STUDY GUIDE

HIS007: Life and Works of Rizal (3.0 units)

First Semester, AY 2021-2022

Course Description:
This course is primarily geared towards appreciation of the national hero’s life and works. It endeavors to view Rizal in a different angle – not as a glorious individual but
as a normal human being. It will also tackle the state of the Philippine society Rizal saw during his lifetime and how that context molded Rizal to be the individual that we know
today. The literary works written by Rizal will also be analyzed in order to assess its relevance in the current period. This course will also discuss controversial issues that revolve
around Rizal’s identity, heroism, and legacy. Lastly, it aims to connect the lessons of the past to the current social and political issues.

General Objectives:
Through the implementation of R.A. 1425 in the academe, this class aims to:
 inculcate patriotism and nationalism;
 foster love of humanity and respect of human rights;
 appreciate the role of national heroes in the historical development of the country;
 teach the rights and duties of citizenship;
 strengthen ethical and spiritual values; and
 encourage critical and creative thinking.

Course Calendar:

AT THE END OF THE SESSION, STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE

WEEK SESSION LESSONS
TO:
1  Recognize the relationship between history and society.
 Understand the contribution of primary and secondary sources in
 Introduction to the HIS007
understanding Philippine History.
 Understanding the Relevance of Studying History
1 o Defend themselves from disinformation, historical
 Life and Works of Rizal Origins: RA1425 or the Rizal Law
revisionism, and “fake news.”
o HIS007 SAS Lesson #1
 Trace the reason why schools teach Rizal’s life and works.
 Identify the goals and main contents of the Rizal Law.
2  The Philippines Rizal Saw: Pre-colonial Philippines  Identify the way our ancestors lived before the arrival of the
 Spaniards in the Philippines.
 Appreciate the level of civilization pre-colonial Philippines had
 Understand the impact of Spanish occupation to the society.
 The Philippines Rizal Saw: Under Spanish Colonial Regime o Connect the political impact of Spanish occupation to our
 The Philippines Rizal Saw: Birth of the “Filipino” Identity current political system.
 Contextualize the society wherein Rizal was born and nurtured.
 Trace the events that led to the formation of Filipino identity and
nationhood.
 Rizal’s Life: Childhood, Family, and Early Education  Determine the factors during Rizal’s childhood that made an immense
o HIS007 SAS Lesson #2 impact throughout his lifetime.
o HIS007 SAS Lesson #3  Contextualize Rizal’s early life within the society under Spain.
o HIS007 SAS Lesson #4  Identify how Rizal’s exposure to European society affected his ideals
 Rizal’s Life: Higher Education and Life Abroad in life and views for the Philippines.
3 o HIS007 SAS Lesson #6 o Recognize the ideals forwarded by leading Filipino
2 o HIS007 SAS Lesson #11 nationalists such as human rights, equality, free speech, and
o HIS007 SAS Lesson #12 right to education.
o HIS007 SAS Lesson #13  Determine how his exile affected the Philippines.
 Rizal’s Life: Return, Exile, and Death  Understand the circumstances that revolve around his execution.
o HIS007 SAS Lesson #16
4 LONG QUIZ
3  Appreciate the literary talent of Rizal.
 Rizal as a Novelist: Noli Me Tangere
 Contextualize the role of Rizal's novels in the Filipino struggle
 Rizal as a Novelist: El Filibusterismo
against the Spaniards.
o HIS007 SAS Lesson #14
5 o Highlight the importance of press freedom.
 Rizal as a Poet: Memories of My Town
 Analyze the content of Rizal’s poems.
 Rizal as a Poet: A La Juventud Filipina (To the Filipino Youth)
 Connect the messages of Rizal’s poems to the current Philippine
 Rizal as a Poet: Mi Ultimo Adiós (My Last Farewell)
society and to personal level.
6  Rizal as an Advocate of Women Empowerment: Sa Mga Kababaihang  Understand Rizal’s view on women empowerment.
Taga Malolos (To The Young Women of Malolos)  Contextualize the situation of the women during the Spanish period.
o HIS007 SAS Lesson #10  Connect Rizal’s ideas of women empowerment to the current society.
  Realize that Filipinos seeming "laziness" is a product of its social
 Rizal as a Social Scientist: Indolence of the Filipino People
context.
 Humanizing Rizal: Pepe’s Lovelife
o Understand that social phenomena are products of multiple
o HIS007 SAS Lesson #8
social factors.
o HIS007 SAS Lesson #9
 Determine the impact of the different women to Rizal’s life.
 Humanizing Rizal: Rizal's Dining Habits
 Humanize Rizal by showing his capability to love as a simple human
 Humanizing Rizal: The Bibliophile in Rizal
being and the mundane aspects of his life.
 Critically examine Rizal’s heroism by tackling the issues that
 Examining Rizal: Sa Aking mga Kababata surround his legacy.
 Examining Rizal: Stance on Revolution  Humanize Rizal by being able to understand that even our national
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4  Examining Rizal: Rizal as an American-sponsored Hero hero has lapses/controversies.
 Examining Rizal: The Retraction Controversy o Learn to critically examine public personalities especially
public servants, politicians, and celebrities.
8 RAD BLOCK EXAM

Grading System:

● Grading periods:
○ Periodic Grade 1 (PG1) – Weeks 1-2
○ Periodic Grade 2 (PG2) – Weeks 2-4
● PG1 = (Daily Quizzes *60%) + (Long Quiz *40%)
● PG2 = (Daily Quizzes *60%) + (RBE *40%)
● Final Grade = (P1*50%) + (P2*50%)
● Passing percentage: 50%
Main References:

Agoncillo, Teodoro A. 1990. History of the Filipino People. 8th ed. Garo Tech Books Inc.: Quezon City.
Constantino, Renato. 1975. The Philippines: A Past Revisited (Pre-Spanish – 1941). Volume I. Twentieth Printing.
Guerrero, Leon Ma. 1974. The First Filipino: A Biography of Jose Rizal. National Historical Commission: Manila.
Ocampo, Ambeth. 1990. Rizal Without the Overcoat. Anvil Publishing.

Prepared by:

Mark Vincent J. Nogra

Instructor
College of Arts and Sciences
Southwestern University PHINMA
Email: mjnogra.swu@phinmaed.ph