HISTORICAL CONTEXT | Grade 8 English Q1 (DepEd Matatag Curriculum) — Transcript

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1. 0:00Would
2. 0:06result have posted a phone with the
3. 0:08caption #justice4 Ilas?
4. 0:13Let us rewind time and find out how
5. 0:16stories from the past. Show us what
6. 0:18people stood for.
7. 0:21Welcome back to another episode of
8. 0:24Learning is Easy with Teacher Fesh.
9. 0:27Before we start, quick shout out Ku Nemo
10. 0:301 and Lucky Trio 1915.
11. 0:34Thanks guys.
12. 0:37Lesson for today is about analyzing
13. 0:39literary texts through historical
14. 0:42context.
15. 0:45We will learn how to time travel through
16. 0:47stories, how to look at the past through
17. 0:51the eyes of authors and their
18. 0:53characters.
19. 0:55Historical context refers to the time
20. 0:58period and events happening when a
21. 1:01literary text was written or when it was
22. 1:05set.
23. 1:10Community politics and culture
24. 1:22why characters act a certain way. Why
25. 1:25the story has certain themes and what
26. 1:29values were important at that time.
27. 1:43for
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29. 1:57example,
30. 1:59Carlos Bloan and his story, My Father
31. 2:02Goes to Court.
32. 2:05Carlos Bosan was a Filipino writer who
33. 2:08lived during the American colonization
34. 2:11of the Philippines.
35. 2:13He came from a poor family, moved to
36. 2:16America, and experienced racism and
37. 2:20poverty.
38. 2:23In his story, My Father Goes to Court, a
39. 2:26poor Filipino family lives beside a rich
40. 2:29family.
41. 2:31They can't afford food, but they laugh,
42. 2:34sing, and pretend to enjoy the smells
43. 2:37from the rich family's kitchen.
44. 2:41One day, the rich family sues them for
45. 2:45stealing the smell of their food. But in
46. 2:48court, the father jingles coins in a can
47. 2:52and says, "If you can sue us for
48. 2:55enjoying the smell of your food, then
49. 2:58here's the sound of money to pay you
50. 3:00back."
51. 3:06So, what values do we learn from the
52. 3:08story?
53. 3:10Individual values are joy, cleverness
54. 3:14and dignity.
55. 3:16While communal values
56. 3:19I strength and justice
57. 3:24historical context,
58. 3:30Filipinos were facing inequality under
59. 3:32American rule.
60. 3:35The story uses humor to show injustice
61. 3:38and the strength of ordinary people.
62. 3:57Let's look into another example, Lon and
63. 4:01his story, The True Story of Au.
64. 4:05Lucan is a famous Chinese writer during
65. 4:09a time of political unrest and foreign
66. 4:12influence.
67. 4:15In the true story of Au, a poor man
68. 4:18pretends he is winning even when he is
69. 4:22clearly losing.
70. 4:24He is humiliated and even executed but
71. 4:28doesn't understand what's happening.
72. 4:32Again, what values do we learn from the
73. 4:34story?
74. 4:36The individual values are false pride,
75. 4:40denial, and survival.
76. 4:44while you communal values n man are
77. 4:47awakening and social responsibility.
78. 4:52As for its historical context, Lucen
79. 4:56wrote this in the early 1900s when China
80. 4:59was struggling to modernize.
81. 5:03AU represents ordinary people who accept
82. 5:06injustice instead of fighting back.
83. 5:24This isn't just a sad story. It is a
84. 5:28call to wake up and fight for what's
85. 5:30right.
86. 5:33Historical context is very useful when
87. 5:36analyzing a literary text. Here are some
88. 5:40first steps to guide your analysis.
89. 5:44First, when was the story written or
90. 5:47set?
91. 5:49Check the time period. My war back,
92. 5:53colonization,
93. 5:54crisis, or prosperity.
94. 5:59Next, what was happening in society?
95. 6:03Look for clues. Disagreement.
96. 6:11Third, what values do characters show?
97. 6:16Does the characters behavior reflect the
98. 6:19beliefs of that time?
99. 6:22Last, do the events or themes relate to
100. 6:26historical events?
101. 6:29Does the story talk about oppression,
102. 6:32justice, freedom, or love of country?
103. 6:38Now, historical context helps us
104. 6:41understand setting or what was the world
105. 6:45like in the story.
106. 6:48Characters or do they reflect real
107. 6:51people from history?
108. 6:54theme or does the message relate to real
109. 6:58struggles
110. 7:00and tone or is the story hopeful, angry
111. 7:05or nostalgic.
112. 7:08So let us check your understanding of
113. 7:11the lesson.
114. 7:13Choose a story and comment below.
115. 7:17One, title of the story.
116. 7:21two time period it reflects
117. 7:25and three one value that shows the
118. 7:29historical context.
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