The Life and Works of Rizal MODULE Week 4 5

Republic of the Philippines
NUEVA VIZCAYA STATE UNIVERSITY

Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya
INSTRUCTIONAL MODULE
IM No.: IM-GECMS1 -1STSEM-2022-2023
College: Arts and Sciences

Campus: BAMBANG
DEGREE PROGRAM COURSE NO. GECMS1

SPECIALIZATION COURSE TITLE THE LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL
YEAR LEVEL TIME FRAME 6 Hrs. WK NO. 4-5 IM NO. 3
I. UNIT TITLE/CHAPTER TITLE
RIZAL’S LIFE: FAMILY, CHILDHOOD AND EARLY EDUCATION
II. LESSON TITLE

1. Family
1.1 Jose Rizal’s Family
1.2 Noble Ancestry of Jose Rizal
2. Childhood
2.1 The Town that Inspires a Hero
2.2 Many Splendid Talents
3. Early Education
3.1 Rizal’s Early Education
3.2 Schooling at Ateneo
III. LESSON OVERVIEW

A biography narrates how a person has lived during a certain period of time. It presents not only
the life of an individual and how he/she has influenced the society but also how an individual and his/her
ideas have been shaped by historical events. Jose Rizal lived in the nineteenth century, a period in the
Philippine history when changes in public consciousness were already being felt and progressive ideas
were being realized. Studying Rizal’s biography, therefore, will lead to a better understanding of how
Rizal devoted his life in shaping the Filipino character. This module will cover Rizal’s life and how he
became an important hero of the Philippines.
IV. DESIRED LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
1. illustrate Rizal’s family, childhood, and early education; and

2. describe the people and events and their influence on Rizal’s early life.
V. LESSON CONTENT
1. FAMILY
1.1 JOSE RIZAL’S FAMILY
The Rizal Family belonged to the “principalia” an aristocratic town of distinguished families. The
family was able to live well by the dint of honest and hard work and frugal living. They get their living
from the farms, which were rented from the Dominican Order, they harvested rice, corn, and sugarcane.
They raised pigs, chickens, and turkeys in their backyard. Doña Teodora, Rizal’s mother managed a
general goods store and operated a small flour-mill and a home-made ham press.They owned a
carriage, which was a status symbol of the ilustrados in Spanish Philippines and a private library (the
largest in Calamba) which consisted of more than 1,000 volumes. Rizal family had a simple, contented,
and happy life. Don Francisco and Doña Teodora loved their children, but they never spoiled them. They
were strict parents and trained their children to love God, to behave well, to be obedient, and to respect
people, especially the old folks.They give their children a sound spanking whenever they (children) got
into mischief. They believed in the maxim: “Spare the rod and spoil the child.”
Jose Rizal was born on June 19, 1861 in the town of Calamba, province of Laguna, then a town
with three to four thousand inhabitants, is located 54 kilometers south of Manila. “I was born in Calamba
on 19 June, 1861, between eleven and midnight, a few days before full moon. It was a Wednesday and
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my coming out in this vale of tears would have cost my mother her life had she not vowed to the virgin of
Antipolo to take me to her sanctuary by way of pilgrimage.”- Dr. Jose Rizal. The newborn was given the
full name JOSE PROTACIO RIZAL MERCADO Y ALONSO REALONDA, the apostle of Philippine
freedom; and reasonably branded by the late Hon. Leon Ma. Guerrero, the “first Filipino” for he was the
first to use the term Filipino to refer himself. He was the seventh child of the eleven children of Don
Francisco and Doña Teodora.
Meaning of Name
JOSE  Chosen by his mother who was a devotee of the Christian Saint San Jose (St.
Joseph – Patron Saint of workers).
PROTACIO  Given by his father as second name as near to “protesto”
RIZAL  (Ricial – greenfield ) given by Spanish alcalde
MERCADO  Given to Jose’s great grandfather by their great-great grandfather Domingo Lamco
1731 – meaning market
Y  and
ALONSO  Middle name of his mother
REALONDA  Last name of his mother
On June 22, 1861, at the age of three days old, Jose Rizal was baptized in the Catholic church of
his town with Father Rufino Collantes, the parish priest who baptized the young hero, a Batangueño and
Father Pedro Casañas who was the godfather (ninong) of Rizal, native of Calamba and close friend of
his family. During the christening ceremony, Father Collantes advised the Rizal family, “Take good care
of this child, for someday he will become a great man.”
The Rizal Family Members
o The Hero’s Father - Don Francisco Mercado Rizal
 Born in Biñan, Laguna, on May 11, 1818.
 Studied Latin and Philosophy College of San Jose in Manila
 After the death of their parents, he moved to Calamba and became a
tenant-farmer of the Dominican-owned hacienda.
 On January 5, 1898 he died in Manila at the age of 80.
 Jose describe him as “A model of fathers.”
 “My father was a model of fathers had given us an education
commensurate with small fortune; and through thrift he was able
to build a stone, house; erect a little nipa house in the middle of
our orchard under the shade of some trees and others.”
o The Hero’s Mother – Doña Teodora Alonso Y Realonda
 Born in Meisik, Sta. Cruz, Manila on November 8, 1826.
 Studied at Colegio de Sta. Rosa in Manila.
 Died in Manila on August 19, 1911 at the age of 85.
 A woman of refined culture and character, with exemplary literary
talents, a fortitude of a Spartan Woman, and wit business ability.
 “My mother is a woman more than ordinary culture; she knows
literature and speaks Spanish better than I. She even corrected
my poems and gave me wise advises when I was studying
rhetoric. She is a mathematician and has read many books. ”
The Rizal Siblings

