SSci 7 (The Life and Works of Jose Rizal)

MODULE 7:

MODULE 7 : Jose Rizal and Philippine Nationalism- National Symbol

 Activity Description Time to Complete

Asynchronous Kahoot it (Virtual Game): 20 min.

1. Formative Activity Philippine Na onal Symbols and Rizal
monuments in the Philippines and abroad.

Watch Video on the link provided below

2. Readings en tled: Bandila:
Dr. Jose Rizal is not our o cial na onal hero?
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v=aPhxmPGrdUE

Readings:

Synchronous
3. Lesson Proper
60 min
1. Monuments and memorials to Jose Rizal
around the world
4. Assessment By: Ramon M. Roda
Philippine Daily Inquirer
https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/
248798/monuments-memorials-
jose-rizal-around-world/
80 min

2. Guidelines on Monuments Honoring

Na onal Heroes, Illustrious Filipinosand
other personages.
@ h ps://www.o cialgaze e.gov.ph/
1901/09/28/act-no-243-s-1901/

3 Hours
Read: Execu ve Order No. 75, 1993 Total: (180 minutes)

Signed on March 29, 1993

CREATING THE NATIONAL HEROES
COMMITTEE UNDER THE OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT
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1993/03/29/execu ve-order-no-75-1993/
Our national symbols represent our ideals and represent our sovereignty as a nation. These
symbols have been enacted in our laws and here are some facts which you may not know
about.

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 LEARNING OUTCOMES:

At the end of this module, you are expected to:

a. examine the values highlighted by the various representation of Rizal as a

national symbol;
b. advocate the values Rizal’s life encapsulates: and
c. exhibit the value of freedom

Formative Assessment

1. Kahoot it (Virtual Game):

Philippine Na onal Symbols and Rizal monuments in the Philippines and abroad.

2. Watch Video on the link provided below en tled: Bandila: Dr. Jose Rizal is not our o cial na onal hero?

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Readings:

Monuments and memorials to Jose Rizal around the world

By: Ramon M. Roda Philippine Daily Inquirer / 06:00 AM December 26, 2016

There is an anecdote about how, when he was a little boy, Jose Rizal was glimpsed by his sisters
Olimpia, Maria and Lucia at the back of their small nipa hut in their Calamba ancestral home, busy
molding some historical figures.

They “laughed and teased him about his crude work.”

“All right,” he told them, “laugh at me now, but in the future, see if people will make statues of me.”

Those words, expressed in childhood innocence, proved strangely prophetic. They are remembered
these days in the run-up to Dec. 30, when the nation commemorates the 120th death anniversary
and martyrdom of Rizal.

Today, we have statues and monuments of Rizal in virtually every town or city plaza around the
archipelago, as well as countless monuments of stone, granite or bronze not only in the Philippines
but in four continents—in Asia, Europe, North America and Latin America.

Rizal sculptures bearing his likeness also stand in different parts of the world, even in places he
never set foot in.

There are also plaques, historical markers installed in Philippine embassies in host countries,
educational centers and special locations in places with overseas Filipino communities.

The list of countries is too long. Rizal monuments stand today in several countries that recognize
him for his significant literary and scientific contributions, wide influence, outstanding achievements,
intelligence and heroism.

Singapore
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 Monument in Singapore
Rizal visited Singapore four times. The first of his many visits to foreign lands was a two-day
stopover in Singapore in 1882, where he went on a sightseeing of the city.

He left Singapore for Europe on May 11, 1882, and returned to the city on May 17,1892. This was to
be his last visit to Singapore, for not long after this, he was executed on Dec. 30, 1896.

In 2005, on the anniversary of Rizal’s birth, President Nathan of Singapore and the National
Heritage Board unveiled a memorial near the Asian Civilization Museum, featuring a bronze
medallion of Rizal by a Filipino artist to commemorate his various sojourns in the city.

Madrid

 Rizal monument in Madrid, Spain

Madre España, of course, should have the monument of her Philippine son. Rizal stayed in Madrid
for most of his European sojourn, from 1882 to 1891.

He arrived in Madrid for the first time in May 1882 after his medical studies at University of Santo
Tomas.

In his diary, he wrote: “Madrid is one of the pleasant cities of the world; it partakes at the same time
of the spirit of Europe and of the Orient.”

He did literary, artistic and patriotic pursuits, despite the many attractions and joyous sounds of
Madrid.

A statue of the Philippine martyr and national hero stands in a prominent, well-traveled part of the
Spanish capital.

The Rizal monument is located in a well-lighted and landscaped 70-meter corner lot in Parque
Santander along Avenida de Filipinas in downtown Madrid.

