History I

1. BY
JOEMARI Y. GAPOL
CAS, FACULTY
LA SALLE UNIVERSITY, OZAMIZ CITY
Philippine History:
An Introduction

2. What is History?
- The term history stands for three highly
related but sharply differentiated concepts,
namely ; 1. As past human activities,
properly called as history- activity 2. as
the record of past human events known as
history-as-record and 3. as the process or
technique of making or writing such records,
properly called as history-as-
historiography.

3. Continuation
a. It is taken from the Greek
word historia which means
learning by investigation or
inquiry.
b. This could also be defined as
a story.

4. Important elements in studying history
1. Time
2. Place
3. Culture/civilization

5. Civilization
The state of having
a high standard of
living.

6. Determinants:
System of writing
System of government
High-technology

7. Periods in studying culture:
1) Prehistoric – the period wherein
written language was not yet
developed.
2) Historic – the period wherein
written language was developed.

8. Other disciplines related to history
 Anthropology
-the study of human races, origins, societies, and
cultures.
 Archaeology
-a science that deals with past human life and
activities by studying the bones, tools, etc., of
ancient people.

9. Scientific methods
Stratigraphic method
- the deeper the fossil is excavate, the more
ancient it can be assumed.
Carbon-14-dating
- emission of carbon.

10. Historical sources
Fossils
Artifacts
Oral traditions/Oral history
Published materials
Folklores