Subject: GE6101 | Readings in Philippine History
Week 1-2:
• History – process and written in a chronological order of events. Important to society.
o Sequence of important events.
o Describe and examine past events.
• Historia – means to search or look into.
• Branches of Social Science:
o Sociology – society, social institutions and social relationships. Organized group of
human beings.
o Social Science – science that deals with the institutions and functioning of human
society and interpersonal relationships. Deals with particular phase or aspect of human
society.
▪ Notes: Difference: Sociologist focus on behaviors or individuals within a society,
and how institutions affect them. Social Science research the larger aspects of
society.
o Archaeology – study of material remains
o Cartography – art of making maps
o Anthropology – study of human race, culture and society. Science of human beings and
their ancestors.
o Psychology – science of mental or behavioral characteristics of an individual.
o Economics – description and analysis of the production, distribution and consumption of
goods and services.
o Geography – features and systems of earth’s surface; physical, biological and cultural
features of the earth’s surface.
o Linguistic – human speech
o Chemistry and Biology:
▪ Carbon Dating – process where the age of one thing is proven as also very
important in history.
, Week 3-4:
Distinction of Primary and Secondary Resources
Primary Resources:
• First hand info – witnesses or participants
• In Special Collections
• Produced at the same time
• Immediate accounts
Secondary Sources:
• Sources produced by author who used primary resources
Criticisms:
• External:
o Lower criticisms
o Verifying authenticity by examining physical characteristics
o Applies science to document
• Internal:
o Higher criticisms
o Examination of the honesty of the proof
o Substance of the source – creator situation, motivation behind the creation
o Check the thought process of the giver of the information
o Looks within the data itself to try to determine truth--facts and "reasonable"
interpretation. It includes looking at the apparent or possible motives of the person
providing the data.
• Content and Contextual Analysis of Selected Primary Sources in Philippine History
• Content and Contextual Analysis for Selected Primary Resources
• KKK – Katipunan
• Manga Aral ng Katipunan – most important document by Emilio Jacineto 1896
• Andres Bonifacio – Freemason; Presidente Supremo
• Cedula – living authentication
• Cry of Balintawak – in Pugadlawin; “Sigaw ng Pugadlawin”
Week 1-2:
• History – process and written in a chronological order of events. Important to society.
o Sequence of important events.
o Describe and examine past events.
• Historia – means to search or look into.
• Branches of Social Science:
o Sociology – society, social institutions and social relationships. Organized group of
human beings.
o Social Science – science that deals with the institutions and functioning of human
society and interpersonal relationships. Deals with particular phase or aspect of human
society.
▪ Notes: Difference: Sociologist focus on behaviors or individuals within a society,
and how institutions affect them. Social Science research the larger aspects of
society.
o Archaeology – study of material remains
o Cartography – art of making maps
o Anthropology – study of human race, culture and society. Science of human beings and
their ancestors.
o Psychology – science of mental or behavioral characteristics of an individual.
o Economics – description and analysis of the production, distribution and consumption of
goods and services.
o Geography – features and systems of earth’s surface; physical, biological and cultural
features of the earth’s surface.
o Linguistic – human speech
o Chemistry and Biology:
▪ Carbon Dating – process where the age of one thing is proven as also very
important in history.
, Week 3-4:
Distinction of Primary and Secondary Resources
Primary Resources:
• First hand info – witnesses or participants
• In Special Collections
• Produced at the same time
• Immediate accounts
Secondary Sources:
• Sources produced by author who used primary resources
Criticisms:
• External:
o Lower criticisms
o Verifying authenticity by examining physical characteristics
o Applies science to document
• Internal:
o Higher criticisms
o Examination of the honesty of the proof
o Substance of the source – creator situation, motivation behind the creation
o Check the thought process of the giver of the information
o Looks within the data itself to try to determine truth--facts and "reasonable"
interpretation. It includes looking at the apparent or possible motives of the person
providing the data.
• Content and Contextual Analysis of Selected Primary Sources in Philippine History
• Content and Contextual Analysis for Selected Primary Resources
• KKK – Katipunan
• Manga Aral ng Katipunan – most important document by Emilio Jacineto 1896
• Andres Bonifacio – Freemason; Presidente Supremo
• Cedula – living authentication
• Cry of Balintawak – in Pugadlawin; “Sigaw ng Pugadlawin”
