What is History?

• An event in the past that cannot be altered

but can be manipulated.
• Dovie Beams- an American
starlet who was hired to
play the female lead role in
the movie Maharlika

• History was used to

“brainwash” or alter the
view of people

• An event in the past that cannot be altered

but can be manipulated.
• It gives power to historians or
chroniclers

• An event in the past that cannot be altered

but can be manipulated.
• Facts were manipulated by
chroniclers to achieve their own
goals or agenda

• An event in the past that cannot be altered

but can be manipulated.
Linear view of history

Progressive

☑️History can be
described in the definition
down below as a fountain
of wisdom wherein
people learn from the
past.

It is the study of the past to understand the present, and to

predict or anticipate the future.
History repeats itself, [the first
is tragedy, the second is farce- -
Karl Marx

Cyclical view of history.

• History is a record of man’s
mistakes committed over
and over again.

• Same mistakes are

committed repeatedly
(although there are different
actors, in a different setting
and period, but the
circumstances are the same)

Cyclical view of history.

• During the 60s and 70s US-
CIA assisted in the rise of
several men in Asia, who later
became dictators.

• Cold War and the

containment of communism.

Cyclical view of history.

• Countries were affected by
rivalries of powerful nations

• Germany
• Korea
• Vietnam
• The three EDSAs

Cyclical view of history.

• Mistakes that were
committed several
times:
• Ethnic
cleansing/Genocide
• Religious persecution
• Clash of Civilizations
(William Huntington)
Thank you
and
Keep safe!