LESSON 1 Flashcards

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Old Meaning of History

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  • study of the past
  • a record of past events
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2
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Where does the word History came from?

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Latin “historia” - knowledge acquired through inquiry

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The Modern Meaning of History

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Reconstruction of the past bases on
- written records
- cultural artifacts
- folk tradition
- historical evidence
- and relics

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4
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We study history based on a point of view of a group.

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The view points

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5
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The cultural identity and beliefs were given by invading nations.

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Colonialism

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6
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An instance when the discovered island try to preserve and show distinct identity, in the scenario we revert back to our old days like making baybayin more popular in the modern word.

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Post-colonialism

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7
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Requires that knowledge must be empirical and evidence that is oberservable evidence. It is from this school of thought came the dictum: no evidence, no history.

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Positivism

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8
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Examples of other evidences?

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  • cultural artifacts
  • relics
  • tradition
  • folklore
  • mythology
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9
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Why is history a difficult subject?

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  • we can’t go back to the past and relive history
  • facts can’t speak nor give us the true events
  • subjective nature of history
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10
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The 3 requirements in the study of history

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  • Rigor
  • Research tradition
  • Scientific methodologies
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It is defined as a strict precision; in history, this refers to absolute certainty.

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Rigor

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12
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Certain format, styles, and rules have to be followed when writing historical research.

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Research tradition

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13
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Identifying the problem, making hypothesis, experiment, and make a conclusion.

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Scientific methodologies

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14
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The 3 classification of historical sources

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  • Primary
  • Secondary
  • Tertiary
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15
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These are sources produced during the same period of what as under study.

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Primary Sources

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16
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Examples of primary sources

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  • Artifacts
  • Interviews
  • Journal and Newspaper Articles
  • Audio and Video recordings
  • Survey Research
  • Original documents and records
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17
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Problem with primary sources?

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Not accessible and readily available in local bookstore bc they are preserved at the National Historical Commission of the Philippines

18
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Made by an author using primary source material.

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Secondary sources

19
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Example of Secondary Sources?

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  • Bibliographies
  • Biographical works
  • Commentaries and critisms
  • Dictionaries and encyclopedia
  • Magazine and newspaper articles
20
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These are information coming from third hand information with no verifiable sources like Youtube videos.

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Tertiary sources

21
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The practice of verifying the authenticity of the evidence by examining its physical characteristics; consistency with the historical characteristics of the time when it was produced; and the materials used for the evidence.

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External criticism

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The examination of the truthfulness of the evidence. It looks content of the source and examines the circumstances of its production.

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Internal criticism

23
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Becomes the primary mean by which anyone would find an information that they need. In fact, it would be easy to get lost in all the date available.

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Internet

24
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Great resource for research if you know how to use it properly. Treat anything you find online as a source and use the same historical methods you have learned to analyze the date you get online.

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Cyberspace

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A combination of the words that you use to come up with relevant results and lead you to what you are looking for. The more refined your research string is, the more definite and refined the results will be.

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Yahoo or Google

26
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To find electronic journal articles, materials from institutional repositories, and book chapter from many different sources.

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Google Scholar

27
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Provides source for scanned books, where you may be able to read some chapters for free.

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Google Books

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The biggest open source encyclopedia in the whole cyberspace.

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Wikipedia

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It is the oldest digital library in the world, founded in 1971. It has more than 50k items in its collection, which include many works concerning the Philippines.

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Project Gutenberg

30
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This source may be used for historical research, especially on aws and other government issuances that may be useful when doing topics of a more contemporary period.

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Philippine government websites

31
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They provide more variety of sources in different formats such as books, journal articles, newspapers, magazines, photograpshs, and even audio and video recordings.

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Libraries and archives

32
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List of sources, primary and secondary, to aid in creating as preliminary biography that you may later on access physically in the holdings of the library. It lists down all kinds of materials available based on the subject used in the research.

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Online Public Access Catalog

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This library in Ermita provides a rich treasure trove of materials for the student-researcher interested in Philippine history, especially in their Filipiniana section.

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The National Library of the Philippines

34
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It is an agency of the government-mandated to collect, store, preserve and make available records of the government and other primary sources pertaining to the history and development of the Philippines.

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The National Archives of the Philippines in Manila

35
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Libraries in this university have holdings that could also be useful in research.

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UP Diliman, QC

36
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This university holds the American Historical Collection

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Ateneo de Manila University

37
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This university has collections from 16th century, owing to the fact that it is the oldest Catholic University in the country and is a historical site in itself.

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University of Santo Tomas

38
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It is the study of the history of a particular community or a smaller unit of geography. Historians study the history of local institutions like churches, economies, heroes, events.

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Local history

39
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This nature and definition caused positive historians or those who subscribe to the belief that history should be primarily based on written documents to criticize the methods of this history.

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Oral history

40
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These tangible objects are a reconstruction in the past; experiencing these artifacts directly is the next big thing to actually being there when a particular event happened or when a historical personality lived.

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Historical Shrines and Museum

41
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These places serve as a portal to the past

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Historical shrines and museums

42
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They provide the basic detail on what makes a certain site historical.

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National Historical Commission of the Philippines (National Historical Institute)