Media and Information Sources

• Indigenous Source - a material is indigenous when it exists naturally in a particular region or environment.
• Primary Source - Sources of information that were produced during a particular period in history
• Secondary Source - sources that give second hand accounts about a particular event, person, or information
• Oral tradition - is a form of narration wherein the elders recount their culture to their children and grandchildren through legends, folktales, epics, mythologies, and folk songs.
• LEGEND - It is a fiction which tells about the origin of something.
• FOLKTALE - Similar to a legend, it is a narration about the characteristics of the time and place in which the story is told.
• EPIC - tells a heroic adventure of a main character that sometimes possesses extraordinary powers.
• MYTHOLOGY - This is a story similar with a legend and folktale but it focuses more on creation. Stories of this also tell how the lives of mortals or humans are influenced by the gods.
• The Royal Library of Alexandria - oldest library in the world located at Alexandria Egypt that is believed to be approximately built in 300 BC
• The Bibliotheque nationale de France (National Library of France) -considered as the oldest public library in the world that is built in 1368 which still exist today.
• MUSEUM

  contains historical artifacts and documents on public display.

  considered as an institution in charge with the procurement, care, study, and display of objects lasting value/interest.
• BLOG - is similar to an editorial column where the editor expresses his opinion about certain issues.
• BLOGGER - owns or maintains a blog, shares his insights, and reviews anything that interests him.