INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY

Go back and reflect…

Presented by: Joshua Simon-Bernabe Jimenez

 Learning Objectives
• What is History?

• What are the 6 W Questions?

• Why study History?

What Is History?

What does ‘History’ mean to you?

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WHAT DO OTHERS SAY?

• Comes from the Greek word “Historia”

• a branch of knowledge that records and
explains past events
–Merriam- Webster
• the study of or a record of past events
considered together, especially events of
a particular period, country, or subject
• Chronological record of significant
events
– Cambridge Dictionaries Online
HISTORY IS…….
Interpretative
Open for further revision
Continuous process of questioning
Integrative
Holistic
Integrates Historiography
Very relevant
The 6 W Questions
What happened?

When did it happen?

Where did it happen?

Why did it happen?

To whom did it happen?

What were its consequences?

 Who Investigates History?

• Anthropologist (culture)
• Archaeologist (artefacts)
• Oral Historian (other than written
or printed evidences)
 Approaches
in Studying History
• IDEALISM (describe history through
ideas- meaning & interpretations)
• HISTORICISM (to describe history
objectively)
• RELATIVISM (there’s no absolute truth
and that all views of history are valid)
 HISTORY DIFFERENTIATED
• History ( process of interpreting
evidence or records from the past) vs.
Past (everything that ever happened
since the dawn of time)
• History (record of significant evidence
that happened in the past) vs. Prehistory
(period of human activity when there’s
still no written record)
 HISTORY DIFFERENTIATED
• History vs. The Other Disciplines
(No discipline is an island. History can’t stand
alone without the other social sciences)
• History (examined narrative account of past event),
Historicity (authentication of characters in history),
Historiography (writing of history)
• History (written by men – “his’) vs.
Herstory (written by women- “her”)
 Why Study History?

 Tolearn about the past

To understand the present
Better Appreciation of our heritage
To further widen our perspectives
Develop our critical thinking skills
Research skills
Your study of the past
will introduce you to
many different types of
evidence, such as:
• Maps
• Photographs
• Political cartoons
• Diary entries
• Memoirs
• Photographs Building the Berlin Wall
• Official records

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In conclusion
Choosing history allows you
to acquire a combination of
skills and insights that will
• broaden your
understanding of the
world
Dublin after the 1916 rising
• develop you as a person
• prepare you for a future
career
• enable you to participate
fully in society.
Baton charge in Dublin,1913
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