READINGS IN PHILIPPINE

HISTORY
VOCABULARY ACTIVITY:
A REVIEW OF THE BASIC
CONCEPTS IN PHILIPPINE
HISTORY
DIRECTION:

▪ Read and study the words given in the following slides.

▪ Give the meaning of the word/s to be given or assigned to you
by your teacher.You will be given 15 minutes to search the meaning of
the word/s.
▪ Recite the meaning or definition of the word/s thru a video.
▪ Send your video to your teacher thru her messenger.
▪ This will serve as your recitation for the day.
KEY WORDS
 HISTORY
• was derived from the Greek word historia which means “knowledge
acquired through inquiry or investigation.” History as discipline existed for
around 2, 400 years and is as old as mathematics and philosophy. This term
was then adapted to classical Latin where it acquired anew definition.
Historia became known as the account of the past of a person or of a
group of people through written documents and historical evidences.
 POSITIVISM
• is the school of thought that emerged between
the eighteenth and nineteenth century. This
thought requires empirical and observable
evidence before one can claim that a particular
knowledge is true.
 POSTCOLONIALISM
•is a school of thought that emerged in the
early twentieth century when formerly
colonized nations grappled with the idea of
creating their colonial past.
HISTORICAL METHODOLOGY
•comprises certain techniques and rules
that historians following order to
properly utilize sources and historical
evidences in writing history.
THE ANNALES SCHOOL OF HISTORY

• is a school of history born in France that

challenged the canons of history. This school of
thought did away with the common historical
subjects that were almost always related to the
conduct of states and monarchs.
 PIGAFETTA’S CHRONICLE
•was one of the most cited
documents by historians who wished
to study the precolonial Philippines.
 KKK OR THE KATAASTAASAN,
KAGALANGGALANGANG KATIPUNAN NG MGA ANAK
NG BAYAN OR KATIPUNAN

•is arguably the most important

organization formed in the Philippine
history.
 KARTILYA

•can be treated as the Katipunan’s

code of conduct.
 TREATY OF PARIS
•was an agreement signed between Spain and
the United States of America regarding the
ownership of the Philippine Islands and oter
Spanish-American War.
POLITICAL CARTOONS AND CARICATURE

•are a rather recent art form, which

away from the classical art by
exaggerating human features and
poking fun at its subjects.
 PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTION OF 1986

• was widely recognized around the world for its

peaceful character. When former senator Ninoy
Aquino was shot at the tarmac of the Manila
International Airport on august 21 1983, the Marcos
regime greatly suffered a crisis of legitimacy.
 CODE OF KALANTIAW
• is a mythical legal code in the epic history
Maragtas. Before it was revealed as a hoax, it was
a source of pride for the people of Aklan. In fact,
a historical marker was installed in the town of
Batan, Aklan in1956.
 SA AKING MGA KABATA
•is a poem purportedly written by
Jose Rizal when he was eight years
old and is probably one of Rizal’s
most prominent works.
 THE AGE OF EXPLORATION

•is a period of competition among

European rulers to conquer and
colonize lands outside their original
domains.
 THE GOMBURZA
•is the collective name of the three martyred
priests Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, and
Jacinto Zamora, who were tagged as the
masterminds of the Cavite Mutiny.
 HOAX
• is a widely publicized falsehood so fashioned as to invite
reflexive, unthinking acceptance by the greatest number
of persons of the most varied social identities and of
the highest possible social pretensions to gull its victims
into putting up the highest possible social currency in
support of the hoax
 CONSTITUTION
• is defined as asset of fundamental principles or established
precedents according to which a state or other organization is
governed, thus the word itself means to be a part of a whole,
the coming together of district entities into one group, with the
same principles and ideals. These principles define the nature
and extent of government.
 FEDERALISM
•as a form of government, a central
governing authority and constituent
political units constitutionally share
sovereignty.
 AGRARIAN REFORM
• is essentially the rectification of the whole system
of agriculture, an important aspect of the
Philippine economy because nearly half of the
population is employed in the agricultural sector,
and most citizens live in rural areas.
THE SAKDAL (OR SAKDALISTA) UPRISING

• was apeasant rebellion in Central Luzon that lasted for

two days, May 2-3, 1935. It was easily crushed by
government forces then, but this historical event tells of
the social inequality brought about by issues in land
ownership and tenancy in the country.
 CYBERSPACE

•is a great resource for

research if you know how to
use it properly.
 GOOGLE

•provides its own customized

platform for scholarly
research.
 LOCAL HISTORY

•is the study of the history of a

particular community or a
smaller unit of geography.
 ORAL HISTORY
•this method uses oral accounts of
historical subjects, witnesses,
members of the communities, and
the like.
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