Preliminary Period

Eastern Visayas State University Tanauan Campus MODULAR HOME INSTRUCTION

Tanauan, Leyte General Education Courses
First Semester SY. 2021-2022
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Module No: 3-4

Date: ________
TOPIC: Advent of a National Hero
Childhood Years in Calamba
RESOURCES: JOSE RIZAL (Life, Works, and Writings of a Genius, Writer, Scientist, and National
Hero)
SUBJECT CODE AND DESCRIPTION: RIZAL 001: The Life and Works of Rizal
INSTRUCTOR: MR. JAY ABDON SILAO

This chapter tells about a national hero of the Philippines, a national hero is a Filipino who has
been recognized as a national hero for his role in the history of the Philippines. Loosely, the term may refer to all
Filipino historical figures recognized as heroes, but the term more strictly refers to those officially designated as
such. In 1995 the Philippine National Hero Committee officially recommended several people for the
designation, but this was not acted upon. As of 2007, no one had ever been officially recognized as a Philippine
National Hero.

OBJECTIVES:
By the end of this module, students will have completed the following objective:
• To identify the legal bases of the study of Rizal course
• To know how his parents mold him to become a better person
• To appreciate the historic background and its corresponding details for which reason the Rizal Laws were
actually enacted and eventually promulgated
• To analyze the childhood years of Dr. Jose Rizal in Calamba
• To analyze what he achieved in a young age
• To be able to know what events in his life made him love his nation and fight for freedom

Study Notes!

1. Think the distinction of your family, your

own family information.
2. Identify where your family originated?

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 Lesson # 1
Advent of National Hero

The Birth of a Hero

• June 19, 1861 – birth date of Jose Rizal.
• Born in Calamba, Laguna Province.
• June 22, 1862 – he was baptized in the Catholic church of his town at the age of 3.
• Father Rufino Collantes – baptized Rizal.
• Father Pedro Casañas – Rizal’s godfather.
• Mariano Herbosa – nephew of Casañas who will marry Lucia (Rizal’s sister).
• Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda – full name of Jose Rizal.
• Lieutenant-General Jose Lemary – governor general of the Philippines when Rizal was born.

Meanings of Rizal’s Names

• Jose – chosen by his mother who was a devotee of the Christian saint San Jose (St.
Joseph).
• Protacio – from Gervacio P. which came from a Christian calendar.
• Mercado – adopted in 1731 by Domingo Lamco (the paternal great-great grandfather of
Jose Rizal). The Spanish term “Mercado” means “market” in English.
• Rizal – in Spanish means a field where wheat, cut while still green, sprouts again.
• Y – and
• Alonzo – old surname of his mother.
• Realonda – used by Doña Teodora from the surname of her godmother.

Rizal’s Parents
• Francisco Mercado Rizal - Born on May 11, 1818.
• Born in Biñan, Laguna.
• Studied Latin and Philosophy at the College of San Jose in Manila.
• June 28, 1848 – he married Teodora.
• The youngest of the 13 children of Cirila Alejandro and Juan Mercado.
• Teodora Alonzo Realonda
• Born on November 09, 1827.
• Educated at the College of Santa Rosa, a well-known college for girls. - Died in Manila
on August 16, 1911 at the age of 85.

The Rizal Children

1. Saturnina (1850-1913) – oldest of the Rizal children; nicknamed Neneng.
2. Paciano (1851-1930) – older brother and confident of Jose Rizal; second father of Rizal;
Pilosopo Tasio in Noli Me Tangere.
3. Narcisa (1852-1939) – pet name: Sisa.
4. Olimpia (185501887) – pet name: Ypia.
5. Lucia (1857-1919) – married Mariano Herbosa, who died of cholera in 1889 and was
denied Christian burial because he was a brother-in-law of Dr. Rizal.
6. Maria (1859-1945) – nickname: Biang.
7. JOSE (1861-1896) – the greatest Filipino hero and peerless genius; nickname: Pepe.
8. Concepcion (1862-1865) – pet name: Concha; she died of sickness at the age of 3; her death
was Rizal’s first sorrow in life.
9. Josefa (1865-1945) – pet name: Panggoy; died an old maid at the age of 80.
10. Trinidad (1868-1951) – pet name: Trining; also died an old maid at the age of 83.

