Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IX, Zamboanga Peninsula
AURORA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur

Lesson Plan in Introduction to Philosophy of the Human Person

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
a. Recognize own limitations or possibilities for one’s transcendence
b. Distinguish the limitations and possibilities for one’s transcendence
c. Explain the steps/ways to transcend one’s limitations
d. Evaluate own limitations and possibilities for one’s transcendence

II. Subject Matter

The Human Person as an Embodied Spirit
Code: PPT11/12-If- 3.1, PPT11/12-If- 3.2, PPT11/12-If- 3.3, PPT11/12-If- 3.4
Reference: Introduction to Philosophy of the Human Person (DIWA) pp. 47 – 55
Materials: Textbook

III. Procedure
A. Preparatory Activity
a. Pre-activity
i. Prayer
ii. Checking of Attendance
iii. Classroom Management
b. Motivation
i. Show some trivia information to the class citing limitations of man compared to
nature
c. Guide questions
i. How was human compared to nature?
ii. What do we have limitation?
iii. Is there a possibility for man to transcend?How?

B. Presentation
Employ an inductive approach focusing on the known theories of the class on the origin
of man and connect the lesson to the shared ideas.
C. Discussion
Explain the different theories on Human Nature
Introduce the proponent religions supporting the ideas on human person as an
embodied spirit.
 Discuss the ways/steps in evaluating limitations and the possibilities for transcendence

D. Lesson Activity
Play a song entitled “Superman” by Five For Fighting and pick some random students to
explain or to share some realizations learned from the song.

E. Generalization
a. How do you view suffering (as a blessing or a curse)?
b. How are we physically free but morally bound?

IV. Assessment
On a one half crosswise, answer the question.
 How can our attachment to worldly pleasures cause suffering? Cite examples.

Prepared by:

Joshua Emmanuel E. Baguio

SHS Teacher