1. How is your understanding of history different from what is explained in the
lesson?
Interpretation and understanding differentiate from person to person. It is how I
interpret the purpose of the past event or the reason of the past event. The point of view
or perspective is the main reason why we have different interpretation or understanding.
According to Sullivan, History Instructor, “Let's say you and a friend are sitting
around discussing Adolf Hitler and the rise of Nazi Germany. You say Hitler rose to
power because of his tremendous skills as an orator and his ability to manipulate
political situations. After all, this is well-documented by historians. However, your friend
argues that Hitler rose to power because of the social and economic conditions in
Germany during the 1920s and 1930s. After all, this is also well-documented by
historians.”
“So who is right? Maybe it depends on whom you ask. This scenario highlights
the subjective nature of history. While the past is rooted in fact, how people view or
interpret the 'facts of history' is highly subjective and prone to differing opinion.”
This is the proof we are in different perspective.
2. What does a historian do? As a student of history, what do you think will be your
“duties”?
Historians research, analyze, interpret and write about the past by studying
historical documents and sources first hand. They also create scholarly writings for us
to study.
Teachinghistory.org, Created by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and
New Media at George Mason University with funding from the U.S. Department of
Education, stated that:
“Historians working as researchers (and this includes historians at colleges and
universities as well as public historians) tend to do pretty similar types of work. They
develop a sense of the standard opinions on a particular historical subject by reading
what other historians have already written on the subject, and then they dig into the
source materials to build a new interpretation or follow a new insight. These findings are
then put together in any of a variety of forms, such as books, articles, websites, reports
for clients, or museum scripts.”
Duties as a student of history is to study carefully a scholar writings and historical
documents. Duties referred to as “moral or legal obligation,” according to MerriamWebster Dictionary, therefor, my duties includes the following:
I.
Do my part in discover my roots and nation’s country
II.
Make history as a way for me to recognize the full implication and to
regard with respect to our country and to our race
III.
Assimilate ideas or knowledge that I learned from historical documents or
scholar writings.
3. What role does history take in the study of Philippine society, culture, and
identity?
In order to not repeat past mistakes, we study history. History helped to the society to
take form, what we see today. Culture and history correlates which reflects the identity
of our country. Social behavior in media, specifically social media, affects the image of
our country. Many foreign people see our country based on widespread information on
social media posted by Filipinos. e.g: The lamentation of families of the victims on socalled “extra judicial killings.”
References:
Sullivan N, Alternate Interpretation of History, The Subjective Nature of History,
retrieved from https://study.com/academy/lesson/alternate-interpretations-of-history.html
Teachinghistory.org,
Historians
Defined,
https://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/24120
retrieved
from