I choose to research the question “what is Freedom of Speech and how does it work?” because I wanted to know what kinds of speech is free and what kinds of speech is prohibited. I also wanted to research Freedom of Speech because Freedom of Speech is the thing that gives us the ability to express our opinions without government restraint. Being able to freely speak and express opinions without government restraint is important so I wanted to deeply research Freedom of Speech.

In this project, I found finding resources challenging. I also found that getting information that isn’t the same was challenging because I went to different websites and some of the websites said similar things about Freedom of Speech. For example, history.com said, “While freedom of speech pertains mostly to the spoken or written word, it also protects some forms of symbolic speech. Symbolic speech is an action that expresses an idea.” And Legal Information Institute said, “You can exercise the freedom of speech is a direct (in words) or a symbolic (in an action) way.”

Overall I think I did a good job explaining my question and what I learned in my screencast, I answered my question, and I explained what is allowed in free speech and what speech is prohibited.