Teodoro Agoncillo wrote two notable books about the Philippine Revolution and it is The Revolt

of the Masses and The Malolos and according to him, this two books are mainly about the
country’s lost history. The events of before 1872, the time where the writings of Teodoro
Agoncillo published was called, according to him a lost history, a discourse of history was not
accepted and debunked by Renato Constantino sa maraming kadahilanan. Ang maling ideya na
ipinapakita ni Teodoro Agoncillo sa kaniyang panahon at karanasan kaniyang kinagisnan ay
naging dahilan upang ilimbag ni Renato Constantino ang isang libro na pinamagatang The
Miseducation of the Filipino na tumutukoy sa mga maling paniniwala ng mga Pilipino at itong
libro na ang naging isa sa mga popular na babasahin para sa academics and activist beginning in
the late 1960’s. With his own published books, Renato Constantino introduces the idea of
“people’s history” which is a historical study that tried to evaluate society by the use of people's
voices from colonial historical documents that frequently portrayed Filipinos as depraved,
incompetent, and filthy. Para magkaroon ng kalinawan sa mga mambabasa lalo na sa Pilipino,
nag-published din sa Renato Constantino ng isang libro na pinamagatang ‘The Philippines: A
Past Revisited which is a college textbook noong 1975 na siyang magiging daan upang maging
malinaw at hindi maligaw sa “Lost History” ni Teodoro Agoncillo.

Secondary Sources are produced by an author who used primary sources to produces the material
and it is different from those sources produced at the same time as the event, period, or subject
being studied na maaring maging dahilan upang maraming mambabasa nito ang malito. Ang
secondary sources kasi nakabatay sa primary sources na maaring baguhin ng author ang
nilalaman batay sa kaniyang gusto mangyari sa kaniyang paligid, sa mga mambabasa na
nakaayon sa kaniyang napapanahong pangyayari na siyang magiging dahilan magkaroon upang
pagbatayan ng iba ito at magkaroon na ng kaguluhan sa tunay na Primary source. Kung ang
author ng secondary ay mas kilala sa panahon na iyon kaysa sa author ng Primary source, maari
itong mas paniwalaan ng mga mambabasa kung ang mga mambabasa ay kuntento na secondary
source na ginawa ng author batay sa kagustuhan ng mambabasa na sapat na para sa kaniya.
Maliligaw, malilito, maraming malolokong mambabasa kung mawawala sila ng ganang
magsaliksik sa primary source na totoo at tapat kaysa sa secondary sources. Mawawala ang
kredibilidad ng mga mamamayan kung patuloy nilang pinaniniwalaan ang mali mula sa
Secondary Sources at unti-unti itong magpapatuloy hanggang sa mga susunod na henerasyon ng
panahon.

Ang nilimbag na libro ni Alfred McCoy na Philippine Cartoon: Political Caricature in the
America era 1900 – 1941, ang panahon ng dayuhang Amerikano ang dapat na alalahin ng mga
mamamayan sa panahon itong puno ng mga social issued na patuloy na dumarami ngunit hindi
nila nalalaman dahil sa proyekto ng gobyerno na sa kanila ay nagpapabulag. Pinapakita sa bawat
caricature bawat masaklap na nangyari sa mga Pilipino at sa Pilipinas ngunit hindi niya ginawan
ng caricature ang tungkol sa mga proyektong ginawa ng mga Amerikano dahil ito ang dahilan
upang tabunan ang mga problema ang kanilang binibigay. Mabuti raw ang pakikitungo ng mga
Amerikano, pinakilala ang maayos na edukasyon, nagtayo ng mga paaralan, at maunlad daw ang
panahong ito ngunit hindi nila pinapansin ang mga problemang nasa ilalim nito gaya ng mga
magsasakang Pilipinong hirap dahil sa hindi pantay na pagtingin sa kanila. Sa ating panahon
ngayon, kung ano lang ang nakikita, nararamdaman, at nangyayari sa kanilang sa ilalim ng
rehimen ng gobyerno, doon na lang silang magiging kuntento. Therefore, ang librong ginawa ni
Alfred McCoy ang magiging daan upang tignang natin ang ibang point of view ng tao na kung
saan mahalagang tignan ang mga nahihirap, at sino ang naghihirap, hindi ang mga taong may
matagumpay ng nagawa sa bansa, sa sarili, at sa iba.

History is derived from the word “historia” which means “knowledge acquire through inquiry or
investigation” which is mainly focus as the study of the past, which is composed of government
records, chronicle’s accounts, personal letter, receipts etc. which differs from the Past which is
actually the recorded event. Past means any event whether its good or bad happened to anyone
(example: nalaglag mo phone mo at nagalit nanay mo) or a broader term that can anything
ranging from past of a person, planet, things, and generations. History and Historian’s job is to
research the past of something specific, history of human civilization or everything that are
important. History by contrast is an interpretation or rather a process by which people interpret
records left over from the past and this is a process of interpreting evidence in a thoughtful and
informed way which can gives meaning, sense, and explanatory to the past and present.
Therefore, history and the past are different but if the past has a big change in time or whatever it
will be a history that will never be forgotten but can change but the real thing is still there.
History is derived from the Latin word "historia," which means "knowledge acquired through
inquiry or investigation." It is primarily concerned with the study of the past, which is comprised
of government records, chronicle accounts, personal letters, and receipts, as opposed to the Past,
which is comprised of actual recorded events. History refers to any occurrence, whether positive
or negative, that has occurred to someone (example: you dropped your phone and your mother
got angry) or a larger phrase that encompasses everything from a person's, planet's, thing's, or
generation's past. The purpose of history and the historian's work is to conduct research into the
past of something specific, the history of human civilisation, or anything else that is significant
(History Skills, 2020). By contrast, history is an interpretation or rather a process by which
individuals interpret historical records; it is a method of evaluating data in a careful and informed
manner that can provide meaning, sense, and explanation for the past and present. Thus, history
and the past are distinct, but if the past undergoes a significant change in time or circumstance, it
will become a history that will never be forgotten, but which may alter but the true essence rem

Past is an example of an experience that can be history na pupuwede rin maging kahalili ng
document. When we refer to 'the past,' we mean everything that has ever occurred from the
beginning of time to the present, or, in other words, everything that occurred before to this
precise moment: every person, society, event, and concept that existed prior to now is included in
'the past.' When writing history, the past is significant since it is dependent on what we know
about the 'past.' and this is dependent on the evidence that is available, and they cannot write
history that is not supported by evidence. Learning how and why people lived the way they did
around the world, as well as the changes that occurred within these cultures and the factors that
contributed to these changes, can be gained through historical study, and those who study the
past gain a greater and more complete understanding of our world today, as well as their own
place in it. Ngunit kailangan sa pagpili ng history, mahalaga na isaalang-alang ang mga
mahahalagang past sa isang tao, lugar, o pangyayari.