QUIZ History What is source and its significance

History and Historical sources

- the study of the past.

- it can also provide solutions to present issues

- example: In the context of medicine they use past studies to see what treatments went wrong and what worked.

- example: In the context of engineering, they study the building structures over time and see the natural and social context at that time and now.

" This is the study for nation building "

Historians - The people who studies history to uncover it and present to other people.

- Renato Constantino

= he stated that the history of Philippines should focus more on the pov of the grassroots or Filipinos.

- Fr. John N. Schumacher

= hispanocentric

= he agreed with Renato but also added that other povs are equally important to study history and write it.

The major lapse of Philippine history

☆ Influenced by American and spaniard colonization

☆ Example: the revolutionary period / spanish / American colonial

! Schumacher stated that they were misinterpretation because other provinces were not included (their perspective)

! Constantino said that their is a historical discourse about the deed of the historical heroes

! In conclusion there is a need for a Critical evaluation and analyzation of the Philippine History

Objective

- Revisit history to clarify misconception

- correct interpretation

- Filipinos= primary agent

Sources = Provides evidence about the existence of an event.

Historical Interpretation = it is an argument about the event.

Sources can be :

Relics

* can tell something about the culture

* objects of practical use

Testimonies

* Oral

* Written

Historical Sources Classifications

Primary are first-hand sources :

* Witnesses

* Autobiography

* Diary

* Memoir

* Cadaver

Secondary sources are based on primary sources. (they need primary sources) :

* Biography

* Encyclopedia

* Articles

* Book Review

* Medical Assessment / analyzation

Forms of Sources

Written - these are sources that have been written and used a certain language.

* Sumerian tablets

* Egyptian scriptures

* legal documents in court

* Journals

* Research Papers

Unwritten - these are sources that have not presented letters or any language to represent historical evidence of the past instead they used tangible sources.

* Recording tapes

* Pots - trading significance in the past

* Oral witnesses

* Samples

* Building structures

FORMS of Sources

Written: Writing System

Narrative/Literary - With story

Diplomatic/Juridical - Legal intentions, Transaction between 2 people or more, Receipts, treaty, law, contracts

Social Documents - Birth certs, census, surveys, government or schools

Unwritten

Relics/Archaeological - Fossils / Structures

Oral/Testimonies - SONA, speeches oral, recordings