Evarle MRR1 A59

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Assignment 1

Metacognitive Reading Report 1

Name: Maria Jeaness B. Evarle Section: A59

Instructions: Read the referenced readings and accomplish the reading report:

Readings:

• Gottschalk, L. (1969). Understanding history: A primer of historical method


(pp. 41-61, 117-170). New York, NY: A.A. Knopf.
• Howell, M. & Prevenier, W. (2001). From reliable sources: An introduction to
historical methods (pp. 17-68). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

1. The three (3) things that I significantly learned from the readings are…
First (1), I learned that historians aim to recreate, not to create. It amazed
me how thorough they actually are in researching and gathering sources
to tell the stories from the past, which they are not allowed to imagine that
could not have happened. (2) Next learning is that primary sources don’t
need to be the original. They could be, but only in the sense of underived
or first-hand as to their testimony. Lastly (3), in terms of evidence in testing
credibility of sources, is putting the hypothesis in interrogative form is more
judicious than declarative form before it was examined.

2. The three (3) things that are still unclear to me are…


The (1) part where the difference between human document and personal
document were explained, I didn’t quite get the gist of it. (2) Next, is the
one of the most basic rules in analyzing testimony in the concept of
interested witness. Lastly (3), is the verse written by Vincent Starrett entitled
“After Much Striving for Fame”, I had quite a hard time understanding the
context.
3. I used to think that…
History was just there. I didn’t mind much on how we got the information
from the past, I just took the learnings from the books and just move forward
by using it to do better in the present and future. But as I read the
documents, I realized how hard and thorough it is to gather sources from
the past to prove what happened. I also thought that historians are people
who loves history, and now I know that they’re the experts who search for
the important events in the past and prove it, and share it to people, which
will affect their decisions in life.

4. The three (3) questions that I want to ask about the readings are…
First (1), given all the information from the past, is it still possible that the
history could repeat itself subconsciously? Next (2), how is historical method
done now in modern time? Lastly (3), is secondary source still be considered
as an original?

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