UNIT 1: THE STUDY OF HISTORY ANDCONTROVERSIES IN PHILIPPINE HISTORYCHAPTER 1: THE STUDY OF HISTORYI.OverviewHistory is the study of change over time, and it covers all aspects of humansociety, political, social, economic, scientific, technological, medical, cultural,intellectual, religious and military developments are all part of history. It camefrom the Greek word "HISTORIA" which means "knowledge acquired throughinquiry or interview". History is narratives, from chaos comes order. We seek tounderstand past by determining the ordering "facts" and from these narrative, wehope to explain the decisions and processes which shape our existence. Perhapswe might even distill pattern and lessons to guide but never to determine ourresponses to challenges faced today. History is the study of people, actions,decisions, interactions and behaviors. It is so compelling a subject because itencapsulates themes which expose the human condition in all of its guises andthat resonate throughout time, power, weakness, corruption, tragedy andtriumph. Nowhere are these themes clearer that in a political history, still thenecessary core of the field and the most meaningful of the myriad approaches tothe study of history. Yet political history has fallen out of fashion and subsequentlyinto disrepute, wrongly democrized as stale and irrelevant. The result has been tosignificantly erode the utility of ordering, explaining and distilling lessons from thepast.II.ObjectivesAt the end of this module, you are expected to:1. Define History2. Understand the importance of studying history3. Identify the relationship of History with other Social Sciences4. Describe the classification of Historical Resources5. State the data from Primary and Secondary Sources
