Five Freedoms
a. What rights are protected under the First Amendment?

B. What would be a violation of someone’s First Amendment rights?


2. NOT ALL SPEECH IS PROTECTED
List FIVE examples of speech that is not protected by the First Amendment


3. Why is Free Speech  Essential to Self-Government

A. WHAT DID JAMES MADISON BELIEVE PEOPLE “OWNED” AS A NATURAL RIGHT, AND WHY IS SUCH A RIGHT PROTECTED IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS? 
 
b. HOW DOES THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH HELP TO CREATE A MORE PEACEFUL AND STABLE SOCIETY? 
 
c. HOW DOES THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH FOSTER A SELF-GOVERNING SOCIETY? 
 
d. WHAT TYPES OF SPEECH, IF ANY, DOES THE FIRST AMENDMENT NOT PROTECT? 
 
e. IN WHAT WAYS IS THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH IMPORTANT IN YOUR DAILY LIFE?  (2-3 SENTENCES)



4. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District 
According to the Supreme Court decision in Tinker v Des Moines (1969), why DOES a prohibition against the wearing of armbands in a public school, as a form of symbolic protest, violate students' freedom of speech protections guaranteed by the First Amendment?

MARY BETH TINKER ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT

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Freedom of Speech - HuffPost
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