2 Content and Contextual Analysis

• Historical method


  The process of critically examining and analyzing the records and survivals of the past
• Content analysis


  A systematic evaluation of the primary source be it a text, painting, caricature, and/or speech that in the process students could develop and present an argument based on their own understanding of the evidences from their readings
• Contextual analysis


  Considers specifically the time, place, and situation when the primary source was written. The analysis as well includes the author's background, authority on the subject and intent perceptible, and its relevance and meaning to people and society today
• History


  • Must be studied carefully, hence it necessitates the application of historical method
• First Voyage Around the World

  The Philippine Islands in 1521 has been "rediscovered" by the Spanish commissioned authority, Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese navigator who gained confidence and support from the monarchy of Spain

  
• Antonio Pigafetta


  An Italian chronicler who recorded the details of the world's first circumnavigation in his journal

  
• The chronicle of Antonio Pigafetta serves as the lens through which the voyage and circumnavigation of the world can be apprehended with certainty</b>

  
• The chronicle furnishes important details on the discovery of the islands and people inhabiting the place, these people were to be the Filipinos' great ancestors who lived peacefully and with abundance in the area
• Customs of the Tagalogs


  A narrative on the established culture of the Tagalogs in Luzon written by Juan de Plasencia, a Franciscan missionary in the Tagalog region since 1578 until 1590
• The document was written as an answer to the request of the monarchy in Spain which was to provide pieces of information about the government, administration of justice, inheritances, slaves, dowries, worship, burials, and superstition of the "Indians" in the colony
• The document is to rectify previous reports about the people's way of life in the region
• Historical paintings


  Visual representations of concrete happenings on the life of people in a specific period
• Historical paintings are instrumental to the visualization of the reality which stands equally with texts, photos, caricatures, and films
• Juan Luna


  Best known for impressive rendition of classical subjects in his academic works, including historical scenes and portraiture, however subsequently he turned to realism depicting social inequalities
• Fernando Amorsolo


  Delights people with his impressionistic technique depicting idyllic country scenes, beautiful maidens, and colorfully dressed peasants planting or harvesting rice. His paintings are significant in the development of the formation of Filipino notions of self and identity
• Political caricature


  A type of drawing that is used to present a comment, opinion, or criticism on a particular event, person, and situation
• The speech of Corazon C. Aquino


  Obtained from an official gazette which is an official journal of the Republic of the Philippines. Delivered in the US Congress, Washington DC, on September 18, 1986 six (6) months after her assumption into office as president of the Republic of the Philippines