DR.

LEA ARIAS BULATAO

ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR
 Prayer Before the Class Starts
Dear Lord and Father of All ,
Thank you for today.
Thank you for your ways in which you
Provide for us all. For Your
protection and love we thank
you.
Help us to focus our hearts and
Minds now on what we are about
to learn.
Inspire us by YOUR HOLY SPIRIT as
We listen and write.
Guide us by your eternal light
As we discover more about the
world around us.
We ask all this in the name
Of Jesus.
Amen.
 a branch of knowledge that records and explain
past events –Merriam Webster
 the study of or a record of past events of a particular
period, country, or subject Cambridge
Dictionaries Online
 To know more about the roots of our current culture.
Why is this Important?
 To learn about the mistakes of those who have gone before us.
Why is this Important?
 To learn about human nature in general by looking at trends that repeat through history.
Why it this important?
 To learn historical facts
Why is this important?
 To learn about how different factors shape society e.g. religion, greed, the intersection
of different country cultures technology. Etc.
Why is this important?
 In sum, we study history to learn about who we are – both
our pat and our present.
 ARCHOEOLOGISTS
 ANTHROPOLOGISTS
ORAL HISTORIANS
 CHEMISTS
LINGUISTS
 Findings out about history is a lot like trying to
solve a mystery….
 You must look for clues.
 You must interpret those clues.
 You must bring all the clues together shed light
on each other.
 You must reinterpret each clue every you find a
new clue.
 You must then try fill in the gaps and come to
an educated conclusion.
 Scholars call anything that gives us all a clue about
history “SOURCES”
 Sources fall into two major categories
 Primary Sources, and, you guessed it.
 Secondary Sources.
 A primary source is a document or physical object
which was written or created during the time under
study.
 These sources were present during an experience
or time period and offer an inside view of a
particular event.
What are some examples of primary
sources?
First –hand accounts of events