RPH LESSON 1: THE MEANING AND RELEVANCE OF HIS TOR Y Flashcards
Study of the past
It is a story or tale of what has happened or may have happened in the past.
It shows how we have organized and managed our societies before.
It gives us a sense of identity
It refers to an earlier time
Study of great individuals
History
derived from the Greek word Historia which means Learning by inquiry.
History
Kasaysayan is rooted in two words salaysay, which means a narrative or a story, and, more important, saysay or meaning. In my history classes, I always propose the working definition of kasaysayan or history as a narrative (which can be written, visual, oral, or combination of all three) about past events that have meaning to a certain group of people in a given time and place. These two components are inseparable. Without both, you cannot have a true history
(Ocampo, 2013, p.xii).
is the charter, which is a legal instrument. A legal document is usually sealed or authenticated to provide evidence that a legal transaction has been completed and can be used as evidence in a judicial proceeding in case of a dispute.
DIPLOMATIC SOURCE
are information pertaining to economic, social, political, or judicial significance. They are records kept by bureaucracies. A few examples are government reports, such as municipal accounts, research findings, and documents like parliamentary procedures, civil registry records, property registers, and records of the census.
SOCIAL DOCUMENTS
possess specific formal properties, such as hand and print style, the ink, the seal, for external properties, and rhetorical devices and images for internal properties, which are determined by the norms of laws and by tradition. Such characters also vary in time (each generation has its own norms) and according to origin (each bureaucracy has its own traditions).
DIPLOMATIC SOURCES
is typically composed in order to inform contemporaries or
succeeding generations;
SCIENTIFIC TRACT
might be intended to shape opinion
. NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
such as a diary or memoir might be
composed in order to persuade readers of the justice of the author’s actions;
EGO DOCUMENT OR PERSONAL NARRATIVES
might be made to entertain, deliver moral teaching, or further a
religious cause;
NOVEL OR FILM
might be written in praise of the subjects worth and achievements (a
panegyric, a public speech, or published text in praise of someone or something or
hagiography, the writing of the lives of saints).
BIOGRAPHY
a public speech, or published text in praise of someone or something
panegyric
the writing of the lives of saints
hagiography
can be given to them only if they can be
placed in a human setting. The lives of human beings can be assumed
from the retrieved artifacts, but without further evidence, the
human contexts of these artifacts can never be recaptured with any
degree of certainty.
historical context
also known as archeological evidence is
one of the most important pieces of unwritten pieces of
evidence. This includes artistic creations such as pottery,
jewelry, dwellings, graves, churches, roads, and others that
tell a story about the past.
Material evidence
