Honors Civics and Economics

Landmark Supreme Court Cases Weebly Project

Objective: Over the course of American history it has fallen to the Supreme Court of the
United States to make rulings on controversial issues which have then affected change
across the entire nation. The bulk of the cases that have become nationally and
historically famous are centered around the constitutional rights of citizens and how they
should be protected. For this assignment you will be given a court case to research and
upon completion will present your findings to the class.
Instructions: Once you have been assigned your landmark court case you will research it
and create a Weebly page that follows the guidelines below. On the due date you and your
classmates will review each others pages and complete follow-up questions based on
them.
Weebly Requirements:
Home Page: Landmark court case name and student name (first name only)
Background Page: Year, plaintiff, defendant, description of complaint/event
Case Page: Explanation of the constitutional issue being looked at within the case
Ruling Page: Decision of the court, vote ratio, summarization of opinions (majority,
concurring, dissenting, unanimous)
Impact Page: Immediate impact on American society and/or government as well as the
long-lasting impact on America
Follow-Up Page: Includes two teacher provided questions as well as one student created
question that is thought provoking and those visiting your page should be able to
answer. See back for more info.
* You must have visuals on each page with explanations, with the exception of Home
and Follow-Up pages
* You must include citations at the bottom of each page
Grading Rubric:
Content: Visuals
and Information
+ (50 points)
(25 points)
- (0 points)

Content: Overall
Weebly
+ (20 points)
(10 points)
- (0 points)

No information is
present or all
information is
incorrect. No visuals
are included in the
Weebly. Student
created follow-up
question is missing or
extremely low level.

Citations are not

included on every
page. Layout of page
is extremely
confusing. Vocabulary
and grammatical
errors are rampant
throughout Weebly.
Very difficult or

Only half of the

information is present
or half is correct. Only
half of the pages have
visuals or all have
visuals but none are
explained.
Student created
follow-up question
does not require
reader to think
deeply.
Layout of page is
slightly challenging.
Content is written
poorly and it is not
easy for someone
with no background
knowledge to
understand.
Colors/theme are a bit

+
All information is
present, thorough,
and correct. All pages
have relevant visuals
and each is explained.
Student created
follow-up question is
thought-provoking.

Citations are included

on every page. Layout
of page is easy to
follow and navigate
through. Language is
easy to understand
with few or no
grammatical errors.
Colors/theme fit well

Honors Civics and Economics

Landmark Supreme Court Cases Weebly Project

Follow-Up
Answers
+ (30 points)
(15 points)
- (0 points)

impossible to
understand.
Colors/theme make it
hard to read content.
Follow-up questions
are not completed at
all or answers have
been copied directly
from page

distracting or make it
hard to see some
content.

together and lend to

easy readability.

Follow-up questions
for half the required
Weeblys are complete
or all are completed
in poor fashion

Follow-up questions
for THREE classmates
Weeblys are
answered in
complete, quality
sentences

Required Follow-Up Questions: Each of these follow-up questions should be included on the
Follow-Up Questions page on your Weebly. Your classmates should be able to easily
answer these questions based on the information given to them on the other pages of
your Weebly.
1. Explain what constitutional right was being violated and how it was violated
according to the plaintiff of the case.
2. Looking through the various opinions of the Supreme Court Justices; explain which
one you agree with the most and why.
*If your case has a unanimous decision, use the following question: Do you agree or
disagree with the decision of this case? Explain your reasoning.
3. Student Created Question: The question that you create must provoke deep thought
from your classmates and require more than a simple answer. It can be a factual
question similar to number 1 or an opinion based question similar to number 2, but it
must provoke thought and it must be able to be answered based on the information that
you provided to them.

Potential Court Cases: These will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis. If someone
has already chosen your desired court case then you will have to choose another.
McCulloch v. Maryland
Gibbons v. Ogden
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Miranda v. Arizona
Plessy v. Ferguson
Korematsu v. United States
Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
Mapp v. Ohio
Gideon v. Wainwright
Engel v. Vitale
Reynolds v. Sims
In re Gault
Tinker v. Des Moines
Roe v. Wade
Texas v. Johnson

Honors Civics and Economics

Landmark Supreme Court Cases Weebly Project
New Jersey v. T.L.O.
Furman v. Georgia
Regents of California v. Bakke
Bethel School District v. Frasier
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
Heart of Atlanta v. United States
U.S. v. Nixon
Leandro v. North Carolina