To be computer-printed using Filipino and 12-point font Times New Roman or Arial, your paper shall be submitted in our class this coming Thursday or Friday.

FYI!

      a.  definition and scope of local and oral history

      b.  issues and problems in local and oral history

      c.  trends in local and oral history

      d.  role of local and oral history in national history

2.  Make a matrix and enumerate the reasons why scholars give to:

      a.  Limasawa (Leyte) or Masao (Butuan) regarding the setting of the first Catholic mass in the Philippines

      b.  Pugadlawin or Balintawak regarding the setting of the initial violent cry for Independence

      c.  San Juan Bridge or Calle Sociego/Calle Silencio regarding the setting of the first shot of the Filipino-American War

       Based on the premises given by scholars, which one is historically reliable ?  Why?

3.  Explain why local history serves as a force against the hegemony of globalization.  Give at least three (3) instances to prove your claim.

4.  Identify and discuss the common factors that explain the establishment and persistence of municipalites/towns and provinces in the country.  Cite at least three (3) factors to prove your claim.

1.   This is a Group and an open book/note Test.  Follow the report grouping.

2.   Write your answers (in landscape form) in whole sheets of yellow paper (not back-to-back) bearing your names (alphabetically arranged with surnames coming first) and course, year and section at the upper left and the name of the professor and the date at the upper right.

3.   Consult at least 3 references and indicate them in a bibliography at the end of your work.

4.   Strictly:  Lifting directly from texts would mean failure from it.

5.   Submission is on the first class next week.

G O O D     L U C K !

Direction:  Read each item carefully.  Write your answers in tabular or enumeration format.  Use the Filipino Language.  Each variable must contain at least 3 details (written in complete sentences).  See example below.

 or:

La Liga Filipina                                                            Katipunan

         Morality                                                                Morality

         1.                                                                              1.

         2.          (details in complete                           2.        (details in complete

         3.            sentences)                                            3.        sentences)

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Q1:     How were love of country, racial and gender equality, self-integrity, morality, political determination, and humanitarianism embodied in the following:

      1.   La Liga Filipina and Katipunan 

      2.  Philippine Revolution (First and Second Phases)

      3.  Liberalism and Secularization in the Philippines?

Q2:      How did the American regime curb and collapse the trajectory of Philippine nationalism through the American sponsorship of the following:

      1.    Anti-nationalist measures (e.g. Flag Law)

      2.   Popularization of Education

      3.   Filipino participation in the national/local government/bureaucracy (politics)?

N.B.:  (1) Write each question before each answer.  (2) Answer for item no. 1 must be from 4 to 6 paragraphs with 3 to 5 sentences for each paragraph;  (3) The conclusion for item no. 2 must not be in less than 2 paragraphs.  (4)  Write your answers in clean sheets of yellow paper (properly stapled), using the front portion only.  (5) Acknowledge your sources of information using the MLA format.

*The books may be directly purchased from their respective publishers.   See the websites of the publishers for your guidance.  Submission of the reviews is on January 5, 2009.  FYI!