John Michael L.

Manila

EDE-1B

Exercise 1.2 What source? Read the following scenarios and classify the sources discovered as
Primary, Secondary, and tertiary sources.

1. Sam was exploring the library in his new school at DOSCST. He wanted to study the history
of Davao Oriental, in the 20th century. In one of the books, he saw an old photograph of a man
standing in front of the church, clipped among the pages. At the back of the photo was an
inscription that says, “Davao Oriental 01 de Julio 1968.”

Is the photograph a primary, secondary, or tertiary source? Justify your answer

Answer: The photograph that Sam saw at the book is a primary source because of the
inscription at the back of the photo and also photograph is considered as a type of
primary source.

2. Gemma was a new teacher of Social Studies in MNCHS. Her colleagues gave her the new
textbook that she ought to use in class. Before the classes started Gemma studied the textbook
carefully. She noted that the authors used works by other known historians in writing the
textbook. She saw that the bibliography included Teodoro Agoncillo’s The Revolt of the Masses
and many other well-known historians.

Is the textbook a primary, secondary or tertiary source? Justify your answer.

Answer: With the case of Gemma, the textbook that she ought to use in class is an
example of a secondary source because, it states there that gemma noticed that the
authors used works from other known historian in writing the textbook which can be
considered as an evidence that the textbook is a secondary source, supported with the
statement that gemma also saw the biography of the historian included at the textbook.

3. It was Saturnino’s first day in his first year of college at DOSCST. His excitement made him
come to class early and he found their classroom empty. He explores the classroom and sat at
the instructor’s table. He looked at the table’s drawer and saw a book entitled U.G. An
Underground Tale: The Journey of Edgar Jopson and the First Quarter Storm Generation. He
started reading the book and realized that it was a biography of a student leader turned political
activist during the time of President Ferdinand E. Marcos. The author used interviews with
friends and family of Jopson and other primary documents related to his works and life.

Is the book a primary, secondary or tertiary source? Justify your answer.

Answer: I will consider the book as a secondary source, because saturnino realized that
the book is all about the biography of Jopson, a student turned into a political activist
during President Ferdinand Marcos time. Even though the author interviews the family
and friends of Jopson, still the book is all about the life of Jopson and it is a very big
evidence to support the secondary source judgement.

4. Julia loved to travel around the country. She likes to bring with her a travel brochure that
informs
her of the different sites worth visiting in the area. Her travel brochure was produced by the
tourism department of the province. It shows pictures of destinations visited by tourists and a
few basic information about the place like origin of the name, the historical significance of the
place and other information acquired by the office’s researchers and writers.

Is the travel brochure a primary, secondary or tertiary source? Justify your answer.

Answer: The travel brochure that Julia gets from the tourism department is a type of
tertiary source because, the producers of the brochure uses researchers and writers to
site information about the places and I also consider that the researchers uses
technology and Internet based platform to seek information that's why I consider the
travel brochure as a type of tertiary source.