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Supreme Court Case Study Rubric Supreme Court Case Study Rubric Supreme Court Case with educational impact Rubric Code: F22B4C7 By AmandaJo Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Law Type: Reflection Grade Levels: 9-12

Case Study
	Poor F equivalent 0 pts	Fair D equivalent 1 pts	Average C equivalent 2 pts	Good B equivalent 3 pts	Exemplary A equivalent 4 pts
Meets Basic Assignment Criteria
Understands Assignment 0 pts	Poor Submission shows no basic understanding of the nature of the case study assignment	Fair Submission shows very little understanding of the nature of the case study assignment	Average Submission shows a basic, but minimal understanding of the nature of the case study assignment	Good Submission demonstrates a solid understanding of the case study assignment	Exemplary Submision demonstrates a full and clear understanding of the case study assignment
Case Information
Case Facts 5 pts Identify the case and give the basic information surrounding it	Poor Identifies & understands almost none of the basic information	Fair Identifies & understands few of the basic case facts	Average Identifies & understands some of the case facts	Good Identifies & understands most of the case facts	Exemplary Identifies & understands the case, the parties involved, the time frame, and the reason it was heard at the Supreme Court
Case Background 5 pts Describe and analyze the history of the case in lower courts	Poor Identifies, demonstrates and/or understands none of the lower court trials that preceded the Supreme Court trial	Fair Identifies, demonstrates and/or understands few of the lower court trials that preceded the Supreme Court trial	Average Identifies, demonstrates and/or understands some of the lower court trials that preceded the Supreme Court trial	Good Identifies, demonstrates and/or understands most of the lower court trials that preceded the Supreme Court trial	Exemplary Identifies, demonstrates and/or understands all of the lower court trials that preceded the Supreme Court trial
Effects of Case 7.5 pts What were the effects of the case on the nation during the trial, on education or in any other area as a reult of the trial	Poor Analysis was only provided for one of the three areas (nation, education, and other)	Fair Marginal analysis of of the effects of ths case in two of the three areas (nation, education, and other)	Average Somewhat thorough analysis of the effects of ths case in two of the three areas (nation, education, and other)	Good Reasonably thorough analysis of each the effects of ths case in two of the three areas (nation, education, and other)	Exemplary Very thorough and insightful analysis of each the effects of ths case in all three areas (nation, education, and other)
Decisions
Decision 7.5 pts	Poor N/A	Fair N/A	Average N/A	Good N/A	Exemplary Explained the decision of the court, including all nine justices concurring and dissenting votes
Justice Analysis 7.5 pts	Poor Did not explain Justice's final recommendation	Fair Basic, unsupoprted explanation of all the justices' final recommendations	Average Logical explanation of all the justices' final recommendations	Good Offered a competent explanation with some support of all the justices' final recommendations	Exemplary Identified all possible causes or bias for each justice's final recommendation
Student Opinion on Decision 7.5 pts (personal reflection)	Poor Did not discuss personal opinion of case	Fair Concurred or dissented with Court's decision	Average Concurred or dissented with opinion only with student's personal opinion	Good Concurred or dissented and stated valid reasoning on student's personal decision.	Exemplary Concurred or dissented and stated valid reasoning and support on student's personal decision.
Writing Skills
Writing Errors 1 pts These errors include spelling, grammar, word usage, capitalization, sentence structure, etc.	Poor The document is difficult to read due to errors or misspellings	Fair Frequent compositional errors or misspellings, but the essay can be read and understood	Average More than occasional errors or misspellings that somewhat distract from the content	Good Occasional errors or misspellings that do not effect the meaning and content	Exemplary Writing has few, if any, compositional errors
Organization 1 pts	Poor The document is unorganized to the point being virtually unreadable	Fair The document is unorganized, but can be read	Average The document is somewhat organized	Good The document is fairly well organized	Exemplary The document is well organized and thought out

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