o Saturnina – 1st
 Eldest child of the Rizal children born in 1850.
 “Neneng” – nickname
 Married to Manuel T. Hidalgo
 She published Pascula Poblete’s Tagalog translation of Noli Me
Tangere.

o Paciano – 2nd
 Closest brother of Jose born in 1851.
 Confidant of Jose Rizal and he convinced the young hero to study in
Europe without their parents’ permission.
 Joined the Philippine Revolution and became a combat general in
1900’s.
 Died on April 13, 1930, an old bachelor aged 79.
 Had two children by his mistress (Severina Decena)
o Narcisa – 3rd
 Born in 1852 and nicknamed as “Sisa.”
 Married to Antonio Lopez (nephew of Father Leoncio Lopez).
 Musician and educator of Pueblo de Morong (former name of Rizal
Province).
 Can recite from memory most of Jose’s poems.
o Olimpia – 4th
 Born in 1855. Her nickname was “Ypia”
 Married to Silvestre Ubaldo, a telegraph operator from Manila.
 She died while giving birth in 1887.
o Lucia – 5th
 Born in 1857.
 Married to Mariano Herbosa of Calamba. Their children were Delfina,
first wife of General Salvador Natividad and helped Marcela Agoncillo
make the first Philippine flag in Hongkong; Concepcion; Patrocinio,
who married Jose Battalones; Teodisio, who married Lucina Vitingco;
Estanislao and Paz, Victoria and Jose. Herbosa died of cholera and
was denied of Christian burial being the brother-in-law of Jose Rizal.
o Maria – 6th
 Born in 1859, given a nickname “Biang.”
 She married Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna and blessed with 5
children.
o Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado Y Alonso Realonda – 7th

 Born on June 19, 1861
 Pepe – nickname
 During his exile in Dapitan he lived with Josephine Bracken, Irish girl
from Hong Kong; had a son by her, but this baby boy died a few hours
after birth; Jose named him “Fransico” after his father and buried him
in Dapitan.
 Reformist who advocated political reforms during the Spanish colony.
 The national hero of the Philippines
o Conception – 8th
 Born in 1862
 Concha – nickname
 At the age of three, she died of sickness and her death was Rizal’s first
sorrow in life.
o Josefa – 9th
 Born in 1865
 Panggoy – nickname
 Remained single until her death in 1951 at the aged of 83.
o Trinidad – 10th

 Born in 1868
 Her nickname was “Trining” she was the last of the Rizal children to
survive and died as spinster too at the age of 83. She also became a
member of the Katipunan and she was the caretaker of “Mi Ultimo
Adios”
o Soledad – 11th
 Born in 1870
 The youngest, “Choleng” married to Pantaleon Quintero of
Calamba and was blessed with five children. She became a
teacher, is said to have been “the best educated” among Rizal’s
sisters. Died at the age of 59.
1.2 NOBLE ANCESTRY OF JOSE RIZAL

