NAME: ELMER GABUTIN BTVTED ELT 3A

UNIT 2: RIZAL AND THE THEORY OF NATIONALISM

LESSON 1: The Nation as an imagined Community

ACTIVATE

Activity: Meaning Recall

Terms Write your own meaning of the terms

1. Nation It refers to a group of people living together in a particular country and share
with the same language, religion, tradition, culture, beliefs etc.

2. State Is a political organization formed by people exercising the power within specifies
territory of a country

3. Nation-state a system of organization defined by shared geography, culture, and politics.

4 Nationalism It is the loyalty and devotion to ones nation or simply means love for the nation
or country.

5. Community A group of people living in the same place with common belief, norms, tradition,
customs or identity.

Processing Questions:
1. How you feel about the Meaning Recall activity? Was it difficult? Why or why not?

 The meaning recall activity is not that difficult because those terms are already familiar to me.

2. Which among the terms was easy to recall the meaning? Why?

 For me among the terms, community was easy to recall its meaning because its definition is simple
and we usually encounter those words.

3. Which of these terms made an impact on your life? How?

 Community is the term made impact in my life through encouraging me to live better, strive for
more and creating a sense of belonging, acceptance, understanding and inspiration.
APPLY

A. Direction: Read the story about a company known by the public as “Apple” and answer the
questions below in 2 – 3 sentences. 5 points each question.
Apple, beginning with its “Think Different” campaign, developed an imagined community of users
centered originally on its founder, Steve Jobs, and its innovations. When Apple was about to introduce a
new product, people would line about at its stores hours before they opened and then high-five the
sales clerks as they paid out hundreds of dollars for a device. That’s an imagined community (Manaiza,
2019).

Processing Questions:

1. Are you familiar with the “Apple” company mentioned in the story? If yes, How did you know
about it? If not, Why?

 Yes, I am familiar with the Apple because it is very popular around the world and a lot of people
using it. I had known apple because I have friends, family, relatives also using this product
furthermore I have seen it in the internet or advertisements.

2. When you read about the story about “Apple”, how did you feel about it? Do you feel think you
can belong in this so-called imagined community? Why or Why not?

 As I read the story about apple I was amazed how it affects the consumers to purchase the said
products. I don’t think that I can be part of this so called imagined community because I
belong to a lower class who can’t afford to purchased such products and belong to the
community of apple users

3. If your answer is “Yes”, then, that is good. Now, please think of another imagined community
where you can belong to. Why? But if your answer is “No”, then can you think of an imagined
community where you can be a part of? Why?

 My answer is No and I think the imagine community where I can be part of is the social media
because it creates a sense of community for individuals who would otherwise feel isolated in
mainstream society or feel afraid to express their views. I belong to a community who uses
social media to express my feelings and insights toward something.

B. Direction: Write an essay how can the “Nation” become an imagined community during this time
of the pandemic in 5 – 10 sentences. Please try to be open-minded and be specific when you give
example situations in explaining your point of view. (10 points)

We all probably agree that COVID-19 pandemic has been ruining our plans and even lives in
general. Most of our activities are limited and our connections with friends, family and even the loved
ones are at risk. If this pandemic lasts long enough, our new generations will eventually get used to the
way of we are living now, such as alienating ourselves from people, being more self-centered, or
perhaps not needing any real connections with ‘real’ people.

The community "is imagined because the members of even the smallest nation will never know
most of their fellow-members, meet them, or even hear of them, yet in the minds of each lives the
image of their communion,” (Aderson 1991). Even at this time of pandemic our nation could still be an
imagined community. In our increasingly connected and globalised world, the internet provides us with
a shared digital culture that allows us to communicate with one another across the globe. Example we
have the social media to be the key medium of communication as we all know that at this time of
pandemic we have limitations and we are not able to do what we want to do especially having physical
contact with frien, family or relatives. Connectivity is central to modern life and social media is at the
heart of creating a sense of closeness and proximity. And with that we create our nation to an imagined
community.

Therefore, we as the member of the nation could work together and support our government’s
efforts to reestablish our beloved country, so that everything will be back to normal, do things and
experience what we used to experienced before and ended as the ‘imagined’.

ASSESSMENT

A. Direction: Fill in the blanks or identify what is being described in the following items inside the
table and write only one (1) answer on the last column of the table. (10 points)

Statement Answer

1 A political unity that has sovereignty over a definite territory is State

called as _____.

2 A _____ is a member of the bureaucracy who moved to unify the Politicians

people to build a nation-state.

3 The ____ is considered as an imagined community because it implies Nation

a deep horizontal comradeship among the people.

4 The nation is imagined as _____ wherein nations dream of gaining Community

freedom.

5 A territorially bounded sovereign communitygoverned in the name Nation-state

of a group of people who identify themselves as a nation.
6 One good example of a nation-state in Asia according to Olson is France
_____.

7 An imagined community is formed by using _____ that developed Standardized languages

feelings of nationalism and community.

8 The nation is _____ because the members of the group think that Imagined
they live in one community believing in one goal even though they
have not met or heard from each other.

9 _____ worked to create a nation-state by means of laying the Intellectuals and scholars
foundation of political and diplomatic recognition.

10 One of the modes of networks of communication supported by Facebook

Internet with large audiences is known as the _____.

B. Direction: Match the items in column “I” with the answers in column “C” and and write only
the letter of the correct answer in column “A” in the matrix below. (10 points)

A I C

1 H This created new discourses for imagining community with political A. Networked
potential and limits. Public Sphere

2 J The nation is an imagined _____ because this makes people think that B. Printed
they must fight together in order to obtain freedom irrespective of their Outputs
class, color, or race.

3 K The institution that Benedict Anderson emphasized has a very C. Bureaucracy

significant role in the construction of a nation.

