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HISTORICAL THINKING CONCEPTS AS TOOLS FOR HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

Instruction
1. Choose a partner in answering this activity (two members per team).
2. Following the outline of the Six Historical Thinking Concepts, create an analysis of the following historical piece.
3. Follow the following format, then print your answer in a long-size bond paper (all lines single-spaced).
4. This is an application of your research skills. Write in a brief but concise manner (1-3 sentences each question only).
Cite ALL sources you have consulted in the References section.
5. Submit your work on Friday, 15 November 2019 (until 5PM only).

Name of Document: Chapter 10: Bikolandia

Source: Barangay: Sixteenth-Century Philippine Culture and Society, pp. 179-188
Author: William Henry Scott
Publisher: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1994, Quezon City, Philippines
Online source: https://ia600102.us.archive.org/4/items/BarangaySixteenthCenturyPhilippineCultureAndSocie
ty/Barangay%20-%20Sixteenth%20Century%20Philippine%20Culture%20and%20Society.pdf

A. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
1. What is the importance of this study?
2. What impact has this had on us or the world?
3. Are the impacts short or long-lasting?
4. Who is this important to?
5. How is this relevant to other issues or events today?

B. EVIDENCE AND INTERPRETATION

1. What evidences were consulted or used by the author in presenting his arguments? Write down the names of these
sources and classify them according to the following scheme.
Classification Written Oral Visual/Material Electronic
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Example: Put the name of Source A under column 2 - row 2 if it is a written primary source.

C. CONTINUITY AND CHANGE

1. Make a comparison of the time, space and socio-cultural context of Bikolandia then (based from the text) and now
(you can choose your own source/s).
Comparison Bikolandia Then Contemporary Bikol
Temporal Element
Spatial Element
Socio-Cultural Context
2. What historical turning points were discussed by the author along the following (choose three, then provide one
example for each).
a. ways of life
b. political policies
c. religion
d. economic practices
e. relationship with the environment
f. social values and beliefs

D. CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCE

1. Choose one particular topic from the text (Bikolandia). Identify the following.
Topic:

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What are the factors that

affected or led to something? (an
event, situation, action,
interaction)
What was the impact or the
effects of this cause?
How many factors contributed to
this consequence? What are
these factors?
Was this an intended
consequence, or unintended?

E. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
1. What key points is the author making?
2. How does this fit with the other interpretations you have read—is it similar or different? What are the
similarities/differences?
3. How does the interpretation of the author fit with your own knowledge of the subject?
4. What is the overarching argument of the author?
5. What type of majority of the sources did the author use?
6. Was the author able to deliver convincing, logical and systematic arguments through the use/support of these
sources? Why or why not?

F. ETHICAL JUDGMENT
1. What data involving moral judgment did the author reveal or conceal?
2. Is it justifiable that the author revealed/concealed these data? Why or why not?
3. How has the revelation/concealment of these information affected the present way of the life of the people
concerned?

G. REFERENCES

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