Kara Kristine T. Narisma karakristinetuano@gmail.

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Bachelor of Science in Nursing I GEC 2- Readings in Philippine History

TO DO!
Assignment 1: Make two Venn diagrams about external and internal criticism and primary and secondary
resources. See your course guide for deadline, instructions, and rubric for scoring.
Below is the format of a Venn diagram.

PRIMARY SOURCES SECONDARY SOURCES

both useful in

writing and

learning history.
sources to produce
Depends not on the the material.
period when the source
secondary sources
was produced or the are historical
sources, which
type of the source
studied a certain
but on the subject of historical subject.
historical subject.
sources produced at the same time as the event, period, or subject being studied.

INTERNAL
CRITICISM
EXTERNAL
CRITICISM
Practice of verifying the The examination of the
authenticity of evidence by truthfulness of the evidence. It
examining its physical looks at the content of the source
and examines the circumstance
characteristics; consistency with
of its production.
the historical characteristic of the
time when it was produced; and Looks at the truthfulness and
the materials used for the factuality of the evidence by
evidence. looking at the author of the
source, its content, the agenda
behind its creation, the
knowledge which informed it,
and its intended purpose, among
others.