1. Landmark Supreme Court Cases: (Insert Name of Case) DATES YOUR NAME

2. Background Information: Facts of the Case What is the case about? Where did it begin? What does the audience NEED to know?

3. How Did We Get Here? Facts of the Court(s) Beginning What Court? …Middle What Court(s)? …End Supreme Court

4. Constitutional Issue How does this case relate to the Constitution?

5. Supreme Court Decision Who was presiding? Who was chief justice at the time? What was the vote? Who voted which way?

6. Taking Sides – Supreme Court What were the Opinions of Each Side? MAJORITY *You can draw a line to divide the slide in half for better organization. (May include separate opinions) MINORITY (May include separate dissenting opinions)

7. Rationale Why did the Court vote the way it did? –Majority opinion –Dissenting opinion

8. Significance Why are we discussing it? How did it impact our country? What precedent did it set? Did it get over-ruled? Modified? Is it still good law?

9. What Do You Think? Write your opinion. –Do you agree/disagree with the Court’s decision? Why or why not?