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Research & Learn

Explore FIRE's library of resources and research on free speech and other civil liberties.

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2025 College Free Speech Rankings

The largest report of its kind, the 2025 College Free Speech Rankings draw from more than 58,000 student survey responses at 257 colleges and universities and are designed to help parents and prospective students choose the right school.

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National Speech Index

The National Speech Index is an ongoing weekly survey conducted by the Polarization Research Lab, which will allow researchers to track shifting free speech sentiment in America over time.

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Campus Deplatforming Database

This research documents the ways and reasons that deplatforming attempts, a form of intolerance motivated by more than just mere disagreement, occur on college and university campuses from 1998 to the present.

FIRE Guides to Student Rights on Campus

FIRE’s Guides to Student Rights on Campus emphasize the critical importance of rule of law and fair procedure over partisan and repressive rules.

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Supreme Court Cases

Explore First Amendment court cases, opinions, overview essays and more to learn about the culture and law of free speech in the United States.

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Materiales Educativos en Español

En este módulo de lección, encontrarás tres presentaciones en español que puedes usar para explicarles a tus estudiantes sobre los elementos filosóficos, históricos, y jurídicos de la Primera Enmienda de la Constitución Estadounidense.

Coronavirus and Free Speech

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Coronavirus and Free Speech Lesson

The world suddenly faces the daunting challenge of a viral pandemic. In this lesson, students consider how freedom of speech is essential to create an open scholarly climate.

Remote learning lesson

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Remote Learning Lesson

In this video lesson, students will explore the legal considerations and competing interests involved in social media censorship of “misinformation” about the coronavirus.

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The Emperor’s New Clothes Lesson

Using Hans Christian Andersen’s fable “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, this lesson examines the importance of thinking for oneself, even if everyone else disagrees.

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Constitution Day Lesson

FIRE has prepared a special Constitution Day Lesson to help educators communicate the background and value of their First Amendment Rights.

Frederick Douglass

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Black History Month Lesson

This featured lesson, centered on Frederick Douglass’ acclaimed defense of free expression entitled, “A plea for free speech in Boston,” is ideally suited for use during Black History Month.

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Women’s History Month Lesson

This character-building lesson, designed for Women’s History Month, offers students an empowering glimpse into the many achievements and profound emotional strength of one of America’s most admired First Ladies.

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Freedom of the Press and Newspaper Theft on Campus Lesson

In this mini-lesson, students will discover reasons why freedom of the press is important and why newspaper theft—an unfortunate incident that sometimes takes place on American college campuses—is wrong. Includes descriptions of actual newspaper heists.

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Free Speech in America vs. Other Countries Lesson

Drawing from the life and journey of NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom, this mini-lesson highlights the unique protections of the First Amendment in the United States in comparison with restrictions abroad.

Trucker lesson

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Truckers, Protests, Emergency Acts, and an American Convoy

Frustrated truck drivers—first in Canada, then in the United States—descended on national capitals in large, organized convoys to object to governmental covid requirements. Were they within their rights? Did they go too far?

Sign reading Right to Protest

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Right to Protest Lesson

The right to protest guarantees us the ability to use our free speech to voice opposition to things we disagree with.

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Freedom of Religion Lesson

The first right listed in the First Amendment is the freedom of religion. This unit explores what it means to have freedom from and freedom of religion through discussion of key issues such as the Lemon test and the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses.

People and speech bubbles

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Teaching Healthy Discourse

This unit provides students with information and strategies for engaging in meaningful conversations with their peers.

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Debate Activity Kit

Students who wish to be effective, persuasive communicators must develop argumentation skills.

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Handling Offensive Speech

This unit will address the social-emotional aspects of dealing with unwelcome but protected speech, and covers ways that students can build resilience, refutation, self-advocacy, and coping skills.

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