Name: Briny B.
Obamos
Year & Section: BSN 1 STEM- C
Instructor’s Name: Teresita Katigbak
Subject: Readings in Philippine History
CHAPTER 1:
The Study of History
ACTIVITY 1
Why do social scientists refer to history in
analyzing or predicting a certain situation
or a particular behaviour?
 Social scientist study all aspects of
society from past events and
achievements to human behaviour
and relationships among groups.
Their research provides insights into
the different ways individuals,
groups, and institutions make
decisions, exercise power, and
respond to change. It is undeniable
that social science can open up
debates, discourse, and gives us a
compilation of studies and researches
that governments, private,
companies, and the civil society can
ACTIVITY 3
use in shaping our collective future.
Social science helped people
understand the consequences and
application of the new technologies
of the age. Furthermore, it would be
difficult on the part of social
scientists if they do not take into
account the cultural relativism and
diverse historical background of
different societies in analysing the
present and predicting the future.
ACTIVITY 2
Primary source has been regarded as
the source of the “best evidence” but
when many eyewitnesses supply
information discrepancies and
contradictions emerged, what do you
think is the best solution to have
accurate and exact narration of events
coming from different sources.
 In order to achieve a well diverse and
reliable source of information we
need to always keep in mind to check
whether the information we have is
true by researching it thoroughly
and scanning some reliable sources
that can backbone the said
information. By that, we can avoid
discrepancies and contradictions in
any matter, if we, ourselves is fully
aware and have the necessary
knowledge of what the information is
about, before we finally digest it on
our systems and gives our personal
opinion and assumptions about that
certain issues/topic.
List down specific examples of
primary and secondary sources of
data
Primary Sources Secondary
Sources
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recordings
, video Chapter 2
recordings Controversies in Philippine History
, films
3. Journals, 3. Biographi ACTIVITY 1
letters and es
diaries Where do you think was the first mass
in the Philippines held? Support your
4. Speeches 4.
answer with primary sources (e.g.
Dissertations
individual persons, original
documents, etc.) or secondary sources
5. Published 5. Textbooks (articles, books, manuscripts.etc.)
books,
newspaper
and
magazine

Name: Briny B. Obamos

Year & Section: BSN 1 STEM- C
Instructor’s Name: Teresita Katigbak
Subject: Readings in Philippine
History and Political Science existed, and show how changes in these
have occurred.
A history degree program contributes to
a deep understanding of the cultural and History and ethics
historical context of political decisions,
History and ethics have a close
social movements, and cultural shifts
relationship. Although a true historian is
over time. The study of past political
not expected to pass distinct and
movements, developments, events and
sensitive judgements on the historical
relations forms a valuable part of the
incidents and characters, yet they must
study of political science. History
know about the ethical principle of the
provides study material to political
time which influenced the conduct of the
science, which serve as the foundation
people in the past.
for studying the current political
movements, events and relations. History and Psychology
History and Economics A historian must have to show some
psychological insights while making an
Economics is the study of patterns
analysis of the motive and actions of
therefore economic history seeks to try
men and societies. As the result of the
to understand historical events by
influence of psychology historians have
appealing to our knowledge of economic
under taken the study of the results and
processes. There has been a long
impacts of war. Psychology history also
standing connection between economics
demonstrates how the field began and
and history. Most major historical events
developed in response to modern culture,
have an economic basis to them. In
politics, economics and current events.
looking at the major wars fought since
the 1980’s economic has played a key History and Geography
role in the start of the war. They knew
winning a war would be a good result for The relationship between history and
their businesses and economy. geography is especially close because
they represents two fundamental
History and Sociology dimensions of the same phenomenon.
Key concepts of geography, such as
In actual practice the relation between
location, place, and region are tied
history and sociology is very close. The
inseparably to major ideas of history
sociologist of necessity derives his
such as time, period, and events. By
material from the data furnished by
studying history and geography it can
anthropology and history. Sociology in
help us frame how geography impacted
the broadest sense is the study of human
societies as well as how it helped shape
interactions and interrelations, their
human choices.
conditions and consequences. Historical
analysis can develop a critical approach
to the study of the past, present, and
future. It can illuminate the varieties of
cultural and social diversity that have
Epigraphy
is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs,
as writing; it is the science of
identifying graphemes, clarifying their
meanings, classifying their uses
according to dates and cultural contexts,
and drawing conclusions about the
writing and the writers. Specifically
included from epigraphy are the
historical significance of an epigraph as
a document and the artistic value of
a literary composition.
Diplomatics
is a scholarly discipline centred on the
critical analysis of documents:
especially, historical documents. It
focuses on the conventions, protocols
and formulate that have been used by
document creators, and uses these to
increase understanding of the processes
of document creation of information
transmission, and of the relationships
between the facts which the documents
purpose to record and reality. The
discipline originally evolved as a tool for
studying and determining the
authenticity of the
official charters and diplomas issued by
royal and papal chanceries. Diplomatics
also includes the study of other records,
such as bills, reports, cartularies,
registers, and rolls.
Philology
Palaeography can be used to provide
information about the date at which a
document was written. It is also the
study of historic writing systems and the
deciphering and dating of historical
manuscripts, including the analysis of
historic handwriting. It is concerned with
the forms and processes of writing; not
the textual content of documents.
Included in the discipline is the practice
of deciphering, reading, and dating
manuscripts, and the cultural context of
writing.
Palaeography
Philology also includes the study of texts
and their history. It includes elements
of textual criticism, trying to reconstruct
an author's original text based on variant
copies of manuscripts it is also the study
of language in oral and written historical
sources; it is the intersection of textual
criticism, literary criticism, history,
and linguistics).Philology is more
commonly defined as the study of
literary texts as well as oral and written
records, the establishment of their
authenticity and their original form, and
the determination of their meaning.
Archaeology
Authenticity as a concept is integral to
the discipline of archaeology.
Discriminating between real artifacts
and forgeries, determining secure
provenance, and investigating how past
actually happened are all activities at
the core of producing archaeological
knowledge and can be seen essentially
as quests for authenticity. Since the
beginnings of archaeological research,
archaeologists have expressed concern
regarding their ability to present the
past as realistically as possible and to
communicate the nature of
archaeological work in an accurate way
that a variety of diverse audiences will
be able to understand. Just like for
example an archaeologist have found
some artifacts or relics on the site where
Magellan allegedly stayed during the
war therefore they will find out whether
it is true or not that this place was the
place where Magellan stayed long years
ago.
Chemistry
Chemistry is the study of ink, ink is
composed of chemical, which means
chemist determine the element or
chemical properties by finding the date
of the material therefore you will now
know whether the ink that have been
use is current or not.