4 A People with little political or social power have the ability to converse D. Internet
with others and affect mass opinion, as trending hashtags in recent
years have illustrated.

5 I This book emphasized public space and the ways of various kinds of E. Newspaper
media resulted to certain types of political community.

6 B The means that were used by the mass media in fostering unified fields F. Limited
of communication for people to know each other in a certain territory.

7 F This is the description of an imagined community because it was said G. Imagined as

that even the biggest nation has certain boundaries. Sovereign
8 C The means of regulating the lives of people in a definite territory. H. Social
Media

9 E This invention resulted in the creation of new type of political I. Imagined

community that would about nationalism and revolution. Communities

10 G The nation is _____ during the era of Enlightenment and Revolution J.Community
when these events were destroying the legitimacy of the divinely fated,
K. Mass Media
hierarchical ruling kingdom.

Lesson 2: Rizal and the Popular Nationalism

ACTIVATE

Activity: Practicing Nationalism

How do you practice nationalism as a ___________________?

1. Student:

As a student I practice nationalism by studying the history of our country and this subject rizal is one of
the great thing atleast I can do. Knowing the hardship experienced by our country and the great actions
done by our national heroes for the Philippines is one of many ways to show and practice nationalism.

2. Daughter/Son:

As a daugther I practice nationalism by learning and adapt the country's culture, traditions and practices.
This is important because to show our love for the country we must have to appreciate the most
practiced thing in the country and that is the culture of the people.

3. Filipino:

Respect the flag and the national anthem and sing it with pride. The national anthem is one of the
unique thing every country has and it is one way of practicing nationalism. Respecting the Philippine flag
and being proud that I am a Filipoino is the best thing to show my love for the country.

APPLY
A. Direction: Compare and contrast the works of Rizal by giving and describing two (2)
examples of poems of Rizal. You may refer on the list provided or you could research for more poems of
Rizal. Please use conjunctions like “whereas” and write your answers on the space provided. (10
points)

A La Juventud Filipina is an inspiring poem that states that the Filipino youth are capable of great
heights. It urges the Filipino youth to reach their potential by harnessing their skills and talents for the
betterment of our countrymen. Where as, Mi Ultimo Adios is a poem that tells us how beautiful the
Philippines is and how Rizal wants us to learn from our past and to see the truth about how the world
view us.
Both poems was written by Rizal driven with his undying love for the country. Every writings
significe him bieng nationalistic. Through his writings that includes A La Juventud Filipina and Mi Ultimo
Adios, he voiced strong opposition to the abuse of Spaniards and conveyed messages that he hoped
would inspire his fellow countrymen.

B. Direction: Choose one (1) essay of Rizal in the list provided in this lesson and write about your insights
and realization about it not less than 5 sentences. Please write your answers on the space provided. (10
points)

Dr. Rizal’s works sparked a flame that set us free. He used his knowledge in writing to make
poems and novels instead of using force and violence which most people did to gain freedom. Rizal's
essay El Amor patrio or "Love for Country" showed that Filipinos had their own native land to mind and
love and that land was the Philippines.Filipinos are not born to decieved by other country, we need to
show them that we can stand on our own. His wondrous magic with words in his writings, had a
tremendous contribution to the formation of Filipino nationality, lead his fellow men to assert their right
to our nation. Rizal dedicated his life into writing for the sake of his love for public service to the Filipino
people, and the Philippines. Rizal’s writing create a sense of patriotism and nationalism among the
Filipino people.
ASSESSMENT

A. Direction: Identify the following items and write your answers legibly after each item. Wrong spelling
will be marked wrong. (10 points)

1. The people’s awareness of their uniqueness and their consciousness of the cultural bond that binds
them in the commonality of their origin, history, language, religion, race, and idiosyncrasies.
Nationalism

2. The feeling of loving your country more than any others and being proud of it.Patriotism

3. Rizal’s nationalism is expressed in the dedication of this book. El Filibusterismo

4. A set of beliefs or principles, especially one on which a political system, party, or organization is
based.Ideology

5. Rizal’s poem written when he was eight years old that showed a full meaning of his patriotism in
encouraging the use of our mother tongue. (Tagalog) Sa Aking Mga Kabata

6. The cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, or goals. Idealism

7. The man who loves his country and sympathized to the poor and the oppressed who are the victims
of Spanish domination in the islands. Elias

8. The principal character of the first novel of Rizal. Crisostomo Ibarra

9. One of the factors that caused the prolonged subjugation of the Filipinos according to Rizal. Absence
of national consciousness

10.This is what the people need according to Rizal in order to productively eliminate the evils of society.
Education

B. Direction: Answer the following questions in 5 – 10 sentences. Please try to be open-minded and be
specific when you give example situations in explaining your point of view. (10 points
each / 20 points)

1. What is the importance of practicing nationalism?

 Nationalism It plays a significant role in the progress and prosperity of a nation. It is an ideology
and a movement in a country that helps in uniting people. This unites people across different
languages, race, gender, ethnicity, etc. Practing nationalism is important as it develops sense of
belonging for the people in the country towards their nation. It fosters unity and encourages
people to consider themselves as one unit and inspires them to keep the theory of nation before
 self.It helps not only the nations to grow but also keeps them secure and people united. A
nation progresses only when nationalism remains at the core of the principles of its people.

2. As a student, how can you develop patriotism in your own way?

 As a student, the best way I can to develop patriotism and to express love for my country is to
be an active young citizen. Actively participate in social activities to create positive change in
myr communities. Demonstrate your love for country and be part of its political process, by
voting and continually striving for a better country. Obey and agree to the correct and good laws,
because these can shape our countries into more decent ones. Get an education and help to
build up your country, because I believe that a country can only truly flourish when its citizens
are getting the opportunity to educate themselves.