Good Afternoon! Please take out your green DBQ packet and your brown DBQ rubric

HW- write your DBQ. Hit every single category in the rubric! Agenda PPAC Practice Survey Social Darwinism Objectives How do we analyze documents in a DBQ? What was Social Darwinism?

PPAC We have considered bias and reliability in documents all year long. Often the key question is: can we trust the information in this source? Purpose Point of view Audience Historical context

PPractice Document 1 Rockefeller, in his autobiography, claimed that Standard Oil benefited the American people due to technological innovations (Doc 1). It is critical to note that Rockefeller is writing and autobiography and his purpose would likely be to promote his image. With your partner, construct a PPAC sentence for Document 6

PPAC- Purpose, Point of View, Audience, Historical Context With your partner, construct a PPAC sentence for Document 6 On your own, practice one PPAC sentence.

Social Darwinism “Social Darwinism purportedly (said to be true, but not definitely true) explained, and justified, why some Americans grew rich while others remained poor...social Darwinism superimposed the brutal struggle for existence that supposedly dominate nature onto modern society, and underscored the principle of “survival of the fittest.”survival of the fittest -Out of Many, pg 655 “We take from the better and give to the worse…Let it be understood that we cannot go outside the alternative: liberty, inequality, survival of the fittest; not liberty, equality, survival of the unfittest. The former carries society forward and favors all its best members; the latter carries society downward and favors all its worst members.” --William Graham Sumner, social scientist, The Challenge of Facts, 1882

How do Robber Barons affirm (confirm, support) the theory of Social Darwinism? Give an example. Who in this time period would most likely disagree with the theory of Social Darwinism? (can be a group of people or a specific individual) Explain. What aspects of Mountain View High School affirm (confirm, support) the theory of Social Darwinism? What aspects of MVHS refute (disprove) the theory of Social Darwinism?