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First Amendment Schools
URL: http://www.firstamendmentschools.org

Description:
This "is a national initiative designed to transform how schools model and teach the rights and responsibilities of citizenship that frame civic life in our democracy." It provides FAQs and summaries of important court cases relating to the "Five Freedoms": religious liberty, speech, press, assembly, and petition. Also includes lesson plans, sample school policies, news, and links to related sites. Searchable.

Publisher:
First Amendment Schools (FAS)

Extra Keywords
Constitution

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Civics -- Study and teaching
Political participation -- United States
Political rights -- United States
United States. Constitution

LII Database Information:
Record 7588 created by Ray Van Diest on 11/05/2004
Last modification on 06/23/2006
Published: 11/05/2004  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/7588