University of Santo Tomas

Office of the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs

Department of History

COURSE PLAN IN
Course Title
Credit Units/Contact
Hours:
Course Facilitator:

Philippine History
3/3 hours per week lecture

Course Code
Course Co/Pre-requisites

PHIST
None

Mr. Emmanuel Jeric A. Albela

Consultation Hours:

TTh: 8:30-10:00/Conservatory
of Music Deans Office

Course Description

This course discusses important events in the history of the Philippines from the earliest period to the
contemporary. It discusses the interrelationship of important factors that were responsible for the formation of
Philippine, nationhood, the state and the countrys economy; how the past affected the countrys present and
how will it help contribute to its future.
After completing this course, STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO

Course Intended Learning

Outcomes

Approved by:

Date of Approval:

1. Define history, its characteristics, methodology and its importance to nationhood, nation-building, and
policy-making;
2. Discuss the life of early Filipinos and their interactions with the peoples of neighboring countries;
3. Discuss factors and events leading to the arrival of Europeans and Americans to the Philippines and
narrate factors that led to the colonization of the country;
4. Analyze the development of Filipino nationalism;
5. Assess the policies, the evolution of the state of the economy, economic system, peoples livelihood and
the general socio-politico situation of the country;
6. Discuss the problems and challenges faced by the country and prescribe solutions.

Assoc. Prof. Augusto V. De Viana, Ph.D.

Chairperson, Department of History

Preliminary Period
Enduring Understanding

Recognize the study of history as essential to

achieve national unity for progress and
development.
The study of history teaches the values that
will affect the nation as a whole.

Week

INTRODUCTION: THE STUDY OF HISTORY

Essential Questions

Content
Standards
Demonstrate
the meaning
and importance
of History and
its sources as
guide for the
students to
practice careful
analysis in
performing
various
perspectives in
the study of
Philippine
History

Course Code

1. How will you recognize the study of history as an important tool to

achieve national solidarity?
2. How did the Filipinos learned from their history?
3. Why did the Filipinos at present still need to achieve further
studies on its history and culture?

Essential Learning
Declarative
Functional
Knowledge
Knowledge

Intended
Learning
Outcomes (ILO)
Understand the
importance of
the study of
History in
shaping a nation

Suggested
Assessment
Teaching/Learning
Tasks (ATs)
Activities (TLAs)
Gapped Lecture
Recitation
Research Work

The Study of
History

Familiarize and
differentiate the
sources of
History

The study of
Philippine
History and
Culture

Identify and
describe the
perspectives of
Philippine
historians

Deepen or
develop critical
analysis of the
events
happened in
Philippine
History

Lecture-Discussion
Essay Writing

Recitation

The Women
Ethnic Groups
Millenarians and
Colurums

Recognize the
other topics in
Philippine
History

Appreciate the
importance of
women in
nation building;

Lecture-Discussion
Reflective Journal

Quiz

Discuss the
value Ethnicity
and Traditions

Preliminary Period
UNIT 1: PHILIPPINE SETTING AND ANCIENT PHILIPPINES
Course Code
Enduring Understanding
Essential Questions
The advantage of having the ability to
1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the location of the
distinguish the important concepts of
Philippines in the world?
Philippine Geography.
2. How did the theories on the origins of the Philippines different
Ancient Philippine customs and traditions
from each other?
can still be observed at present time.
3.
In what ways did the Filipinos survive during the ancient times?
Interaction of early Filipinos to other Asian
4. Why did the Filipinos of present time still practice the ancient
nations.
customs and traditions?
The embracing of Islam faith and its
importance to Ancient Filipino society

Week

Content
Standards
Shows the
ability and
understanding
of the students
in Philippine
Geography

Essential Learning
Declarative
Functional
Knowledge
Knowledge
Philippine
Geographic
Setting

Locate the
Philippines as
part of Asia
Explain the
relationship
between the
geographic
factors and the
development of

Intended
Learning
Outcomes (ILO)
Perform
essential
techniques to
improve
knowledge and
understanding
of Philippine
Geography

