Landmark Supreme Court Case Project
Landmark Supreme Court Case Project
The Team
Work in pairs
The Product
Make a presentation about your 3 cases.
Your cases are
__________________________________ , __________________________________ & __________________________________
The Assignment
Part I. Background
In your project, make sure you convey all of the following information about your case
1. Who was involved?
2. What happened?
3. Where and when did it occur?
4. How & why was it brought to the Supreme Court?
Part II. The Supreme Court
In your project, be sure to describe and explain all of the following information about your case and how it moved through the Supreme Court
1. What was the Supreme Court ruling regarding your case?
2. Include the main arguments for both sides of the case, and the opinion of the court.
3. Explain why this is a landmark case.
4. Use at least five of the following judicial terms in your project
• Writ of certiorari
• Judicial Conference
• Oral arguments
• Amicus curiae
• Opinion of the court
The Format
• Your presentation should include at minimum (for each case):
o 501 words of text
o 2 photographs, pictures, maps, graphs, or charts
o 2 links
o Citations and credit all your sources (this can be an informal citation)
Part III: Multiple Choice Questions:
1. You must write 3 multiple choice questions with at least 5 answer choices. They must be legitimate questions concerning the context of the case, the decision, and/or its lasting influence, not something like “What is the title of the case?”
2. These are due either Wednesday Feb. 8 or Thursday Feb. 9th.
The Grade
You will be graded on: information, presentation, creativity (1/3 each).
Due
PRESENTATIONS BEGIN February 13th.
You will present your work and you will be expected to answer any questions students have. Students will fill in their Supreme Court Case Rubric as you explain your case, and you should be prepared to give them enough information to fill in their sheets completely. The questions will be used as part of the test over the unit.
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