“ONE PAST BUT MANY HISTORIES”: CONTROVERSIES AND CONFLICTING VIEWS

IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY
Topic Objectives:
1. To share the known story about the event.
2. To determine the provenance or source of the story and why it was written.
3. To identify the author or writer of the controversies and conflicting views.
4. To highlight all the authors’ main argument and explain why.
5. To share the important learning or connection of the topic in your appreciation of Philippine
History.
6. To utilize other sources such as new studies on the issues which are published in recent
journals.

Specific Questions (to achieve the Objectives)

A. Site of the First Mass
1. Where was the First Mass celebrated?
2. What were the reasons for celebrating the Mass?
3. How will you describe the events that occurred during that First Mass?
4. What additional information can be given to answer the counter-claim of others?
5. What can be learned from the controversy?
6. What conclusion can be made to end the controversy?

Specific Questions (to achieve the Objectives)

B. The Cavite Mutiny
1. What really happened in the so-called Cavite mutiny?
2. Was there really a mutiny? Support your answer.
3. What additional information can be considered to counter the claim of both the Spaniards and the
natives?
4. What can be learned from the controversy?
5. What is the relevance of the issue to our history?
6. What conclusion can be made to end the controversy?

Specific Questions (to achieve the Objectives)

C. Rizal’s Retraction
1. What is the story behind the “retraction of Rizal”? Did Rizal retract?
2. Who were the persons involved in the controversy? What were their roles in the said controversy?
3. What additional information can be given to counter a different view of the matter?
4. What are the implications of the conflicting views?
5. What is the significance of the event to the Philippine History?
6. What conclusion can be made to end the controversy?

Specific Questions (to achieve the Objectives)

D. Cry of Rebellion
1. Where did the first cry of rebellion happened? What was the story behind?
2. How do you prove the facts presented?
3. What additional information can you provide to strengthen your claim?
4. What can be learned from the controversy?
5. What can you conclude to end the controversy?

Presentation/Debate Format (Asuncion & Cruz, 2019):

1. Affirmative Construction (Presentation of the Position)
a. Presentation of positive position
b. Presentation of negative position
2. Negative Construction (Critique of the Opponent)
a. Critique the negative stand
b. Critique the positive stand
3. Rebuttal Speech (Response to the Critique)
a. Positive group gives response to the critique
b. Negative group gives response to the critique
4. Summation and Conclusion (Ending statement)
a. Positive stand
b. Negative stand

Guide questions #2 for the presentors in the topics assigned in GE 12-Readings in Philippine History (MDCarreon 2019)