Jasper Jesse C.

Umpil

BIT-EET 2A

Activity 1.

Enumerate the following

1. Example of primary source on Philippine

 archives and manuscript material

 photographs, audio recordings, video recordings, films
 journals, letters and diaries
 speeches
 scrapbooks
 published books, newspapers and magazine clippings published at the time

2. Example of Secondary source on Philippine History

 Publications such as textbooks, magazine articles, book reviews, commentaries,

encyclopedias, almanacs

3. Ways on analyzing Primary sources

- Look at the physical nature of your source.

o hank about the purpose of the source. ...
o How does the author try to get the message across?
o What do you know about the author?

Activity 2

Instruction: Compare and Contrast the following

1. Differentiate Primary sources and secondary sources of History

- Primary sources are firsthand, contemporary accounts of events created by
individuals during that period of time or several years later (such as
correspondence, diaries, memoirs and personal histories). These original records
can be found in several media such as print, artwork, and audio and visual
recording. 

- Secondary sources are closely related to primary sources and often interpret them.
These sources are documents that relate to information that originated elsewhere.
Secondary sources often use generalizations, analysis, interpretation, and synthesis
of primary sources.
 Similarities and difference between Primary sources and Secondary sources :

Primary Source Secondary Sources

- A records by a person - A record of the event
was involved or witnessed. Both written by someone not
Both are involved in the event.
- Can no someone who record of
was involved in the event. an event. – You can know what
people thought or seen.

2. Compare “’Dusty” or traditional sources and digital or modern sources of History

- "Dusty" or Traditional. Access to primary sources can be as straight forward as
talking with a neighbor, looking at family photos, finding an autobiography in the
school library or looking at some of the local history materials at the nearby
public library.
3. Differentiate credibility from accuracy of data in History

- Reliability refers to our ability to trust the consistency of the author’s account of the
truth. Credibility refers to our ability to trust the author’s account of the truth on
the basis of her or his tone and reliability.

Activity: 3

Instruction: Make a presentation history your respective Barangay or Town, using the Primary and
secondary sources of History. ( It is either through video presentation, record, power point etc.)