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Caricatures and Cory Speech
Allan H. Navales
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GE 216 – Readings in Philippine History
Welcome Message
It is with great privilege and pride to be of service to you dear students in
expanding your knowledge and honing your skills in this course GE 216, i.e.,
Readings in Philippine History. As a foundational course, it aims to provide you
with necessary principles, values and skills in order to embrace the love for truth,
freedom, justice, progress and harmony enshrined in our struggle for identity and
emancipation as a people, as a nation and as a global citizen.
The renowned author and literary man Ralph Waldo Emerson once
observed about the lofty duty of a scholar. He said, “The office of the scholar is to
cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances. He
plies the slow, unhonoured, and unpaid task of observation. He is the world’s eye.”
A scholar searches for the truth and embraces its ethical implication for the good
of scholarship itself and its practical application to our temporal existence.
It is in this perspective that this module is situated. It is not also a
coincidence, I believe that you are now part of the USeP System as “Iskolar ng
Bayan” since we are a state university. What a way to start your academic life with
this course! It is knowing yourself more by way of understanding your identity and
own-most possibility as a Filipino in today’s world through the lens of “Readings in
Philippine History.”
The value of this course and hence the learning that will be gained in it will
depend on your prudent and sincere participation in the tasks assigned to you by
your professor. This learning module has been carefully prepared in order to
maximize student’s learning. Since it takes two to tango, this also comes with the
professor’s guarantee of the same prudence and sincerity in ensuring the
achievement of learning outcomes desired for students in this course.
As we welcome you in this adventure, we also wish you good luck in the
tasks ahead we have designed for you. Remember that, the role of the professor
is mainly to guide and direct student’s capacities to fruition. But, I am confident that
the University has pooled the best professors who will not only do the main task
but also do the other tasks of teaching with excellence, fairness and compassion.
Lastly, in our locale of learning whether virtual or real classrooms, it is
always the desire of every well-meaning professor that there is meeting of the
minds for mutual improvement. That the student after attentively and
conscientiously participating in the learning activities, he or she emerges better
than before. Only in this instance that the professor’s mission is successfully
delivered. For, there is no art and no science, no guidance and no direction, can
be effectively imparted without a philosophical spirit behind it—that empowering
spirit learned from understanding well our own history as a nation!
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Faculty Information:
Allan H. Navales
Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS PAGE
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References …………………………….. 35
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VISION
MISSION
USeP shall produce world-class graduates and relevant research and extension
through quality education and sustainable resource management.
GOALS
At the end of the plan period, the University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP)
aims to achieve five comprehensive and primary goals:
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LEADERSHIP SKILLS
SERVICE ORIENTED
LIFELONG LEARNING
PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE
UNITY
STEWARDSHIP
EXCELLENCE
PROFESSIONALISM
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COURSE ASSESSMENT
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historical of the
understanding problem.
of the
problem.
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introduction, introduction; mostly clear and main introduction
Organization thesis is thesis is and thesis is thesis are are
(20%) presented in a presented in presented in a present but missing.
highly an engaging coherent, not clear. No clear
engaging and manner. comprehensible Arguments arguments
compelling Each manner. presented do to support
manner. argument Most not support the overall
Each presented arguments the overall structure.
argument supports an presented structure. Transitions
clearly overall clearly support Transitions between
supports an structure. the overall between arguments
overall Usually uses structure. arguments are are
structure. effective Transitions are largely missing.
Paper uses transitions to sometimes unclear. Conclusion
consistent connect ideas abrupt, but the Conclusion is is poorly
and effective and arguments and either vague connected
transitions to arguments conclusion or unclear. to the
develop ideas that leads to a mostly connect. paper’s
and persuasive Conclusion major
arguments conclusion. represents arguments.
logically; has Conclusion major
a compelling partly arguments and
and synthesizes, connects them
persuasive but it mostly to thesis.
conclusion. presents the
Conclusion major
synthesizes arguments to
arguments support the
that support main
the main idea/thesis.
idea/thesis.
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(contradict) texts
and lectures.
