INTRO TO THE STUDY OF RIZAL'S LIFE, WORKS AND WRITINGS Flashcards
RIZAL LAW
RA 1425
Rizal Law Author
Claro M. Recto
Rizal Law: Sponsored the Bill in the Senate
Jose P. Laurel
Rizal Law signed:
June 12, 1956
Full name of Rizal Law: RA 1425
Mandates the teaching of the life, works, and writings of Rizal in all schools in the country
Accdg. to Sen. Jose P. Laurel, Rizal was the
founder of Filipino nationality and the architect of the Filipino nation
Accdg. to Sen. Jose P. Laurel, there is a need to know and imbibe the ________ and ______ for which he died
great ideals; principles
Laurel believed that by reading and studying Rizal’s life, teachings and writings, Filipino youth will be able to:
- Gain incorruptible confidence
- Direction
- Courage
- Determination to move forward in our people’s journey towards an abundant life
Objectives of the Rizal law:
1. To rededicate the lives of the youth to the ____________ and ___________, for which our heroes lived and died
ideals of freedom; nationalism
Objectives of the Rizal Law
2. TO pay tribute to our national hero for devoting his life and works in shaping the _________________
Filipino character
Objective of the Rizal LAw
To gain an inspiring ____________ through the study of Rizal’s life, works and writings
source of patriotism
Goals set by the Board on National
Education
1. To recognize the relevance of Rizal’s
_____, _____, _______ and ______ values to
present conditions in the community
ideals;thoughts; teachings; life
Goals set by the Board on National
Education:
2. To apply Rizal’s ideals in the solution of
day-to-day situations and _________ in
contemporary life
problems
Goals set by the Board on National
Education
3. To develop an understanding and
appreciation of the _____, behavior and
______ of Rizal
qualities; character
Goals set by the Board on National
Education:
4. To foster the development of ______, personal discipline, citizenship and
vocational efficiency among the Filipino
youth
moral
character
Jose Rizal was not a man of war but a man
of ____
peace
They helped guide in the formation of the
Filipino national spirit and the Philippine
nation-state.
Rizal, Andres
Bonifacio, Emilio Jacinto, Marcelo H. del Pilar
and others more.
Historian Renato Constantino (_____) claimed
that it was the ________ who were
responsible for endorsing him as the Philippine
National hero
1969; Americans
He cited the efforts of the Taft Commission in
1901 which picked Rizal from a group of
heroes, which included Emilio
Aguinaldo,Andres Bonifacio and Apolinario
Mabini
Renato Constantino
eminent historian
- writes that Rizal was acceptable as a
national hero to the Americans because he
was the symbol of assimilation, which was their
policy then in the Philippines.
Teodoro Agoncillo (1986)
Rizal never favored revolution but the slow
process of evolution through ______ which
suited American objectives
education
Factors which contributed to Rizal’s
acceptability as the official hero of the
Philippines:
Rizal was already dead at the time the
Americans began their ______ in the
Philippines.
aggression
Factors which contributed to Rizal’s
acceptability as the official hero of the
Philippines:
No embarrassing ________ could
ever be attributed to Rizal.
anti-American quotations
Factors that contributed to Rizal’s
acceptability as the official hero of the
Philippines:
Rizal’s dramatic martyrdom had already made
him the symbol of ______________
Spanish oppression
The Katipuneros considered Rizal the honorary _____
of the Katipunan.
leader
Rizal’s guidance was sought by its emissaries when Dr.
____________ visited him in Dapitan in 1892
Pio Valenzuela
Rizal’s name was one of the passwords of the
______ which swore to fight for the
country’s _____
secret society; freedom
issued a decree on _________ ordering
that Dec 30, the anniversary of Rizal’s
execution at Bagumbayan, be
commemorated as “a day of mourning for
Rizal and ________ of the Philippine
Revolution”
Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo; Dec. 20, 1898; other victims
the basis of the yearly celebration of Rizal
Day
Act No. 345
The early admiration for Rizal is manifested in
the erection of the ______ in his honor.
first monument
a group of masons erected a
simple monument in Daet, Camarines Norte
Date?
Dec. 30. 1898
The monument bore the words
“A Jose Rizal”
“Noli Me Tangere” and “El Filibusterismo,”
“Morga”
“A Jose Rizal”
To Jose Rizal
title of his two important novels
“Noli Me Tangere” and “El Filibusterismo,”
refers to the book “Sucesos de
las Islas Filipinas”
“Morga”
“Morga” which refers to the book “Sucesos de
las Islas Filipinas”
- annotated by Rizal in 1890 to correct
Spanish __________ in the book written
by Antonio Morga during the 17th century
misinterpretations
The monument at Daet ________ the
better known monument at Luneta in Manila
antecedates
Though the monument in Luneta was
erected during the American Regime, it is the
Filipino people themselves that helped build
the monument through public subscriptions.
This was authorized by Act No. ___ of the
Philippine Commission
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Construction of _______ in his
honor in most cities and towns in the country
myriad monuments
Many main streets and avenues in the various
towns and cities are named after
Rizal
One province, Rizal Province, formerly part of
the province of Manila, was named in his
honor by virtue of Act No. ____ of the Philippine
Commission
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Filipino businessmen named their businesses
after Rizal, as a sign of their admiration
and respect.
- bank(RCBC - __________________)
- _____ (Rizal)
- universities ( )
- all one peso coin bears his
-Rizal Commercial Banking Corp.
