READINGS in Philippine history

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Philippine History viewed from the lens of selected
primary sources (and some secondary sources that are of
the same caliber) in different periods, analysis, and
interpretations.
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GOAL
Enable students to understand and appreciate our rich
past by deriving insights from those who were actually
present at the time of the event.
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WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU?
Analyze primary sources (selected readings) in context
and in terms of content (stated and implied).

…just like what conscientious historians/historiographers do.

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CON TE XT ANALY SIS CON TE NT AN ALY SIS
 Historical context  Identifying author’s main
 Author’s background, argument/ thesis
intent, and authority  Compare points of view
 Source’s relevance and  Identifying biases
meaning today  Evaluating author’s claim
based on evidence
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WHAT IS REQUIRED OF YOU?
 Write reaction essays
 Present ideas in other ways (which ways?)

…just like all serious college students do.

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COU RSE OUT L INE
Week 1-2 Meaning and relevance of history; distinction between primary
and secondary sources; external and internal criticism etc.

Week 3-6 Content and context analysis of selected primary sources;

identification of the historical importance of the text;
examination of author’s main argument and point of view

Week 7-10 “One past but many histories”: controversies and conflicting view
in Philippine history

Week 11-14 Social, political, economic, and cultural issues in Philippine

history

Week 15-18 Critical evaluation and promotion of local and oral history,
museums, historical shrines, cultural performances, indigenous
practices, religious rites and rituals etc.
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MAN DAT ORY T O PICS OP T IONAL T OP ICS
 Philippine Constitution  Rizal’s love life
 Agrarian reform  Flirting 101 old Filipino style
 Taxation  Martial Law: Golden Age or
Dark Era?
 Today’s history is yesterday’s
chismis
 Herstory
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WHAT is HIST ORY?

History is the interpretation of the significance that the past

has for us.
[Johan Huizinga, "The Task of the Cultural Historian"]
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HIST ORY H IST O RIO GR APHY
 Study of the past, especially  Study of the written history
relating to human affairs  Study of the writing of history
 Based on facts and  Study of the changing
evidence as well as legends interpretations of the past
and myths events in the works of
 Historians use written individual historians
records, fossils, and other  Historiographers use certain
artefacts to write history sources, techniques, and
theoretical approaches

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WHY BO T HER?

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READINGS in Philippine history
WHY BO T HER?
Philippine history must be written from the point of view of
the Filipino…
History is the recorded struggle of people for ever increasing
freedom and for newer and higher realizations of the
human person.
Renato Constantino, “The Philippines: A Past Revisited”

The Meaning and Relevance of History

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