Government Project

Homework:

• Pick a supreme court case to do your project on. You can look on page 799 at Supreme Court Cases in your book or look on the internet. 
• Email your group members... showing that you can get in contact with them. 

GROUPS:

Erica

Danielle

Larry

Zarrius

Aphrodite

Yasmine

Adlah

Jordan 

William

Here is the powerpoint instructions about your project:
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B2mk7v8cXovLYTQ1ZDgwNTQtYTQ3NC00Y2VhLTkwZjgtZGVmMzgyZGU5OTdj&hl=en_US

PROJECT 2: US Supreme Court Case

Due Date: November 15, 2011

Library Dates:  October 25th, 27th and November 3rd   

On November 15th , we will meet in the library where you will upload your paper to “turnitin.com” and hand in a hard copy to me. We will then make presentations.

Cover Sheet

“Title”

by

Your Name

Presented to:

Ms. Sugarmon

 

In Partial Fulfillment of U.S. Government

_______ Period

   The following has been done to the best of my ability under the conditions specified for the assignment. The work is my own and credit has been given for the sources used in the research.

 Name:_________________________________________Date:___________________

Content of Paper:

Preface of your paper

     -Explain society’s morals (societal beliefs). 

     -What was going on in society at the time of the case.

Summarize Case

State both majority (opinion of the court) and dissenting (minority opinion) opinion of the court

State your opinion

     -Do you agree w/the majority or dissenting opinion? 

     -Support your position w/ at least 3 facts and/or examples.

FORMAT of your paper

PAPER MUST BE TYPED

PAPER LENGTH: 2 Pages Typed

MARGINS: 1” top, bottom, left, right

FONT: Times New Roman Font Size 12

SAVE PAPER: As “Rich Text” format

             (universal format which will enable you to open your paper regardless of program)

SOURCES: Must have 3

Must have a: TITLE PAGE and a REFERENCE PAGE

Points will be taken off if you:

1.use contractions.

2.use personal titles

3.use slang

4.use initials first without writing out names in full – ex. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

5.do not numbers under 100 spell out

6.use only first names

7.use quotes

8.have spelling errors

9.have grammatical errors

Presentation

Group presentation must be at least 3minutes per person (will be timed)

Media will include:

•PowerPoint Presentation

sTraditional – Must have at least 5 slides

sHonors – Must have at least 10 slides

•Brochure about the case (Cite Sources…APA format)

•Other forms of media which may include:

sPoems, songs, skits, raps, diagrams, handouts, etc. Be creative! No word searches!