Assignment 1

Metacognitive Reading Report no. 1

Name: Danette Chrisha So Section: DFM1

Readings:

1. Gottschalk, Louis (1969). Understanding History: A Primer of Historical Method. New York: A.A. Knopf,
pp. 41- 61 and pp. 117-170.

2. Howell, Martha and Prevenier, Walter (2001). From Reliable Sources: An Introduction to Historical
Methods. New York: Cornell University Press, pp. 17-68.

Answer the following questions:

1. Three (3) things that I significantly learned from the readings

I learned more about what history is; deeper

I learned the different kind of sources

I learned where historian gets information in creating history

2. Three (3) things that are still unclear to me

3. I used to think that…

History is just full of facts I never thought that historian also uses their imagination and own
experiences in creating history, but unlike in fiction history recreate.

4. Three (3) questions that I want to ask about the readings

A lot of things were improved because of history. I just wonder, can a society survive without
history?

Other than communication and technology what other aspect can affect innovation?

After all I just want to know, how did history started? Like does history has a history?