First Amendment Crossword Puzzle: Freedom of Assembly & Petition (U.S. Government Puzzle Worksheets)

U.S. Government Worksheet Puzzle Focusing on the First Amendment: Freedom of Assembly and Freedom of Petition

These puzzles focus on helping students understand two key freedoms embedded in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution -- Assembly and Petition, along with the closely related right known as Association, which is implied but not stated in the text itself.

Differentiated Learning is Embedded in these First Amendment Crossword Puzzle Worksheets

This packet contains worksheets with two levels of difficulty to help teachers differentiate the material for their students. The first crossword included features a standard format with just the puzzle grid and the clues list.

The second crossword puzzle page, however, is intended for students that need learning aids – it also includes a Word Bank list that will assist students in filling out the puzzle by providing them with all of the possible answers. This “basic" level puzzle still requires students to think critically, though – they have to read each clue and figure out which word bank entry best suits it.


Teacher Convenience Features in these Freedom of Assembly & Petition Puzzle Worksheets

This packet includes a traditional crossword puzzle answer key that shows the words filled into their correct slots. However, to help teachers who want to conduct a class discussion on the terms, there is also an “Answer List” page that matches up the key words with their clues. This format means that teachers don’t have to hunt for answers on the grid when they are discussing items with the class!

27 Terms & Clues address the following concepts:

Alexis de Tocqueville
Assembly
Association
Back Pay as a topic for petitions sent to Congress
Bonus Army
Civil Rights Movement
Communist Party
Congress
Email as a method of petition
English Common Law
State constitution protection of the rights of assembly and petition
Gag Rule to prevent right of petition from being used
Herbert Hoover
House of Commons
The relationship between the colonies and the British Parliament
Magna Carta
Massachusetts
New York
Nondiscrimination
Petition
Preventing Riots
Organizations allowed to discriminate
Public Forum
Slavery
Supreme Court
Right of petition as a means for non-voters to be heard