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WORKSHEET No. 2 TITLE Content and Contextual Analysis of Selected Sources in Philippine History.

Print this worksheet and handwrite your answers on the space provided. Using the links provided in the
module, make a short analysis of the sources. Examine the author’s background, the main argument and
the point of view. Please keep your answer brief and concise.
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 QUIZ 2

INSTRUCTIONS: Read the questions carefully before answering briefly. Do not add your own facts;
provide only what is being asked. A mere yes or no answer without explanation will not be credited.

1. Is history a narrative? Support your answer. (5 pts.)

No, according to the conclusion of the European Journal of American Studies (Letting Go of
Narrative History: The Linearity of time and the art of Recounting the Past) there is no necessary
connection between the perhaps inescapable narrative character of history and the historian’s
absolute commitment to the linearity of time in historical explanation. Narrative may play with the
concept of linear time, its ending determining the story’s actual meaning; history may not. In history,
causation never goes backwards in time. Neither does history in form us about the future.

2. Identify and explain the elements of history. (5 pts.)

According to the Department of Conservation, Te papa Atawbai, the three elements of history
are Fabric, Stories, and Culture Image. Fabric is the physical remains that exist today. It is what we can
see or touch. Examples are artifacts, man-made, features and paintings, buildings and machinery and
structures. Stories describes and explain our history. They are what we read, hear or watch. Examples
are memories, oral traditions, visual records and written records.

3. History has already turned into a complex and dynamic discipline. Its relationship with other discipline
or branches of learning makes it more meaningful and significant as it draws strength and energy from
them. For a clearer understanding of the relationship of history with other disciplines, experts allowed
their thoughts to wander in the avenue of these disciplines to draw knowledge that may be useful to
them. Explain the relationship of history with the disciplines of economics and political science. (5 pts.)

History and Economics

According to Economic History, history is the study of events. It looks at each event in turn,
and while it might an acknowledge patterns or similarities (history repeating itself) the starting point
is always the analysis of the case study, the particular passage of time. Economic is the study of
patterns. Economist look for the similarities of different events and ask whether or not they support
a particular economic theory or model. So, economic history is seeks to try to understand historical
events by appealing to our knowledge of economic processes.
 History and Political Science

In all political institutions, there is a history of evolution behind them. Without studying their
history, political science cannot study their contemporary nature, positions and relations among
these. Hence, political science always takes the help of history for studying, political institutions i.e.
The history of their evolution into their contemporary forms, powers, functions, mutual
relations and relative positions. Likewise, the study of history essentially needs a study of the political
implications of all historical events and development in each society. History depends upon political
science foe getting knowledge about political dimensions of historical events.

4. Explain the principle of ‘No records, no documents; no history’. (5 pts.)

It means that history is the past events formed through facts evidences, records, and
documents. History cannot be man-made or human interference but it must be grounded and have
solid evidence. It must be done through genuine study.

5. Sylvester visited the United States for a few months to see his relatives who have lived there for
decades. His uncle brought him on tours around Illinois. Sylvester visited the Field Museum of Natural
History where a golden image of a woman caught his eye. He looked closer and read that the image was
called “The Golden Tara”. It originated from Agusan Del Sur and was bought by the museum in 1922. It
was believed to be made prior to the arrival of the Spaniard in the Philippines. What kind of historical
source is the sculpture? Support your answer. (5 pts.)

The sculpture is a kind of primary source, because it is created by a witness to or participant

in an event. It is a kind of first hand evidence created during the time period of studying.

6. What are the challenges usually encountered in studying history? (5 pts.)

According to Eric Hobsbawm’s, historian must think about the implications of what they
write as well as about wider societal and political frames within which their stories will be received
and understood. Historians face when trying to make their work speak out beyond the discipline and
the profession includes challenges arising from the increasing specialization and fragmentation of
the discipline, from the difficulties of making such expertise speak to a broader audience, and from
the particular circumstances of the present within which they must make their work relevant.

In historical research, the major challenge revolved around the problems of sources,
knowledge, explanation, objectivity, choice, of subject and the peculiar problems of contemporary
history.
7. Is there a chance for a historical source to be inconsistent and unreliable? Support your answer. (5 pts.)

Yes, because there is a chance that primary source can suffer from bias, even photographs,
which are not safe and not safe must be studied just as much. Likewise, a secondary source can be
produced by skilled author and provide the best of our knowledge.

8. Below are some of the rules that can be found in Kartilya: X. On the thorny path of life, man is the guide
of woman and the children, and if the guide leads to precipice, those whom he guides will also go there.
XI. Thou must not look upon woman as a mere plaything, but as a faithful companion who will share with
thee the penalties of life; her (physical) weakness will increase thy interest in her and she will remind thee
of the mother who bore thee and reared thee. XII. What thou dost not desire done unto thy wife, children,
brothers and sisters, that do not unto the wife, children, brothers and sisters of thy neighbor. What do
these provisions or rules of Kartilya imply? Substantiate your answer. (5 pts.)

X. It implies that human life is in harmony with who guides it. A father is the home’s pillar who is
expected foundation of his family. He is like a boat driver manipulates its rudder to get in different
directions, if a father’s life does not have a good direction, he is incapable of bringing his family into
good situation. If he is irresponsible and addicted to vices, selfish and indifferent, his family will fall
into the precipice and life will be miserable.

XI. This rule is a message for a man. It implies how man must value women. It should not be treated
as just a toy and a pastime. Women is not like a toy that is loved and kept only if it is new and when
the time comes it does not possess beauty a man will just neglect her and just no longer be given
importance. Women are important and unparalleled wealth. They responds to the physical needs of
the man. One day she will be the reflection of a mother who gave birth to a child.

XII. It is like a saying, “do not do unto others, what you do not want to do unto you.” If you want to
respect your wife, children and siblings, then respect others first. What you plant in other, they will
plant in you. If you love them, then others will love you too.
9. Mikee was a new teacher of Araling Panlipunan in a small elementary school in Mauban, Quezon. Her
colleagues gave her the new textbook that she ought to use in class. Before the class started, Lorena
studied the textbook carefully. She noted that the authors used works by other known historians in writing
the textbook. She saw that the bibliography included Dennis Villan’s The Revolution of the Masses and
The Painful Years: Japan’s Adventure in the Philippines, 1945-1956. She also saw that the authors used
Trisha Domalanta’s Working Men of Dagupan During the 17th Century and many others. What kind of
source is the textbook? Support your answer. (5 pts.)

It is a kind of secondary sources because it may be summarized and processed the primary
sources. It may be removed from the event or time period and are written or produced after the
fact. It may be repackage primary source information to increase usability.

10. Explain the concept of Post colonialism. (5 pts.)

Post colonialism is the historical period or state of affairs of western colonialism. It also
describe the concurrent project to rethink and reclaim the history and agency of people
subordinated after various forms of imperialism. It signals a possible future of overcoming
colonialism, yet new forms of domination or subordination can come in the wake of such changes
including new forms of global empire. It should not be confused with the claim that the world we
live in now is actually devoid of colonization.