JUNREY T.

TUBIO
BSBA-FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

1. Differentiate the following terms and give examples to support your answer?
Primary Sources vs. Secondary Sources
Primary Sources are original, first-handed account of an event that usually written or made
during and close to such event or period, an example of them are diaries, journals, letters and
many more. While, Secondary sources are materials made by people long before the events
being described had taken place to provide valuable interpretations of historical events,
examples are biographies, histories, literary criticism and many more.
Archive vs Museum
An archive is defined as a place to keep important information, documents, or objects. An
example of an archive is a room in a library where old manuscripts are kept. While, a museum is
a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and its development, open to the
public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and
intangible heritage of humanity and its environment for the purposes of education, study and
enjoyment, example is the “The Louvre” in Paris, where many famous art works hang including
the Mona Lisa, is an example of a museum.
External Criticism vs Internal Criticism
External Criticism determines the authenticity of the source, it is tested in two ways by
paleographical and diplomatic criticism. While, the Internal Criticism determines the
accurateness and trustworthiness of the documents and investigate the historicity of the facts
contained in it.
2. Why do we have to understand the difference between Internal and External Criticism?
It is important to know the difference between the external and internal criticism for us to
determine what kind of historical criticism are they and also to maximize the knowing of origin
of the text to help us, the people, to really understand what beneath the ideas of the said text.
3. What are the ways at looking in a set of data? How significant are these sets of data in
history?
By means of historical method and historiography.
It is relevant because through this we would able to connect to the past life and also through to
the data given it serves as our sources to reconstruct ideas that is necessary in studying history
of one’s county.
4. Give example on how Internal and External Criticism can be applied in the study of History?
A farmer from Carmen, Bohol just recently discovered a full-compacted tarsier bone in a
nearby cave. He reported it in the nearest government office and few days later,an expert
arrived at their district to look and examine the skull. It is an example of External Criticism
because the expert uses carbon dating compound to examine the skull of the tarsier if its really
tarsier, it ages and it’s origin. It is useful to the Philippine History for us to really know how the
tarsier emerged Bohol and to dig more deeper about the origin in it. On the other hand, a
teacher just found an Ancient Latin Book in an old facility in their school , she brought it to the
library and the librarian examine and looked upon in it to ensure it accurateness and originality.
It cane be used in Philippine History to know the ideas behind the book and if it has any
connection with the institution it found.

5. Cite some other Primary and Secondary Sources not found in this learning material?
Other primary sources are scrapbook, audio recording, video recording and oral histories.
Other secondary sources are political commentary, dictionaries and dissertations.

6. Do you consider electronics or digitized sources as primary sources?

Yes, Digitization has made it possible for libraries, archives, historical societies, museums and
individuals to easily share their collections with the world. Researchers today have
unprecedented access to images of primary source materials with descriptive metadata that, in
the pre-digital age, were available only to those who could visit a collection in person. In
addition, we are now in modern era where everything is digitalized and not to surprise that
there are people who make their diaries, recordings, writings etc in mobile gadgets that’s why I
consider it as a primary sources.

7. What is meant be the saying “History Matters”?

History matters because it helps us as individuals and as societies to understand why our
societies are the way they are and what they value. This means teaching history as a discipline
and exploring the diversity of past experiences. This enables us to look beyond a simplistic past.
In turn, this pushes us to think in more sophisticated and nuanced ways and to develop a more
complex understanding of the present and the future.
8. Is history a ‘dead’ subject? Support your answer.
No, History is inescapable. It studies the past and the legacies of the past in the present. Far
from being a ‘dead’ subject, it connects things through time and encourages its students to take
a long view of such connections. The study of the past is essential for ‘rooting’ people in time.