The monument, similar to that in Luneta, has a four-meter-high bronze statue sculpted by Filipino
artist Florante Caedo. It was unveiled on Dec. 5, 1996. The statue is placed beside the monument of
the South American hero, Simon Bolivar.

Hong Kong

On Feb. 3, 1888, Rizal left Manila for Hong Kong. This was where he served his self-imposed exiled
in 1888.

 From December 1891 to June 1892, he lived with his family at No. 5 D’Aguilar St., No. 2, Rednaxela
Terrace, where he opened a medical clinic as an ophthalmic surgeon.

This site has a marker installed by Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Office. It reads in English
and Chinese:

“Dr. Jose Rizal (1861-1896) National hero of the Philippines lived in this area with his family from
December 1891 to June 1892.”

Japan

Monument in Hibiya Park, Tokyo, Japan

One of the happiest interludes in Rizal’s life was his sojourn in the Land of the Cherry Blossom for
45 days from Feb. 28 to April 13, 1888.

On Feb. 18,1888, Rizal arrived in Yokahoma and registered at the grand Tokyo Hotel. He proceeded
the next day to Tokyo Hotel where he was billeted from March 2 to 7, and then transferred to the
Spanish Legation.

 He immediately worked on learning the habits, customs and tradition of the Japanese people, their
culture, language, theater and commerce.

He was charmed by “the natural beauty of Japan, the manners of the Japanese people, the
picturesque dress and simple charm of the Japanese women, the scenic panoramas and shrines
and industry of the Japanese people.”

He also fell in love with a Japanese girl, “whose loveliness infused joy and romance in his sorrowing
heart.” Her real name was Seiko Usui.

Hibiya Park is the first Western-styled park in Japan located on a tranquil corner of the busy city of
Ginza, which opened in 1903.

A bust of Rizal was erected on the site of the grand hotel where he stayed in 1888. The marker
reads:

“DR. JOSE RIZAL NATIONAL HERO OF THE PHILIPPINES STAYED IN 1888 AT TOKYO HOTEL

LOCATED AT THIS SITE. UNVEILED JUNE 19, 1961”

USA

Bust in Orlando, Florida

Juneau head statue, Manila Square in AlaskaHerman Park, Houston, Texas

 Rizal first saw America on

April 28, 1888, and visited
the cities of New York,
Oakland, Reno, Chicago
and Boston.

He wrote in his diary: “I

visited the great cities of America, with their grandiose
edifices, their electric lights, and their great conceptions.
America is, undoubtedly, a great country, but she has many
defects.”

It was reported by the Asian Journal that “monuments of

Rizal stand in eight US cities: Juneau, Alaska; Kauai and
Lihue in Hawaii; Chicago, Illinois; Orlando, Florida;
California; Cherry Hill in New Jersey; New York City and
Seattle.

The seven-foot bronze statue sculpted by Filipino artist

Toym de Leon Imao, mounted on a six-foot granite
pedestal, is the ninth statue of Rizal in Carson City,
California.

It was a gift of the Philippine government to Carson City as part of the celebration of the 150th birth
anniversary of the Philippine national hero.

Rizal left New York for Liverpool, England, on May 16, 1888.—CONTRIBUTED

Executive Order No. 75, 1993

Signed on March 29, 1993
MALACAÑANG
MANILA

 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 75

CREATING THE NATIONAL HEROES COMMITTEE UNDER THE OFFICE OF THEPRESIDENT
Source: Presidential Management Staff Office of the President of the Philippines. (1993).
[Executive Order Nos. : 1 – 125]. Manila : Presidential

WHEREAS, the State is mandated to foster patriotism and nationalism among the citizens,
especially the youth, pursuant to Article II, Sections 13 and 17, of the Constitutions;

WHEREAS, the State, through its educational system, is also mandated to inculcate patriotism
and nationalism, and the appreciation of the role of national heroes in the historical
developmentof the country pursuant to Article XIV, Section 3 (2), of the Constitution;

WHEREAS, Almighty God has gifted the sovereign Filipino people with National Heroes, the
men and women of sterling character and remarkable achievements that directed, and continue
to direct, the historic destiny of the country;

WHEREAS, it is timely and appropriate to proclaim these National Heroes, the renowned
achievers of their generations and the shinning exemplars of these times;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers
vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. A National Heroes Committee is hereby created, composed of the Secretary of

Education, Culture and Sports as Chairman, and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and the
Secretary of National Defense as Members, to study and recommend the proclamation of
NationalHeroes.

SEC. 2. All departments, bureaus, offices, agencies and instrumentalities of the Government,
including government-owned or controlled corporations, are hereby directed to extend the
fullestsupport to the National Heroes Committee in the performance of its functions.

SEC. 3. The private sector is hereby urged to assist the National Heroes Committee in the
performance of its functions.

