6. DEFINITION OF HISTORY
History comes from the Greek word
historias which means “the art of
story telling”
It is the systematic written
account/record of past events.
7. HERODOTUS
(484 – 425 BCE)
Greek Historian known as
the “Father of History” and
also the “Father of
Geography”
“The First Historian in the
World”
The author of “The Histories”
- a book about the history of
Persian Empire
8. He said that History
is a systematic and
scientific process of
study that give us
the knowledge by
means of inquiry of
human past and
present events.
9. CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
History is the totality of human past and present
experienced.
Also refers to the past events of a period or in the
life or development of a people, an institution, or a
place.
It also means "inquiry, knowledge acquired by
investigation" is the discovery, collection,
organization, and presentation of information
about past events.
10. SOURCES IN STUDYING HISTORY
Primary Source (Pangunahing Batis-Pangkasaysayan)
The primary source provides direct or firsthand evidence
about an event, object, person, or work of art. Primary
sources include historical and legal documents,
eyewitness accounts, results of experiments, statistical
data, pieces of creative writing, audio and video
recordings, speeches, and art objects. Interviews, surveys,
fieldwork, and internet communications via email, blogs,
listservs, and newsgroups are also primary sources.
11. Secondary Source (Pangalawang Batis-Pangkasaysayan)
The secondary sources describe, discuss, interpret,
comment upon, analyze, evaluate, summarize, and
process primary sources. Secondary source materials
can be articles in newspapers or popular magazines,
book or movie reviews, or articles found in scholarly
journals that discuss or evaluate someone else's original
research.
12. EXTERNAL &
INTERNAL CRITICISM
External Criticism
It refers to the genuineness of the
documents a researcher uses in a
historical study.
Examples of the things that will be
examined when conducting external
criticism of a document include the
quality of the paper, the type of ink,
and the language and words used in
the material, among others.
13. EXTERNAL &
INTERNAL CRITICISM
Internal Criticism
It refers to the accuracy of the
contents of a document. It looks at
the content of the source and
examines the circumstance of its
production.
Internal criticism looks at the
truthfulness and factuality of the
evidence by looking at the author of
the source, its context, the agenda
behind its creation, the knowledge
which informed it, and its intended
purpose, among others.
