Guide Questions for Better Understanding on Reading 2

1. Why are historical documents forged or misleading?

2. How do historians distinguish a hoax from a genuine document?
3. Why do garbled documents happen?
4. How do historians restore texts?
5. Why is it essential to identify the author and the date of the document in performing external
criticism?
6. What is a “particular”? How do historians examine and understand historical fact?
7. What is interrogation hypothesis? Why is it essential in document analysis?
8. What are the four aspects of historical subject? Why are they needed in conducting internal
criticism?
9. If the author’s name and the date are unknown, how would a historian learn these information?
10. What is personal equation? How does it influence the ability and willingness of a witness to
give a dependable testimony?
11. What are the four tests in determining the credibility of a historical evidence?
12. What factors influence the witness’s ability to tell the truth?
13. What conditions influence the witness’s willingness to tell the truth?
Take Note: For your group output, make a ppt presentation for your answers to guide questions (1-13),
then submit it in the Google drive link. Then, submit also your individual outputs (word or pdf) in the
Google Drive link of your class.
Reminder: Don’t answer the Issues for Discourse, it is just for you to have a copy and brainstorm.

Thank you, and enjoy reading! Take note, walang makakatalo sa taong nagbabasa 
Learning starts when you read. This is for you my dear students.