History

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“Father of History” - first to collect and systematically document events & create an account

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Herodotus

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Muse of History

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Clio (Kleio)

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Facts, happenings, & (past) events

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History

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Social Science that reconstructs man’s past from written records

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History

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Concerned with communities

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Social Science

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An analytical subject looking into significant things that have happened and why they happened, what caused them, and what they caused in return

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History

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Field of geologist & paleontologist

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Natural History

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Field of archaeologist & anthropologist

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Prehistory

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Characteristics of History

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Characteristics of History (SHRS)

Scientific
Humanistic
Rational
Self-Revelatory

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Who said this:
History is
Factual = events of human affairs & effects of changing conditions
Speculative = attempt to get at the truth: rooted in philosophy

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Ibn Khaldun

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Who said this:
History is a people’s achievement that gives them a sense of pride and belonging

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Jose Rizal

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Who said this:
Man is closely linked to history, as well as an active participant in it.

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Mahatma Gandhi

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Who said this:
Man’s struggle against a nature and against fellow men.

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Mahatma Gandhi

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Who said this:
One-sided version of world history by Westeners (euro-centric vision)

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Jawaharlal Nehru

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One-sided version of world history by Westerners

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Orientalism

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Orientalism: Civilization as a strictly European manifestation which spread during the __th century through political dominance

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19th century

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The Four Source Materials

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The Four Source Materials (ADTR)

1. Artifacts & Fossils (Prehistory)
2. Documents
3. Traditions
4. Remains

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Narrative accounts, contracts, declarations, charters, etc.

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Documents

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Sources with conscious intent to impart information

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Traditions

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• Oral tradition, oral reports, legends, sagas, ballads, anecdotes, etc.
• Pictorial representation, genealogical tables, list of officials, annals, chronicles, memoirs, biographies, & narratives in general
• Pictorial representations, paintings, statues, photographs, & persons & places, plan of buildings, of cities, of battlefields, maps, diagrams, etc.

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Traditions

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Relics as actual survivals of the past in language, in literature or other expression, in industrial productions, in laws & customs

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Remains

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Remains of buildings, tools & utensils, artifacts by man

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Remains

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Written or produced in the time period. These are materials directly related to a topic by time or participation.

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Primary Sources

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letters, speeches, diaries, newspaper articles from the time, oral history interviews, documents, photographs, artifacts, autobiographies

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Primary Sources

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Usually published books or articles by authors who were not eyewitnesses or participants in the historical event or period and who base their interpretation on primary sources, research, and study.

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Secondary Sources

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high school history textbooks, biographies, retrospective newspapers and other history books about a particular topic

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Secondary Sources

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Summaries and collections of primary and secondary sources. These sources provide ideas for topics and further investigation.

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Tertiary Source

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almanacs, encyclopedias, dictionaries, guidebooks, manuals, etc.

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Tertiary Source

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External Historical Criticism on Sources

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- What - When - Where - By whom

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Internal Historical Criticism on Sources

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- Meaning - Implication - Interpretation

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Analysis of the sources & synthesis of the materials

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Historical Method

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The shifting, grouping, arrangement, generalization, & organization of the facts gathered in order to form a body of connected & related knowledge which must be presented in a logical form

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Historical Method

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Inner meaning of history as the historian's subjective view & interpretation of events, both global & local, based on his/her country's experience

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- Knowledge - Speculative mind - Thoroughness

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How to achieve "OBJECTIVE" history?

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- Always seek the truth - Be objective - Do not generalize

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Abilities of a Historian - Knowledge of the _________ - Ability to sift _________ - Passion for _________ - Complete _________ - Breadth of _________ - _________ (ability to bring to life the recreation of the past)

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languages evidence accuracy integrity vision artistic

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"The ________ of science and the ________ of art."

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exactitude; validity

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Lessons/Uses of History - Lessons to conduct ______ ______ - Hindsight but not a __________

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present life foresight

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Definitives/Laws of History: Age of Reason by Comte

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Law of Indefinite Progress

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Definitives/Laws of History: Age of Romanticism by Hegel

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History as a process of expansion and contraction

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Definitives/Laws of History: Modern Age by Marx

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History is determined by economics

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_________ Dialectics & Dialectical _________

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Hegelian Dialectics & Dialectical Materialism

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Criticisms on "laws"

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- Man is irrational - No two events are ever exactly the same - Materialistic view of history - Adapt vs. Adopt

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History gives us wisdom = not ready-made solutions to our present ills; not fantastic speculations as to the future - ______ to face the facts - the ______ to learn - the __________ to act upon them

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courage humility intelligence

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Records public events, public institutions, rulers & governments, wars, conquests, & making peace

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Political History

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Deals with how humans earned their living, produce goods & services, shared-out proceeds, & exchanged shares (trade)

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Economic History

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Concerned with different classes/sectors which contributed to social development and national orientation

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Social History

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Primarily concerned with the development of traditions, customs, arts, music, habits, & other cultural institutions as they came into contact with the outside world

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Cultural History

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Teaching History

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Praelectio - Prelection Lectio - Lesson Recitatio - Recitation

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Objectives of History

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- Sense of duration/chronology - To perceive casual relationships - Ability to classify - Face challenges to grow but first identify the nature & roots of these challenges