Worksheet no.

1. What is history and what are the sources of History?

Every day we create history. According to Valdosta (n.d.), history is the study of change over
time and covers all aspect of human society. Basically, history is the records of the past that
provides us identity of who we are and the happenings around us. History is not something we
can bring or recreate detail by detail today but is something that gives us glimpse and explains
our fundamentals. Records of history won’t be possible without the help of historians.
Historians are the one who weigh the credibility of sources, may it be primary, secondary or
tertiary sources. Historians are able to extract and evaluate the history because of the
documents, artifacts, archaeological sites, features, oral transmission, paintings, recorded
sounds, images (Wikipedia, n.d.), and other witnesses that are still existing on the time period
of evaluation of the history.

2. Explain the concept of the “anachronism of the past”

Anachronism is usually associated with the words “old-fashioned” and “futuristic”.
Anachronism is a Greek word the directly translates as “backward time”. It is explained as
misplaced of existence that rather tagged as inappropriate or something that belongs to
other period of time rather than the one existing. It is sometimes a mistake or intentionally
giving a series of event that is unlikely to happen or impossible to occur in the given era or
time.

3. Explain why the RA # 1425 never mentioned Rizal as the “national hero”. What are your
thoughts?