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Supreme Court Case Case Brief Rubric 
Supreme Court Case Case Brief Rubric
Supreme Court Case with educational impact
Rubric Code: MXB4X73
By nrlee18
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Subject: Law  
Type: Project  
Grade Levels: 9-12

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  Poor

6 pts

Fair

7 pts

Average

8 pts

Good

9 pts

Exemplary

10 pts

Case Background
0 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
0 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)
Justice Opinions
0 pts

Poor

Did not explain Justice's final recommendation
Fair

Basic, unsupported explanation of all the justices' final opinions
Average

Logical explanation of all the justices' final opinions
Good

Offered a competent explanation with some support of all the justices' final opinions
Exemplary

Explained the decision of the court, including majority, concurring and dissenting opinions
Writing Errors
0 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
APA Format
0 pts

Reference Page
Poor

The document clearly does not comply with the basic requirments of APA format
Fair

The document shows some APA criterion
Average

The document demonstrates a basic level of APA criterion, but still contains major deficiencies
Good

The document demonstrates a solid understanding of the basic elements of APA formatting
Exemplary

APA format is followed for the entire paper, separate works cited page, correct font and spacing.
Visual representation
0 pts

Poor

-Little attempt to use color, design and space appropriately
-Design is dull
-Project has sloppy appearance
-Less than 5 relevant images, graphs, political cartoons, etc.
Fair

-Inappropriate use of color, design, and space
-Design lacks creativity
-Lack of harmonious design in presentation
-At least 7 relevant images, graphs, political cartoons, etc.
Average

-Adequate use of color, design, and space
-Design is adequate
-Overall design is mostly pleasing and harmonious
-At least 8 relevant images, graphs, political cartoons, etc.
Good

-Outstanding use of color, design, and space
-Original and creative design
Overall design is pleasing and harmonious
-Includes 9 relevant images, graphs, political cartoons
Exemplary

-Outstanding use of color, design, and space
-Original and creative design
-Overall design is pleasing and harmonious

Includes 10 or more relevant images, graphs, political cartoons
Compare/contrast
0 pts

Poor

The booklet compares
or contrasts, but does
not include both. There
is no supporting
information or support
is incomplete.
Fair

The booklet compares
and contrasts items
clearly, but the
supporting information
is incomplete. The
booklet may include
information that is not
relevant to the
comparison.
Average

The booklet compares
and contrasts items
clearly, but the
supporting information
is general. The booklet
includes only the
information relevant to
the comparison.
Good

The booklet compares
and contrasts items
clearly. The booklet
points examples to illustrate
the comparison. The
booklet includes some of the information relevant to the comparison.
Exemplary

The booklet compares
and contrasts items
clearly. The booklet
points to specific
examples to illustrate
the comparison. The
booklet includes only the information relevant to the comparison.






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