About This Lesson
After this lesson, students will be able to: define and contextualize the term “free expression;" recognize the importance of maintaining free expression as a universal human right and as the foundation of a democratic society; examine and analyze the role of writers, poets, playwrights, journalists and essayists in the maintenance of free expression as a human right. This lesson plan was produced by New York State United Teachers in partnership with the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. Aligned to CCSS: RH.9-10.1, RH.9-10.2, RH.9-10.7, RH.9-10.9
