RPH

• Analyzing the Primary Source

  1. Look for the physical nature of the source.
  2. What is that saying to you?
  3. How is the Author trying to convey the message?
  4. What are you familiar with the author?
  5. Who are the intended audience?
  6. What can be told by a careful reading of the text or even by an object? How is the language working?
• Primary sources are created during the time period being studied, while secondary sources are written later by someone who was not present at the events described.
• 6 C's in Analyzing Primary Source

  1. Content
  2. Citation
  3. Communication
  4. Context
  5. Connection
  6. Conclusion
• Content

  • You must identify the main idea.
• Citation

  You must identify the author of the document and time which it it created.
• Communication

  You must identify the biases of the author. You also have to examine the pov of the author.
• Context

  You must understand what is going on the world, country, region, or locality when the document is written.
• Connection

  You must recognize the connection of the primary source to what you already know.
• Conclusion

  You must determine the contributors of the primary source to our understanding of the history.
• Historians


  They are the one who employ various processes to piece together a narrative that aptly describes a period in the past they want to focus on.
• Historiography


  Methods used in analyzing historical writings.
• 4 STAGES OF ANALYZING HISTORICAL WRITINGS

  1. Selecting the subject the historian wants to investigate.
  2. Collecting potential sources of information regarding the subject.
  3. Checking the credibility of the sources.
  4. Extracting needed information from the sources
• Textual Criticism


  This refers to the restoration of texts to make them as close to their original form as possible. 
• Fray Juan de Plasencia


  He was one of the first 19 Franciscan missionaries to arrive in the Philippines.
• In 1590, Plasencia died in Liliw, Laguna.
• “The Teachings of Christianity“ The first ever book printed in the

  Philippines. 

  Doctrina Christiana
• Barangay


  Family of parents, children, relation and slaves.
• Datu (Chief)


  Responsible for maintaining order and settling disputes within the community. 
• 3 Castes

  1. Nobles (Maharlicas)
  2. Commoners (Aliping Namamahay)
  3. Slaves (Alipin sa Guiguilir)
• Nobles

  (Maharlicas) They did not pay tax or tribute to the datu, but must accompany him in war, at their own expense
• Commoners


  (Aliping Namamahay) They are the common people. They served their masters and can be married. They have the rights to control their lives.
• Slaves


  (Alipin sa Guiguilir) Individuals owned by others. Considered as commodities, they can be sold, thrown away, sent anywhere, and they can also be made to pay the debt by their master or the datu.
• Male or female priests.

  Catolonan
•  Witches, who deceived by pretending to heal the sick.


  Mangagauay
• Whose duty was to emit fire from himself at night, once or often each month.


  Mancocolam
• Which is another kind of witch, of greater efficacy than the Mangagauay

  Hocloban
• Place of Rest

  For good and brave
• Place of Punishment

  For those who committed crimes and terrible sins.
• KINDS OF INFERNAL MINISTER

  • Catolonan/Sinat
  • Mangagauay
  • Manyisalat
  • Mancocolam
  • Mangangayoma
  • Magtatanggal
  • Hocloban
  • Silagan
  • Osuan
  • Pangatahoan
• There were also ghosts, which they called vibit, and phantoms, which they called tigbalaang.
• When Magellan proposed to sail West in order to reach the East


  1519
• Magellan reached the Philippines , by following the sea route.


  1521
• The First 5 Ships used to Circumnaviagte the World

  • Trinidad
  • Victoria
  • Conception
  • Santiago
  • San Antonio
• March 16, 1521


  Magellan's fleet sees the island of Samar.
• March 18, 1521


  Magellan's forces and Filipinos make first contact on Homonhon Island.
• March 28, 1521


  Magellan's fleet anchors off Limasawa. They are well received by the Filipinos on that island. Magellan establishes good relations with Rajah Colambu.
• March 31, 1521


  Magellan orders his priest to conduct an Easter mass on Limasawa island.
• April 6, 1521


  Magellan's fleet leaves Limasawa.
• April 7, 1521


  Magellan's fleet arrives at the port of Cebu. The Spaniards negotiate and establish good relations with the natives of the island. They trade their merchandise for supplies.
• April 14, 1521


  Magellan convinces Rajah Humabon, the ruler of Cebu, to convert to Christianity and be baptized; Humabon's wife, the queen, and Rajah Colambu are also baptized.