How did we get the First Amendment? from Jim Stovall on Vimeo.
University of Tennessee professor Dwight Teeter talks about how the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution came about.
Other discussions of the First Amendment on JPROF.com:
- How we got the First Amendment (video with Dr. Dwight Teeter)
- The First Amendment, Luther Baldwin and the Alien and Sedition Acts (video with Dr. Dwight Teeter)
- The nationalization of the First Amendment (video with Dr. Dwight Teeter)
- The First Amendment in times of crisis (video with Dr. Dwight Teeter)
- The First Amendment today (video with Dr. Dwight Teeter)
Discussion questions for you and your students
- Does anything that Dr. Teeter says about the First Amendment surprise you?
- Many people have said the First Amendment is the first one in the Constitution because it is the most important. What does Dr. Teeter say about that?
- Why were the freedoms protected by the First Amendment not included in the original draft of the U.S. Constitution?
- Who were the Anti-Federalists? Can you name any of them?
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Tags: Anti-Federalists, Dwight Teeter, First Amendment, Founding Fathers, James Madison