GROUP 4

HISTORICAL
METHOD

 Brief description
comprises the techniques and guidelines by which historians use primary sources and
other evidence to research and then write histories in the form of accounts of the past.
The question of the nature, and even the possibility, of a sound historical method is raised
in the philosophy of history as a question of epistemology.
The study of historical methods and writing is known as historiography.

 Personalities
1. Bernheim (1889) and Langlois & Seignobos (1898) proposed a seven-
step procedure
for source criticism in history

2. Thucydides (c. 460-c. 400 BC) dubbed the "father of scientific history"

(a copy of 4th Century BCE Greek work)

 Etymology / Short History

The term historical method refers to the collection of techniques and guidelines that
historians use to research and write histories of the past. Secondary sources, primary
sources, and material evidence such as that derived from archaeology may all be drawn
on, and the historian's skill lies in identifying these sources, evaluating their relative
authority, and combining their testimony appropriately in order to construct an accurate
and reliable picture of past events and environments.
DESCRIPTION
Based on the photos provided above, we can see a group of students were assigned by their
teacher to conduct a research study regarding the phenomenal earthquakes that happened in the
country by following the different steps to make an effective study using the historical method.

These are the different steps the students did followed:

First, they conducted preliminary research,
Second, they formulated a working hypothesis,
Then, they gather evidences and proofs,
Afterwards, they formulated a thesis statement,
And finally, they wrote their historical account.