Sense of History Modules for 10 of 12 weeks; 2 of the weeks are for Synthesis and exam sessions
Kamalaysayan Module-1: Towards a Redefinition
Questions: (to be answered before and after reading the Input Articles)
Does” sense of history” mean that one knows a lot of facts? Explain*.
Why do many students dislike the study of history? Are you one of them?
Is the need for sense of history among our people an urgent one? Why?
Why would our collective ignorance about our own history be unfair to us?
Why do people think of a book when History is mentioned? Is it wrong?
Reference: Kamalaysayan: Sense-of-History Imperative for Filipinos,
Input Articles:
Chapter 1 (early part, click here)
Parts to read:
Debunking Some Misconceptions
Knowledge of History vs. Sense of History
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Kamalaysayan Module -2: Matter of Habit
Questions: (to be answered before and after reading the Input Articles)
Does” sense of history” mean that one knows a lot of facts? Explain*.
Why do many students dislike the study of history? Are you one of them?
Is the need for sense of history among our people an urgent one? Why?
Why would our collective ignorance about our own history be unfair to us?
Why do people think of a book when History is mentioned? Is it wrong?
Reference: Kamalaysayan: Sense-of-History Imperative for Filipinos,
Input Articles:
Chapter 1 (early part, click here)
Parts to read:
The 'Kamalaysayan' Habit
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Kamalaysayan Module-3: An Urgency
Questions: (to be answered before and after reading the Input Articles)
Does” sense of history” mean that one knows a lot of facts? Explain*.
Why do many students dislike the study of history? Are you one of them?
Is the need for sense of history among our people an urgent one? Why?
Why would our collective ignorance about our own history be unfair to us?
Why do people think of a book when History is mentioned? Is it wrong?
Reference: Kamalaysayan: Sense-of-History Imperative for Filipinos,
Input Articles:
Chapter 1 (latter part, click here)
Parts to read:
Why is it an Urgency?
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Kamalaysayan Module-4: Relevance to Our Lives
Questions: (to be answered before and after reading the Input Articles)
Does” sense of history” mean that we relate history with our lives as individuals, as families, as communities? How does history affect our lives, and vice versa?
Do you agree that a diary notebook itself is lifeless even if it carries dramatic entries? Don’t you get emotionally involved in a story if both the script and the acting are realistic?
Don’t you sometimes thank or blame your parents or grandparents for your kind of life currently affordable now? Will your children or grandchildren blame or thank you when they get to understand our inter-generational histories?
Reference: Kamalaysayan: Sense-of-History Imperative for Filipinos,
Input Articles:
Chapter 1 (early part, click here)
Parts to read:
Each Individual’s “Index of Interest”
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Kamalaysayan Module-5: The “3-D View”
Questions: (to be answered before and after reading the Input Articles)
Sense of History means understanding the sequence of events and developments as a realistic story, with clashing motives of people and groups with their respective strengths and weaknesses, and circumstances that amplify these. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
How can the study of history be made more lively and exciting?
Should students be allowed to see and understand our heroes as real people, with their own fears and other weaknesses?
Reference: Kamalaysayan: Sense-of-History Imperative for Filipinos,
Input Articles:
Chapter 2 (early part, click here)
Parts to read:
First “D”: Detalye
Second “D”: Daloy
Third “D”: Diwa
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Kamalaysayan Module-6: Applying to a Summary Flow
Questions: (to be answered before and after reading the Input Articles)
Are we familiar with the “Summary Flow” of Philippine History, knowing well the long periods, the short periods, and the very short periods?
How do we apply the “Three-D” Framework to the stages of development to undertand how the latter periods were determined/caused by earlier periods?
Reference: Kamalaysayan: Sense-of-History Imperative for Filipinos,
Input Articles:
Chapter 1 (early part, click here)
Parts to read:
The ‘Brief Summary’ Challenge
Chapter 2 (early part, click here)
Parts to read:
Second “D”: Daloy
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Kamalaysayan Module-8: 15 Distinct Endowments
Questions: (to be answered before and after reading the Input Articles)
Does” sense of history” include what there is to be proud of in being Filipinos.
Are there are Filipino traits that have been mislabeled by foreigners as weaknesses?
While it may be understandable for foreigners to misunderstand us, aren’t we allowing ourselves to do the same?
Reference: Kamalaysayan: Sense-of-History Imperative for Filipinos,
Input Articles:
Chapter 4 (early part, click here)
Parts to read:
A Dozen Distinct Endowments
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Kamalaysayan Module-9: Code of Honor
Questions: (to be answered before and after reading the Input Articles)
Do you expect that most of the 14 lessons in the Kartilya ng Katipunan would pertain to bravery in the armed struggle against Spanish rule?
Was the Katipunan “quite understandably” male-chauvinist?
From the Katipunan’s official view, who were the Tagalogs?
True or false: The Katipunan was at war; its members could not afford to focus on self-refinement as persons.
Reference: Kamalaysayan: Sense-of-History Imperative for Filipinos,
Input Articles:
Chapter 3 (early part, click here)
Parts to read:
Noble Ethics and the ‘Kartilya’
Additional Reading: http://bookmakers-phils.8m.net/kartilya-kabanata-2.htm
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Kamalaysayan Module-10: “Balik-Bayanihan”
Questions: (to be answered before and after reading the Input Articles)
How many of us modern-day Filipinos understand what “Bayanihan” is all about? Explain it beyond the usual symbol of carrying a nipa house together.
For Bayanihan to be imbibed by the people for their daily living, instead of just for times of rescuing one another during calamities, do we need to understand the commonality and interconnectivity of our basic needs?
Because the synergy in Bayanihan magnifies the effect of our collective efforts, will Bayanihan automatically encourage laziness and overdependence in many people?
Reference: Kamalaysayan: Sense-of-History Imperative for Filipinos
Input Articles:
Chapter 4 (middle part, click here)
Parts to read:
Curently Urgent: Revival of Bayanihan Culture
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