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How Is Your Understanding of History Different From What Is Explained in The Lesson

Historians have different interpretations of history based on their perspectives. For example, some argue Adolf Hitler rose to power due to his oratory skills while others believe it was due to social and economic conditions in Germany. As a student of history, my duties would include discovering my roots, respecting my country's past, and learning from historical documents and scholars. Studying history helps society understand how culture and identity developed over time and avoids repeating mistakes. It also shapes how foreign people view a country based on what is shared on social media.

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How Is Your Understanding of History Different From What Is Explained in The Lesson

Historians have different interpretations of history based on their perspectives. For example, some argue Adolf Hitler rose to power due to his oratory skills while others believe it was due to social and economic conditions in Germany. As a student of history, my duties would include discovering my roots, respecting my country's past, and learning from historical documents and scholars. Studying history helps society understand how culture and identity developed over time and avoids repeating mistakes. It also shapes how foreign people view a country based on what is shared on social media.

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1.

How is your understanding of history different from what is explained in the

lesson?

Interpretation and understanding differentiate from person to person. It is how I

interpret the purpose of the past event or the reason of the past event. The point of view

or perspective is the main reason why we have different interpretation or understanding.

According to Sullivan, History Instructor, “Let's say you and a friend are sitting

around discussing Adolf Hitler and the rise of Nazi Germany. You say Hitler rose to

power because of his tremendous skills as an orator and his ability to manipulate

political situations. After all, this is well-documented by historians. However, your friend

argues that Hitler rose to power because of the social and economic conditions in

Germany during the 1920s and 1930s. After all, this is also well-documented by

historians.”

“So who is right? Maybe it depends on whom you ask. This scenario highlights

the subjective nature of history. While the past is rooted in fact, how people view or

interpret the 'facts of history' is highly subjective and prone to differing opinion.”

This is the proof we are in different perspective.

2. What does a historian do? As a student of history, what do you think will be your

“duties”?

Historians research, analyze, interpret and write about the past by studying

historical documents and sources first hand. They also create scholarly writings for us

to study.
Teachinghistory.org, Created by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and

New Media at George Mason University with funding from the U.S. Department of

Education, stated that:

“Historians working as researchers (and this includes historians at colleges and

universities as well as public historians) tend to do pretty similar types of work. They

develop a sense of the standard opinions on a particular historical subject by reading

what other historians have already written on the subject, and then they dig into the

source materials to build a new interpretation or follow a new insight. These findings are

then put together in any of a variety of forms, such as books, articles, websites, reports

for clients, or museum scripts.”

Duties as a student of history is to study carefully a scholar writings and historical

documents. Duties referred to as “moral or legal obligation,” according to Merriam-

Webster Dictionary, therefor, my duties includes the following:

I. Do my part in discover my roots and nation’s country

II. Make history as a way for me to recognize the full implication and to

regard with respect to our country and to our race

III. Assimilate ideas or knowledge that I learned from historical documents or

scholar writings.

3. What role does history take in the study of Philippine society, culture, and

identity?

In order to not repeat past mistakes, we study history. History helped to the society to

take form, what we see today. Culture and history correlates which reflects the identity
of our country. Social behavior in media, specifically social media, affects the image of

our country. Many foreign people see our country based on widespread information on

social media posted by Filipinos. e.g: The lamentation of families of the victims on so-

called “extra judicial killings.”


References:

Sullivan N, Alternate Interpretation of History, The Subjective Nature of History,

retrieved from https://study.com/academy/lesson/alternate-interpretations-of-history.html

Teachinghistory.org, Historians Defined, retrieved from

https://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/24120

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