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History/Kasaysayan: Historiography
History/Kasaysayan: Historiography
BSHM 1-B
I – Identification: Fill in the blanks with the correct and best answer.
1. This has always been known as the study of the past.
- History/Kasaysayan
2. The complete meaning of the Greek word “historia”.
- Knowledge acquired through inquiry or investigation
3. This is known as the history of history and tends to study history itself.
- Historiography
4. Sources produced by an author who used primary sources to produce a material are known as.
- Secondary Sources
5. Sources produced at the same time as the event, period, or subject being studied are known as.
- Primary Sources
II – True or False: Write true if the statement is correct. Otherwise, write false in the space
provided.
6. Historical sources that were not written should not be used in writing history.
- True
7. The subject of historiography is history itself.
- True
8. History has no use of the present, thus, the saying “past is past” is true.
- True
9. History is limited to the story of a hero versus a villain.
- True
10. Only primary sources may be used in writing history.
- False
I – Analysis: Read the following scenarios and classify whether the source discovered is a
primary or secondary.
A. Chloe was exploring their classroom when she saw a photograph displayed at one of the
tables. It was a group of students with their teacher at the center and a note was written
below the picture: “Class Remembrance, Narra IV, CNHS Batch ’88.” Is the photograph
a primary, secondary, or a tertiary source?
- Primary Source
B. It was Kate’s 18th birthday and one of her cousins gave her a book entitled “Dekada ‘70”.
After her party, she started reading the book and found out that it was written by Lualhati
Bautista and published on 1983. The book is definitely a political novel and is an indictment of
Martial Law. Is the book a primary, secondary, or a tertiary source?
- Secondary Source
C. Karl is looking for a new book that he might use as a reference on his discussion about
Marcos Administration and the Martial Law. He saw a book at the bookstore and skimmed it
before buying. Karl noticed then that the authors used works by other known historians in
writing the textbook. He saw that the bibliography included Primitivo Mijares’ The Conjugal
Dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos. She also saw that the authors used the book by
Jun Cruz Reyes entitled “Tutubi, Tutubi, ‘Wag kang Magpahuli sa Mamang Salbahe” and many
others. Is the textbook a primary, secondary, or a tertiary source?
- Primary Source
D. Sophia is exploring the National Museum of Anthropology in Manila when her eyes caught
something familiar. She walked closer to it and upon seeing the name, she realized that it was the
Manunggul Jar. As far as she can remember, it is being used as a burial jar by our ancestors and
it signifies the belief of early Filipinos in life after death. Is the jar a primary, secondary, or a
tertiary source?
- Tertiary Source
E. Alfred attended a seminar about Cultural and Historical Awareness in San Jose, Occidental
Mindoro. During one of the workshops, the facilitator handed him a travel brochure which
informs him of the different spots worth visiting in the province. The travel brochure was usually
produced by the tourism department of the area which shows pictures of destinations visited by
tourists and a few basic information about the places like the origin of the name, the historical
significance of that certain place, and some other information acquired by their researchers and
writers.
Is the travel brochure a primary, secondary, or a tertiary source?
- Primary Source