SEC. 4. The National Historical Commission shall act as Secretariat of the National Heroes
Committee.

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SEC. 5. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 29th day of March in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
andninety-three. (Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines
(Sgd.) ANTONIO T. CARPIO
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel

Act No. 243

September 28, 1901
ACT NO. 243
An Act granting the right to use public land upon the Luneta in the city of Manila upon
which to erect a statue of Jose Rizal, from a fund to be raised by public subscriptions, and
prescribing as a condition the method by which such subscription shall be collected and
disbursed.
By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine
Commission, that:
Whereas, it has been proposed that a monument shall be erected to Jose Rizal, the Philippine
patriot, writer, and poet, upon the Luneta, in the city of Manila, and that the expense of the
construction and erection of such monument shall be defrayed from a fund raised by public
subscription; and
Whereas, it is necessary to the execution of this proposal that there should be a grant by
constituted authority of the right to erect the monument upon the public land known as the
Luneta: Now, therefore,
SECTION 1. The Municipal Board of the city of Manila, with the concurrence of the Advisory
Board, is hereby authorized to grant permission to the committee hereafter constituted to erect
the monument above mentioned upon any place upon the Luneta which may be agreed upon by
the Municipal Board, the Advisory Board, and the committee hereafter constituted, with the
approval of the Civil Governor, on condition that the committee in charge of raising the fund and
constructing the monument, and the method of raising subscriptions and disbursing the funds,
shall be as hereafter provided.
SEC. 2. The committee for raising the funds by subscription for causing the erection of the
monument and the expenditure of the funds shall be Pascual Poblete, Paciano Rizal, Juan
Tuason, Teodoro R. Yangco, Mariano Limjap, Maximino Paterno, Ramon Genato, Tomas G. del
Rosario, Dr. Ariston Bautista.
SEC. 3. The committee shall elect a chairman and a secretary and shall certify its action in this
respect to the Insular Auditor and to the Insular Treasurer. Vacancies in the committee
occurring by resignation or death shall be illed by the committee, with the approval of the Civil
Governor.
SEC. 4. Subscriptions shall be collected by the committee or by agents regularly appointed by
the committee, whose authority to collect subscriptions shall be evidence by the possession of
receipt books to be prepared and issued by the Insular Treasury to the persons so authorized. It
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shall be the duty of the person so authorized to give a receipt to the subscriber for the amount
collected and to deposit the money collected with the Insular Treasurer at the Intendencia
Building upon the day following the collection, where the collection shall be made in Manila,
and as soon as practicable when collections are made outside of Manila. The Insular Treasurer
shall issue a special receipt for each deposit so made, which receipt shall be invalid without the
countersignature of the Insular Auditor. The Insular Auditor shall keep an account of the money
thus deposited in the Treasury. The collector shall furnish to the Treasurer a list of the
contributors, which list shall be made public, through the press or otherwise, at the close of
each week.
SEC. 5. The funds thus collected shall be expended by the committee in any way which will
contribute to the object of the subscription, to wit, the erection of a suitable monument, and this
may include the regular payment of collection agents upon a percentage or per diem basis, as
may seem wise to the committee. The members of the committee shall serve without
compensation. The committee shall have power to offer prizes for designs for a suitable
monument and to employ competent artists and sculptors to select the most appropriate
design. The committee shall have charge of any ceremonies attending the laying of the
cornerstone of the monument or its unveiling, subject to the approval of the Civil Governor.
SEC. 6. The funds collected in the Insular Treasury, a report of which shall be made monthly by
the join report of the Insular Treasurer and Auditor to the committee, shall be disbursed upon
order of the committee, evidence by warrant of the president, countersigned by the secretary of
the committee and accompanied by an itemized statement of the purposes for which the money
was disbursed. The accounts shall be audited by the Insular Auditor quarterly and a public
statement made by the Auditor of the result of his auditing. Should any surplus fund remain
after the payment of all the expenses of the erection of the monument, including the payment of
the sculptor and incidental expenses, the committee shall have power to devote the surplus to
any charitable, educational, or other public purpose which it may deem wise and proper.
SEC. 7. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is
hereby expedited in accordance with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure
by the Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 28, 1901.
Source: Presidential Museum and Library

Rizal’s Moral Legacies for Our Daily Life. Retrieved on December 5, 2021 from URL:
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Assessment
Re ec on:

This reflection activity is a group activity with 3 members. It has to be shared to

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the class via google meet. The statements below are intended for reflection.

a) If Jose Rizal is alive today, what do you think are the top ve most nerve-
wrackingmoments in the Philippines for Jose Rizal?
b) Give ve (5) moral and ve (5) intellectual virtue legacies of Rizal to the Filipino people.

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