Landmark Court Case Project

Landmark Court Case Project

The Supreme Court: The U.S. Government is structured to be flexible. There are many opportunities for change and growth so that we as a society can keep current with our every changing world. Our laws must reflect our ever changing technologies, knowledge, innovations and advances. One way in which the government can change rules and regulations is through Federal Supreme Court rulings. The Supreme Court rulings are not only important because of the case which it has ruled upon, but because of the implications it has for all subsequent cases in equal or lesser courts. This is called establishing a precedent. Once a precedent is established we must follow it as law. Some of the most important cases have been, and will continue to be discussed in class.

Background: You have been assigned a court case in class. Your job is to make a poster that will tell the story of your case and what the implications are for that case. Ex – Plessy v. Ferguson established “Separate, but equal,” while Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka called for the desegregation of schools, essentially undoing the damage of Plessy v. Ferguson.

Directions: You will either create a social media page as a poster (i.e. facebook, Istagram, Twitter, SnapChat) or a comic book strip. Examples of each were shown in class. If you would like to create a social media page, please use the first rubric listed. If you would like to create a comic book strip, you should be using the second rubric. Both are provided below.

Rubric Checklist 1: SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE

Your Social Media Page must include all of the following:

o At least 6 “posts” to tell the story of what occurred in your court case

o At least 4 photos or visuals

o At least 1 geo-tag related to the topic

o At least 3 hash-tags related to the topic

o A point of view of either side of the court case

o Must answer the questions

o Who?

o What?

o Where?

o When?

o Why?

o How?

o Must include at least 3 friends or followers (could use the block feature as well.)

o Must show the outcome of the case

o Must have a short bio that includes from which perspective you are telling your story.

Rubric/Checklist 2: COMIC BOOK STRIP

You can use either the comic book strip template provided below (or a similar 6 cell template) or you can use the ComicBook Maker App. The link is also listed below. If you use the App option please be careful to save frequently. Sometimes Apps can be temperamental and you do not want to lose any of your hard work.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/comic-maker-hd/id649271605?mt=8

Your comic book page must include the following:

o It must be at least 12 cells long

o Each cell must have at least 1-2 sentences of dialogue.

o Must establish a setting – place and time

o Must tell the history behind the case

o Must tell what the eventual outcome was.