Pre-Assessment

Activity

Film-
Viewing
 Objectives:
1) Toknow and explain the
different criteria based on
NHI/ NHCP.
2) To deeply understand how
did Rizal become our
national hero.
Who is the greatest hero
of the Philippines?

Why were many streets

named after him?
Who was Jose Rizal and why
was he well-known among
Filipinos?

Why are there so many

monuments in his honor?
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N
Too many Filipinos, their answers T
might varied… E
R
✓He was a martyr who died for A
Filipinos. C
✓Some sectors even call him the T
“Tagalog Christ” or “Kristong I
Tagalog.” O
N
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N
T
✓Many Filipinos admire him as a man E
of many talents R
A
– a poet, doctor, anthropologists, C
sculptor, surveyor, farmer, T
novelist, essayist, historian, I
teacher, and who knows 22 O
languages. N
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N
✓Historians consider him as the T

“man who inspired a nation.”

E
R
A
✓To some sectors, he was C
revered as a “saint or T
messiah who would one day free I
the Philippines from oppression.” O
N
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N
T
In the study of the life of E
a heroes, it is important to put in R
mind that a hero is a A
C
T

human being.
I
O
N
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Heroes,
T
E
like R
ordinary human beings, A
C
T
are a product of I

time.
O
their N
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N
T

Heroes, are the

E
R
product of their environment A
C
(includes their society, T
surroundings, and the conditions I
prevalent at that time). O
N
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N
Heroes, are the made.. T

Why?
E
R
A
It is because they responded to C
the call of the times and their T
response to this call had a decisive I
effect on the lives of their O
countrymen. N
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N

Heroes,
T
are the Ordinary E

Human Beings
R
A
C
who faced challenges with T

an extraordinary
I
O
response. N
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N
T
In the end, E
their humanity will be R

unveiled
A
through C
T
scholarly study. I
O
N
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N
Hero… T
E
According to Merriam Webster, R
A
C
A prominent or central T
personage taking an admirable part I
in any remarkable action or event. O
N
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N
man becomes a hero, or a
A
T

national hero, not because he

E
R
leads a revolution A
C
but because he is admired for T
his achievements and noble qualities, I
and considered a model or ideal.”
O
N
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N
T
E
Who do you think is the R
Filipino to first A
acknowledged Rizal as theT
C

National Hero? I
O
N
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N
T
Did you know that it was Gen. E
Aguinaldo, R
A
who first recognized C
Rizal as the National T

Hero
I
. O
N
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N
According to GUERRERO (1998) T
E
Asserts that it is the Filipinos who R
have chosen Rizal to be the symbol of A
our nationalism as a people even before he
died. C
T
In choosing Rizal as our Filipino I
national hero, a number of conclusions O
can be drawn: N
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N
T
Since the Filipinos love peace,
E
R
A
they have chosen to magnify C
a man of peace above the
T

men of war.
I
O
N
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N
According to DE OCAMPO (1969) T
He said that Rizal was the first
E
exponent of Asian nationalism R
A
since he was the
C

source of inspiration for

T
I
the outbreak of the Philippine O
Revolution of 1896. N
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N
Why is there a need for T
E
a Criterion to Select our R
National hero? A
C
T
Who declares if anyone I

is a hero?
O
N
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N
T
E
How did Rizal R
become a Philippine A
C
National Hero? T
I
O
N
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N
T
E
There is or
R
A
proclamation which C

directly made Rizal

T
I

a hero. O
N
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N
T
Rizal’s hero status was made by the E
R
acclamation of the Filipino A
people. C
T
How? I
O
N
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N
singular
This could be seen in
T
tributes to his honor and it may even
E
be manifested physically through the R
A
1. erection of monuments C
T
2. the naming of streets and
I
3. the naming of building after O
him.
N
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N
T
E
What is NHI/ R

NHCP stand for?

A
C
T
I
O
N
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N
T
The National Historical E
Institute (NHI) R
A
C
- Now known as the T
“National Historical Commission I
of the Philippines (NHCP).”
O
N
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N
T
The country’s agency in E
charge of historical matters, R

prescribe the passage of 50 years

A
C
before a person is confirmed a T

hero.
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O
N
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N
If the person is still being T
admired after that period and his E
ideas and ideals are still invoked and R
appreciated, A
C
T
the person has passed the test of I
time and is considered a hero. O
N
 SELECTION AND
PROCLAMATION
OF NATIONAL HEROES
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N
On March 28, 1993, T
E
President Fidel V. Ramos
issued R
A
C
Executive Order No.75 T
entitled "Creating the I
National Heroes Committee O
under the Office of the President". N
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N
T
E
What do you think is the R

Main Objective of the

A
C
E.O. No. 75? T
I
O
N
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N
The main objective was… T
▪ to study E
▪ to evaluate and R
▪ explicitly recommend A
C
Filipino national personages as T
national heroes in due recognition to their I
sterling character and remarkable O
achievements for the country. N
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N
T

What do you think are

E
R
the Criteria for the A

Selection of a National
C
T
Heroes? I
O
N
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N
T
1.Heroes are those who have a E
concept of nation and thereafter R
A
C
aspire and struggle for T
the nation’s freedom.
I
O
N
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N
T
Our own struggle for freedom was E
begun R
A
by Bonifacio and finished by C
Aguinaldo, the latter formally declaring T
the revolution’s success.
I
O
N
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N
T
2. Heroes are those who E
R
A
define and contribute to a C
system or life of freedom and T
I
order for a nation. O
N
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N
T
Freedom without order E
R
will only lead to A
C
anarchy. T
I
O
N
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N
Therefore, heroes are those who make T
E
the nation’s constitution and R
laws, A
C
T
such as Mabini and I
Recto. O
N
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N
T
3. Heroes are those who E
R
contribute to the A
C
T
quality of life and destiny I
of a nation. O
N
 What do you think did
happen two years after
Rizal’s death?
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N
Emilio Aguinaldo T
issued a decree on December 20, E
1898 ordering…
R
that December 30 (the A
anniversary of Rizal’s execution at C
Bagumbayan) which was commemorated T
as
I
“a day of mourning for Rizal and the O
victims of the Philippine Revolution;” N
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N
Act No. 345 T
E
R
by the virtue of this Act, the A
Philippine Commission set aside C

December 30
T
as the I
day of Observance. O
N
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N
Act No. 243 T
E
of the Philippine
R

Commission was the

A
C
T
erection of Rizal’s monument I
in Luneta through public O
subscription. N
 Two Years after
I
Rizal’s Death
N
Act No. 137 T
E
of the Philippine Commission R
the naming of Rizal province after Jose A
Rizal as well as C
T
many main streets and avenues of towns I
and cities. O
N
Who made Rizal the foremost
hero of the Philippines?
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No
N
T
single person E
R
or groups of persons A
C
T
were responsible for making I
the Greatest Malayan the Number O
One Hero of his people. N
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N
Rizal himself, T
E
1. his own people, R
2. the foreigners A
3. all together C
T
contributed to make him the I
O
greatest hero & martyr of his people. N
 Why not
Bonifacio?
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N

“The pen is
T
E
mightier & even R

more powerful than

A
C

the sword.”
T
I
O
N
The End
Chapter 1:
Lesson 2
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