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 11. Soledad (1870-1929) – youngest of the Rizal children; pet name: Choleng.

Rizal’s Ancestry
Paternal Side
• Domingo Lamco – great-great grandfather of Rizal; a Chinese immigrant from Changchow; he
was married to a Chinese Christian girl of Manila named Ines de la Rosa
• 1731 – he adopt the name Mercado meaning Market
• Francisco Mercado – Domingo Lamco’s son; married Cirila Bernacha.
• Juan Mercado – Francisco’s son married to Cirila Alejandro.
• Francisco Mercado – youngest son of Juan Mercado; Rizal’s father. Maternal Side
• Lakan Dula – descendant; last native king of Tondo.
• Eugenio Ursua – great-great grandfather of Rizal; Japanese married to a Filipina named Benigna.
• Regina – daughter of Eugenio, married Manuel de Quintos (Filipino-Chinese lawyer).
• Brigida – daughter of Regina who married Lorenzo Alberto Alonso (Spanish-Filipino mestizo).

The Rizal Home

• A 2-storey building, rectangular in shape, built of adobe stones and hardwoods, and roofed with
red tiles.
• Behind the house were poultry yard full of turkeys and chickens, and a big garden of tropical fruit
trees (atis, balimbing, chico, macopa, papaya, santol, tampoy, etc.).

A Good and Middle-Class Family

• Principalia – a town aristocracy in Spanish Philippines was one of the distinguished families in
Calamba.
• Carriage – a status symbol of the ilustrados in Spanish Philippines.
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• Private Library – the largest in Calamba; consisted of more than 1,000 volumes.
Lesson # 2
Childhood Years in Calamba

• Calamba was a hacienda town which belonged to the Dominican Order, which also owned all
the lands around it
• Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo (In Memory of My Town)- a poem about Rizal’s beloved town
written by Rizal in 1876 when he was 15 years old and was student in the Ateneo de Manila
• The first memory of Rizal, in his infancy, was his happy days in the family garden when he
was three years old
• Another childhood memory was the daily Angelus prayer. By nightfall, Rizal related, his
mother gathered all the children at the house to pray the Angelus
• Another memory of Rizal’s infancy was the nocturnal walk in the town, especially when there
was a moon
• The death of little Concha brought Rizal his first sorrow
• At the age of three, Rizal began to take a part in the family prayers
• When Rizal was five years old, he was able to read haltingly the Spanish family bible
• The Story of the Moth- made the profoundest impression on Rizal
-“died a martyr to its illusions”
• At the age of five, Rizal began to make sketches with his pencil and to mould in clay and wax
objects which attracted his fancy

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 • Sa Aking Mga Kabata (To My Fellow Children)- Rizal’s first poem in native language at the
age of eight
-reveals Rizal’s earliest nationalist sentiment
• At the age of eight, Rizal wrote his first dramatic work which was a Tagalog comedy
INFLUENCES ON THE HERO’S BOYHOOD
(1) hereditary influence
(2) environmental influence
(3) aid of Divine Providence

• Tio Jose Alberto- studied for eleven years in British school in Calcutta, India and had traveled
in Europe inspired Rizal to develop his artistic ability
• Tio Manuel- a husky and athletic man, encouraged Rizal to develop his frail body by means of
physical exercises
• Tio Gregorio- a book lover, intensified Rizal’s voracious reading of good book
• Father Leoncio Lopez- the old and learned parish priest of Calamba, fostered Rizal’s love for
scholarship and intellectual honesty

Learning Exercise

Essay: Explain the following items:

1. hereditary influence
2. environmental influence
3. aid of Divine Providence

Group Activity: Make a group consist of 5 members, then reenact how these influences of the hero’s
boyhood happened to him and how was these influences the youth of today.

References:
Gregoria Zaide & Sonia Zaide, 2014 “Jose Rizal Life, Works, and Writings of a Genius, Writer, Scientist, and
National Here” Second Edition; Anvil Publishing, Inc. 7th Floor Quad Alpha Centrum 125 Pioneer Street,
Mandaluyong City.1550, Philippines.

Dr. Maria Stella Valdez & Angelita Gonzales, 2007 “Dr. Jose Rizal and the Writing of his Story” First Edition;
Rex bookstore, Inc.856 Nicanor Reyes, Sr.St.,Sampaloc, Manila.

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