RIPH Flashcards
MIDTERM EXAM
Studying history enables us to learn about the lives of our ancestors, their struggles and achievements. What we have and what we enjoy today are the products of their innovation, hard work and sacrifices.
To learn about our past
Are those sources produced at the same time as the event, period, or subject being studied
an eyewitness account or a testimony by a person directly involved in the event; or it must have been produced by a
contemporary of the event it narrates or an information that was created at the same as an event. e.g. Diaries, letters, legal and official documents, speeches, autobiographies
The Primary Source
The issues, situations and challenges that our country is presently facing can mostly be attributed in the past, for these are encountered before, history provides us details to understand, predict and provide solutions to these
To acquire a background for critical thinking.
the practice of verifying the authenticity of evidence by examining the physical characteristics; consistency with the historical characteristic of the time when it was produced, and the materials used for the evidence
External Criticism
The study of past events, particularly in human affairs
History
The purpose of ________ is to ascertain truthfulness of the data.
It seeks the truth meaning and value of the content of sources of data
It is the examination of the truthfulness and factuality of the evidence. It looks at the content of the source and examines the circumstance of its production. It could be done by looking at the author, its context, agenda, the purpose behind its creation
Internal criticism
It comprises certain techniques and rules that historians follow in order to properly utilize sources and historical evidences in writing history.
Historical methodology
______ are artifacts that have been left by the past - Howell and Prevenier (2001) -They exist either as relics, what might call as “remains,” or as the testimonies of witnesses of the past
Source
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The more you know about the past, The better prepared you are for the future.
is concerned with the different ways history has been recorded and analyzed. It looks at the biases, assumptions, and ideologies that influence historical narratives, as well as how interpretations of history change over time.
Historiography
Our belief system, patriarchal tradition, common values including our material culture can be understood and appreciated well if we have full understanding of our past
To appreciate our heritage in a broad perspective.
(What is History, 2020)
THE STUDY OF THE PAST – specifically the people, societies, events and problems of the past – as well as our attempts to understand them. It is a pursuit common to all human societies
-excavated piece of evidence consisting of natural remains, as opposed to an object of human workmanship
Contrasted with artefact
Ecofact
The traditions, system of government, cultural
heritage and many other things are products of the past. Most of the things have historical original and not just product of fads and crazes.
To understand the present.
is concerned with the facts and evidence of past events. Historians aim to reconstruct what happened, when it happened, and why it happened, using various sources such as documents, artifacts, oral histories, and physical evidence
History
