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Recent Supreme Court Cases

Students will research five recent Supreme Court cases and provide the case history, parties involved, justices' opinions, and the outcome of the decision.

Rubric Code: BX56XX

By mdunham

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Subject: Social Sciences

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Recent Supreme Court Cases
	Poor 2 pts	Fair 7 pts	Good 10 pts
History of Case	Poor No details of case history is present.	Fair Some detail of case is present, could have used more information.	Good Case is described in detail, who, what, when, where, why are answered.
Parties Involved	Poor No parties to the case were mentioned.	Fair Some parties are mentioned, left out some information.	Good All parties of case are described and listed.
Justices' Opinions	Poor No Justices; opinions were detailed, no information provided.	Fair Some of the Justices' opinions are mentioned, need more information.	Good Justices' opinions are fully detailed.
Outcome of Decision	Poor The outcome is not mentioned, no information provided.	Fair The outcome is vaguely discussed, needs more information.	Good The outcome of the decsion is described in full detail.
Five Cases	Poor There is evidence of only 1-2 court cases.	Fair There is evidence of 3-4 court cases.	Good There is evidence of the five required court cases.
Poster	Poor The poster is very difficult to read, no direction, hard to follow.	Fair The poster is labeled but a little difficult to follow, not clearly labeled, a little hard to follow.	Good The poster is clearly labeled, all aspectes of the assignement is present, neat, easy to read.