Working alone or in small groups, find eight to ten people you know from two different age groups: (1) from your peers and friends or younger siblings; (2) from your parents’ and/or grandparents’ generations. (Do not choose students from your class.) Interview your subjects individually, either in person, by phone, or by e-mail, and ask them this question: If Congress were considering the following law—then read or type the First Amendment (see page 479), but don’t tell them what it is—would they approve? Then ask them to respond to the following series of questions, adding any other questions that you think would be appropriate:

1. Do you agree or disagree with the freedoms? Explain.

2. Which do you support, and which do you think are excessive or provide too much freedom?

3. Ask them if they recognize the law. Note how many identified it as the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and how many did not. Note the percentage from each age group.

4. Optional: Find out each person’s political leanings—Republican, Democrat, Independent, not sure, disaffected, apathetic, other, and so on.