Description
Part 1:
Landmark Case Evaluation
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Fill in the notes for the landmark case you selected to connect with your topic in the previous lessons. You may use the official court documents for the case and articles written about the case to fill in the required information below.
Important Note: Be sure to paraphrase your research by writing your responses in your own words.
Basic Information
Title of landmark case(including case number):
Plaintiff:
Defendant:
Date case argued and decided:
Judgment Affirmed or Reversed:
Case Evaluation
Write three to five complete sentences to respond to each of the following items.
In your own words, explain the issue/charges being discussed:
In your own words, describe or explain the evidence presented during the arguments:
In your own words, summarize the conclusions of the judge/judges:
Explain the connection between the amendment and personal freedom topic for your informative/explanatory article:
Part 2:
Previously, you created a list of 12 sources to use in your research. Now, you will narrow that list to four to six sources in your annotated bibliography. Your annotated bibliography will include:
a minimum of one source related to the landmark court case you selected to relate to your topic
a minimum of one source related to an advocate’s statements related to your topic
a minimum of one source related to contemporary court cases related to your topic
a minimum of one multi-media source related to your topic (video, slideshow, infographic, or other multi-media source)
the citation for the amendment from the Bill of Rights you selected as your topic
Follow these steps to create your own annotated bibliography.
Step 1—Take Notes
Your notes will help you create the annotated bibliography entries. For each source, take notes on the following elements:
Citation information: consult Purdue Online Writing Lab to determine what details need to be recorded
Type of source: What type of source is it?
Key points: What information from this source seems the most important?
Connection to your topic: How does this source support your topic?
Usefulness to your topic: What information from this source would be most useful to include in your informative/explanatory article?
Step 2—Create a final annotated bibliography
Using the notes you completed in Step 1, create your final annotated bibliography for the four to six required sources.
For each source, the annotated bibliography entry will include:
the MLA citation
two sentences explaining what the source is and the information it contains
one sentence explaining how the source might be used in your informative / explanatory article
