Lesson 4: The Historian's Tools Flashcards
Studying the social, political, historical, and cultural background of a text to better understand it
Contextual Analysis
Finding interesting and meaningful pieces of content in a text by systematically reading it
Content Analysis
The bounds of the analysis is the text itself. No supporting “outside” source is used
Content Analysis
- Involves reading between the lines
- Seeing patterns within the text
- Figuring out what the author really intends to convey
- Drawing out lessons from the text
Content Analysis
- Puts the two texts side-by-side
- Look for differences & commonalities in what they say
Comparative Analysis
Lists details that one text mentions, and the other did not
Comparative Analysis
1962
Tabon Man
An American anthropologist working for the National Museum of the Philippines, ___________, discovered bones in a cave in Palawan
Robert Fox
The bones were sent to ______ for further scientific study
France
These bones were the oldest bones in the Philippines, older than the time when Negritos were believed to have arrived in the Philippines (Wave Migration Theory by ____________)
H.O. Beyer
In _________, diggings in Callao Cave in Cagayan Valley in Northern Luzon yielded a human foot bone
2007
In _______, it was confirmed that it was a human foot bone, and it was much older than the Tabon Man
2010
The ______________ is now considered the first inhabitant of the Philippines
Cagayan Man
In April 2019, the Cagayan Man was given a scientific name, ______________
Homo luzonensis
