RPH Lesson1
RPH Lesson1
RPH Lesson1
PHILIPPINE
HISTORY
INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY:
DEFINITION, ISSUES, SOURCES, AND METHODOLOGY
LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
To understand the
To apply the knowledge in
meaning of history as
historical methodology
an academic
and philosophy in
discipline and to be
assessing and analyzing
familiar with the
existing historical
underlying philosophy
narratives.
and methodology.
•History
•Several Issues in History
•Distinction of Primary and Secondary
Sources
•Task of Historian
What is History?
Definition and Subject Matter
• Archeologist
• Linguists
• Scientist
QUESTIONS AND ISSUES IN HISTORY
History
- The past, event that happened in the past
and the causes of such events.
Historiography
-is the history of history.
- History itself
QUESTIONS AND ISSUES IN HISTORY
History played various roles in the past
• It unites a nation
• It make sense of the present
QUESTIONS AND ISSUES IN HISTORY
Historical Historical
methodology
research comprises certain
requires techniques and
rigor. rules that
historians follow.
HISTORY AND THE HISTORIAN
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
For example:
On the subject of Philippine Revolution
of 1896, students can read Teodoro
Agoncillo’s Revolt of the Masses: The
story of Bonifacio and the Katipunan
published originally in 1956
HISTORICAL SOURCES
For example:
If a historian wishes to write the
history of education in the 1980s, he
can utilize textbooks used in that
period as a primary source.
HISTORICAL SOURCES
For example:
If a historian wishes to study the
historiography of the Filipino-American
War, he can use works of different
authors on the topic as his primary
source as well.
HISTORICAL SOURCES