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Recent Supreme Court Cases

Students will research 28 Key Supreme Court cases (given) and provide the case history, parties involved, justices' opinions, and the outcome of the decision.

Rubric Code: V52779

By emilypfuselier

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Subject: Social Sciences

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Recent Supreme Court Cases
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 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 partial detail, who, what, when, where, why are mostly answered.	Excellent 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 most parties of case are described and listed.	Excellent 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 partially detailed.	Excellent 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 partial detail.	Excellent The outcome of the decsion is described in full detail.
28 Cases	Poor There is evidence of only 1-7 court cases.	Fair There is evidence of 8-14 court cases.	Good There is evidence of 15-22 court cases.	Excellent There is evidence of the 28 required court cases.
Newspaper Article	Poor The article is very difficult to read, no direction, hard to follow.	Fair The article is titled, but a little difficult to follow, not clearly organized, a little hard to follow.	Good The article is clearly titled, most aspectes of the assignement is present, neat, easy to read.	Excellent The article is clearly titled, all aspectes of the assignement is present, neat, easy to read.