Philippine History Subject Reviewer

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1. Are materials that have been published for public use, such as books magazines,
reading journals, travelogues, or speech transcripts. Published materials
2. Handwritten or typed record that has not been printed, such as archival materials,
memoirs, and diaries. Manuscript
3. Such as oral history, artifacts, ruins, fossils, artworks, video and audio recordings.
Non-written
4. Materials produced by people or groups directly involved in the event or topic being
studied either participants or witnesses. Primary Source
5. Materials that analyze and interpret primary sources. Secondary Source
6. Tests of Authenticity. External criticism
7. Tests of Credibility. Internal Criticism
8. Is a material made by man that describes what culture he belongs to. Artifact
9. Are the ways in which people organize their society and relate to one another.
Sociofact
10. Are the ideas, beliefs, and values that people hold on to, see, and associate with an
artifact. Mentifact
11. Process of systematically examining an account of what has happened in the past.
Historical Method
12. The subjects or topics covered in a book or document. Content
13. The parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific
passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect. Context
14. A short history of the author’s life. Background
15. Perspective used by the author that determines the approximate “distance” of the
author to the narrative he or she is writing. Point of View
16. Also called purpose; the author’s stand or opinion in the narrative. Argument
17. Meaning learning or inquiry. History (Greek word Historia)
18. He defined history as Kasaysayan, which means history has relevance. Zeus
Salazar
19. The analysis of the merits and faults of artistic work. Criticism
20. Materials used for the writing of history. Historical Source

Customs of the Tagalog-Juan de Placencia

First Voyage Around The World-Antonio Pigafetta
Kartilya ng Katipunan-Emilio Jacinto
Mga Gunita ng Himagsikan-Emilio Aguinaldo
Spoliarium-Juan Luna
Dalagang Bukid (depicting rural/province life of Filipinos)- Fernando Amorsolo
Political Caricature During American Era- Alfred McCoy
Speech of Aquino- Corazon Aquino, Teddy Locsin

Edward Hallet Carr- English historian. Defined history as what the historian makes.
Robin George Collingwood- English historian. Described it as the re-enactment in the
historian’s mind of the thought whose history he is studying.
Michael Joseph Oakeshott- English philosopher. Stated that history is the historian’s
experience.

Classification of Historical Source

1. Published materials
2. Manuscripts
3. Non-written
Categories of Primary Source
1. Written Sources- Published by firsthand eyewitnesses or the participants
2. Images-Visual documents
3. Artifacts- Materials made
4. Oral testimonies- Documented conversation
Kinds of primary source
1. Fossil remains
2. Artifacts and ruins
3. Royal decrees and laws
 4. Official reports
5. Chronicles
6. Friar accounts
7. Maps
8. Memoirs
9. Personal accounts

Kinds of Secondary Sources

1. Biography
2. RRL
3. History books
4. Portrayal of the death of Rizal
5. Dictionary

External Criticism
1. Anachronistic Document Date
2. Author
3. Anachronistic Style
4. Anachronistic Event Reference
5. Provenance or custody
6. Semantics
7. Hermeneutics
Internal Criticism
1. Authors identification
2. Date approximation
3. Ability to tell the truth
4. Willingness to tell the truth
5. Corroboration

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