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American Government American Government Students should be able to Identify the main features of the American government system and explain in detail how these systems work together to provide stability in government Rubric Code: FXB98W5 By bigdawg Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Political Science Type: Exam Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Concept
	Exemplary 4 pts	Excellent 3 pts	Acceptable 2 pts	Unacceptable 0 pts
Declaration of Independence	Exemplary An in-depth understanding of the concepts & principles underlying the formation of the Declaration of Independence and Thomas Jefferson	Excellent Demonstrated working knowledge of the Declaration of Independence	Acceptable An basic understanding of the concepts & principles of the Declaration of Independence	Unacceptable Failed to Demonstrate any acceptable understanding of the concepts & principles underlying the Declaration of Independence
Civil Rights Act of 1964	Exemplary An in-depth knowledge of Voting and the Civil Rights Act, the history behind the Act and how voting affects government and equality for all.	Excellent A thorough understanding of the concepts & principles underlying the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as it relates to voting in America	Acceptable An acceptable understanding of the concepts & principles und	Unacceptable An unacceptable understanding of the concepts & principles underlying American Federalism
Seperation of powers	Exemplary An in-depth understanding of the concepts & principles of Checks and Balance as established by the U.S. constitution being able to explain each in detail.	Excellent A thorough understanding of the concepts & principles of checks and balances	Acceptable Working knowledge of checks and balances as used by the 3 branches of government.	Unacceptable Unable to demonstrate any working knowledge of checks and balances
Thomas Jefferson	Exemplary An in-depth understanding of the life of Thomas Jefferson and the founding fathers to include his political views on slavery as it relates to the Declaration of Independence	Excellent A thorough understanding of Thomas Jefferson as it relates to the slavery and the Declaration of Independence	Acceptable Working basic knowledge of Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence	Unacceptable Failed to demonstrate any knowledge of Thomas Jeffson
How a Bill becomes a law	Exemplary An in-depth understanding of the legislative process of how an idea becomes a law from start to finish.	Excellent Able to effectively demonstrate the basic process of how laws are developed.	Acceptable Basic working knowledge of how a bill becomes a law.	Unacceptable Unable to convey any knowledge of how a bill becomes a law