Suggested
Assessment
Teaching/Learning
Tasks (ATs)
Activities (TLAs)
Mapping
Recitation
Lecture-Discussion Essay Writing
Research work

a countrys
history

Demonstrate
appreciation
and value of the
Ancient
Filipinos
customs and
traditions

Ancient Peoples
on the
Philippines

State the
different
theories on the
origins of the
Filipino people
and evaluate
the validity of
each one
Describe the
customs and
traditions of
ancient Filipinos
Examine the
Islamic
influences
introduced to
the islands and
analyse how
these affected
the indigenous
way of life

Display the
importance and
role of Filipino
values as way of
life
Categorize the
customary
beliefs and
traditions of
ancient Filipinos

Essay Writing

Quiz
Thought
Pieces/Reflection
Paper: Looking
for the
Prehispanic
Filipino

Preliminary Period
Enduring Understanding

The importance of assessing other events

outside the Philippines to identify the causes
of Spanish Colonization
The effects of the political, social, and
economic aspects in shaping our history
Advantages of having an organized
government
Cultural influences and its development gives
luster to the nation
Developing Nationalism as our tool to achieve
camaraderie, unity and liberty

Week

3-6

UNIT 2: ARRIVAL OF WESTERN TRADITIONS SPAIN

Essential Questions

Content
Standards

Course Code

1. What were the factors that led to Spanish Colonization of the

Philippine Islands?
2. How did age of discovery consider an important factor that led to
the race for colonization
3. If you were in the position of Fernando Magallanes, how will you
please the natives to convert them to Christianity?
4. Why did Kalipulaku resisted to the demands of Spaniards?
5. What were the policies implemented by the Spaniards in the
Philippines?
6. How did the Spanish government survive the challenges to their
colonization in the Philippines?
7. How important did the Spanish contributions in shaping Filipino
society?
8. How did the Filipinos start the nationalist movement that paved
way to 1896 Philippine Revolution?

Essential Learning
Declarative
Functional
Knowledge
Knowledge

Demonstrate
the events in
Europe that led
to Age of
Discovery and
Reason

The social and

economic
situation in
Europe

Describe how
events in
Europe led to
the colonization
of Southeast
Asia and the
Philippines

Explain the
connection of
events that

The age of
Exploration,
Discovery and

Discuss the
economic
system

Intended
Suggested
Assessment
Learning
Teaching/Learning
Tasks (ATs)
Outcomes (ILO)
Activities (TLAs)
Compare and
Lecture-Discussion Reaction paper
contrast the
condition of the
Philippines to
other colonies of
Spain

Analyze the
effects of
Spanish

Lecture-Discussion
Socratic Paidea

Recitation
Discussion
Paper

affected the
colonization of
the Philippines
and its
implications to
the Filipinos

Colonization

prevailing in
Europe during
that time

colonization in
the Philippines

Explain the
organizational
structure
designed by the
Spaniards to the
Philippines

Spanish Policies
Implemented in
the Philippines

Point out the

reasons for the
kind of
behaviour or
reaction of the
Filipinos to
Hispanization
process

Justify the
importance of
having an
organized
society

Lecture-Discussion
Reflective Journal

Reaction Paper

Discuss the
economic and
social lie of the
Filipinos under
Spanish rule
Discuss the
problems faced
by the Spaniards
from the threats
of their rule in
the Philippines

Challenges to
Spanish
Colonization

Compare the
participations
and interactions
of the Filipinos
to the Spanish
colonization

Develop
endurance in
conquering
difficulties in life

Lecture-Discussion
Timeline

Recitation

Generate
deeper
understanding
of Spanish

Spanish
contributions to
the Philippines

Give the
legacies of
Spanish rule in
the Philippines

Appreciate the
various
influences of
Spanish culture

Lecture-Discussion
Debate

Quiz

heritage in the
Philippines

Demonstrate
understanding
of the events
that developed
Filipino
Nationalism that
open the gates
for achieving
independence

Identify the
European
institutions
transferred and
implanted to
the Philippines
Reform and
Revolutions

