Readings in Philippine History

Meaning and Relevance of History

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ACTIVITY 1: An introduction to history
Name: _____________________________________ Course & Section: ____________________
Instruction: MODIFICATION: Write TRUE if the statement is valid, otherwise, if it is FALSE, underline the
word(s) that make the statement wrong, then write the correct word/phrase before each number to make the
statement correct. (10 items X 2 points each)
TRUE 1.) The word history simply means, “the past of mankind.”
TRUE 2.) Traditional historians lived with the mantra of “no government sources, no history”
TRUE 3.) A thing must first be subjective; it must have an independent existence outside the human mind.
FALSE ARE PART OF HISTORY 4.) Oral traditions, epics and songs, artifacts, architecture and memory are not
part of history.
TRUE 5.) “History cannot speak for themselves.”
TRUE 6.) Historical sources that were not written should also be used in writing history.
TRUE 7.) The historians are not the only source of history.
TRUE 8.) Historians must not dismiss counter evidence without scholarly considerations.
TRUE 9.) Historiography is the process of critically examining and analyzing the records and survival of the
past.
TRUE 10.) Historiography is the art of historical writing and it means communicating how historians interpret
the past in the form of writing.

ACTIVITY 2: Historical methodology

Name: _____________________________________ Course & Section: ____________________
Instruction: Critique the following historical narrative by applying the knowledge of historical method and
historiography. Supply the matrix attached below. (2 points each)
To the Philippines
By Jose Rizal
(Rizal wrote the original sonnet in Spanish)

A glowing and fair like a houri on high,

Full of grace and pure like the Morn that peeps
When in the sky the clouds are tinted blue,
Of th' Indian land, a goddess sleeps.

The light foam of the son'rous sea

Doth kiss her feet with loving desire;
The cultured West adores her smile
And the frosty Pole her flow'red attire.

With tenderness, stammering, my Muse

To her 'midst undines and naiads does sing;
I offer her my fortune and bliss:
Oh, artists! her brow chaste ring
With myrtle green and roses red
And lilies, and extol the Philippines!

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 Readings in Philippine History
Meaning and Relevance of History

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Historical
Source Author Event Date Event Persons Main
(Title) Objective Involved Argument
To the Jose Rizal During Sonnet in Muse
Philippines Spanish time spanish Jose rizal

ACTIVITY 3: Real-life application

Name: _____________________________________ Course & Section: ____________________
Instruction: Assess the following scenarios as to what relevance of history is exhibited. Write the following
before each number: A for Knowledge of society, B for Used in problem solving and C for A bridge of all
disciplines. Afterwards, state your justifications as to why is it significant on the given scenario.

A 1.A student of Political Science will be reporting about the different government established in the
Philippines.
_________Political Science has a knowledge with the government and they study laws in the
Philippines.____________________________________________________________________________
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B 2.A nurse searching for information about the history of nursing in her locality.
___________By searching information about the history of nursing in their locality will help them in the
future.________________________________________________________________________________
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C 3.) In a community, neighborhood is practicing bayanihan. Bayanihan is doing an act beneficial to the
majority. This is one good attribute of Filipino culture.
_________________I’ts been a part of our history bayanihan means being helpful and gives bonds to the
community .

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C 4.Death penalty in the Philippines is abolished during the administration of Gloria Arroyo. Death
penalty is a government-sanctioned practice whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment
for a crime. Presently, we are exercising due process of law and fair trial before conviction.
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_____________I’ts to disciplines people for doing such crime and to lessen the crime and to have a
justice.________________________________________________________________________________
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