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Activity 1.1: Anticipation Guide

Read each statement below. These statements were selected quotes about History, as uttered by
famous Filipino historians, world leaders, and other figures.

In the table shown, respond in the left column whether you agree (A) or disagree (D) with
each statement.

Before Reading Statement

Agree or Disagree
1. History is written by the victors (Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of UK,
1941-1945).
2. We are not makers of History. We are made by History (Martin Luther
King, Jr., an African American minister, and activist, 1955-1968).
3. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it (George
Santayana, Spanish essayist, poet, and novelist).
4. History is a living, and lively account of what we were and are; its recent
and past events. If all of that makes us understand humanity, so does History
make us understand ourselves, and our country definitely better, in the
context of our culture and our society (Ambeth Ocampo, Filipino historian).
5. Tsismis noon, kasaysayan ngayon (Lourd de Veyra, Filipino musician,
journalist, TV host, broadcast personality).

Analysis
Based on the exercise above, reflect on the following questions:

1. In your own understanding, how would you define History?

2. What is the nature of History?
3. What are the essential “concepts” when studying History?
4. Is History a relevant academic discipline? Why?
5. How should we write our nation’s history?