Civics
for All of US

The First Amendment: Five Rights in One!

Grades 3-5
45 mins
A group of organizers of the "March on Washington" stand together around microphones and a group of press
Organizers of the "March on Washington" Speak to the Press, 8/28/1963.
Students will explore the First Amendment freedoms established in the Bill of Rights in this interactive and engaging civics program based on historical primary sources from the National Archives. Students will learn about the importance of First Amendment rights, identify examples in photographs and short written documents, and discover how to exercise those freedoms.

This Civics for All of US distance learning program is available for groups of 10 or more students free of charge. 

Each program will be led by one of our educators located at National Archives sites, the Center for Legislative Archives, and Presidential Libraries across the country. After submitting your program request, you will be connected to an available National Archives educator to confirm your reservation. 

We require that the requesting educator or another educator from your institution be present during the student distance learning program to observe the session and support classroom management.

Check out the teacher guide for this program for optional pre- and post program activities.

The First Amendment: Five Rights in One Teacher GuideDownload

Programs are also offered as regularly scheduled interactive webinars. Registration is required, but there is no minimum attendance prerequisite.

Questions? Please email civics@nara.gov.

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Select an available date and time. Program start time adjustments within the hour can be noted in the comments of the registration form.