Jose came from a mixture of Chinese, Spanish, Japanese and Filipino blood. His great-great
grandfather in the father side was Domingo Lamco, a Chinese immigrant from China who married Ines
de la Rosa, a Chinese Christian girl from Manila. Domingo adopted the surname Mercado (Spanish term
for market). (Obias, 2018). Lamco was baptized in the Catholic Church of Manila’s Parian and Chinese
ghetto and moved to Binan, Laguna. His son Francisco Mercado and grandson Juan Mercado married
Chinese meztizas and both served as distinguished mayors of Binan for five terms. (PANGILINAN,
2018)
Juan’s wife Cirila Alejandra, was the daughter of an immigrant trader and Don Domingo Lamco’s
baptismal godson Siong-co. They are now the parents of Rizal’s father. When Rizal’s father was born,
the family transferred to Calamba. The house they built was the first stone house in the whole town.
(PANGILINAN, 2018).
Recent genealogical findings revealed that Rizal also had Japanese and Negrito ancestry.
Teodora (Rizal’s mother) great grandfather, Eugenio Ursua was a descendant of Japanese settlers.
Ursua married a Filipina named Benigna and their union produced Regina Ursua. Atty. Manuel de
Quintos, a Sangley mestizo from Pangasinan married Regina and their daughter named Brigida married
half-caste Spaniard named Lorenzo Alberto Alonzo. They are the parents of Teodora and Rizal’s
grandparents. (PANGILINAN, 2018)
THE SURNAME OF RIZAL
 Mercado – the real surname of the Rizal.
 Rizal’s family acquired a second surname – Rizal – which was given by a Spanish alcalde mayor
of Laguna, who was a family friend.
2. CHILDHOOD
2.1 THE TOWN THAT INSPIRES A HERO
Calamba was located in the midst of a rich agricultural region in Laguna, the lake province of
Luzon, famed for coconut in the hillsides and sugar cane in the valleys. It is enclosed between the vast
Laguna de Bay and the enchanted Mt. Makiling. It endowed the area with breathtaking landscape and
comforting nature that tenderly fondles the townsfolk from dawn to twilight (Umali, et al., 2019).
The Dominican friars virtually owned the town of Calamba and its haciendas at the time, hence,
non-Spanish families were only renting the lands they tilled and were subject to pay taxes, mostly
excessive in money or kind (Constantino, 2005 as cited by Umali, et.al., 2019). The system was known
as the encomienda that left people very vulnerable to cruelty and discrimination from the Dominican
friars. Despite those cruelties, Calamba still offered opportunities. Rizal himself wrote a poem
reminiscing his happy moment in the town of Calamba, entitled “Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo” (In Memory
of My Town).

The house of the Rizal family was one of the distinguished in Calamba during Spanish times. It
was a two- storey building, rectangular in shape, built of adobe stones and hard woods, and roofed with
red tiles.
2.2 MANY SPLENDID TALENTS

 At 5 years old – he began to draw with his pencil without any assistance
 Uncle Jose Alberto – fine artist, helped him develop his innate gift in arts
 Uncle Gregorio – tireless reader, lectured him foundation of success and profound logic
 Uncle Manuel – sport and fitness enthusiast, helped him develop his frail body by way of athletic
drills, martial arts and physical exercises.
3. EARLY EDUCATION
3.1 RIZAL’S EARLY EDUCATION
 Doña Teodora – Rizal’s first teacher
 At the age of 3, he learned alphabet and the prayers
TUTORS OF RIZAL
o Maestro Celestino
o Maestro Lucas Padua
o Leon Monroy – former classmate of his Father
o Maestro Justiano Aquino Cruz – first formal teacher of Rizal in Biñan, Laguna (1869-1871) at the
age of 9
FIRST SCHOOL BRAWL

o June 1869 – Paciano accompanied Pepe to Binan to continue his studies.
o Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz – Paciano’s former teacher and a disciplinarian.
o The school was made of Nipa and dubbed as the house of the Maestro.
o Pepe was assigned a seat and was asked and replied at once:
Maestro: Do you know Spanish?

