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READINGS IN

PHILIPPINE HISTORY
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MS. HANNAH JANE S. COSTELO
• “HISTORY IS NOT JUST A CATALOGUE OF EVENTS PUT IN
THE RIGHT ORDER LIKE A RAILWAY TIMETABLE.”-
A.J.P.TAYLOR
DEFINING HISTORY
• WHAT IS HISTORY?
• HISTORY IS A RECITATION OF UNRELATED FACTS THAT DO
NOT CONTRIBUTE TO A LARGER STORY.
• AN AGREED UPON SET OF FACTS THAT DO NOT CONTRIBUTE
TO A LARGER STORY THAT IS NEVER SUBJECTED TO
CHANGES AND UPDATES.
• A SIMPLE ACCEPTANCE OF WHAT IS WRITTEN ABOUT A
HISTORICAL TOPIC, EVENT OR PERSON.
• A SIMPLE HISTORICAL CHRONOLOGY OF FAMOUS
DATES,INCIDENTS, AND PEOPLE.
• A STRICT RELIANCE SOLELY ON THE PAST WITH NO
EXAMINATION OF HOW THE PAST HAS INFLUENCED THE
PRESENT OR HOW IT MAY INFLUENCE THE FUTURE.
• ABOUT ONE ABSOLUTE TRUTH, ONE PARTICULAR
PERSPECTIVE OR ONE SET OF FACTS AND IDEAS THAT ARE
LINKED TO A LARGER STORY.
• HISTORY IS THE CHRONOLOGICAL STORYTELLING IN ITS FINEST
FORM; IT SEQUENTIALLY WEAVES TOGETHER MANY RELATED
HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY EVENTS AND IDEAS THAT ARE
LINKED TO A LARGER STORY.
NATURE OF HISTORY
• HISTORY IS INTERPRETIVE; IT INVITES STUDENTS TO DEBATE MULTIPLE
PERSPECTIVES, OFFER THEIR OPINIONS AND EDUCATED INTERPRETATIONS,
AND CHALLENGE EXISTING BELIEFS.
• HISTORY IS REVISIONIST IN SCOPE; IT IS AN ON-GOING CONVERSATION AND
A CONSTANT PROCESS OF REEXAMINING THE PAST AND DECONSTRUCTING
MYTHS BASED UPON NEW DISCOVERIES, EVIDENCE AND PERSPECTIVES.
• HISTORY IS A CONSTANT PROCESS OF QUESTIONING; IT REQUIRES
QUESTIONING THE TEXT, EXAMINING THEM WITH A CRITICAL EYE, AND
ASKING NEW QUESTIONS.
• HISTORY IS INTEGRATIVE OF MANY DISCIPLINES; IT ESPECIALLY
INCORPORATES GEOGRAPHY, LITERATURE, ART, SOCIOLOGY, ECONOMICS,
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
• HISTORY IS INCLUSIVE; IT ENSURES THAT THE EXPERIENCES OF ALL CLASSES,
REGIONS, AND ETHNO-RACIAL GROUPS, AS WELL AS BOTH GENDERS, ARE
INCLUDED.
• HISTORY INCORPORATES HISTORIOGRAPHY;IT INCLUDES MANY DIFFERENT
INTERPRETATIONS OF HISTORICAL EVENTS WRITTEN BY MANY DIFFERENT
HISTORIANS.
• HISTORY IS RELEVANT;IT USES PAST EXPERIENCES TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS
IMPORTANT IN OUR LIVES TODAY.
• IT SEEMS THAT A DEFINITION OF HISTORY SHOULD INCLUDE ALL THINGS
THAT HAVE EVER HAPPENED. THAT DEFINITION WOULD INCLUDE ALL
PHYSICAL EVENTS AND OCCURRENCES.
• IT WOULD ALSO SEEM THAT THE DEFINITION OF HISTORY WOULD BE
SYNONYMOUS WITH A DEFINITION OF THE PAST-SUM TOTAL OF ALL THINGS
THAT HAVE EVER HAPPENED. BUT WILLIAM POINTS OUT THAT THE PAST IS
NOT HISTORY. THINGS MAY HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST THAT WERE NOT
OBSERVED OR OF THE PAST, BUT IT WILL ONLY REVEAL A PORTION OF THE
PAST, AND SHOULD BE DONE SO AS OBJECTIVELY POSSIBLE.
• THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF HISTORY.
• IDEALISM IS THE BELIEF THAT HISTORY CAN BE DESCRIBED IN TERM OF
IDEAS.WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT AND THE INTENT BEHIND THEIR ACTIONS.

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