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Lesson 1 Learning History and Its Sources Finalized

This lesson introduces the study of history and discusses what history is. It states that history is more than just memorizing dates and events, but understanding how ideas and societies have evolved over time. The lesson explains that history examines how our present culture and identities developed, especially through the influences of colonization. Studying history helps us understand the roots of modern issues by seeing the past through different perspectives. The lesson concludes by discussing primary and secondary sources that historians use to examine the past.

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Lesson 1 Learning History and Its Sources Finalized

This lesson introduces the study of history and discusses what history is. It states that history is more than just memorizing dates and events, but understanding how ideas and societies have evolved over time. The lesson explains that history examines how our present culture and identities developed, especially through the influences of colonization. Studying history helps us understand the roots of modern issues by seeing the past through different perspectives. The lesson concludes by discussing primary and secondary sources that historians use to examine the past.

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Lesson 1

Learning History
LESSON 1 - LEARNING OUTCOMES

THE STUDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO:


DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY
EVALUATE SAMPLE OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
SOURCES
WHAT IS
HISTORY
What is History?

• Many people think that history is merely a list of


names, dates, places, and “important” events.
• However, it is more than just knowing and
memorizing facts.
What is History?

• It is a historian’s duty to draw insights from the


ideas and realities that have shaped the lives of
men and women and society.
• History is the study of the beliefs and desires,
practices, and institutions of human beings.
• With this definition, HISTORY becomes an
active factor in the study of Philippine History.
• It also includes a look into the development of
Philippine culture through time especially with
the influences of the colonized period that
eventually shaped the present Philippine
identity.
Why study History?

• It is an examination of how we came to be who


we are.
Why study History?

• It means looking at the roots of modern


institutions, ideas, values, and problems.
• Looking at the past teaches us to see the world
through different eyes – appreciating the
diversity of human perceptions, beliefs, and
cultures.
• According to Louis Gottschalk, the English word
History is derived from the Greek noun, istoria,
meaning, LEARNING.
• While according to Aristotle,
• History meant a systematic account of a set of
natural phenomena, whether or not
chronological factoring was a factor in the
account.
• In the course of time, however, the equivalent
Latin word Scientia came to be used more
regularly to designate non-chronological
systematic accounts of natural phenomena,
and the word history was reserved usually for
accounts of phenomena (especially human
affairs) in chronological order.
• By its most common definition, the word
HISTORY now means “the past of mankind”
In this course,

• We are going to discuss the meaning and


sources of history,
• Magellan’s voyage around the world, the
Kartilya of the Katipunan
• Speech of President Corazon C. Aquino before
the joint session of the United States Congress,
in September 18, 1986
• The first cry of the revolution,
• The Rizal retraction
• Historical sites and landmarks recognized by
the national historical commission of the
Philippines,

• Philippine governance and revenue systems


• The Philippine Constitution,
• Agrarian reform
• And Taxation
Primary Sources

3. Old maps –
space and geography
trade routes
4. Structural build up
 4. Cartoons – political expression or propaganda

 5. material evidence of the prehistoric past like cave


drawings
 Old syllabaries
 Ancient writings

 6.Statistical tables, graphs, and charts


 7. Oral history or recordings by electronic means of
accounts of eyewitnesses or participants; the
recordings are then transcribed and used for research
• Published and unpublished primary
documents,

• Eyewitness accounts
• Other written sources
Secondary sources

• Gottschalk
• “the testimony of
anyone who is not an
eyewitness – that is of
one who was not
present at the event of
which he tells”
• Torres (2019)
• Batis: Sources in Philippine
History pp 1-12

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