Topic: Meaning and Relevance of History

ACTIVITY: MAKING MEANING

Directions: Define the word “HISTORY” using the dictionary, enumerate word synonyms and antonyms,
cite meaning from historian or field expert, find quote related to the meaning of the word. Then, make
your own meaning based from the information gathered.

Chronicle Future
Tale, Story: A chronological record of
significant events (such as those affecting a Record
nation or institution) often including an Annals
explanation of their causes.

History is the narration of the events which

have happened among mankind, including
in an account of the rise and fall of nations,
as well as of other great changes which
have affected the political and social
condition of the human race. – John Jacob
Anderson
“History is not the past but a map of
the past, drawn from a particular
point of view, to be useful to the
modern traveler.”

History is the study of the past, particularly people, societies,

events, and problems. History can assist people comprehend
what happened in the past. It can also assist people to understand
what is happening now and what might happen in the future.

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Suggested references and links for the topic Meaning and Relevance of
History

❖ Louis Gottschal, Understanding History (pp.41-61;117-170)

❖ Robert Partin (1969) The Meaning of History: “A Different Approach Entirely”, The Historian,
31:3, 431-435, DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6563.1969.tb00355.x retrieved from
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1540-6563.1969.tb00355.x

SCORING RUBRICS FOR MAKING MEANING

CRITERION 4 6 8 10

1.CONTENT/ Most of the contents Some of the Most of the contents Contents and ideas are
IDEAS and ideas are not contents and ideas and ideas sufficient and sufficient and relevant
sufficient and are sufficient and relevant
relevant relevant

2.CITATION/ Cited one relevant Cited two relevant Cited three to four Cited at least five relevant
REFERENCES and reliable and reliable sources. relevant and reliable and reliable sources. All
resources. Some references are sources. Most references are cited using
cited using APA style references are cited APA style
Most of the using APA style
references are not
cited using APA style

3.SYNTAX/ Most sentence There are many There are one or two No grammatical error
GRAMMAR structures are errors in sentence errors but do not
incorrect and wrong structures are interfere with the
use of words which evident message of the ideas.
affects the thoughts
of the sentence.