Chapter 7 Internet Assignment

1. Research and present a 5-10 minute power point slide show on the
  President/VP hopeful and political party that you picked in class. 

2. Your presentation must include the following :

          A. What is the history of the political party you picked.
          B. What are your political party’s views on the issues.
          C. Use pictures, quotes, interesting facts, graphs, charts, maps,
            and anything that helps convey the importance of your topic.
          D. Information and background on the President/VP candidate.
          E. Any other valuable information you find.

3. What you need to do to get a good grade on this assignment.

          A. At least a 10 slide power point (With pictures)(Videos??)
          B. Good presentation skills
          C. Good Research!! Four good resources. Use credible sources.
          D. Title page – Topic, name, date, teacher, and class
          E. Hard Copy – Turn in hard(printed)copy of slides
          F. Bibliography – Cite your four resources
          G. Accurate, well-organized information
          H. Present and turn it in on time!!

4. How I will grade your assignment :

          A. 10pts. – Presentation- eye contact, volume, confidence,
                      grammar, prepared, and knowledge of topic.
          B. 10pts. – Length/Quality of slides- creative, time, good pics,
                      use of background, colors, layout, and extras 
          C. 10pts. – Information/Resources- text/font, grammar, spelling,
                      credible/accurate info, content, sources used 
          D. 10pts. – Title page/Hard copy of slides/Bibliography- cited
                      properly, turned in on time, all info included

6. Points – 40 points
  Good luck and do a good job!!!!


Civics (9) – Chapter 8 internet assignment

1. Find the following information about our NINE U.S. Supreme Court justices?

      A. Name

      B. Position

      C. State appointed from

      D. Appointed by which President

      E. When appointed

      F. Born when

      G. Born where

2. Find the following information about our SEVEN Minnesota Supreme Court
justices.

      A. Name

      B. Position

      C. Born when

      D. Born where

3. Use Website page #11 to research a landmark Supreme Court case in our
nation’s history.  You can chose from any of the cases listed on the left-hand
margin of the page. Include the following information.

    Pick a case that occurred AFTER 1960.

      A. Name of the case?

      B. What year the case took place?

      C. What is the docket number of the case?

      D. Short essay describing what the case was about.

      E. How did the vote go? (Ex. 8-1 or 5-4)

      F. Who argued for the plaintiff?

      G. Who argued for the defendant?

      H. Who gave the majority opinion?

    Pick a case that occurred BEFORE 1960.

      A. Name of the case.

      B. What year did the case take place?

      C. Short essay describing what the case was about.

      D. How did the vote go?

      E. Who gave the majority opinion?

4. Attach your typed or written answers to the Google Form located on Google Classroom.
    Due Date – Thursday, May 7th
    Points – 30pts