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Manifest Destiny & Westward Expansion Manifest Destiny & Westward Expansion Students are required to take classroom data as well as credible out side sources for the process of forming an opinion as to whether it was right or okay for the American settler to move west under the Manifest Destiny vision. Student will write an APA formatted paper. The paper will be submitted for instructor grading through the guidelines of this rubric. Rubric Code: SX3A362 By shatcher46 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: History Type: Assignment Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Manifest Destiny & Move West
	Below Average (F) 25 pts	Average (C) 50 pts	Excellent (A) 75 pts
Content	Below Average (F) Very little sources sited and lacks key words presented in classroom discussions and materials. Poorly put together.	Average (C) Utilizes some classroom data with 2 or more cited sources. Content is not completely accurate.	Excellent (A) Utilizes classroom data as well as at least three or more cited sources in addition to textbook. All the key topics are discussed with critical thought. Uses good grammar and proper citations.
Explanation of Ideology	Below Average (F) Lacks a sufficient explanation of the ideology associated with social movement. Historically inaccurate.	Average (C) Contains a brief explanation of the ideology associated with social movement. May be historically inaccurate.	Excellent (A) Contains a detailed explanation of the ideology associated with social movement, westward expansion, Manifest Destiny and all required topics. Is historically accurate.
Paper	Below Average (F) No clear discussion with critical thought has been presented in paper. Data is based solely off of personal opinion, lacks facts, and has no credible sources backing claims.	Average (C) Discussion has some historical accuracy, however consists primarily off of personal opinion with little credible sources.	Excellent (A) Paper covers all required topics with critical thought discussions based off of accurate historical data and supported with the required amount of scholarly references to include the textbook. Paper uses correct APA formatting for body of paper, all in-text citations, and reference page