how to use primary sources in teaching Philippine history, and where to find them
What can you find on this site?
- links to eyewitness accounts of key events in Philippine history (e.g. Pigafetta's chronicle, Rizal's diaries)
- links to important historical documents (e.g. versions of the Philippine constitution)
- links to guides in using primary sources in history teaching
Why primary sources?
- Many students consider the study of history as boring and uninteresting.
- Use of primary sources enliven history and allows the student to experience vicariously (i.e. through reading) what others experienced as they lived through history.
- Simply put, use of primary sources puts the story back in history.