Point out
Filipino
reactions to
colonialism

in the
Philippines

Assess the
different
factors/events
that led to
Filipino
Enumerate the
nationalism and
developments in its implication in
the world that
shaping our
cause the rise of history
nationalism
Narrate the
story of the
Filipino struggle
for freedom

Concept Mapping
Lecture Discussion
Ishikawa Diagram

Quiz

Preliminary Period
Enduring Understanding

American influence in the Philippines that

still prevails at the present time
The legacy of American Democracy that
influenced the Political, Economic and Social
life of the Filipinos
The desire of the Filipinos to become an
independent nation

Week

7-10

UNIT 3: ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICANS

Essential Questions

Content
Standards

1. If you have live during the time of the Americans in the Philippines,
how would you have responded to the policies they introduced to
our country?
2. How did the Filipinos react to the Military and Civil Government
established by the Americans?
3. Why the desire of the Filipinos did still continue to achieve
independence?

Essential Learning
Declarative
Functional
Knowledge
Knowledge

Demonstrate
Political Policies
deep
understanding
of the events
that emerged
during the
American
Colonization and
its corollaries
that affect the
present Filipino
Society

Economic
Policies

Course Code

Intended
Learning
Outcomes (ILO)
Identify the
Deconstruct the
political and
political policies
economic
implemented by
situations in the the Americans
United States of in the
America that led Philippines to
to American
achieve deeper
Colonization of
understanding
the Philippines
of several
factors that
Discuss
affect the
important
Filipinos during
events in the
that time
political struggle
for greater
freedom

Suggested
Teaching/Learning
Activities (TLAs)
Gapped Lecture
Flow Chart

Name some
legislations that

Lecture-Discussion
Ishikawa Diagram

Analyze the
different

Assessment
Tasks (ATs)
Recitation

Synthesis Paper

helped in
shaping the
Philippine
economy during
the American
period and its
effects after the
American
Regime

economic
policies of the
Americans in
the Philippines
that made
impact to the
society during
and after the
American rule

Give the
American legacy
and its effect on
the countrys
culture, politics
and government

Examine the
effects of
American
influences in the
development of
Filipino culture,
politics and
government

Socratic Paidea
Lecture-Discussion

Reflective
Journal

Discuss social
Social
movements and
developments
developments in
during the
the country
American Period during American
rule

Assess the
different
factors/events
that led to Social
Development
and how it
affect the
present society

Lecture-Discussion
Critique Paper:
Lessons from
American
Democracy

Quiz

American
Legacy

Final Period
Enduring Understanding

UNIT 4: THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION

Essential Questions

Sustaining nationalism is needed in the midst

of the ever changing world.
Filipino core values have a role to play in
meeting current problems and challenges.

Week

12-15

Content
Standards

Demonstrate
understanding
of the events
that transpired
during the
Japanese
Occupation and
its implication to
the present.

Course Code

1. If you have lived during the Japanese Occupation how would you
have responded to the challenges of the times?
2. How did the Filipino values and traditions defy the Japanese
atrocities during the years of their occupation?
3. Why did the Japanese Occupation consider a test of character for
Filipinos?

Essential Learning
Declarative
Functional
Knowledge
Knowledge

Intended
Learning
Outcomes (ILO)

Suggested
Teaching/Learning
Activities (TLAs)

Assessment
Tasks (ATs)

Global and
Regional
Context of
World War II

Describing the
conditions that
gave rise to the
totalitarian
states and the
Japanese
Occupation in
the Philippines

Compare and
contrast the
condition of the
Philippines and
other Southeast
Asian Countries
leading to the
Second World
War (1930s1940s);
construct a
timeline
showing the
significant
events.

Gapped Lecture
Venn Diagram
Timeline

Written Test

Life during the

Examining

Analyze various

Writing a Poem

Socio-drama

Japanese
Occupation

condition of the
Philippines
during the
Japanese
Occupation

themes that
recur, in
fictional and
non-fictional
literature of the
period reflecting
the political,
social,
economic,
cultural life of
the people, then
create a free
verse poem.

