MODULE 3

THE PHILIPPINES IN THE 19th CENTURY IN RIZAL’S CONTEXT

ACTIVITY
ORGANIZE YOUR THOUGHTS

A graphic organizer is a visual and graphic display that depicts the relationship between facts, terms, and or ideas
within a learning task. They are also called knowledge maps, concept maps, story maps, cognitive organizers,
advance organizers or concept diagrams.

Use the graphic organizer/table in mapping the changes in the nineteenth century Philippines, categorizing social,
political, economic, and cultural situations. Discuss the social, political, economic and cultural situation in the
19th Century Philippines by using at least two (2) different kinds of graphic organizers. The challenge is for you to
present the same information in two different graphic organizers. Below are some examples of graphic organizers.
You can do it!
REFLECTION

Reflect on the film “Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon?” What emotions did you feel
when you watched the movie? Do you think we can return to that kind of society? What
lessons have you learned from that old society? Reflect in no more than five, at least (5)
sentences.

Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon is a film that highlights the Philippine
independence struggle as well as the life of an average boy eager to travel and learn more about
the nation. The question of who is the Filipino, which Kulas frequently posed, became an
eye-opener for us Filipinos, because the film features conflict, which may depict contemporary
real-life rivalries in our nation. Interpersonal or intrapersonal tensions may be involved in these
conflicts. It also highlights the disparities between provincial and urban lifestyles, social
standing, and general attachment or love. The entire picture conveyed so many moral lessons,
even if it gave us a dragging feeling at points. It upsets me and makes me feel terrible for
Filipinos since it exposes the unfair status of Filipinos under colonial dominance, which is
much too different from what we are enduring today. Filipinos were formerly considered slaves
in their own nation. Those in positions of power and money possessed rights, however ordinary
citizens did not have the right to live a normal life or to complain. Back ago, justice was
reserved for the wealthy, while those who were not should please them in order to avoid
extraordinary and harsh punishment. I don't think we Filipinos can still afford to return to that
sort of culture since it was intriguing and traumatic.