Lesson Plan Life and Works of Rizal

I. Objectives
At the end of a 90 minute class, the students will be able to:
a. Cognitive: Critique the social conditions of the Philippines before and during the
Spanish Colonization through the book of De Morga as annotated by Rizal.
b. Affective: Appreciate that the Philippines is already a high culture before the
colonization.
c. Psychomotor: Write a reaction paper on the topic.

II. Subject Matter

a. The Philippines Social Condition During the Spanish Colonization
b. Copy of the Philippine Islands by Antonio De Morga
c. PowerPoint presentation
III. Procedures
a. Preparatory Activity
1. Review on the discovery of the Philippines
2. Recitation about the readings (The Philippine Islands were given in advance)
a. The Background of “The Philippine Islands”
b. The Background of the Annotations of Rizal
c. The Background of Antonio De Morga

b. Lesson Proper
1. PowerPoint presentation will be used to discuss the summary of the readings
highlighting the comparisons of De Morga and Rizal.
2. Processing Questions:
a. Was Jose Rizal Successful in stressing his points that Philippines used
to have a high culture?
b. Being a Filipino and knowing our historical background during the
Spanish colonization would you be Proud of yourself?
c. In today’s setting how do you think the world see us Filipinos? What
would be the implications of it in our daily life?
d. Being a Filipino would you be proud knowing how the world perceive
you as a citizen of a country and as a human person?
C. Generalization
The Relevance of Today’s lesson is that:
 We are not necessarily inferior compared to other countries.
 What made us inferior today is that we accepted it and that is why we are
going backwards.
 We are Filipinos and we have the duty to protect and advance our heritage.
We are living in an imagined community and imagined nation but this
imagined realities are necessary. We should not be proud that we are
Filipinos per se, but we should be proud because we are living a life that is
advocated by the national hero.
IV. Evaluation
Directions: Answer the following briefly.
1. Describe the social conditions of the Philippines that was described by de Morga
as to the:
 a. Gender roles
b. Political
c. Arts and Culture
d. Sciences
2. Explain how the Spanish Colonizers affected the Philippine culture.

V. Assignment
Write a reaction paper not less than 500 words about “The Philippine Islands” by de
Morga. It will be answering the following questions.
a. What practical implications can you personally draw from the readings?
b. What particular mindsets would you adopt in response to the implications that
you have derived from the topic?

Prepared by:
JERONE AVEL S. CANSINO