Resistance,
Collaboration,
and Fencesitting

Comparing the
varying
responses of
Filipinos to the
occupation of
the Philippines
by the Japanese

Assess the
different
reactions of the
Filipinos who
lived during the
war and
characterize the
resistance,
collaboration
and fence-sitting
in the modern
day time. Make
a position
paper.

Aftermath of the Evaluating the

war
Effects of
Japanese
Occupation

(vaudeville)

Film Showing
(Tatlong Taon
Walang Diyos)
Debate Discussion

Position Paper

Final Period
Enduring Understanding

UNIT 5: INDEPENDENT PHILIPPINES

Essential Questions

The efforts of the Filipinos to reconstruct the

country
Developing new ideas that built reforms and
changes to the Philippine Republic
Filipino nationalism have a role to play in
building a better nation to meet current
needs of political, economic and social
development

Week

16-19

Content
Standards
Demonstrate
understanding in
the conditions of
the Philippines
after World War
II and the
policies that the
presidents
implemented to
deal with the
issues during
their
administrations.

1. If you have lived after the Second World War, how would you help
the Republic to rebuild the country?
2. How did the presidents of the Third Republic respond to the needs
of the Filipinos at that time?
3. If you were in the position of President Ferdinand Marcos, would
you declare Martial Law?
4. How did the people react to the effects of Martial Law that led
them in reviving the spirit of Filipino nationalism?
5. How did the presidents of the Fifth Republic respond to the needs
of Filipino people?

Essential Learning
Declarative
Functional
Knowledge
Knowledge
Post-war
problems and
challenges of
the Philippine
government

Course Code

Intended
Learning
Outcomes (ILO)
Discuss the
Critique the
problems and
programs and
challenges faced promises made
by the
by the
Philippines as an presidents by
independent
going back to
nation
their inaugural
government
speeches and
identify if they
Identify the
were able to
social and
fulfil their
economic
assurances to
policies of the
the people and
Philippine
create a matrix
presidents after to show the

Suggested
Assessment Tasks
Teaching/Learning
(ATs)
Activities (TLAs)
Concept Mapping Recitation
Gapped Lecture
Quiz
Discussion Paper:
Rebuilding the
Philippines after
Second World War

the war

findings

Identify and cite

the causes of
various
problems of the
country during
the postindependence
period
Marcos
government
under Martial
Law

Explain the
programs of the
Marcos
administration
paved towards
change to make
Philippines a
great nation
Discuss how the
Marcos
administration
became an
authoritarian
regime
Narrate the
birth of the antiMarcos struggle
and its causes
Discuss the
important
events that led

Assess the
situation of the
Philippines
during the
Martial Law era

Concept
Connections
Film-Viewing:
Batas Militar
Gapped Lecture

Reflective Journal
Critique/Synthesis
Paper

to EDSA
Revolution and
its aftermath
Fifth Republic

Philippines
today

Cite the
economic
programs and
achievements
by the postEDSA
administration
which affected
the countrys
economy

Justify that
populism is the
key to victory
for the
presidents who
served after the
1986 EDSA
People Power
Revolution

Identify the
countrys
political,
economic and
social situation

Debate whether
the policies of
the current
Aquino
Administration
are really
sincere in its
platform of
governance or
not.

Identify the
problems occur
in the present
Philippine
government

Sequence Chart
Lecture-Discussion
Film Viewing:
Newsmakers

Debate
Lecture-Discussion
Venn Diagram
Term Paper: The
Global Filipinos

Recitation
Reflective
Journal/Position
Paper

Recitation
Quiz

References:
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Bauzon, Leslie. Conceptual Framework for the Study and Teaching of Philippine History and Nation Building from the website,
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Constantino, Renato. The Philippines A Past Revisited. Quezon City: 1975
________________. The Philippines A Continuing Past. Quezon City: 1978.

Corpuz, Onofre, D. Roots of the Filipino Nation. Quezon City: 1999.

