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Understanding Philippine History Sources

This document provides an introduction to a course on learning Philippine history. It discusses the meaning and relevance of history, and outlines two learning outcomes of appreciating the meaning and relevance of history and engaging deeper with the country's rich history and culture. It defines what history is, why studying history is important, and the meaning of the term "history" according to various historians. Key sources on Philippine history are also referenced.

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Understanding Philippine History Sources

This document provides an introduction to a course on learning Philippine history. It discusses the meaning and relevance of history, and outlines two learning outcomes of appreciating the meaning and relevance of history and engaging deeper with the country's rich history and culture. It defines what history is, why studying history is important, and the meaning of the term "history" according to various historians. Key sources on Philippine history are also referenced.

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CHAPTER I: Meaning and Relevance of History; Distinction of Primary

Secondary Sources; External and Internal Criticisms; Repositories and


Different Kinds of Primary Sources

Module 1: (3hours)
Title: Learning History

Introduction:
The course means exposing students to where our history comes from. Students will be
reading and analyzing materials from different media that has to do with Philippine history and
culture. Using various techniques, the students are expected to study and analyze the sources and
come up with an understanding of a historical truth.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Appreciate the meaning and relevance of history


2. Engage deeper with our country’s rich history and culture

Content:

What is History

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 society. It also includes a
look into the development of Philippine culture through time especially with the influence of the
colonial period that would eventually shape the present Philippine identity.

Why Study History?

Looking at the past teaches us to see the world through different eyes – appreciating the
diversity of human perceptions, beliefs and cultures. Different and/or new perspectives will enable
us to analyze critically the present contexts of society and beings.

The Meaning of “History”

History Defined by E.H. Carr


• the inquiry conducted by the historian and the series of past events into which he inquires
• is the continuous process of interaction between the historian and his facts, an unending
dialogue between the present and the past
• History means interpretation
• History is what the historian makes
• History is the re-enactment in the historian’s mind of the thought whose history he is
studying. – Collingwood
• History is the historian’s experience. – Oakeshott
• History is “a selective system” not only of cognitive, but of causal, orientations to reality.
- Parsons

Excerpts from Understanding History: A Primer of Historical Method by Louis Gottschalk


(1950, New York: Knopf, p.17)

The English word history is derived from the Greek noun istoia, meaning learning. As used
by the Greek philosopher Aristotle, history meant a systematic account of a set of natural
phenomena, whether or not chronological factoring was a factor in the account.

By its most common definition, the word history now means, “the past of mankind.”

References:

Candelaria, [Link]. (2018). Readings in the Philippine History. Rex Printing Company, Inc.
Manila, Philippines.
Ligan, [Link]., (2018). Readings in the Philippine History. Mutya Publishing House, Inc.
Malabon City.
Torres, J. V., (2018) BATIS: Sources in Philippine History. Quezon City.

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