READINGS IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY

HISTORIOGRAPHY
AND ITS IMPORTANCE
Miss Clarisse M. Madayag
 Imagine yourself from the
past. If you are given a time
machine, where do you want
to go back to your past life?
Why?
CONTENTS: 1 Definition of Historiography
2 Historiography and History
3 Importance of History
4

4 Why study History?

5 What skills does a student of
history develop?

6 Foundation of Data
1
DEFINITION OF
HISTORIOGRAPHY
HISTORIOGRAPHY
HISTORIOGRAPHY
• craft of writing history
• art of historical writing
• writing what the historian
thinks he knows about the
past
The historian's task
is the discovery of
what happened in
the past.
HISTORIOGRAPHY
• DOES NOT deal with specific
histories
• DOES NOT SEEK what
actually happened in the
past
HISTORIOGRAPHY
looks what others have
said about the past
and how they
interpreted the past.
2

HISTORIOGRAPHY
and HISTORY
HISTORY
 HISTORY
study of the past
HISTORIOGRAPHY
HISTORIOGRAPHY
writing about
history/past
 HISTORY
HISTORIOGRAPHY
 HISTORY
HISTORIOGRAPHY
3
IMPORTANCE
OF HISTORY
IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY
A. B. C.
USED IN A BRIDGE
KNOWLEDGE OF ALL
OF SOCIETY PROBLEM-
SOLVING DISCIPLINES
4
WHY STUDY
HISTORY?
PETER STEARNS (1998)
TWO FUNDAMENTAL FACTS
1. History 2. History helps
us understand
helps us change and
understand how the society
people and we live in came
societies to be
IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY
IN OUR LIVES
HISTORY STUDYING
CONTRIBUTES TO HISTORY HISTORY IS
MORAL PROVIDES ESSENTIAL FOR
UNDERSTANDING IDENTITY GOOD
CITIZENSHIP
5
WHAT SKILLS
DOES A STUDENT
OF HISTORY
DEVELOP?
1 ABILITY TO ASSESS EVIDENCE

2 ABILITY TO ASSESS CONFLICTING

INTERPRETATIONS

3 EXPERIENCE IN ASSESSING PAST

EXAMPLE OF CHANGE
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FOUNDATION
OF DATA
A. PRIMARY
SOURCES
B. SECONDARY
SOURCES
A. PRIMARY
SOURCES
A. PRIMARY SOURCES
document
created during
the time of your
research
A. PRIMARY SOURCES
contains original information
that is not derived from
interpretation, summarizing, or
analyzing someone else's work
A. PRIMARY SOURCES
firsthand accounts created
when a historical event
occurred or are records of
original ideas
 A. PRIMARY SOURCES
Primary sources are
firsthand and not interpreted
by anyone else
 QUESTIONS TO ASK
WHEN DETERMINING IF
SOMETHING IS A
PRIMARY SOURCE:
1. Was the author the first to
create this research?

2. Is the information
uninterpreted data or
statistics?
3. Is the source an original
work?

4. Did the information come

from personal experience?
WHY USE PRIMARY
SOURCE?
allows one to interpret the
information instead of
relying on the
interpretations of others
B. SECONDARY
SOURCES
B. SECONDARY SOURCES
document created
at a much later
than the period of
the event
 B. SECONDARY SOURCES
documents that have no direct
personal connection with the
events or people being studied
B. SECONDARY SOURCES
based on primary or
secondary sources
B. SECONDARY SOURCES
These sources interpret,
include, describe, or draw
conclusions based on works
written by others.
 QUESTIONS TO ASK
WHEN DETERMINING IF
SOMETHING IS A
SECONDARY SOURCE:
1. Did the author consult multiple
sources to create this work?

2. Is this information an
interpretation or paraphrasing
of another author's work?
 3. Did the information come
from second-hand reporting?

4. Is the source a textbook,

review, or commentary?
 WHY USE
SECONDARY
SOURCE?
These expose you to
others' perspectives,
interpretations, and
conclusions.
 PRIMARY
or
SECONDARY
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
PRIMARY
BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
SECONDARY
DIARIES
DIARIES
PRIMARY
DICTIONARIES
DICTIONARIES
SECONDARY
PHOTOGRAPH
PHOTOGRAPH
PRIMARY
ABSTRACT OF
ARTICLES
ABSTRACT OF
ARTICLES
SECONDARY
THANK YOU!