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This document introduces the concepts of history as an academic discipline and discusses its relevance and limitations. It defines history as the systematic study of past events and examines historians' role in investigating and reconstructing history based on available evidence. The document notes that while history refers to all past events, historical knowledge is limited by incomplete records. As a result, historians aim to achieve verisimilitude or plausibility in their narratives. It also outlines the historical method of critically examining sources and reconstructing the past. Finally, it poses the question of whether history benefits the present and provides a link to a video exploring this topic.

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HIS 101 Module 1 Lecture

This document introduces the concepts of history as an academic discipline and discusses its relevance and limitations. It defines history as the systematic study of past events and examines historians' role in investigating and reconstructing history based on available evidence. The document notes that while history refers to all past events, historical knowledge is limited by incomplete records. As a result, historians aim to achieve verisimilitude or plausibility in their narratives. It also outlines the historical method of critically examining sources and reconstructing the past. Finally, it poses the question of whether history benefits the present and provides a link to a video exploring this topic.

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Republic of the Philippines

City of Olongapo
GORDON COLLEGE
Olongapo City Sports Complex, East Tapinac, Olongapo City
Tel. No. (047) 224-2089 loc. 314

Title: Meaning and Relevance of History


Module No. 1
I. Introduction
This module introduces history as a discipline and as a narrative. It discusses
the relevance of history, limitation of historical knowledge, history as the subjective
process or re-creation, and historical method and historiography.

II. Learning Objectives


After studying this module, you should be able to:
a. Define history and understand the relevance of history in our present time.
b. Use historical method in analyzing the past events.
c. Explain the relevance of History.

III. Topics and Key Concepts


History
History is derived from the Greek word Historia which means learning by inquiry.
According to Aristotle, history is the systematic accounting of set of natural phenomena, that
is, taking consideration the chronological arrangement of the account.
There are theories constructed by historians in investigating History.
A. Factual History - This presents the readers plain and basic information. It
answers the questions what, when, where, and who.
B. Speculative History – It goes beyond facts because it is concerned about
the reasons on why the events happened. This theory answers the question
why and how.
History deals with the study of past events. While Historians are the individuals who
write about history. They seek to understand the present by examining what went before. The
practice of historical of historical writing is called Historiography. It is a traditional method
of doing historical research that focuses on gathering of documents from different libraries
and archives to form a pool of evidence that is needed in making a descriptive or analytical
narrative. The modern historical writing or historiography does not only include examinations
of documents but also the use of research methods from related areas of study such as
Archeology and Geography.

Question: Does History has its limitation? Yes or no?

The incompleteness of records has limited man’s knowledge of history. Most human
affairs happen without leaving any evidence or records. If there are, there is no further
evidence of the human setting in which to place surviving artifacts. With this the past has
perished forever with only an occasional trace.
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Now, Let’s go back to the question does History has a limitation?


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The answer is No, our History doesn’t have a limitation rather our Historical
Knowledge. Why? As mentioned earlier, the incompleteness of records limited our
knowledge of history. Which means that there are events that happened that we aren’t sure if
it really happened because it has no surviving records. And because of that historians called
that events as History as Actuality. This, History as Actuality refers to the whole history that
happened in the past. On the other hand, History as Record is the events happened with a
surviving artifact and any other proofs from the past. Historians tell history from what they
understood as a credible part of the record, however, their claims may remain variable as
there can be historical records that could be discovered. That explains the Incompleteness of
the Object the historian’s study.

History as the Subjective Process of re-creation


Because of the incomplete evidence, historians strive to restore the total past of
mankind. History becomes only that part of the human past which can be meaningfully
reconstructed from the available records and from inferences regarding their setting.
Therefore, historians aim for Verisimilitude: Truth, Authenticity, and Plausibility.
Historical records therefore should contain verisimilitude.
Historical Method and Historiography
Historical Method is the process of Critically examining and analyzing the records and
survivals of the past. While, Historiography is the imaginative reconstruction of the past from
the data derived. By this, historians’ endeavor to reconstruct as much of the past of mankind.
The most important element of Historical Method is called as Historical Analysis. There are
four steps of Historical analysis:
A. Select the subject to investigate
B. Collect probable sources
C. Examine the Sources genuinely
D. Extract credible particulars.
Why study History? Does it Benefit our present time?
To answer that question let us watch the video in YouTube. Entitled What is History for?
Click the Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLE-5ElGlPM

IV. Teaching and Learning Materials and Resources


Notebooks, Pen, Speaker, Laptop / Cellphone, and Internet/Data.

V. Learning Task
A. Create a mnemonic for the word history based from you learned from this
module.
H I S T O R Y

B. Explain the statement in 200-300 words.


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“People who doesn’t know history tends to repeat the mistakes of the Past”
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