Name: Jamera, Queen Bernadeth D.

February 16, 2021

Year/Section: BSICT-2B Score:

MODULE 2

Historical Importance of Text in Understanding Philippines History

Examining the Author’s Main Argument and Point of View

Interpretation of Primary Sources

POST TEST: Direction: Based on your reading and watching the animated documentary film
“Battle of Surigao Strait,” answer the following questions.

CONTENT (What is the main idea?) CREATOR (Who creates the source?)

It was the scene of a major battle ship duel
during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Because the
battle was fought at night and had few survivors
on the Japanese side. The Battle of Surigao took
place here on October 25, 1944.
The first source was the U.S strategic bombing
survey based on interrogations of Japanese
officials conducted in the fall and spring of
1945/1946. James Field utilized this material
and other post-war reports to write his The
Japanese at Leyte Gulf in 1947.

CONTEXT (What is going on when the CONNECTION (What is your prior

source was created?)
All of them fought that time, The battle was
fought as part of the wider battle of Leyte Gulf
(23-26 October 1944), a Japanese attempt to
destroy the vast American fleet supporting the
amphibious landings on Leyte. Four separate
Japanese forces were involved in the plan.
knowledge and your newly acquired
knowledge?)
Battle of Surigao Strait is not only military
history based in scrupulous use of a plethora of
new source materials, but is a spanking good
read.