Pepe: A little Sir.
Maestro: Do you know Latin?
Pepe: A little Sir.
o The boys in the class, especially Pedro, the teacher’s son laughed at Pepe’s answers.
o In the afternoon of his day in school, when the teacher was having his siesta, Jose met the
bully, Pedro.
o He was angry for making fun of him during his conversation with the teacher.
o Pepe challenged Pedro to a fight.
o Pedro readily accepted the fight thinking that he could easily beat the Calamba boy who was
smaller and younger.
o Having learned the art of wrestling from his athletic Tio Manuel, Pepe defeted Pedro.
o He became popular among his classmates.
o Andres Salandanan challenged Pepe to an arm-wrestling match.
o Having the weaker arm, Pepe lost and nearly cracked his head on the sidewalk.
o He had succeeding fights with the boys of Binan.
o He was not quarrelsome by nature, but he never ran away from a fight.
o Pepe spent his leisure hours with teacher Justiniano’s father-in-law, master painter Juancho.
o He took the opportunity to become an apprentice together with his classmate Jose Guevarra.
o Sooner they became the class best painters.
o Pepe led a frugal and methodical life in Binan.
3.2 SCHOOLING AT ATENEO

o On June 10, 1872, Jose accompanied by Paciano went to Manila. He took entrance examination
on Christian doctrine, arithmetic and Reading at the College of San Juan de Letran, and passed
them.
o He returned to Calamba to stay a few days with his family and to attend town fiesta.
o His father, who first wished him to study at Letran changed his mind and decided to send him to
Ateneo.
o Upon his return to Manila, accompanied again by Paciano and matriculated at the Ateneo de
Municipal.
o Father Magin Ferrando – the college registrar who first refused Rizal
Reasons:
1. He was late for registration.
2. He was sickly and undersize for his age.
o However, upon the intercession of Manuel Xerez Burgos, nephew of Father Burgos, he was
admitted.
o registered as Jose Rizal
o His college was located in Intramuros, within the walls of Manila.
o He boarded in a house outside Intramuros, on Caraballo Street, 25 minutes walk from the
college. The boarding house was owned by a spinster named Titay who owed the Rizal
(Mercado) family an amount of P300.
1st Year in Ateneo (1872-1873)

o Fr. Jose Bech – first professor of Jose
Jesuit System of Education

o “Roman Empire” (Interno - Boarders) and “Carthaginian Empire” (Externo - Non-Boarders)
 Emperor
 Tribune
 Decurion
 Centurion
 Standard bearer
o Rizal was placed at the bottom of externo.
o After the first week, the infirm Calamba boy advanced swiftly. At the end of the month, he
became emperor. He was the dazzling student in the whole class, and he was awarded a prize.
o Religious picture – award
o He was ranked Tribune at the end of the year
2nd Year in Ateneo (1872-1873)

o Nothing unusual happened during his second year, except that he repented having neglected his
studies in the previous year because he was offended by the teacher’s remarks. So he studied
harder and gained emperorship.
o Some of his classmates are new. Among them were 3 boys from Biñan, who had been his
classmates.
o At the end of the term, he received excellent grades and a gold medal.
o He undergoes private tutoring for Spanish lesson. P3 payment
3rd Year in Ateneo (1874-1875)

o His mother was set free.
o He did not make an excellent showing in his studies. His grades remained excellent in all
subjects, but he only won gold medal in Latin. He failed in Spanish because his spoken Spanish
was not fluently sonorous. He was beaten by a Spaniard, naturally, could speak Spanish with
fluency and with right accentuation.
4th Year in Ateneo (1875-1876)

o On June 16, 1875, he became an interno in Ateneo.
o Fr. Francisco de Paula de Sanchez - a great educator and scholar. Inspired Rizal to study
harder and write poetry. Jose considered him as his best professor in Ateneo.
Last Year in Ateneo (1876-1877)

o He excelled in all subjects.
o The most brilliant Atenean of his time, he was truly “the pride of the Jesuits”
o He finished his last year at the Ateneo in a blaze history.
o March 23, 1877 – received his degree of Bachelor of Art with honors.
Rizal at UST
o Being a child of a family landowners, Jose Rizal decided to study for a degree in Land Surveying
and Assessment at Ateneo Municipal de Manila and graduated on March 14, 1877, with honors
or sobresaliente.
o In 1878, he pursued his passion for arts as he enrolled at the Faculty of Arts and Letters for a
degree in Philosophy at the University of Santo Tomas.
o He also enrolled Medicine major in ophthalmology with the intention and desire to cure his
mother’s failing eyesight.

