ARELLANO UNIVERSITY

EXPANDED TERTIARY EDUCATION EQUIVALENCY AND ACCREDITATION PROGRAM

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2600 Legarda St., Manila, Philippines
www.arellano.edu.ph

GENERAL EDUCATION
MODULE FOR: RIZAL

TOPIC: RIZAL

The study of the life and works of Dr. Jose Rizal is a government- mandated course stipulated in R.A. 1425 which emphasizes appreciation of Rizal as a man and a hero
OVERVIEW: at the present time. It discusses Rizal’s heroic leadership as it combines Rizal’s life and works and its influence on modern Filipino leaders and Philippine presidents as
well as on the Filipino youth.

On successful completion of this module the student is able to:

1. Define in Rizal’s heroic leadership in his life and works his
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
2. Display understanding of Rizal’s educational and moral legacies ;
3. Integrate the nationalistic values of Rizal in civic affairs.
RIZAL, the seventh child of Francisco Mercado Rizal and Teodora Alonso, was born in Calamba, Laguna, on June 19, 1861. His brothers and sisters were: Saturnina
(1850), Paciano (1851), Narcisa (1852), Olimpia (1855), Lucia (1857), Maria (1859), Concepcion (1862), Josefa (1865), Trinidad (1868) and Soledad (1870).

RIZAL learned his alphabet and first prayers at home and under the charge of his mother who was educated in Santa Rosa College. Later, a classmate of Rizal’s father
taught the young boy writing and Latin. Young Rizal studied in Binan from 1869 to 1870, under Justiniano Aquino Cruz. He took first lessons in drawing and painting from
one Juanco, Justiniano’s father-in-law who was a master painter.

Thus, as a youth, Rizal could paint and do wood carving and clay modelling fairly well. His parents took great pride in relating how Rizal at a very tender age was winning
literary contests. He finished his Bachelor of Arts in Ateneo Municipal de Manila with highest honors. He studied medicine in the University of Santo Tomas for two years;
CONTENT: then he went to Spain and studied in the Central University of Madrid from which he has graduated with degrees of Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy and
Letters.

While Rizal was in Europe together with Marcelo H. del Pilar and other great Filipinos working for reforms, the Spanish Governor-General and other high officials carried
on a relentless persecution of his parents and relatives in the Philippines, driving them into exile and causing them untold privations and hardships.

While he was in Germany, he wrote and published in 1887 “Noli Me Tangere” (Social Cancer). It describes the social condition, defects, beliefs, hopes, desire and
grievances of the Filipino of that era. It is an answer to all that had been written against the natives, as well as the insults that had been heaped upon them. It is an
impartial narration of facts that are all true and actually happened

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 In 1890 he finished his secondary literary masterpiece entitled, “El Filibusterismmo” (The Reign of Greed), with Simoun as the principal character, a friend of the people,
“who incites them to rebel, make them realize their misery, their helplessness, the degradation and the debasement in which they live in contrast to the opulence of the
rulers, to the licentiousnesses and caprices of the higher-ups”. These two works of Rizal have been printed in various languages, including English and several Philippine
dialects. They are both used in our schools as reading materials.

Rizal was a veritable polyglot. He studied and spoke the following languages; Tagalog, Ilocano, Visaya, Subano, Spanish, Latin, Greek, French, German, English, Arabic,
Malayan, Sanskrit, Hebrew, Swedish, Dutch, Catalan, Italian, Chinese, Portuguese, Japanese and Russian – twenty-two languages in all. A few of his other literary works
are: “By the Pasig”, “To the Filipino Youth” (1879); “The Counsel of the Gods” (1880); “William Tell” (1886); “The Philippines a Century Hence” (1889); “The Philippines in
the Congress” (1890); “On the Indolence of the Filipinos” (1890); “New Tagalog Orthography”; “Letter to the Young Women of Malolos”; By-laws of “La Liga Filipina”
(1892); and “Ultimo Adios,” (My Last Farewell, 1896).

He married Josephine Bracken, an adopted daughter of Mr. Taufer who was a patient of Rizal in Dapitan.

Early in the morning of December 30, 1896, at 7:30 o’clock Rizal was shot at Bagumbayan by a Spanish firing squad. Rizal was absolutely innocent of the trumped-up
accusation of treason files by the Spaniards and he was condemned to a death after a mock trial. At the hour pf his martyrdom, Rizal’s pulse was perfectly normal,
showing that he was entirely unafraid even at the moment of his execution.

While awaiting death in his prison cell in Fort Santiago, now in the process of reconstruction as a result of presentations made by the “Knights of Rizal” to the President of
the Philippines, our greatest national hero and martyr wrote his farewell to his native land. Rizal concealed his poem in an alcohol lamp in the detention cell. The original
text of “Ultimo Adios” in Spanish and its translation in English and in Tagalog appear elsewhere in this program.

Rizal precept and by example, taught his countrymen true love of country for which he gladly paid the supreme sacrifice. He was a scientist, philosopher, sculptor,
painter, agriculturist, educator, historian, novelist, poet, journalist and polyglot rolled into one. He is without doubt the greatest and the most versatile genius in his race.

He is the embodiment of the highest type of martyrdom and sacrificial patriotism. He advocated and practice freedom of the intellect, as evidenced by his incomparable
“Ultimo Adios”. Not even a dungeon or a prison cell could deprive him of the freedom of his extraordinary intellect.

Rizal is not only the greatest man that Malayan race has ever produced. He is truly a citizen of the world!

Task 1: Write a reflection paper on how Dr. Jose Rizal affects you as a student, as person and as a citizen.
ACTIVITIES/TASKS:
Task 2: Make a portfolio that contains the family as well as the significant people in the life of Rizal, including their biographical accounts.

REFERENCES, READINGS, and OTHER Romero, Ma. Corazon S. (2009). Rizal and Philippne Nationalism. Manila: Neotek Publishing
PERTINENT INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Zulueta, Francisco. Rizal’s Life and Works. Mandaluyong: National Book Store

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 Directions: Elucidate the following briefly:
1. Rizal as an educator
2. Rizal as a scientist
3. Rizal as an internationalist
ASSESSMENT METHOD:
4. Rizal as a researcher
5. Rizal as a historian
ASSESSMENT:
6. Rizal as a community development leader
7. Rizal as an artist

Reflection Paper
ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE: Portfolio
Written output
GRADING:
Give the distribution of marks between coursework and examination.
60% - Coursework 40% - Examination

Grading System and Equivalency

Percent Number Descriptive
99-100% 1.00 Superior
96-98 1.25 Excellent
93-95 1.50 Very Good
90-92 1.75 Good
87-89 2.00 High Average
84-86 2.25 Average
81-83 2.50 Fair
78-80 2.75 Low Average
75-77 3.00 Pass
Below 75 5.00 Fail

Name of Professor: DR. MICHAEL C. HERMOGENES Signature:

Date: February 18, 2016 Checked and Reviewed:

/raa: 10February2016

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