GE 9

LIFE AND
WORKS OF
RIZAL
INSTRUCTOR:
AILEEN P. BALBON
 COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course deals with an analysis, evaluation and

interpretation of Rizal’s life, his birth and parentage,
education and travels. The student is initiated to a
reflective study of Rizal’s thoughts, ideas as revealed
in his novels, poems and essays. It also includes
discussion on the validity, applicability and
usefulness of Rizal’s ideas to contemporary
Philippine society.
 COURSE OUTCOMES
Develop among the students
1. dedication to the ideals of
freedom and nationalism which
our heroes lived and died.
2. Appreciate the richness of Jose
Rizal’s thoughts and teachings
which are the legacies to
humanity.
3. Present and know Rizal’s true worth
to the Philippines as the exponents
of our national identity, a
conscientious builder of the Filipino
nation.
4. Know Rizal’s role as a citizen of the
nation in exposing and defending
human rights and fundamentals
freedom which were vital in the past
as they are in our time.
 Module 1

INTRODUCTION

 THE RIZAL LAW

R.A. 1425
 Rizal Law
Republic Act No. 1425
Why do Senator Recto subimtted
Rizal Bill ?

 To recognize the need to instill heroism among the youth at the

time when the country is experiencing social turmoil.
 To call for a return to patriotic values enunciated by Filipino
heroes like Jose Rizal.
 To encourage the youth to exercise their freedom and rights as
Filipino Citizens
 “THE YOUTH IS THE
HOPE OF OUR FUTURE”

—Dr. Jose Rizal

 Rizal Law or Republic act No. 1425

 The issuance of the bill was not welcomed by various quarters. The Catholic
Church assailed the Rizal Bill as anti-Church because it forces the students to
read Rizal’s works like the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo which contain
passages that were anti-Church.

 The church made use of lobbyists as well as priests in opposing the Rizal Bill.
Among them were Catholic organizations such as the Accion Catolico which
was formerly headed by Senator Francisco ‘Soc” Rodrigo.
 Rizal Law or Republic act No. 1425
 Out of the 333 pages of the Noli Me Tangere, there were only 25
patriotic statements compared to 120 anti-Catholic statements.

 It was authored by Senator Jose Laurel and it was based on the

proposals of Senators Roseller Lim and Emmanuel Pelaez. On June 12,
1956, Republic Act No. 1425, better known as the Rizal Law, came into
effect.

 The Rizal Law is more than 50 years old now, and it may need revisions
to make it more relevant.
Thank you and Keep Safe!
GOD BLESS!

“Ignorance is servitude, because as man

thinks, so he is; a man who does not think
for himself and allowed himself to be
guided by the thought of another is like
beast led by a halter.”
–Jose Rizal
 Bibliographic References

● De Viana, Augusto V., Cabrera Helena Ma. F., Samala

Emelita P., De Vera, Myrna M., Atutubo, Janet C., (2018).
Jose Rizal: Social Reformer and Patriot (A Study Of His
Life and Times) –Manila, Philippines: Rex Bookstore

● The Rizal Law

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 Your Activities
Please answer these questions. Write your
answers in a one whole yellow paper or bond
paper of any size. This will serve as your
activity no. 1. Please pass it on April 16,
Friday.
1. According to the various Philipine
presidents, the overseas Filipino workers
(OFWs) are the present-day heroes. Are
they worthy of being called heroes? Justify
your answers.
2. Analyze the issues and interests that were
upheld to push the Rizal Law. Are these
issues still valuable at present? And why?