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Module 1 Week 1 Meaning and Relevance of History

1. The document discusses the meaning and significance of history, as well as how studying history has evolved over time. 2. It states that history is the chronological study of past events and their importance to society, and that studying history helps us understand the present and future by providing lessons from the past. 3. The document also outlines several branches of social sciences, like archaeology and anthropology, that can help prove the authenticity of historical data and aid in historical interpretation.

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Module 1 Week 1 Meaning and Relevance of History

1. The document discusses the meaning and significance of history, as well as how studying history has evolved over time. 2. It states that history is the chronological study of past events and their importance to society, and that studying history helps us understand the present and future by providing lessons from the past. 3. The document also outlines several branches of social sciences, like archaeology and anthropology, that can help prove the authenticity of historical data and aid in historical interpretation.

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Readings in Philippine History

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Meaning and Relevance of history

Module 1 Week 1 Meaning and Relevance of


history

At the end of this module, you are expected to:


1. State the meaning of history
2. Discuss the significance of history
3. Appreciate studying history
4. Determine the branches of social sciences

What is history?
It’s continues process and written in a chronological order of events and its
importance to our society. It’s from the Greek word “HISTORIA” which means to search, look
into. As the time past by there are some changes into its meaning “history”. History is a brief
summary or result based on a factual research and it also deals with the sequence of
important events that is stated in the history. It deals with science that describe and examine
the past event in the specific group of people.

Significance of History
Studying history is really importance especially in our Philippine settings. These are
the reason why we need to study:
1. Studying history, we could determine and understand the contribution of our
ancestor in the foundation of our humanity, origin, and inherit culture. History
gives picture to our humanity and to our society.
2. We could understand the task present and future if we study the history. The
events in the past has relation to our present and future. It gives meaning in
different things and events in our society.
3. History used to examine and forecast the things in the environment and society.
We’ve learned to appreciate the culture, love, respect other people in the world.
4. History can give us deeper understanding in different problems in solutions in our
present and future. In the study of the past events we discover new ways in
studying in solving problems in the present and future.
5. History is an eye opener to understand our culture, language and society. History
aroused patriotic, humanitarian and universally.
6. History develop our knowledge about different race of people, culture, place, and
time.
7. The stories of past about people and things in the world we live provide valuable
lessons to us.
8. In studying history we’ve learned different ways of studying and researching in
social sciences. It help us to learn different ways of discovering new knowledge.
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Studying History
Once upon a time, the history or story of a society or group of people is rooted from
their myth, epic, folklore, and rituals. It has been transfer from generation to
generation. Over hundred years ago, study of history are based from different data’s
like documents, coins, seal, picture, and sculptures and carved statue.
At early times, recording history is important to the rulers of government to justify
their works. During that time the laws and agreement became an important basis.
Lately, the basis of data’s not only through written documents but also the things that
has to do with the lives of people. Some of this things are their materials, corpse,
settlement, plants, picture, computer text files and environment.
Because of numerous resources of data’s, it is a difficult task for the historian to
scrutinized and properly choose which of these are valid. This is the reason why they
need to clarify properly.
In studying history we need to documents, examine, framework it properly, it should
consider the relation of documents and events due to multifaceted past events. The
important data’s should be connected and understandable to become more relevance
and realistic from its interpretation.
The study of history as discipline or science has its advancement during 1900. During
those years, scientists forcedly separated the good data’s from the documents from its
interpretation.
Today, Scientist believes that it is impossible to do because of the description of the
past events it used by the historian its own understanding and imagination to
scrutinized and connect the different data’s collected.
The experts studied, the different branches of social sciences greatly helps to prove
that the data’s are genuine. It enlighten and guide us to examine, give meaning and
interpretation from the collected data’s.

Figure 1: Ancient Equipment


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Here are the branches of social sciences that could help studying history.

References and Supplementary Materials


Books and Journals
1. Antonio, Eleonor D., Dallo, Evangeline M. at et al... ; 2010; Kayamanan (kasaysayan ng
Pilipinas); Sampaloc, Manila; Rex Book Store, Inc.
2. Agoncillo, Teodoro A.; 2010; Philippine History; South Triangle, Quezon City; C & E
Publishing, Inc.
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