Introduction on Philippine

History
What is the brief historical
background of the name
“Philippines”?
Where did we get the name
Philippines?
How did we get the name
Philippines?
 Spanish Explorers after Ferdinand
Magellan
1. Loaisa
2. Saavedra
3. Cabot
4. Villalobos
5. Legazpi
 Roy Lopez de Villalobos
 Believed to have landed in some parts of
Mindanao but experienced starvation.
 Ordered his man Bernardo Dela Torre to sail
north to find food and water
 Landed in the islands of Cibabao (Samar) and
Tandaya (Leyte)
 Natives of Cibabao and Tandaya were very
hospitable to them.
 Villalobos….
 Villalobos was so happy. He named the two
islands “Las Islas Felipinas” in honor to the
Spanish Prince named Philip, son of King
Charles II of Spain.
 He proceeded to Moluccas and was captured
by the Portuguese which paved way the
Treaty of Zaragoza where Portugal was
outsmarted by Spain.
What is History?
 Meanings of History
1. It is the sum total of what happened in the
past--- every event, every action, and every
thought that a human being has done.
2. It is the act of analyzing and writing about
the past.
In short, history is not only the past but is also
the study of the past
 Other meaning/s
- It deals with the study of the past events,
chronologically arranged and give significance
to the future.
How do we study the past events?
 In studying the past:
 There must be evidences to reconstruct the
past. These evidences are classified into two:
a. Primary
b.Secondary
What is the difference between
primary and secondary sources?
 Primary source
 It is defined as a piece of evidence written or
created during the period under investigation.
 It is a record left by a person who witnessed
the event one is studying.
 Primary source can be an eyewitness account
or a firsthand account of particular event.
What are the examples of primary
sources?
 Documents
 Archival materials
 Letters
 Government records
 Newspapers
 Parish records
 Court transcripts
 Business ledgers
 Non-written primary sources:
 Artifacts like Manunggul jar
 Edifices like colonial churches
 Clothes
 Jewelry
 Farming
 Paintings
 Photographs , films, recordings (audio/video)
 Secondary Source
 These are works produced after the event has
taken place.
 These are usually an assessment or a
commentary of events, people, or institutions
of the past.
 Often use primary sources for the
aforementioned purpose.
What are the examples of
Secondary Sources?
 Books / textbooks
 Monographs
 Articles published in scholarly journals ,
popular magazines
 Dissertations
 Papers read in conferences
 HISTORICAL METHOD
1.External Criticism- checks the authenticity
2.Internal Criticism-checks the reliability