READINGS IN THE PHILIPPINE HISTORY
NAME: Recil Marie D. Boragay
ACTIVITY
Concept Mapping. Now that you have an idea on how history is gathered thru two
important sources, let us now differentiate the two. Create a matrix (table) that will
differentiate Primary Source vs Secondary Source on the following aspects:
Criterion Primary Source
Definition  It is a source from a time
period.
 An immediate, first-hand
accounts of the topic.
Credibility  Provide raw information and
first-hand evidence.
 The author is the person
who has directly
experienced the topic.
He/She should only talk
about his/her experiences
 The description was not
intentionally made to alter
the record for dubious
motives or unintentionally
made merely by witlessness
or inexperience.
 Primary sources are
sometimes created by
individuals with prejudices,
and in order to find out if the
picture painted is truthful,
other primary sources
should be used to
corroborate the story.
Authenticity  The materials are genuine
or of questionable origin.
 Their production is original
Secondary Source
 It is a source that is
not present in the
event.
 It interprets the
primary sources.
 The author has
academic credentials.
 Sources are
research reports that
uses primary data.
 Authorship
 Authority of the
author
 Authority of the
material
 Authority of the
site/organisation
 Currency (i.e. is it up
to date)
 Pressure
groups/objectivity
 It has verified with a
reference list
 Contain information
that reflect the most
recent discoveries in
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and reliable and has not
been subsequently altered.
 The quality and relevance of
information is obtained
the field.
 meet the required
academic standard

 From someone that is  Textbooks

present when the event  Newspaper articles
occurred. made by a journal
 A letter from someone that is not present on
involve in the event. the event
 Inscriptions or piece of  Biography
writings on a piece of  Dissertation
Provenance pottery.  Review of a play
 Painting from a specific  Article about
period. critiquing the art
 Diary  Essay about the
 Interview Treaty
 Poem
 Treaty
 Original research
 Text of laws and other
original documents.
 Photographs, video, or
audio that capture an event.

 Datasets, survey data, such

as census or economic
statistics

Sample Document  Diary of Anne Frank  A journal/magazine

 Experiences of a Jewish
family during WWII
 The Constitution of
Canada - Canadian History
 A journal article reporting
NEW research or findings
 Weavings and pottery -
Native American history
Plato's Republic - Women in
Ancient Greece
article which
interprets or reviews
previous findings
 A history textbook
 A book about the
effects of WWI