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Readings in Philippine History
Learning Task #1

A. Watch the YouTube channel: I-Witness: ‘Savage: Juan Luna in Paris,’ a

documentary by Howie Severino and answer the following questions.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54R1nWALZFw
1. What are the primary sources you encountered in the documentary? Secondary
sources? Tertiary sources?

2. Why did Constancio Ongpin and Mara Pardo de Tavera had different
interpretation about the same event? Based on the sources they presented who
is more convincing among the two? Why?

3. Did Howie Severino presented the documentary objectively? Explain your

answer.
B. Watch in YouTube: History with Lourd: Greatest Hoaxes in Philippine History
and answer the following question.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1lShfwt930
1. Why did Jose Marco became the most successful conman in the study of
Philippine History?

2. What are the hoaxes during Marcos administration? What kind of historical
criticism did historian use to uncover those hoaxes?

3. What lesson did this documentary impart specially in relation with the spread
of fake news?