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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Find the words by looking up,
down, backwards, forwards,
sideways and diagonally.
What is Free Speech?
Imagine being put into jail for
26 years because you criticized
y o u r g o v e r n m e n t . T h a t
happened to Nelson Mandela
when he criticized his country's
government for its policy of
apartheid (separating black and
white people).
When the American colonies
were under British rule in the
1700s, a man by the name of
John Peter Zenger was brought
to trial for publishing a
newspaper that criticized the
British government.
The leaders that started the
United States of America
created the Constitution to
protect people from these kinds
of injustices. With the First
A m e n d m e n t o f t h e U . S .
Constitution, they established
the freedom of both speech and
pr ess, as well as three other
freedoms.
Standards Link: Civics: Understand the purpose of the Constitution.
Can you find
where each
"censored"
word in this
article belongs?
INJUSTICES
FREEDOM
AMERICAN
PRESS
GOVERNMENT
PUBLISHING
CRITICIZED
PROTECT
Find the two bells that are the same.
People are urged to ring bells after reciting the Preamble. The
bell-ringing is being led from Valley Forge, PA where George
Washington had a camp during the Revolutionary War.
FREEDOM
CRITICISM
PRESS
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