Anchor Papers ~ Government ~ Item 21


	Item 21 Anchor Papers

Look at the chart below.

Describe how the Fourteenth Amendment was the basis for these Supreme Court rulings.
Was additional Supreme Court action necessary after the Brown decision? Explain why or why not.
Explain how these decisions affect public education today.
Include details and examples to support your answer.

Write your answer on the lines in your Answer Book.

Score Level 1 Anchor Paper
This response is related to the question and shows only minimal knowledge. An appropriate, relevant idea is given (everyone is learning in an equal environment), along with a few skeletal fragments (all dealt with either segregation or integration; broke the law by segregating); however, these ideas are unconnected and incomplete.
Score Level 1 Anchor Paper
This response addresses the question, particularly in regard to the Brown v. Board of Education decision, but shows only minimal knowledge of the content. Although fragmented ideas are included (because of the color of her skin; that way we are in school together; all races are equal), these ideas are vague, incomplete, and repetitive.
Score Level 2 Anchor Paper
This response shows knowledge of the Fourteenth Amendment’s impact and the subsequent Supreme Court rulings. Several unsupported key ideas (protects all individuals and ensures equality; court cases protect that amendment; necessary because... states refused to obey) are given.
Score Level 2 Anchor Paper
This response shows knowledge of the Fourteenth Amendment’s impact and the subsequent Supreme Court rulings. The relevant example (if Plessy v. Ferguson was never overturned, then blacks and whites and all other ethnic groups would be forced to attend separate schools) gives some support to other, more basic ideas (looked to the words of the Fourteenth Amendment; every person is equal; decisions make it possible for everyone to go to school together and get the same education).
Score Level 3 Anchor Paper
This response shows some understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment’s impact and the subsequent Supreme Court rulings. The student explains how the Court has interpreted and reinforced its interpretations of the Fourteenth Amendment over time (over the past fifty years, the U.S. Supreme Court has tried to change American ideology; went from having separate schools for African Americans to having to integrate schools). Accurate, supported concepts are utilized to analyze these changes (does not happen overnight; had to be convinced that they could freely join ‘white schools;’ Southern states especially). Demonstrating an appropriate application of higher order thinking skills, the student provides an evaluation of the impact (lifted a burden off of the African American society; these cases do not just end at the school walls).
Score Level 3 Anchor Paper
This response shows some understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment’s impact and the subsequent Supreme Court rulings. Using a strong, accurate knowledge base, the student supports and builds towards an evaluative conclusion (without all of these decisions, public education would most likely still be segregated; our country wouldn’t be the free and equal place it is today). This evaluation demonstrates both higher order thinking and some understanding of the complexities of the question.
Score Level 4 Anchor Paper
This insightful response shows understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment’s impact and the subsequent Supreme Court rulings. By contrasting the benefits of public education as it exists today (allows…schools to have a very wide and large diversity of students who experience each others’ cultures and learn about each other) with the drawbacks of how it might have been without such rulings, the student provides a powerful comparative analysis and strong evidence of higher order thinking.

Anchor Papers ~ Government ~ Item 21

Look at the chart below.

Describe how the Fourteenth Amendment was the basis for these Supreme Court rulings.
Was additional Supreme Court action necessary after the Brown decision? Explain why or why not.
Explain how these decisions affect public education today.
Include details and examples to support your answer.

Write your answer on the lines in your Answer Book.

Score Level 1 Anchor Paper
This response is related to the question and shows only minimal knowledge. An appropriate, relevant idea is given (everyone is learning in an equal environment), along with a few skeletal fragments (all dealt with either segregation or integration; broke the law by segregating); however, these ideas are unconnected and incomplete.

Score Level 1 Anchor Paper
This response addresses the question, particularly in regard to the Brown v. Board of Education decision, but shows only minimal knowledge of the content. Although fragmented ideas are included (because of the color of her skin; that way we are in school together; all races are equal), these ideas are vague, incomplete, and repetitive.

Score Level 2 Anchor Paper
This response shows knowledge of the Fourteenth Amendment’s impact and the subsequent Supreme Court rulings. Several unsupported key ideas (protects all individuals and ensures equality; court cases protect that amendment; necessary because... states refused to obey) are given.

Score Level 2 Anchor Paper

This response shows knowledge of the Fourteenth Amendment’s impact and the subsequent Supreme Court rulings. The relevant example (if Plessy v. Ferguson was never overturned, then blacks and whites and all other ethnic groups would be forced to attend separate schools) gives some support to other, more basic ideas (looked to the words of the Fourteenth Amendment; every person is equal; decisions make it possible for everyone to go to school together and get the same education).

Score Level 3 Anchor Paper

This response shows some understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment’s impact and the subsequent Supreme Court rulings. The student explains how the Court has interpreted and reinforced its interpretations of the Fourteenth Amendment over time (over the past fifty years, the U.S. Supreme Court has tried to change American ideology; went from having separate schools for African Americans to having to integrate schools). Accurate, supported concepts are utilized to analyze these changes (does not happen overnight; had to be convinced that they could freely join ‘white schools;’ Southern states especially). Demonstrating an appropriate application of higher order thinking skills, the student provides an evaluation of the impact (lifted a burden off of the African American society; these cases do not just end at the school walls).

Score Level 3 Anchor Paper

This response shows some understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment’s impact and the subsequent Supreme Court rulings. Using a strong, accurate knowledge base, the student supports and builds towards an evaluative conclusion (without all of these decisions, public education would most likely still be segregated; our country wouldn’t be the free and equal place it is today). This evaluation demonstrates both higher order thinking and some understanding of the complexities of the question.

Score Level 4 Anchor Paper

This insightful response shows understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment’s impact and the subsequent Supreme Court rulings. By contrasting the benefits of public education as it exists today (allows…schools to have a very wide and large diversity of students who experience each others’ cultures and learn about each other) with the drawbacks of how it might have been without such rulings, the student provides a powerful comparative analysis and strong evidence of higher order thinking.