MODULE: READINGS IN THE PHILIPPINE HISTORY

ACTIVITY IN PRELIM

INSTRUCTIONS: Read the questions carefully before answering briefly. Do not

add your own facts; provide only what is being asked. A mere yes or no answer

without explanation will not be credited.

1. Is history a narrative? Support your answer.

No. Not in a sense that it’s only a narrative, its also analysis. The selected
happenings are not merely narrated. The tracing of these relationships lead to the
development of general laws that are also compared and contrasted with similar
happenings.

2. The following passage below is taken from the ‘Proclamation of the

Philippine Independence’:

“…taking into consideration that their inhabitants being already weary of

bearing the ominous yoke of Spanish domination on account of the arbitrary

arrests and hash treatment practiced by the Civil Guard to the extent of

causing death with the connivance and even with the express orders of their

commanders, who sometimes went to the extreme of ordering the shooting

of prisoners under the pretext that they were attempting to escape, in

violation of the provisions of the Regulations of their Corps, which abuses

were unpunished and on account of the unjust deportations, especially those

decreed by General Blanco, of eminent personages and of high social

position, at the instigation of the Archbishop and friars interested in keeping

them out of the way for their own selfish and avaricious purpose,

deportations which are quickly brought about by a method of procedure

more execrable than that of a decision being rendered without a hearing of

the persons accused.”

What content of the document does this passage demonstrate? Substantiate your

answer.

The document specifically mentioned abuses and inequalities in the

colony.Specifically cited are the abuse by the Civil Guards and the unlawful
shooting of prisoners whom they alleged as attempting to escape. The passage
also condemns unequal protection of the law between the Filipino people and the
"eminent personages"The execution was done to "please the greedy body of
friars in their insatiable desire to seek revenge upon the exterminate all those
who are opposed to their Machiavellian purposes, which tramples upon the penal
code prescribed for these islands."

3. History has already turned into a complex and dynamic discipline. Its

relationship with other discipline or branches of learning makes it more

meaningful and significant as it draws strength and energy from them. For a

clearer understanding of the relationship of history with other disciplines,

experts allowed their thoughts to wander in the avenue of these disciplines to

draw knowledge that may be useful to them. Explain the relationship of

history with the disciplines of economics and political science.

Prof. Seeley summed up the relationship between history and political science
beautifully that,“History without political science has no fruit and political science
without history has no root.”History is also closely related to Economics. As the
activities of a man in society are very closely related with the economic matters,
the historian of any period must possess at least a rudimentary knowledge of the
economics. In fact, the economic history of any period is an important branch of
history and its understanding is absolutely essential for the proper understanding
of history of any period.
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4. Sylvester visited the United States for a few months to see his relatives who

have lived there for decades. His uncle brought him on tours around Illinois.

Sylvester visited the Field Museum of Natural History where a golden image

of a woman caught his eye. He looked closer and read that the image was

called “The Golden Tara”. It originated from Agusan del Sur and was

bought by the museum in 1922. It was believed to be made prior to the

arrival of the Spaniard in the Philippines. What kind of historical source is

the sculpture? Support your answer.

Primary source, because Sylvester looked closer and read those sources that
are closest to the origin of the information and there are documents or physical
object written or created during the time under study.

5. The 1987 Philippine Constitution provides for the formation of regional

autonomous regions in the Philippines. This led to the establishment of the

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Sarah, a student

wanted to seek historical evidences and facts on the matter and to interpret

these facts. What kind of method should she adopt in this situation?

Substantiate your answer.

 Historical methodology is the process by which historians gather evidence and
formulate ideas about the past. It is the framework which an account of the past is
constructed.

6. . Is there a chance for a historical source to be inconsistent and unreliable?

Support your answer.

Historical records are no difference. Some sources may be more reliable than
others, but every source is biased in some way.

7. Mikee was a new teacher of Araling Panlipunan in a small elementary

school in Mauban, Quezon. Her colleagues gave her the new textbook that

she ought to use in class. Before the class started, Lorena studied the

textbook carefully. She noted that the authors used works by other known

historians in writing the textbook. She saw that the bibliography included

Dennis Villan’s The Revolution of the Masses and The Painful Years:

Japan’s Adventure in the Philippines, 1945-1956. She also saw that the

authors used Trisha Domalanta’s Working Men of Dagupan During the 17th

Century and many others. What kind of source is the textbook? Support your

answer.

Secondary sources. These are sources offer an analysis or restatement of primary

sources. They often try to describe or explain primary source

8. Give a short backgrounder on the events that led to the expedition of

Magellan.

 September 20, 1519: The fleet sets sail.

 September 26, 1519: Supply Crisis
 December 1519: Tension rise
 October 1520: Mutineers strike
 November 1520: Into the pacific
 March 1521: Land
  April 27, 1521: Magellan is slain
 November 1521: New commander arises

9. . What are the challenges usually encountered in studying history?

The major challenges to historical research revolve around the problem of sources,
knowledge and explanation and the peculiar problem of contemporary history.

10. Explain the principle of ‘No records, no documents; no history’.

The major challenges to historical research revolve around the problem of sources,
knowledge and explanation and the peculiar problem of contemporary history.