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pelajar sejarah kelas x sejarah sebagai seni, dll

Main summary

Key takeaways

Educational

Main ideas and lessons conveyed

  • Purpose of the lesson (Class X / “Sejarah sebagai…”)

    • Introduces history as something that can be understood in multiple ways.
    • Focus of the day: History as a science, including its scope, characteristics, and benefits/functions of studying history.

  • Scope of History (four viewpoints)

    • History as a science
    • History as a historical event (history as occurrence)
    • History as a story
    • History as art

  • History as a science: what the lesson covers

    • Characteristics of history
    • Benefits / functions of studying history

Meanings of “history” (as presented in the subtitles)

1) Meaning from language / terminology

  • Arabic: “ajjarun”
    • Concept of human life that continues to move and develop over time.
  • Dutch (as given)
    • History is something that has happened.
  • German (as given)
    • History is something that has happened.
  • Bahasa … / Indonesian (as given)
    • History is human activity related to certain events, arranged in chronological relationships.
  • Greek: “Historia”
    • Knowledge obtained through investigation (about the meaning of history).

2) Meaning according to experts

  • Herodotus
    • A historian who explains the cycle of rise and fall of a community figure and civilization.
  • Ibn Khaldun
    • History is a record of humanity, world civilization, and changes in human character.
  • Yamin
    • History is a science related to the story of the past, as a result of interpretation of events in society.
  • R.G. / R. G. Collingwood (as given)
    • Investigation of human activities in the past.
  • Muhammad Ali (three points listed)
    1. A number of changes in real events and occurrences.
    2. A story about changes in real events and occurrences.
    3. History as a science tasked with investigating the flow of events.
  • Another expert (as given)
    • History in the objective sense: events/incidents that can be shown with evidence and have truth about the object.
  • Taufik Abdullah (as given)
    • History in the subjective sense: a construction/building compiled by the author.
  • Another phrasing (as given, likely a distinct definition)
    • Human actions in a certain period in the past, carried out in a certain place.

Characteristics of history (detailed bullet list)

Based on Kuntowijoyo (as given: “introduction to the science of history”), history has these characteristics:

  • 1. Empirical
    • Example given: an empirical/real history example is the Proclamation read by Indonesia’s first president, Ir. Soekarno.
  • 2. Has an object
    • The object of history learning is human activity itself (humans doing actions within events).
    • Subtle explanation in subtitles: the “target” is directed, and in history the activity of man is the object.
  • 3. Has a theory
    • The subtitles refer to the Big Indonesian Dictionary (KBBI) meaning:
      • theoretical opinions based on research and discoveries supported by historians.
    • Mention that historians often use:
      • theories from philosophy
      • theories from other social sciences
  • 4. Has generalization
    • The subtitles include “generalization or general” as a listed characteristic.
  • 5. Has a method
    • Methods listed (with names):
      • Heuristic (first)
      • Verification (second)
      • Interpretation (third)
      • Historiography (fourth)

Functions / benefits of studying history (detailed bullet list)

1) Recreational function

  • Studying history provides recreation and engagement because:
    • there are historical relics from ancient times that still exist today.
  • These relics:
    • serve as evidence of the past
    • allow us to recreate what predecessors left.

2) Educational function

  • Education through history means:
    • using the past as lessons.
  • The subtitles also include a short classroom/test activity description:
    • Students may be given a test:
      • written questions, and/or
      • questions-and-answers.
    • If students can answer the questions → they receive a mark/score.
    • If not → the teacher gives a small punishment (to prevent boredom and maintain learning engagement).

List of instructions / methodology presented

(Methods for doing history research, as listed in the subtitles)

  • Heuristic
  • Verification
  • Interpretation
  • Historiography

Speakers / sources featured (named in the subtitles)

  • Mr. Farmer (appears as a character in an opening anecdote/story)
  • Herodotus
  • Ibn Khaldun
  • Yamin
  • R. G. Collingwood (spelled inconsistently in subtitles: “RG Cingwood”)
  • Muhammad Ali
  • Kuntowijoyo
  • Taufik Abdullah
  • Soekarno (Ir. Soekarno, Indonesia’s first president)
  • Big Indonesian Dictionary (“KBBI” referenced as the source for the meaning of “theory”)

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