COMEROS, JEAN || BS1AB || READING IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY (FINALS)

Instruction: Answer the following questions.

1.What does it take to be a perfect leader? You may use online resources to enrich your
answer. (Do not forget to include proper citation)
Answer:

To be a perfect leader you must have the following qualities; (1)Vision “Good leaders create

a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to

completion. (2) Integrity, Integrity requires that you always tell the truth, to all people, in

every situation. Truthfulness is the foundation quality of the trust that is necessary for

success. (3) Cooperation The ability to get everyone working and pulling together is essential

to success. Leadership is the ability to get people to work for you because they want to.

2. Using a diagram, chart, or table, describe Dr. Jose P. Rizal, Gat. Andres Bonifacio, and

Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo in terms of the following:

A. Character

B. Personality

C. Family Background

D. Contributions to Philippine history and Philippine nationalism

Character Personality Family Contributions to

Background Philippine
history and
Philippine
nationalism
Dr. Jose P. Rizal patriot intellectual Francisco Wrote 2 novels
physician Person, Mercado (Noli Me
charming. (father) Tangere and
- Teodora El
Alonso (mother) Filibusterismo)
Came from a that depicts the
13-member tyranny and
family with nine abuses
Sisters and one of the Spanish
brother regime in the
Philippines
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Gat. Andres Filipino courageous Santiago One of the

Bonifacio revolutionary Bonifacio founders
(father) and later
- Catalina de Supremo
Castro (mother) (Supreme Head)
- Eldest in a of the
brood of five Katipunan.
namely: Ciriaco, - Led the Cry of
Procopio, Balintawak or
Troadio, Pugad Lawin
Esperidiona and that sparked
Maxima the 1896
Gregoria de Philippine
Jesus (first Revolution
wife)

Gen. Emilio Filipino Brave Crispulo First president of

Aguinaldo Revolutionary, Aguinaldo the first republic.
Politician, (father) - Ordered the
military leader - Trinidad Famy creation of the
(mother) Philippine flag,
- Seventh of composition of
eight the national
children anthem, and
declared the
nation’s
independence
from Spain on
June 12, 1898.-
Led the
Philippines
in the Spanish-
Philippines war
and the
American
Philippine war

3. Using the leadership criterion you discussed in the first question, in 100–500 words justify who
among the three Filipino heroes deserves to be called the “true” Philippine national hero.

For me, among the three Filipino heroes that deserves to be called the “true” Philippine national

hero, it is Jose Rizal who should claim it as he has the qualities of a great leader. He showed courage

to stand up against the Spaniards when he wrote Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. He also

have the vision because he created a vision of freeing his countrymen and he passionately worked
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towards it by relentlessly achieving the aim of La Solidaridad, his organization, which were to work

peacefully for political and social reforms, to portray the sad condition of the country so that Spain

could remedy them and to champion the legitimate aspirations of the Filipino for life, democracy

and happiness