GEC 2

Activity 1

True or False. Write T if the statement is correct and F if it is false.

____1. It is from our historical sources that our history is studied and written.
____2. Primary sources are materials produced by people or groups directly involved
in the event or topic being studied.
____3. Photographs, old sketches and drawings are examples of secondary sources.
____4. Secondary source is a testimony of anyone who is not an eyewitness.
____5. Examples of primary sources are books, articles and scholarly journals.
____6. Only primary sources may be used in writing history.
____7. Internal criticism is done by looking at a source’s quality of paper and type of
ink, among others.
____8. Both primary and secondary sources have advantages and disadvantages.
____9. Only secondary sources may be used in writing history.
____10. The historian’s most important research tools are historical sources.

Test 2. Direction. Determine if the source would be a Primary Source (P) or a

Secondary Source (S).
1. Statistical tables, graphs and charts.
2. A YouTube video describing how the rice terraces were built.
3. A biography of Ferdinand Marcos written by a foreigner.
4. A book describing Ferdinand Magellan sailing to the Philippines.
5. A contemporary artist's painting of what life was probably like in the 19 th century.
6. A history book describing the life of Gregorio del Pilar in the Battle of Tirad
Pass.
7. Nestor Mata describing his experience about the plane crash of 1957 that took
the life of former Pres. Magsaysay.
8. A legal document signed by two contracting parties.
9. A text book describing the EDSA Revolution 1.
10. A student reading an official report about the cause of Pinatubo’s crash in
1957.