Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Court case assignment

Working in pairs or alone:

Choose a court case from the list in class (SIGN UP PARTNER ON CLASS LIST)

Prepare a 5 minute presentation for the class using your iPad.

Include the following:
     Title of Court Case
     Constitutional Issue (amendment protection argued in the case)
     Brief history of events leading up to the case
          Including: names, places, dates, fact pattern of events surrounding arrest or violation.  You need to make the circumstances clear
     Courts decision - (score( unanimous, 8-1, 7-2, etc)) majority opinion.  Was it a violation of rights or not? why?
     Quiz - something to test your audience. A hypothetical in which the class decides as the court would

Your presentation may be on notability or powerpoint, prezi, etc.  Needs to move, be engaging (not just a few slides with notes. (images of people, documents, places, are all relevant)

Due next Wednesday 1/21

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