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Historical Context DISS

The document discusses the historical context and emergence of various academic disciplines. It provides information on pioneers and founders of different social science fields, including: - Anthropology was founded by Edward Burnett Taylor and Franz Boas in the 19th century. - History's foundations can be traced back to Herodotus, one of the first historians in ancient Greece. - Economics emerged as a separate discipline in 1776 with Adam Smith's publication of The Wealth of Nations. - Geography's early contributions came from ancient Greek scholars like Eratosthenes, while it developed into an academic field in the 19th century. The

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Historical Context DISS

The document discusses the historical context and emergence of various academic disciplines. It provides information on pioneers and founders of different social science fields, including: - Anthropology was founded by Edward Burnett Taylor and Franz Boas in the 19th century. - History's foundations can be traced back to Herodotus, one of the first historians in ancient Greece. - Economics emerged as a separate discipline in 1776 with Adam Smith's publication of The Wealth of Nations. - Geography's early contributions came from ancient Greek scholars like Eratosthenes, while it developed into an academic field in the 19th century. The

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Historical context

of the emergence
of each discipline
Activity: REVIEW…REVIEW…REVIEW

1. It is the systematic study of


various aspects of human
society.
A. Humanities
B. Social Science
C. Natural Science
2. Academic disciplines that study
human culture , using methods that are
primarily analytical, critical or
speculative.
A. Humanities
B. Social Science
C. Natural Science
3. Deals with the description, prediction
and understanding of natural
phenomena, basically based on
observation and empirical evidence.
A. Humanities
B. Social Science
C. Natural Science
Give at least two (2) branches for
each of the following disciplines:
4-5. Social Science
6-7. Natural Science
8-9. Humanities
Performance Standard:

• Connect the disciplines with their


historical and social foundations.
Learning Competency:

• Trace the historical foundations and


social contexts that led to the
development of each discipline.
(HUMSS_DIS 11-IIId-4)
Activity:
GUESS WHO???
A. Herodotus
B. Aristotle
C. Plato

Aristotle
(384- 322 B.C)
Political Scientist
A. Auguste Comte
B. Edward Burnett
Taylor
C. Wilhelm Wundt

Edward Burnett Taylor


(1832-1917)
Sociocultural Evolution
A. Herodotus
B. Aristotle
C. Plato

Herodotus
(484 B.C – 425 B.C)
Father of History
A. Auguste Comte
B. Wilhelm Wundt
C. Sigmund Freud

Auguste Comte
(1798- 1857)
Philosopher
A. Carl Jung
B. Sigmund Freud
C. Wilhelm Wundt

Wilhelm Wundt
(1832-1920)
German Psychologist
A. Aristotle
B. Sigmund Freud
C. Eratosthenes

Erathosthenes
(276 B.C – 194 B.C)
Greek Geographer
A. Carl Rogers
B. Adam Smith
C. Carl Jung

Adam Smith
(1723 - 1790)
Founding Father of Economics
A. Sigmund Freud
B. Carl Jung
C. Vigotsky

Sigmund Freud
(1856 - 1939)
Founder of Psychoanalysis
Father of Modern Psychology
A. Eratosthenes
B. Adam Smith
C. Ferdinand de
Saussure
Ferdinand de Saussure
(1857- 1913)
Swiss Linguist
Simulation Activity
- Students proceed to their groupings
- Based on your research, you will be
presented/discussed the historical
foundation and information of the
pioneer/father of each discipline in class in
a creative manner.
- Time: 15 minutes to work on your assigned
social science disciplines.
• Group 1 – Anthropology and History (News
Reporting)
• Group 2- Economics and Geography (Vlogging)
• Group 3- Linguistics and Political Science (Talk
Show)
• Group 4- Psychology (Talk Show)
• Group 5- Sociology and Demography (News
Reporting or Vlogging)
Rubric/ Criteria

• Understanding of Topic/ Relevance – 20%


• Presentation – 20%
• Cooperation – 10%
• Over-All – 50%
ANTHROPOLOGY:
EDWARD BURNETT TAYLOR (1832 – 1917)

• English Cultural
Anthropologist
• First to hold the chair in the
subject at Oxford University
in the UK in 1896
• Coined the term “culture”
• Wrote “Researched into the
Early History of Mankind and
the Development of
Civilization
ANTHROPOLOGY:
FRANZ BOAS (1858- 1942)

• considered both the founder


of modern Anthropology as
well as the father of
American Anthropology.
• Wrote “The mind of
Primitive Man (1911);
Anthropology and Modern
Life (1928).
ANTHROPOLOGY:

• HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
– Traces its roots from natural history
which is the study of plants, animals
and humans with reference to their
history and native environment.
– It was in 19th century that the discipline
began its formative years as a social
science.
HISTORY
Herodotus (484 B.C – 425 B.C)
• Greek Historian
• Collected historical materials
systematically and critically and
arranged them into a historical
narrative.
• Wrote “Histories” which is the
record of ancient traditions and
culture of Greece, Asia and
Africa
HISTORY
Herodotus (484 B.C – 425 B.C)

• HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
– Herodotus, a 5th century BC Greek
Historian is often considered within the
western tradition to be the “father of
history”.
– Aristotle used the word history in his
“History of Animals.”
ECONOMICS
Adam Smith (1723 – 1790)

• Scottish Economist,
philosopher and author.
• Wrote “Wealth of the
Nations” in 1776
ECONOMICS
Adam Smith (1723 – 1790)
• HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
– The effective birth of Economics as a
separate discipline may be traced to
the year 1776, when the Scottish
philosopher Adam Smith published
“Wealth of Nations”.
GEOGRAPHY
Eratosthenes (276 B.C – 194 B. C)
• Greek Geographer
• Accepted the concept that the earth is
round and calculated its circumference
to within 0.5 percent accuracy
• Described the known areas of the
world and divided the earth into five
climatic regions
• Prepared the earliest maps of the
known world.
Two freezing zone around the pole, two temperate
zone and a equatorial zone.
GEOGRAPHY
Eratosthenes (276 B.C – 194 B. C)

• HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
– The Ancient greeks made the
first contribution to the subject
through measuring the earth
using grids of meridians.
– 19th century- creation of an
academic discipline
LINGUISTIC
Ferdinand de Saussure (1857- 1913)

• Swiss Linguist
• His parents allowed him to study
linguistic in 1876 (Leipzig)
• Saussure is known as the Father of
Modern Linguistic because of his work
with Indo- European languages between
1881 and 1891.
• Published “Memoire sur le systeme
primitif des voyelles dans les langues
indo- europeenes”.
LINGUISTIC
Ferdinand de Saussure (1857- 1913)

• HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
– Linguistic as a social science began at the
beginning of the 19th century.
– Beginning around the 6th century BCE, linguistic
began to be studied systematically by the Indian
Scholar Panini, who is generally regarded as the
“father of linguistic”.
– Modern linguistic began to develop in the 18th
century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Aristotle (384 – 322 B.C)

• Political Scientist
• Aristotle was one of the
first people to give a
working definition of
political science.
• He wrote “The Politics”
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Aristotle (384 – 322 B.C)

• HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
– It was once part of the many related fields of study
like history, philosophy, law and economics
– Contemporary political science traces its roots
primarily to the 19th century.
– The theoretical and practical study of the state
and the politics began way back to the time of the
Ancient Greeks, about 500-300 B.C
PSYCHOLOGY
Wilhelm Wundt (1832 – 1920)

• German Psychologist
• Opened the Institute for Experimental
Psychology at the University of Leipzig
in Germany in 1879
• The first person ever to call himself a
Psychologist
• He is widely regarded as the father of
experimental psychology.
• Wrote “Principles of Physiological
Psychology”.
PSYCHOLOGY
Wilhelm Wundt (1832 – 1920)

• HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
– It has its roots in Ancient Greek Philosophy such as
epistemology, metaphysics, religion and oriental
philosophy
– Psychology was a branch of the domain of
philosophy until the 1870s.
– Philosophical interest in the human mind and
behavior dates back to the ancient civilizations of
Egypt, Persia, Greece, China and India.
SOCIOLOGY
Auguste Comte (1798- 1857)

• French Sociologist
• Coined the term “sociology”
• Advocated the application of
scientific method to social life
and positivism
• Wrote “Cours de Philosophie
Positive” published from 1830
– 1842 in 5 volumes.
SOCIOLOGY
Auguste Comte (1798- 1857)

• HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
– The intellectual, scientific and industrial
revolutions which happened in Europe in the
middle of the 19th century led to the development
of Sociology
– The revolutions in Europe brought rapid and
radical changes which resulted to social problems,
issues and social unrest prompting some individual
to direct their attention and investigation of social
phenomena
DEMOGRAPHY
John Graunt (1620- 1674)

• British Statistician and


Demographer
• Book- Natural and Political
Observation Made Upon Bills of
Mortality (1662)
• Graunt was the first to analyze
society numerically.
• He created methods to calculate
the population from the annual
numbers of christening and
burials.
• Quiz next meeting (20 items only)
• Coverage
– Introduction to Social Science
– Social Science, Natural Science and Humanities
– Historical Background, Pioneers/Fathers of Social
Sciences Disciplines

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