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Philippine
History
The Saga Begins
 The Study of History
• History. 1. narrative of
events; stories; 2. A
chronological record of
events; 3. A branch of
knowledge that records
and analyzes past events.
(From Greek historia, from
historein, inquire, from
histor, learned person)
 Difference of “History” from Filipino
conception of “Kasaysayan”
• Kasaysayan- ka/saysay/an/ “salaysay”

• Kasaysayan – isang salaysay ng mga pangyayari sa

nakaraan na may saysay para sa isang partikular na
grupo ng tao (PILIPINO) na naninirahan sa kasalukuyan.

• Mayroon na tayong konsepto ng kasaysayan bago pa

malaman ang salitang “history”

• Magkaiba ang empasis o locus ng history at kasaysayan,

ang una ay sumasaklaw sa kabuuan ng nakaraan at
kronika, ang huli ay sa “saysay.”
WHY STUDY HISTORY???
DO YOU KNOW THESE
EVENTS???
Importance of studying
history:
1. Act of leaping from one epoch to another.
2. It provides us the opportunity to revisit the richness of
forgotten cultures of past civilizations and reliving it in
the present.
3. It gives one the chance to step into the life of every
person being studied.
4. Gives time-travelling feeling through passages and
imagining things.

History is the process of learning, relearning and

unlearning everything.
Understanding History

*** Renato Constantino

“Philippine History is a story of struggle.
The recorded struggle of people for ever
increasing freedom and newer and higher
realization of human person”
Why do we need to study History?
Evolution of Land
-Understanding the complexity of history is to
understand how it was evolved.

Geography sets the stage of history and serves

as the foundation of all occurrences of events.
- Hegel

Knowledge of geographical setting will enable the

person to appreciate the beginning of all things.
 Philippines: A Quick Look
• Official Name: Republic of the Philippines
(Las Islas Filipinas, Republica Filipina,
Philippine Islands)
• Located in Southeast Asia
¡ Capital: Manila
¡ Official Languages:
Filipino and English
¡ Regional Languages:
Bikol, Cebuano,
Hiligaynon, Ilokos,
Pampango,
Pangasinense, Tagalog,
Waray
¡ National Language:
Filipino
Geography
Philippines is a diverse
nation…
-4,000 unnamed

-Five Biggest Islands:

-1. Luzon
-2. Mindanao
-3. Samar
-4. Negros
-5. Palawan
Geography
Bounded by:

North- Bashi Tunnel

West- South China Sea
East- Pacific Ocean
South- Celebes Sea
Geography
- Pacific Ring of fire with 26 active volcanoes and group of
dormants

Mount Mayon- in Albay

Mount Pinatubo- destructive
Taal volcano- smallest
Mount Bulusan -in Sorsogon
Geography
Mount Apo, Davao del Sur
-Highest peak
-2,954 meters

Chocolate Hills in Bohol

Mount Dulang-
dulang, Bukidnon
2nd highest peak
-2,938 meters
Geography
Three Mountain Ranges:
1. Sierra Madre- the longest (Baler to Nueva Vizcaya, Isabela,
Cagayan) **photo
2. Caraballo del Sur -(Northern and Central Cordillera)
3. Caraballo del Baler - start where the Sierra Madre and the
Cordilleras meet.
Climate
Wet and dry season
throughout the year
-Average
temperature is 26.6
degrees celcius
- Highly humid
PAGASA- 20 to 23 typhoons visit us
every year

Categories of Typhoon:
1. Tropical Depression- 55 to 64
km/hr
2. Tropical Storm- 65-119 km/hr
3. Typhoon- 120-185 km/hr
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