GE HIST 101 with Instr.

Bautista

importance of history
Continuation from Lesson 1
 Why Study History?

As suggested by sterns,
history must be studied
because it is significant both
to society and people for it
helps us better understand
ourselves, our strengths,
limitations, and aspirations.
 Why Study History?

As suggested by sterns,
history must be studied Historical events
because it is significant both remind us of the
to society and people for it collective
helps us better understand experience of the
ourselves, our strengths,
people, its suffering,
limitations, and aspirations
joy, and aspiration
 Why Study History?

As suggested by sterns,
history must be studied Historical events All these things
because it is significant both remind us of the serve as glue
to society and people for it collective
helps us better understand towards the
experience of the
ourselves, our strengths, realization of a
people, its suffering,
limitations, and aspirations
joy and aspiration
nation.
• The study of history became possible with
the development of writing.
 branches of history

SOCIAL
HISTORY
GENERAL ECONOMIC CULTURAL
HISTORY HISTORY HISTORY
MYTH
HISTORY
 GE HIST 101 with Instr. Bautista

MODULE 1: LESSON
2
 LESSON 2: Philippine
historiography and
readings no. 1-3
TOPICS:

• Historiography
• Reading No. 1 (The Philippines A
Century Hence)
• Reading No. 2 (Dasalan at Tocsohan)
• Reading No. 3 (Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang
Lupa)
 OBJECTIVES:

1. Discuss the importance of history

in the creation of national identities
and development and make it part
of Filipino consciousness.

2. Analyze the literary works

presented in the academic
discipline.
 historiography
Historiography is the art of writing.

• It also refers to the theory and history of historical

writing.

• The term historiography is rooted from the Greek word

historia which means past and graphier which means
to write.
 historiography

• The new historicism pioneered by

Michael Foucault provided new
perspectives in terms of historical
interpretation.
 historiography

• Data like oral history, folklore, indigenous

materials and the likes which traditionally
cannot be considered as sources of history are
now considered as possible sources if history.
• This trend also looked into the “silences” in
history.
 historiography

• In the Philippines, the dominance of the

colonial discourse has challenged Filipino
historians to write the history of the
Philippines using a discourse that will
privilege the Filipinos.
 historiography

• Filipino historians like Agoncillo, IIeto,

Guerrero, Diokno, Salazar and others,
worked hard to counter the colonial
historiography that dominated Philippine
historiography for a long time
 historiography

• The accumulation of new data and the

development of new theories gave
Filipino historians many aspects of
Philippine history that were left
unexplained.
Required
Readings reading no. 1: the philippines a century hence

By Dr. Jose Rizal

reading no. 2: dasalan at tocsohan

By Marcelo H. del Pilar

reading no. 3: pag-ibig sa tinubuang lupa

By Andres Bonifacio
reading no. 1: the philippines a century hence
To do: “DEFEND 1. As a group, CITE the three predictions presented by
Rizal in his essay and PROVE that they came true.
YOUR CLAIM” examples to validate your claim.
2. Each prediction, upon proving, provide at least two

3. Divide the task to every member. Each member

should have a part during the presentation.
4. The output will be presented within 20-minute time
only/group on AUGUST 15. If it exceeds, a 0.5
deduction every after a minute will be given.
5. Submit your final output on SATURDAY, AUGUST
13 before 12MN.
6. Rubric will be sent later.
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