Free Speech Collection

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45-Minute Lessons

Full Lessons 9–20 min

Classroom-ready 45-Minute Lessons with video, activities, assessments, and supporting resources.

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Life Behind the Berlin Wall

Would you be willing to risk it all for a better life?

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Question Everything – The Scientific Method

What do you do when your opinion differs from experts or peers?

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Read All About It!

Is the truth defined by your interpretation of facts and opinions?

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Scopes – Curriculum on Trial

Do you have to accept what is being taught in schools?

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Quick Hits

Short Videos

Short, right-to-the-point videos about free expression, censorship, propaganda, literacy, and access to ideas.

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Common Sense – The Art of Persuasion

Many factors led to the American colonies declaring independence from Great Britain. One of the most important was Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense.

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Digital Literacy

The Information Age has produced so much information at our fingertips—but how can we tell the good from the bad, the real from the fake?

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Fake Town – Propaganda

One-upmanship. Propaganda. It is a game that has been going on between North Korea and South Korea for some time.

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Galileo – Reach for the Stars

Galileo Galilei helped prove that the earth revolves around the sun. In doing so, he was sentenced as a heretic.

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George Orwell

George Orwell wrote extensively on totalitarianism. Many phrases he coined have become go-to words to describe propaganda and repression.

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Gutenberg Press

A book used to take years to be hand-scribed. Then the printing press made books faster, cheaper, and available to more people—and that changed the world.

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