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Supreme Court Case Research

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: Y5AX74

By priskki

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Subject: Law

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; include dissent	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.
Prior Court Trial Decisions	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
Bibliography	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent