Name: Dacelle R.

Bohol Date: 02/21/23

Course, year, & section: BEEd-2C Score:

Activity 1

Answer the following questions in your own perspective.

1. Describe the relevance of studying Philippine History on your future career as an educator.

Studying Philippine history is very important because we can learn how our country started and also
how our country improves little by little. It also gives us prior knowledge on how to solve modern
issues, we just need to improvise it in accordance of our time. In summation, history serves as a guide
of every Filipino for present and future plans. Educating ourselves with our country’s history is
somehow linked to the appreciation of the effort and achievements of our national heroes. It also
develops our national identity and strengthens our sense of nationalism. Therefore, as part of this
country, we must know our root, and be proud of our nationality.

2. Does the historical event in our history have a great impact on the lives that we are living today?
Justify your answer.

Yes, because it helps us as individuals and as societies to understand why our societies are the way
they are and what they value. As Professor Penelope J. Corfield says: "Why on earth does it matter
what happened long ago? The answer is that History is inescapable. It studies the past and the
legacies of the past in the present. Far from being a 'dead' subject, it connects things through time and
encourages its students to take a long view of such connections.

All people and peoples are living histories. To take a few obvious examples: communities speak
languages that are inherited from the past. They live in societies with complex cultures, traditions and
religions that have not been created on the spur of the moment. People use technologies that they
have not themselves invented. … So understanding the linkages between past and present is
absolutely basic for a good understanding of the condition of being human. That, in a nutshell, is why
History matters. It is not just 'useful', it is essential."

3. Do you believe that most of our country's problems today were the effects on how our history was
written? Explain your answer.

No, One of the major problems in the writing of Philippine history stems from inadequate knowledge
of historical conditions in the rural Philippines. The problem is further complicated by a tendency to
treat society as a monolithic structure susceptible to outside influence and change at a uniform rate.