Imprecise or Consistently
Mostly precise and
Consistently precise ambiguous imprecise or
unambiguous
and unambiguous wording. ambiguous
wording, mostly
wording, clear and Confusing wording,
clear sentence
lucid sentence sentence confusing sentence
structure. Mostly
structure. All structure. Poorly structure.
Clarity effective choice of
quotations are well- chosen Quotations
quotation. Mostly
chosen, effectively quotations, or contradict or
effective framing
framed in the text, and ineffective confuse student’s
and explication of
explained where framing and text. Quotations
quotation where
necessary. explication of used to replace the
necessary.
quotations. student’s writing.
The output is
The output is not
The output is written in full
written in full
The output is written in written in full sentences. Some
sentences. Many
full sentences. sentences. improperly
improperly
Presentation Quotations are all Quotations are all attributed
attributed
properly attributed and properly attributed quotations and/or
quotations or
cited in a consistent and cited in a inconsistent
inconsistent style
style. Virtually no consistent style. A citation styles. A
of citation. Many
spelling or grammatical few minor spelling number of
spelling or
errors. or grammatical spelling or
grammatical
errors. grammatical
errors.
errors.
Grading System
The final grade in this course will be composed of the following items and their weights in
the following items and their weights in the final grade computation:
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Course Map
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Module 2
Module Overview:
Module Outcome:
Lesson 3:
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
Familiarize oneself in the social and cultural life in the
Philippines during the American period;
Relate the presidency and politics of Corazon Aquino through
her Speech Before the U.S. Congress; and,
Analyse the symbols and meaning conveyed in political
caricatures.
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Introduction
2.) Lecture
4.) What do you think are the fundamental root causes of these
contemporary discontent, protests and uprisings of some sectors of
our people?
5.) Under our present form of Government, is there hope for peace and
development? Why?
1This saying has been originally attributed to Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), a Norwegian playwright and
theatre director. However, it has been plagiarized and paraphrased into what we now know —it’s
contemporary formulation. For detailed commentary, kindly refer to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_picture_is_worth_a_thousand_words.
2 This can be accessed via YouTube. Just key in LakasSambayanan. Here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lakas+sambayanan+documentary.
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the laws and policy implementation was mediocre. This resulted in the
increasing colorum and unlicensed vehicles transporting people around
the city. The rules governing the issuance of driver’s license was loose
and traffic police could not be bothered by rampant violations of traffic
rules. This is a direct consequence of the drastic urbanization of the
Philippine society. Another example is what McCoy called the “sexual
revolution” that occurred in the 1930s. Young people, as early as that
period, disturbed the conservative Filipino mindset by engaging in daring
sexual activities in public spaces like cinemas. Here, we can see how
that period was the meeting point between the conservative past and the
liberated future of the Philippines.
Lastly, the cartoons also illustrated the conditions of poor Filipinos in
the Philippines now governed by the United States. From the looks of it,
nothing much has changed. For example, a cartoon depicted how police
authorities oppress petty Filipino criminals while turning a blind eye on
hoarders who monopolize goods in their huge warehouses (presumably
Chinese mechants). The other cartoon depicts how Americans
controlled Filipinos through seemingly harmless American objects. By
controlling their consciousness and mentality, Americans got to control
and subjugate Filipinos.
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Closure
Good job! You have learned the significance of analysing political
cartoons, caricatures and even texts of a presidential speech. In a subtle
yet consistent manner you have incorporated in your system the “claim-
support-reason” structure of argumentation. More than that is the nuanced
reading and appreciation of these primary sources in order to contribute to
the well-being of our community and country. You have closely observed
and acted with careful considerations the various aspects of our culture,
politics and economic life.
The next time you encounter social unrest and political squabbles
among players in our society, whether in print, broadcast, online and in real
life, you are now able to critically assess and provide robust reasoning using
the lens and methods of historical investigation. And, from this clear
perception, follows accurate response. I have no doubt that your skill set
now can very well handle the select conflicts and controversies found in
Philippine History in the next learning module.
References:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_picture_is_worth_a_thousand_words, date
accessed November 23, 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lakas+sambayanan+documenta
ry, date accessed November 23, 2020.
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