LESSON 3: One Past but Many Histories: Controversies and Conflicting Views in

Philippine History

NAME:
PROGRAM/ YR & BLK:
DATE:

INITIAL ACTIVITY:
What Do You Know?!
Instruction: Study the given picture below, then answer the following questions:
1. What is your initial interpretation of the picture?
* I think they are greeting each other.

2. Search for “Saudi Arabia’s Nose Kiss”, what have you learned? Is it similar with your initial
interpretation?
* No, but I think is quite yes. because base on my research, Nose kiss in Saudi Arabia’s is the way of their
greetings to each other but on the other hand, it is also the way of their respect on the elders or senior.

3. What is your realization after doing this activity?

*

STUDY GUIDE
After reading the primary sources provided, try to answer these questions to guide you in writing your
position paper.

1. Based on the sources provided, what do you think is the reason why the munity in Cavite happened?
*Maybe because the Spaniards had gleaned some information from the
Filipinos about what they were doing in the personal taxes of soldiers,
which is the Gomburza priest were involved.

2. Are the three Filipino priests -GOMBURZA- the mastermind of the Cavite Mutiny? Defend your
answer.
*No, because many article said that One Franciscan friar disguised as Burgos and suggested a mutiny to the
mutineers. The senior friars used an una fuerte suma de dinero or a banquet to convince Governor-General
Rafael Izquierdo that Burgos was the mastermind of the coup.

STUDY GUIDE
After reading the primary sources provided, try to answer these questions to guide you in writing your
position paper.

1. Where and when did the Cry of Revolution happened? Defend your answer.
* the First Cry of the Philippine Revolution happened on August 23, 1896 at Pugad Lawin. Because in 1963
the National Historical Commission of the Philippines declared it.

2. What is the significance of the “Cry” to our history?

* The Cry of the Revolution in Pugad Lawin, marked the start of the Philippine Revolution in 1896 which
eventually led to Independence of the country in 1898.
STUDY GUIDE
After reading the primary sources provided, try to answer these questions to guide you in writing your
position paper.

1. Did Jose Rizal wrote a retraction before he was executed? Defend your answer?
*Some historians says he did, but I think Rizal did not which was the reason he was killed by a firing squad.

2. What is the impact of the retraction, if found true, to our history?

* If that is the case, considering how we think nowadays, his reputation on the eyes of many Filipinos will
change in a way that we will start to question his integrity as a national hero.
 Now, after reading the three (3) different controversies in our history, your task as mentioned was to
write a position paper (in favor or against of) about these controversies. To guide you in writing the said
paper, below is the rubric for evaluation.

Note: The format of HIGHLY SATISFACTORT SOMEHOW

the paper is SATISFACTORY (7-8 POINTS) SATISFACTORY
dependent to what (9-10 POINTS) (5-6 POINTS)
will your teacher
gives you.
CRITERIA
FORMAT AND Completely followed 85-90% of the Below 85% of the
INSTRUCTIONS the prescribed prescribed format format was followed.
format for the was not followed
activity.
SUBSTANCE The output of the The output of The output of
activity clearly activity showcase activity managed to
showcase the critical the critical thinking showcase some
thinking ability to ability to examine critical thinking
examine opposing opposing sides of a ability to examine
sides of a given given historical opposing sides of a
historical narrative. narrative. given historical
narrative.
RELEVANCE The output covered The output covered The output covered
and answered most and answered some and answered some
of the major of the major of the relevant
questions. questions. questions.
LOGICAL Answers are stated Answers are Some of the answers
ARRANGEMENT in a very orderly somehow stated in are repeatedly
OF THOUGHT fashion from an orderly fashion mentioned for less
beginning to end. most of the time. important reason.