RPH lesson 1

• historia - Greek term that means ‘’inquiry or research’’
• History - accounts or inquiries of events that happened in

  the past and are narrated in a chronological order.
• ''History is an account of the unchanging past.‘’ – Aristotle
• ''History is an unending dialogue between the past and

  the present.‘’ – E.H. Carr
• ''History is a detailed account of the events that have

  taken place.‘’ – Henry Johnson
• ‘’Ang kasaysayan ay salaysay na may saysay sa

  sinasalaysayang salinglahi.’’ – Zeus Salazar
• “History is written by every generation. Every generation

  writes its own history using the same sources. The

  interpretations vary according to time.” – Teodoro

  Agoncillo
• ‘’History is not merely a chronologic series of events nor

  the story of heroes and great men. It consists of the

  people’s efforts to attain a better life; “people’s history” –

  Renato Constantino
• ‘’History does not repeat itself, it is we who repeat it’.’ –

  Ambeth Ocampo
• elements of history - politics, economics, religion, social, intelligence, and arts
• SECA - steam engine, electricity, computer, artificial intelligence
• history - really happened and factual
• history - non-fiction, academic, and evidence based
• history - important and studies thoroughly
• tsismis - imaginary, fiction, and not true
• tsismis - not beneficial, hearsay
• tsismis - not consistent, unreliable
• historian - cites reliable sources and balances facts
• historian - aims to learn from the past and recognizes both pain and triumph
• historian - uses knowledge for educational purposes
• marites - assumes and biased
• marites - gathers unreliable facts and talks about rumors and

  hearsay
• marites - spreads fake news and destroy
• to learn about our past
• To understand the present
• To appreciate our heritage in a broad perspective
• To acquire a background for critical thinking
• Primary sources - direct first-hand evidences regarding an object, person, or work of art.
• Primary - raw materials of historical research. they are created during the time period which is being

  studied.
• Primary - ‘’only solid bases of historical work, are the original

  documents or remains, the first witness to fact’’ (Good,

  cited by Good and Scates, 2002)
• Primary - Artifacts (coins, plant specimens, fossils, furniture, tools,

  clothing, all from the time under study) and Audio Recordings (radio programs, oral histories)
• Primary - Diaries and Internet Communications on email
• primary - Interviews (oral histories, telephone, e-mail) and journal articles published in peer-reviewed publications)
• primary - Letters and Newspaper articles written at the time
• primary - Original documents (birth certificate, will, marriage

  license) and Photographs
• primary - Proceedings of meetings, conferences, symposia and Speeches
• primary - Survey research and Video recordings
• primary - Work of art, architecture, literature, and music
• secondary sources - describe, discuss, interpret, comment upon, analyze, evaluate, summarize, and process primary sources.
• secondary - writings by people who have never experienced nor

  observed personally the objects and have based their

  writings upon information gathered from those who have

  knowledge of the events.