Topic: Meaning and Relevance of History

ACTIVITY: MAKING MEANING

Directions: Define the word “HISTORY” using the dictionary, enumerate word synonyms and
antonyms, cite meaning from historian or field expert, find quote related to the meaning of the word.
Then, make your own meaning based from the information gathered.

References:
Suggested references and links for the topic Meaning and Relevance of History
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Louis Gottschal, Understanding History (pp.41-61;117-170)
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Robert Partin (1969) The Meaning of History: “A Different Approach Entirely”, The
Historian, 31:3, 431-435, DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6563.1969.tb00355.x retrieved from
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1540-6563.1969.tb00355.x

SCORING RUBRICS FOR MAKING MEANING

CRITERION 4 6 8 10

1.CONTENT/ Most of the contents Some of the Most of the contents Contents and ideas are
IDEAS and ideas are not contents and ideas and ideas sufficient and sufficient and relevant
sufficient and are sufficient and relevant
relevant relevant

2.CITATION/ Cited one relevant Cited two relevant Cited three to four Cited at least five relevant
REFERENCES and reliable and reliable sources. relevant and reliable and reliable sources. All
resources. Some references are sources. Most references are cited using
Most of the cited using APA style references are cited APA style
using APA style
references are not
cited using APA style

3.SYNTAX/ Most sentence There are many There are one or two No grammatical error
GRAMMAR structures are errors in sentence errors but do not
incorrect and wrong structures are interfere with the
use of words which evident message of the ideas.
affects the thoughts
of the sentence.