VI. LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Infographic. Choose one from the following and illustrate all information associated with it. Present all
related ideas through an infographic.
Jose Rizal’s:
1. Name and Meaning
2. Family and Ancestry
3. Childhood
4. Early Education
Rubrics
Criteria 5 4 2 1 X2
Student has Student has Student has Student has included
included all the included almost included more less than half of the
requirements all of the than half of the requirements
Content/ according to the requirements requirements according to the
Labels/ instructions given in according to the according to the instructions given in
Names class. All content instructions given instructions given class. Less than half
has been done in class. Most in class. More the content has been
correctly. content has been than half of the done correctly.
done correctly. content has been
done correctly.
The appearance of The appearance The appearance The appearance of
the tree is very of the tree is clear of the tree is the tree is not clear
clear and very neat. and neat. The somewhat clear nor neat. The
Appeara The generations generations are and neat. The generations are not
nce/ are extremely easy easy to read. It is generations are easy to read. It is not
Readabil to read. It is very clear that the sometimes easy clear that the student
ity clear that the student has made to read. has made an effort to
student has made a good effort to make the tree.
an excellent effort make the tree.
to make the tree.
Student presented Student Student Student presented
poster but could not presented poster presented poster poster but could not
Presenta identify most family in Spanish but in Spanish but identify most family
tion members in could not identify could not identify members in Spanish
Spanish or had to some family some family or had to use note
use note cards members members cards during
during presentation. correctly. correctly. presentation.

Reflection. Discuss how heredity, the environment, and divine providence greatly influenced Jose Rizal.
Cite concrete examples.
RUBRIC
Criteria Excellent Fair Poor

(5) (3) (1)
Content Interesting content and Some interesting content; Gives the impression of
presentation; ideas well- points not sustainable or writing just to complete
conceived and developed not fully developed. for compliance.
with sufficient examples.
Organization Logical progression of ideas Logical progression but Disorganized

with well executed transition lacks transitions. presentation of ideas.
of ideas.
Grammar Essay is free of distracting Essay has few spelling, Most spelling,
and spelling, punctuation and punctuation, and punctuation and
mechanics grammatical errors. grammatical errors. grammar create reading
difficult to understand the
concept.
Originality The ideas were presented Some ideas were copied The entire idea was
using the students’ own from books/ internet or copied from books/
words. from fellow students. internet or from fellow
students.

VII. ASSIGNMENT
Draw your own family tree. You may use other side or another paper.
Criteria Indicators
1 2 3 4
No title, name or Does not give any Gives very little Poster is easily
date; no labels for identifying elements information readable and
Title /
graphics or about the family about the family understandable
Labels
identifying elements
about the family
No pictures, Provides a few Graphic Graphic
graphics, or clipart; graphic representations representations are
Graphics lacks details, representations are visually visually pleasing and
confusing pleasing but not placed well on the
placed well poster
Little or no A few facts but no Several facts are Contains numerous
Content information about the details are given given facts with interesting
family is given details
Frequent grammar Two or more errors Only one or two Perfect spelling and
Writing
and/or spelling errors errors grammar
Poster was Poster is Poster is Poster could stand
Neatness/
haphazardly put understandable after somewhat on its own and still
Clarity
together explanation only understandable be understood
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Republic of the Philippines

NUEVA VIZCAYA STATE UNIVERSITY

College: Arts and Sciences

DEGREE PROGRAM COURSE NO. GECMS1

I. UNIT TITLE/CHAPTER TITLE

RIZAL’S LIFE: FAMILY, CHILDHOOD AND EARLY EDUCATION

II. LESSON TITLE

III. LESSON OVERVIEW

IV. DESIRED LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. illustrate Rizal’s family, childhood, and early education; and

The Rizal Siblings

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o Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado Y Alonso Realonda – 7th

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1.2 NOBLE ANCESTRY OF JOSE RIZAL

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2.2 MANY SPLENDID TALENTS

FIRST SCHOOL BRAWL

Maestro: Do you know Spanish?

3.2 SCHOOLING AT ATENEO

1st Year in Ateneo (1872-1873)

Jesuit System of Education

2nd Year in Ateneo (1872-1873)

3rd Year in Ateneo (1874-1875)

4th Year in Ateneo (1875-1876)

Last Year in Ateneo (1876-1877)

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VI. LEARNING ACTIVITIES

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Criteria Excellent Fair Poor

Organization Logical progression of ideas Logical progression but Disorganized

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