PH History (Part 1)

• Historical Sources help confirm and ascertain historical narratives.
• Primary Sources are original raw materials or evidence.
• Letters, diaries, photographs, official documents, physical objects, newspapers and magazines, recordings, and speeches are examples of primary sources.
• Secondary sources analyze, interpret, or describe primary source information.
• Journal articles, reviews, academic books, documentaries, historical analyses, and literary critiques are examples of Secondary Sources.
• Artifacts are those tangible objects which prove the existence of a certain story or narrative
• A Manunggul jar or a piece of stone tool is an example of an artifact.
• Ang Banga ng Manunggul ay pinaniniwalaang nagmula sa taong 890- 710 BC.
• Ang Banga ng Manunggul o "Manunggul Jar" ay may dalawang pigura sa tuktok ng takip, ang isa ang nagsasagawan ng bangka at ang nasa harap ay tila bangkay na nakatiklop sa dibdib ang mga kamay. Sinasabing ang bangka na ito ay naghahatid ng namatay na kaluluwa patungo sa huli nitong hantungan.
• Sources are artifacts that have been left by the past. Therefore, in history, “artifacts” refer to both tangible and intangible sources.
• Secondary Source refers to any account written about the primary source.
• Relics or remains and testimonies are considered artifacts.
• Relics or remains present one variety of sources that offer clues about the past because of their physical existence.
• Relics or remains refer to anything that is made or modified by human hands.
• Testimonies may be oral or written reports that describe an event. They provide details on what took place, the location, the reason, and how the event took place.
• Narrative or “Literary”, Diplomatic or Judicial, and Social Documents sources are three types of testimonies.
• Narrative or “Literary” Sources are written to narrate or impart information. The message given by these sources may be real or fictional.
• Journals, Newspapers, Articles, Letters, Memoirs, Poems, and Novels are examples of Narrative or "Literary" Sources.
• Journals are the daily record of news and events of a personal nature; such as diary.
• Newspapers are printed publications (usually issued daily or weekly) consisting of folded unstapled sheets and containing news, feature articles, advertisements, and correspondence.
• Article is a piece of writing that is published in a newspaper or magazine.
• Letters are a written, typed, or printed communication, especially one sent in an envelope by mail or messenger:
• Memoirs are personal stories that reveal the author's experiences, insights, and emotions.
• Poems are pieces of writing that partake of the nature of both speech and song that is nearly always rhythmical, usually metaphorical, and often exhibit such formal elements as meter, rhyme, and stanzaic structure.
• Novels are fictitious prose narratives of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism.
• Diplomatic or Judicial Sources are documents that are especially helpful as proof of legal transactions and in settling judicial disputes.
• Court records, The Constitution, and Contracts are all examples of Diplomatic or Judicial Sources.
• Court Records are things constituting a piece of evidence about the past, especially an account kept in writing or some other permanent form.
• The Constitution is a written instrument embodying the rules of a political or social organization.
• Contracts are a binding agreement between two or more persons or parties especially: one legally enforceable If he breaks the contract, he'll be sued.
• Social Documents are these documents that have evolved due to rapid improvement in technology since the 19th century.
• Photographs, Films, and Recording are examples of Social Documents.
• Sociofacts refer to the structures and organizations of a culture that influence social behavior.
• Sociofacts explain how people come together, for what purpose have they come together, and the practices governing people’s behavior. Include stone tools and crafts, jade fragments, bangka, baybayin.
• Manners, customs, rituals, ceremonies, myths, and legends are what consist of the socio-facts.
• Manners are ways of behaving toward people, especially ways that are socially correct and show respect for their comfort and their feelings.
• Customs is defined as a cultural idea that describes a regular, patterned behavior that is considered characteristic of life in a social system.
• Shaking hands, bowing, and kissing — all customs — are methods of greeting people.
• Rituals is a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order
• Ceremonies can express social, cultural, or religious values, as well as honor the achievements or memories of individuals or groups.