History gives us knowledge - Different of History and Historiography

Question 1

studying history can give us_____

Answer 1

• knowledge
• sense of identity and helps us understand who we are
• can predict future base on past
• insight into our culture of origin
• how we evolve
• ensure we don’t repeat same mistake
• helps us understand people and societies
• contribute to moral understanding
• know how the civilization began
• comprehend the factors that causes change
• discover why this country is suffering from poverty

Question 2

what are the Filipinos suffering from?

Answer 2

national amnesia (the colonial mentality destroys our national identity)

Question 3

what are the uses of history?

Answer 3

• Bridging the gap between present and past
• explaining causes of things and events
• projecting the future
• promoting nationalism and patrionism

Question 4

who makes history?

Answer 4

• historian
• cryptographer
• archeologist
• anthropologist
• paleontologists
• geologist

Question 5

What does a Historian do?

Answer 5

writes and studies record of past

Question 6

what does a cryptographer do?

Answer 6

deciphers meaning of ancient writings

Question 7

what does a archeologist do?

Answer 7

studies the remains ancient civilizations

Question 8

what does a anthropologist do?

Answer 8

give background on cultural history of ancient people

Question 9

What does a paleontologist do?

Answer 9

provides data regarding fossils of plant and animals that primitive people encountered

Question 10

what does geologist do?

Answer 10

analyzes fossil and give estimate condition of the earth

Question 11

Can the same event in history be interpreted differently by 2 different historians?

Answer 11

Yes

Question 12

as we read history, we should examine ________

Answer 12

• different interpretations of author
• dates
• circumstances surrounding historical writings

Question 13

Writing of history called?

Answer 13

Historiography

Question 14

what is Historiography?

Answer 14

writing of history based on scholarly disciplines

Question 15

Historiography

Answer 15

• how historians studied and developed history including it sources.
• focuses how certain historical text was written.

Question 16

how is history written?

Answer 16

• historians first task to look for things that survived from the past
• make sure the remnants/relics is original and not fake
• historians must give meaning to remnants of past by interpreting them.

Question 17

what questions answer historiography?

Answer 17

• what is history?
• why study history?
• history for whom?

Question 18

Difference of History and Historiography?

Answer 18

History = study of the past events and causes of event
Historiography = study of history itself (who wrote it?, what was the context of its publication?)