---
title: "ELAGSEJ.LE3: First Amendment Rights (Georgia English Language Arts standard)"
code: ELAGSEJ.LE3
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, English Language Arts, ELAGSEJ.LE3
subject: ela
grades:
  - grade-9
  - grade-10
  - grade-11
  - grade-12
language: en
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data_built: 2026-09-18
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up: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-9.md
index: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/index.md
---

# ELAGSEJ.LE3: First Amendment Rights

Recognize and analyze rights and responsibilities guaranteed by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. a. Develop an understanding of protected and unprotected speech as it applies to scholastic journalism. b. Study the interrelationships among the five freedoms: speech, press, religion, assembly and petition.

- Subject: English Language Arts
- Appears in: Grade 9, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-9.md
- Appears in: Grade 10, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-10.md
- Appears in: Grade 11, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-11.md
- Appears in: Grade 12, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-12.md

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.