This is the third installment of Making Philippine History More Interesting. It’s a chronological booklist for the study of our country’s history that will hopefully engage even the youngest children. Just click on the purple links found all throughout this article. We started with a list of history books that can be used as “spines” that can give us a general overview of … [Read more...]
Making Philippine History More Interesting: Before And Up To When The Spaniards Came (A Booklist)
This is the second installment of Making Philippine History More Interesting. It's a chronological booklist for the study of our country's history. Today we're giving you the list of books that you can use for the time before the Spaniards came. As hard as we looked, we couldn't find suitable books about the gold culture of our ancestors, as well as the balangay that they … [Read more...]
Making Philippine History More Interesting: A Chronological Booklist
I love history, especially Philippine history. But it wasn't a love that took root and blossomed at school, with its emphasis on dates, names, places, and exams that asked me to "enumerate xyz." No. It was a love awakened at home by Ambeth Ocampo's wit and humor in “Rizal Without The Overcoat” when I was in high school. It was a fascination that grew with Sionil F. Jose’s … [Read more...]