UNDERSTANDING

SOURCES

Neneth G. Madronero, LPT

Mariners’ Polytechnic
Colleges Foundation
Readings in the Philippine
History
Are materials produced by people or groups
directly involved in the event or topic being
studied. These people are either participants
or eyewitnesses to the event.

PRIMARY SOURCES
Photographs Old Maps

Reflect social conditions of Reveal how space and

historical realities and geography were used to
everyday life. emphasize trade routes,
structural building, etc.

EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES

Old Sketches and Drawing Cartoons

Indicate the conditions of

life and societies in the past For political expression or
propaganda

EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES

Material Evidence Statistics

Prehistoric past
Cave drawings, old Tables, Graphs and Charts
syllabaries, ancient writings

EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES

 Published and Unpublished
Oral History Documents

Recordings by electronic Primary documents,

means of accounts of eyewitness accounts and
eyewitnesses or other written sources.
participants; the recordings
are then transcribed and
used for research.

EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES

The testimony of anyone who is not an eyewitness- that is
of one who was not present at the event of which he tells.

These are books, articles, and scholarly journals that had

interpreted primary sources or had used them to discuss
certain subjects of history.

SECONDARY SOURCES