POWER School of Technology Inc.

SUBJECT : GE2-Reading in Philippine History

MODULE NAME : “One Past but Many Histories” Controversies and Conflicting View in Philippine History

MODULE NUMBER :4
STUDENT NAME : BETHEL LOVE C. SAGGE

Activity 1 Answer the following

1. Are you convinced that the first Mass in the Philippines was held in
Limasawa? Justify your answer.
 The first Catholic mass to be held in the Philippines, the Easter Sunday
Mass of 1521, was held on Limasawa Island in Southern Leyte,
according to research supported by the National Historical Commission
of the Philippines (NHCP). The Magellan-Elcano expedition's narratives
by Italian chronicler Antonio Pigafetta were scrutinized by the NHCP
panel in both their Italian and French versions revealed that Limasawa is
closer to the location of the 1521 Easter Sunday Mass. The historians
Trinidad Pardo de Tavera and Pablo Pastells, SJ, published journal papers
in 1895 that examined Pigafetta's reports and stressed Limasawa as the
location of the nation's first Catholic mass. These writings were studied
by the national historical commission. The NHCP discovered that
Limasawa is the location of the first Catholic mass in the nation based on
the findings of the 1971 expedition of naval historian Samuel Eliot
Morison and Colombian historian Mauricio Obregon as well as the
accounts of Spanish naval engineer Ignacio Fernandez Vial and merchant
marine captain Jose Luis Ugarte. These expeditions retraced the
Magellan-Elcano voyage. Fr. celebrated the first Catholic liturgy in the
nation. On March 31, 1521, Pedro Valderrama was sent by Portuguese
adventurer Ferdinand Magellan. Roman Catholicism was introduced to
the nation at the Limasawa Mass, and it has since grown to become the
majority religion in the nation.
 1. Give your reaction to the following statement of Izquierdo mentioned in his
report on the Cavite Mutiny: "The Indios were possessed with the natural
tendency of stealing."
 I didn't appreciate that he seemed to be generalizing about the entire
Filipino population. Despite sharing the same nationality, religion, or
other characteristics, every person on the planet is different in a
variety of ways. He said that there are good people and bad people,
and I interpret it to mean that we are the latter. They were the ones
who were actually stealing, too. They oppressed our people, stole their
freedom, invaded our country, claimed it as their own, looked down
on us, etc. Knowing he stated this made me feel uncomfortable.
2. Analyze the three documents on the retraction of Dr. Jose Rizal. Do you
believe he retracted? Defend your answer.
 No, The reason Dr. Rizal did not retract is that one of the conditions
he allegedly agreed to when signing the document was to marry
Josephine Bracken. The Catholic Church claims that they were
married the day before Rizal was executed, but there is no
documentation, such as a marriage license, to support this claim.
4. There are too many versions on the date and site of Bonifacio's "Cry." Which of
these are you strongly convinced as the actual date and site? Why? Defend your
answer presenting primary reliable sources.
5. Which is more important, the accuracy of the dates and sites or the significance
of the event? Why?
 Dates are significant because they indicate when specific events
occurred. Due of the chronological nature of history, this is very
significant. To investigate the relationship between events, it is
helpful to know that one event occurred before another. Dates are
another way that history is marked by time.

Activity 2 Essay Writing (pick at least 2)

What is your stand in the following issues:
1. First President of the Philippines: Bonifacio or Aguinaldo?
 The Philippines did not yet had a president when the uprising began in
1896. Andres was the Katipunan Supremo, and Manila served as his
 administrative hub. One of the military members of the faction in the
province of Cavite, south of Manila, was Don Emilio. Losses for the
rebels occurred in Manila (where Spanish forces are very well) while
victories for the rebels over the Spanish occurred in Cavite. Andres
criticized a rebel assembly that took place in Cavite. After a court
martial, he was put to death. Don Emilio was chosen as the next
president as a result of subsequent actions. In charge of the 1897-
founded Army is Emilio Aguinaldo.
2. The EDSA People Power: Revolution or Not?
3. Ninoy Aquino: Hero or Not?
 The late Ninoy Aquino was not a hero; at best, he was another
opportunistic politician who entered politics in order to advance his
own agenda at all costs. He is a typical propagandist who spent his
tenure as an elected public figure utilizing the "I'm the good guy and
he's the bad guy" card to make himself appear good and his political
opponents look terrible. Ninoy Aquino served in both the House of
Representatives and the Senate, although he failed to get a single bill
or law passed during that period. "Ninoy Aquino Day, a national
holiday marked annually on August 21 in the Philippines to remember
the death of former senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr.
4. The Burial of President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani:
Should He or Should He Not?
Activity 3: Write your FIVE BEST HUGOT lines
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maghahanda, di-direstso, o hihinto.
 Minsan ang buhay parang yang roller coaster, dadalhin ka sa
pinakamasasaya at pinakanakakatakot na parte.
 Mabuti pa yung deadline sa school, kahit anong hirap, hahabulin mo.
Samantalang ako, umalis na, lumakad na, nandyan ka pa rin naka tayo.