De Viana, A. The I Stories: The Events in the Philippine Revolution and the Filipino-American War as told by Its Eyewitnesses and
Participants. UST, Manila: 2006.
__________. The Philippines A Story of a Nation. Rex Book Store, Inc., Manila: 2011
Del Pilar, M.H. Frailocracy in the Philippines. National Historical Institute, Manila: 2009.
Dela Costa, Horacio, SJ. Three Lectures on History Historical Bulletin, 1960, pp.15-38
__________________. Readings in Philippine History. Bookmark Inc., Makati City: 1992.
Dery, L. A Social History of the History of the Filipino People, 1571 -1800. New Day Publishers, Quezon City: 2006.
Dio, F., Dumaual, C., Monzon, J. Pilipinas: Kahapon Gabay ng Bukas. UST, Manila: 2001.
Gleeck, L. The Third Philippine Republic 1946 1972. New Day Publishers, Quezon City: 1993.
Guerrero, A. Philippine Society and Revolution. Aklat ng Bayan Inc., Manila: 2006.
Guevara, A. History of One of the Initiators of the Filipino Revolution. National Historical Institute, Manila: 2009.
Halili, M. C. Philippine History. Rex Book Store, Manila: 2009.
Jocano, Felipe Landa. Philippine Prehistory. Quezon City, 1975.
Mallat, J. The Philippines. National Historical Institute, Manila: 1998.
Marcos, Ferdinand. Tadhana. The History of the Filipino People, 1982.
Mga Dakilang Pilipino. National Historical Institute, Manila: 2008.
Perdon, R. Footnotes to Philippine History. The Manila Prints, Sydney Australia/ Manila: 2008.
Scott, W.H. Looking for the Prehispanic Filipino. New Day Publishers, Quezon City: 1992.
Syjuco, M.F. The Kempeitai in the Philippines: 1941 1945. New Day Publishers, Quezon City: 1998.
Tan, Samuel K. A History of the Philippines. Quezon City, 1987.
Course Policies:
1. Regular attendance is expected. In case of failure to attend the class session due to unavoidable circumstances, show

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necessary documents (Medical Certificate, Excuse Letters, etc.) that validate your excuse for being absent. A student who has
been absent is responsible for making up for any work missed;
A limit of ten (10) hours of absences is allowed for every student. Failure to comply is considered Failed due to absences;
Active participation is expected in every session;
Must subscribe to prescribed social media group for the class;
Observe carefully the dates of deadline. Failure to submit on deadlines will not be accepted;
Always consult the instructor in dealing problems in the class on the prescribed consultation period set by the teacher;
Cleanliness and orderliness as well as good behavior inside the classroom must be strictly observed;
Intellectual and academic honesty is expected of everyone. Acknowledge all sources of information used in your papers;

9. Respect should be observed not only to the teacher but also to the students;
10. Asking questions, giving comments, opinions or suggestions is highly encouraged to the students during discussion.
11. ACADEMIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE TEACHER, ESPECIALLY ON ISSUES SUCH AS GRADES, ETC., SHOULD BE MADE BY THE

STUDENT HIMSELF, AND WITHOUT ANY PROXY.

Course Requirements and Computation of Grades:
Preliminary: 50%
Class Standing 30%
Recitation
Assignments/Activities
Discussion Paper/Reflection
Paper/Synthesis and Term Paper Projects
(Educational Trip optional)

Final Periodic Grade: 50%

Class Standing 30%
Recitation
Assignments/Activities
Discussion Paper/Reflection
Paper/Synthesis and Term Paper Projects
(Educational Trip optional)

Quizzes Major Exam -

30%
40%

Quizzes Major Exam -

30%
40%

TOTAL -

100%

TOTAL -

100%

OFFICIAL FORMAT FOR PAPERS: Letter sized, 1 inch on all sides, Calibri/TNR, 12 points, stapled no title page
Generic Format for the first two lines of First page:
Name:
Section:
Student No.:
Date:
For Reflection Paper: 1.5 spacing, 500 words maximum
For Discussion/Synthesis Papers: 1.5 line spacing, 2000 words maximum
For Term Papers: 1.5 spacing, 7000 words maximum