PHINMA University of Pangasinan Readings in Philippine History

Student Activity Sheet First Year

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Materials
Worksheet

References
Knowing our Geography, The Philippines
http://myreactionph.blogspot.com/2011/10/what-
Learning Objectives: is-democratic-states-and.html
https://www.batasnatin.com/law-library/political-
1. To familiarize oneself with the Philippine National Territory.
and-public-international-law
2. To identify the geographical setting of our country.

Review: (5 Minutes)

Good day! How are you today? I hope you still remember what we have studied yesterday. Yesterday is full of learning as we
venture to a more in depth understanding of our history. For your first activity, what is the most important lesson you learn
yesterday that you will always remember? Explain.

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Concept Notes: (10 Minutes)

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Comprehension Activity: (10 Minutes)

Alright! Now that you are done writing let’s move on to the part where we will learn the formal topic of the day.
Comprehension Activities are the section of your modules which gives necessary information from the lessons so you can
understand them accordingly. In this section, you will be having help from a college student who studies Social Sciences.
Meet Sienn:
National Territory of the Philippines

A constitution is a set of rules that the lawmakers
consult to when they are making laws. It is
considered as the fundamental law of the land and
mother of all laws one country has. Our
constitution is called The 1987 Philippine
Constitution. This constitution is a special one
because unlike of other countries, ours include an
article for our national territory.
regardless of
waters of the Philippines.
The national territory comprises the Philippine
archipelago, with all the islands and waters embraced
therein, and all other territories over which the
Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction, consisting
of its terrestrial, fluvial and aerial domains, including
its territorial sea, the seabed, the subsoil, the insular
shelves, and other submarine areas. The waters around,
between, and connecting the islands of the archipelago,
their breadth and dimensions, form part of the internal
– Article 1.

PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO – that body of water studded with islands which is delineated in the Treaty of Paris (1898), as
amended by the Treaty of Washington (1900) and the Treaty with Great Britain (1930). It consists of its Terrestrial, Fluvial
andAerial domains including its Territorial sea, The seabed, The subsoil, The insular shelves; and The other submarine areas.

INTERNAL WATERS – the waters Around, Between and Connecting the islands of the archipelago, regardless of their breadth
and dimensions

ALL OTHER TERRITORIES OVER WHICH THE PHILIPPINES HAS SOVEREIGNTY OR JURISDICTION–includes any
territory that presently belongs or might in the future belong to the Philippines through any of the accepted international modes of
acquiring territory.

ARCHIPELAGIC PRINCIPLE means that different islands connected by an internal water must be considered as a single political
unit, has two elements:

1. The definition of internal waters (supra);

2. The straight baseline method of delineating the territorial sea – consists of drawing straight lines connecting the outermost
points on the coast without departing to any appreciable extent from the general direction of the coast.

Important distances with respect to the waters around the Philippines

-Territorial Sea 12 nautical miles (n.m.)

-Contiguous Zone 12 n.m. from the edge of the territorial sea

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-Exclusive Economic Zone 200 n.m. from the baseline [includes T.S. and C.Z.]
NOTE: There can be a Continental Shelf without an EEZ, but not an EEZ without a Continental Shelf.

TERRITORIAL SEA

The belt of the sea located between the coast and internal waters of the coastal state on the one hand, and the high seas on the
other, extending up to 12 nautical miles from the low water mark.

CONTIGUOUS ZONE

Extends up to 12 nautical miles from the territorial sea. Although not part of the territory, the coastal State may exercise
jurisdiction to prevent infringement of customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws.

EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE

Body of water extending up to 200 nautical miles, within which the state may exercise sovereign rights to explore, exploit,
conserve and manage the natural resources

The state in the EEZ exercises jurisdiction with regard to:

1. the establishment and use of artificial islands, installations, and structures;

2. marine scientific research;
3. the protection and preservation of marine environment;
If you have further questions, feel free to ask teacher!

Guided Practice: (15 Minutes)

Now that we understand the Philippine national territory try to answer the following questions.
1. What are the three domains of Philippine National Territory? Explain each.
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2. What comprises the Philippine national territory?
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Independent Practice: (10 Minutes)
The Philippines is composed of more than 7,640 islands and islets lying a little above the equator off the coast of Asia. Its island
stretch almost a thousand miles from north to south and its irregular coastline consists of 10,850 statue miles, twice as long as that
of the United States. Its total land area is about 114,830 square miles, one half of which is covered by forests.

The Philippines archipelago, with all the islands and water embraced therein shall have reference to and shall cover the islands and
the waters set forth in the Treaty of Paris of December 10, 1898, the Treaty of November 7, 1900 between the United States and
Spain (covering Cagayan, Sulu and Siboto groups omitted in the Treaty of Paris) and the Treaty of January 2, 1930 between the

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United States and Great Britain (covering Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Groups).

The archipelagic waters of our archipelago are protected by the second sentence of the definitions of our national territory which
reads: “The waters around, between, and connecting the islands of the archipelago, regardless of their breadth and dimensions,
from part of the internal waters of the Philippines.

Speaking of the scope and legal implications of the boundaries of the Philippines archipelago, the Committee on National Territory
of the 1971 Constitutional Convention, observed:

“if we plot on a map the boundaries of the Philippines archipelago as set forth in the Treaty of Paris, a huge or giant rectangle will
emerge, measuring about 600 miles in width, and over 1,200 miles in length. Inside the rectangle are 7,100 islands comprising the
Philippines Islands. From the east coast of Luzon to the eastern boundary of this huge rectangle in the Pacific Ocean, there is
distance of over 300 miles. From the west coast of Luzon to the western boundary of this giant rectangle in the China Sea, there is
a distance over 150 miles."

1. What is the composition of the Philippine Archipelago?

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2. What does “All other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction” imply?
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3. Since the Philippines is an archipelago, how was the conflict on territory solved? What is the legal defense on this?
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Enrichment Activity: (10 Minutes)

Congratulations, another module is almost done! I hope you enjoy our today’s session. For your last activity, in your own
understanding of our lesson, let us go back to our concept notes and in at least four sentences answer the following questions.

1. In your own words, what is a constitution?

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2. What is Article 1 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution?

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3. What is the Exclusive Economic Zone?

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For assessment, facilitators and expert teacher may use this rubric for checking essays included in this module.
Features 4 (Expert) 3 (Accomplished) 2 (Capable) 1 (Beginner)
Written in an extraordinary Writing had little style Writing had no style r
Written in an interesting
Quality of style and voice; very or voice; gives some voice; no new
style and voice; somewhat
Writing informative and well- new information but information and very
informative and organized.
organized. poorly organized. poorly organized.
So many spelling,
Grammar, Virtually no spelling, A number of spelling, punctuation, or
Few spelling, punctuation,
Usage, and punctuation, or punctuation, or grammatical errors that it
or grammatical errors.
Mechanics grammatical errors. grammatical errors. interferes with the
meaning

Closure Activity: (10 Minutes)

Aright! It is indeed wonderful that you are able to answer the questions above, and so for your next, kindly answer this activity to
further understand our topic.
Do you think our geographical somehow reflect our nature and culture as Filipinos? Give at least three effects that we acquire
because of the archipelagic geography of our country.
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