Meaning and Relevance

of History
By: Melessa A. Fernandez
 At the end of this module, you are expected
to:
• State the meaning of history
• 2. Discuss the significance of history
• 3. Appreciate studying history
• 4. Determine the branches of social sciences
 What is History?
• It’s from the Greek word “HISTORIA” which means to search, look into.
• As the time past by there are some changes into its meaning “history”.
• History is a brief summary or result based on a factual research and it also
deals with the sequence of important events that is stated in the history.
• It deals with science that describe and examine the past event in the
specific group of people.
• It’s continues process and written in a chronological order of events and its
importance to our society.
 Significance of History
Studying history is really importance especially in our Philippine settings. These are the reason
why we need to study:
1. Studying history, we could determine and understand the contribution of our ancestor in the
foundation of our humanity, origin, and inherit culture. History gives picture to our humanity
and to our society.
2. We could understand the task present and future if we study the history. The events in the past
has relation to our present and future. It gives meaning in different things and events in our
society.
3. History used to examine and forecast the things in the environment and society. We’ve learned
to appreciate the culture, love, respect other people in the world.
4. History can give us deeper understanding in different problems in solutions in our present and
future. In the study of the past events we discover new ways in studying in solving problems in
the present and future.
5. History is an eye opener to understand our culture, language and society.
History aroused patriotic, humanitarian and universally.
. History develop our knowledge about different race of people, culture, place, and
time.
6. The stories of past about people and things in the world we live provide
valuable lessons to us.
7. In studying history we’ve learned different ways of studying and researching in
social sciences. It help us to learn different ways of discovering new knowledge.
 Studying History
• Once upon a time, the history or story of a society or group of
people is rooted from their myth, epic, folklore, and rituals. It
has been transfer from generation to generation. Over hundred
years ago, study of history are based from different data’s like
documents, coins, seal, picture, and sculptures and carved
statue. At early times, recording history is important to the
rulers of government to justify their works. During that time the
laws and agreement became an important basis.
• Lately, the basis of data’s not only through written documents but also the things
that has to do with the lives of people. Some of this things are their materials,
corpse, settlement, plants, picture, computer text files and environment. Because
of numerous resources of data’s, it is a difficult task for the historian to
scrutinized and properly choose which of these are valid. This is the reason why
they need to clarify properly. In studying history we need to documents,
examine, framework it properly, it should consider the relation of documents
and events due to multifaceted past events. The important data’s should be
connected and understandable to become more relevance and realistic from its
interpretation.
ANCIENT EQUIPMMENT
 History Data’s in our

NOT
WRITTEN
WRITTEN
Laws
Corpse
Treaty
Materials
Biography
Settlement
Documents
Environment
News
Customs
 Branches of Social Sciences

• Sociology- the essence of society, social

relationships, the systematic study of the
development, structure, interaction, and collective
behavior of organized groups of human beings.
 Social Science
• A branch of science that deals with the institutions and functioning of
society and with the interpersonal relationships of individuals as members
of society a science( such as economics of political science) dealing with
a particular phase or aspect of human society
 Archaeology

• The scientific study of material remains (such as

tools, pottery, jewelry, stone and monuments) of
past human life activities.
 Cartography

• The science of the art of making maps

 Anthropology

• The study of human race, its culture and society, and its
physical development, the science of human beings
especially the study of human beings and their
ancestors through time and space and in relation to
physical character, environmental and social relations
and culture.
 Psychology

• The science of the mental or behavioral

characteristics of an individual or group, the
study of mind and behavior in relation to a
particular field of knowledge or activity
 Economics
• A social science concerned chiefly with dvscription and analysis of the
production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
 Geography
• A science that deals with the description,
distribution and interaction of the diverse
physical, biological and cultural features of the
earth’s surface.
• THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS
 Linguistics
• The stud of human speech including the units, nature, structure and
modification of language.
 Chemistry and Biology

• Could also help us to study about our history. It

would be great help in studying the history of
validation if the fragments is in humans and not
animals.