Government Final 2016 - Landmark Court Case Website
Your Task: Create a Website on Google Sites or another free web-building site such as weebly.com and share your website with Mr. M via your class edmodo page and your student blog.
Theme: The theme of your website is to choose one of the major landmark court cases in American history to report on and present to Mr. M.
Step One: Build a “homepage”. The design of the website homepage is up to you, however consider it’s aesthetic appeal because your grade will be partially based on layout. You want visitors to linger at your site. Title your homepage the name of your landmark court case. Make sure your name is visible on the title page as well.
Step Two: Create a “toolbar” on your homepage that includes each of the following 9 buttons/tabs for “pages” you will create (title of your buttons/tabs are highlighted, yours must be the same and in the same order, number them if need be to order them correctly)…
The following rubric will cover the requirements for each page, the homepage, and further requirements in greater detail.
Government Final 2016 Scoring Rubric
Directions for Sharing: All final projects are due at the time of your class period on Thursday, May 26th. You must share the link to your website via edmodo and post the link on your student blog. You will be signing up for a specific time to present your website to Mr. M one on one in his classroom during the assigned “flex time”, exam time, and exam “make up” time (or other specified time if needed). During your presentation Mr. M will conduct an interview with you where will be asked to navigate your website at his discretion as he asks questions (and potentially fills out the rubric). *All “simple rubrics” are to be printed out and are due at the time of your class period on Thursday, May 26th.
Homepage Visuals
The home page has aesthetic appeal that would cause visitors to linger at your site.
____ /2 The background color/design compliments the foreground.
____ /5 At least three contextually correct visuals are embedded on the home page.
Homepage Text
The home page is easy to read and gives off an impression of the importance to American History of your landmark court case.
____ /3 The title of the website (name of your case, plus student full name).
____ /5 Nine buttons/tabs appear on the page so the reader can navigate to other pages (properly titled and in the correct order).
Page One (the FIRST button/tab): Summary of Case
____/5 Paragraph summary of the case on a whole. Paragraph successfully gives an overview of the history of the case on a whole. Includes the original case that led to the Supreme Court Case, the facts of the case etc.
Page Two (the SECOND button/tab): Plaintiff Point of View
____/5 Who was the Plaintiff(s), what was the basis of their case.
____/5 At least one contextually correct visual is embedded on the page.
Page Three (the THIRD button/tab): Defendant Point of View
____/5 Who was the Defendant(s), what was the basis of their defense.
____/5 At least one contextually correct visual is embedded on the page.
Page FOUR (the FOURTH button/tab): Supreme Court Ruling
____/5 What was the final ruling, final vote tally, and must include one quote by a Justice about the ruling.
Page FIVE (the FIFTH button/tab): Impact of Ruling
____/5 A well written paragraph describing how things changed as a result of this ruling, were any precedents set? What are the lasting effects, the legacy of this ruling, etc?
Page Six (the SIXTH button/tab): Amendments Involved
____/5 Which amendments were used in this case, give a brief summary of each.
Page Seven (the SEVENTH button/tab): Related Video
____/5 A related video must be properly embedded on this page. The video may relate to the case on a whole, or any specific topic you covered within your case.
____/5 Give a brief summary of the content of the video and how it relates to your case.
Page Eight (the EIGHTH button/tab): Reflection
____/10 A well written paragraph form essay highlighting all requirements of the essay…
Paragraph one: Reflect upon what things you liked the most about this course (you may also use this paragraph to comment on anything you disliked, if any, as well).
Paragraph two: Reflect upon this final project, what you learned, what you liked/disliked.
Paragraph three: How will your knowledge of Government help you in the future, and how will you continue to study Government even though you do not have a formal class?
Page Nine (the NINTH button/tab): Works Cited
____/5 Create a simple works cited page giving credit to all your sources of information.
TOTAL SCORE
____/80
A = 72-80 / B = 64-71 / C = 56-63 / D = 48-55
*You may post your website to your blog at any point in time. A “turn in box” will be posted on edmodo on Thursday, May 26th. You must turn in the link to your project (posted on your blog) on edmodo. When I open the link in edmodo, I want it to take me directly to your Final posted on your student blog so I can see that it is properly posted.
List of Supreme Court Cases to Choose From...
MARBURY V MADISON 1803
MCCULLOCH V MARYLAND 1819
GIBBONS V OGDEN 1824
CHEROKEE NATION V GEORGIA 1831
DRED SCOTT V SANFORD 1857
PLESSY V FERGUSON 1896
SCHENCK V UNITED STATES 1917
BROWN V BOARD OF EDUCATION, TOPEKA, KS 1954
MAPP V OHIO 1961
GIDEON V WAINWRIGHT 1963
GRISWOLD V CONNECTICUT 1965
MIRANDA V ARIZONA 1966
SHEPPARD V MAXWELL 1966
TINKER VS DES MOINES 1969
ROE V WADE 1973
REGENTS OF CA V BAKKE 1978
TEXAS V JOHNSON 1989
PRINTZ V UNITED STATES 1997
*Students are not necessarily limited to these cases (if you have another case in mind, you may seek permission from Mr. M to cover it instead of one from the list above).