-match
-Jose Rizal University and Rizal
Technological University
- image
Conclusions drawn: (Guerrero, 1998)
Despite the controversy on Rizal’s heroism, it
cannot be denied that he gave ____ to the
aspiration of the Filipino people, thereby giving
rise to our people’s nationalist struggle.
form
Conclusions drawn: (Guerrero, 1998)
Due to Rizal’s qualities, he was able to serve the
pressing _____ of the people
needs
Constantino (1969),
- Rizal is a hero in the sense that he was able
to see the problems generated by ______ ____, discern the new social needs created
by historical development of new social
relationships, and take an active part in
______ these needs.
historical forces; meeting
Guerrero (1998)
- Rizal was the first Filipino
- This was because it was Rizal who first called
the Philippines as his ______.
fatherland
Guerrero (1998)
It was he who taught his countrymen that
they could be something else, Filipinos who
were _____ of the Filipino nation
members
Guerrero (1998)
He was the first to work towards the
unification of the Philippine archipelago into a
____ and homogenous body based on
common interests and ________
compact; mutual protection
Rizal was born in the decade when other
nationalist leaders of Asia were born:
- Mohandas Gandhi
- Rabindaranath Tagore
- Sun Yat-Sen
Accdg. to ______ (1968), all the four
challenged the West but Rizal was the most
remarkable because his ideas matured at an
early age
Coates
At that time that Gandhi was a schoolboy
and Sun Yat-Sen was a student, Rizal was
already articulating lucidly in his speeches,
articles and letters his views of a completely
a different relationship between Asia and Europe that Europe must regard the _____
as equals.
Asians
_______, (1969)
- Rizal was the first exponent of Asian
nationalism since he was the source of
inspiration for the outbreak of the Philippine
Revolution of 1896.
De Ocampo
De Ocampo, (1969)
Although Rizal opposed the revolution
because it was premature and inadequately
organized, the revolution broke out, which can
be considered the first genuine ____ by an
Asian people against Western colonialism.
uprising
_____ (1962)
- Rizal was the Pioneer Exponent of Liberal
Democracy in Asia.
-
Fischer
Fischer (1962)
even before Gandhi and Sun Yat-Sen
began their career of _________, Rizal
through his essays, letters and novels had
already spoken out with firmness and courage
ideas on liberal democracy.
political agitation
- Fischer (1962)
- Ideas for liberal democracy by Rizal:
The ____ and ____ of the individual
The inviolability of ______
The innate______of all men and races
The necessity for _________
Due process of ____
- worth; dignity
- human rights
- equality
- constitutional government
- law
Rizal was the first _____ to assert that
the aforementioned ____ and principles be
established in Asia for the benefit of the Asians.
Asian leader; ideas
It was through Rizal that the basic tenets of
_____and social democracy was given a
major voice in Asia for the first time.
modern ; social
4 Major Periods in the Life of Rizal
First Period (1861 - 1872)
Second Period (1872 - 1882)
Third Period (1882 - 1892)
Fourth Period (1892 - 1896)
This was the period when the young Rizal
learned how to read, write and listen to
stories that triggered imaginative and critical
thinking on his part. It was a period when the following values
and virtues were developed in him.
First Period (1861 - 1872)
It was a period when the following values
and virtues were developed in him:
* industrious instead of ____;
* ______ instead of unproductiveness;
* _____ instead of blind acceptance; and
* dignity instead of ________.
- idleness
- creativeness
- rationality
- servility
This was the first turning point in the life of
Rizal.
Second Period: 1872 - 1882
Second Period: 1872-1882
He was then 11 years and was enrolled at
________, despite the objection of his
mother.
Ateneo Municipal
It was the period when Father Gomez,
Burgos and Zamora were unjustly executed by the Spanish government.
Second Period: 1872-1882
The martyrdom of these three priests led
Rizal to be awakened to the ___ of the
regime and at the same time led him to
devote himself in the future to ____ the
victims of injustices and cruelties of the
Spanish colonizers.
abuses; avenge
Second Period 1872-1882
Strengthening of his ___ foundation;
______ of the drive toward excellence;
Envisioning the Philippines receiving light thru
______; and
Perception of the intimate alliance between
______ and
- religious
- Cultivation
- education
- religion; education
The year ____ was the second major turning
point in the life of Rizal
1882
It was at this time that Rizal decided to leave
the Philippines to escape persecution.
Third Period: 1882-1892
Third Period: 1882-1892
He went to Europe and everywhere he went,
Rizal was always an _____ and a
student, learning from everything he saw, read
and heard.
observer
Third Period: 1882-1892
He urged the Filipino colony in Spain to
prove that Filipinos can _____ with the
Europeans in intellect and talent
compete
Third Period: 1882-1892
Thru his membership in exclusive societies of
scholars and scientists in Europe where he
presented ______ and was greatly
appreciated, Rizal provided his compatriots
an example
monographs
Third Period: 1882-1892
During this period Rizal took part in the
Propaganda Movement, based in Europe
Through his articles, essays, and novels, he
sought to make truthful disclosures of the
____, social, and ____ conditions in
the Philippines.
political; economic
The year 1892 can be considered the last
turning point in the life of our national hero,
before his martyrdom on Dec. 30, 1896.
Fourth Period: 1892-1896
Fourth Period: 1892-1896
Rizal was exiled in _____. It was in
here, where he demonstrated what an
individual can do and accomplish within a
short period of time.
Dapitan
Fourth Period: 1892-1896
It is here where he detached his
connections with politics and devoted more
of his time in ______ and usefulness
to the community
practical service
