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First Amendment and the Future

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Learners read the Knight report and discuss key findings before deciding what aspects of the findings students can replicate in their own school and conduct a survey. They write survey questions and test them on sample group before giving to experimental population. They analyze the data and write a staff editorial on the results.

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journalism, the first amendment, constitutional amendments, freedom of speech, freedoms

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first amendment, free speech, journalism, english language arts
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7th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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