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I
NTRODUCTI
ON

CHARACTERFORMATI
ON

Wea r
ea llborna sjustab ri
gh t-eyedch il
d ,una wareofwh atth i
swor ldh astoof fer.
Withnoid eaofwh owea re ,web e gi
nourj ourne yint od i
scov eri
ngourch aracter.Inour
earl
yy e
arsofl i
fe ,weh avel i
tt
let owor ryabout , web uil
dourch ar
a ctera ccord i
ngt othe
envir
onme ntwea rerai
sedi na ndt h epeop l
ewea res urr
ound edwi theachd ay.Thes eyears
ofourlif
ea recr ucialt
och ara
ct erd eve l
opme ntf orwea rej ustbe gi
nningt ol earnr i
ght
from wrong, goodf rom b ada ndd e cid
ewh atk i
ndofp er
s onwewa ntt ob e.Th eywa y
othersi
nter a
ctwi t
hust hrough outoury ounge ry earseffe ctst hi
sd evelopme ntalso.Be i
ng
soyoung, youlookupt oev eryonea roundy oua ndle arnf rom t hem. Livi
ngi na nunh ea
lthy
envir
onme ntwh il
each il
dca na f
fe cty ouiny ourol de ryea rsalso.Youma yh avemor efear
towardsge tt
ingcl osewiths ome oneb ecaus eoft hep ai
nf ulscarsy oub a r
ef rom your
chil
dhood.Dur i
nga dolesce ntye arsofl if
e, y
ourch a
ra cterca nb eq ui
ck l
ya nde a s
il
ya lt
ered.
Bythes i
ngled ecisi
ont oe xperime ntwi thd rugst oe v enjus tdecidingwh oyourf ri
e ndsare.
Thesea l
lcanch a ngeourch ar
a cter. Atthisa ge, yourf r
iend sha vet hebigges teffecton
yourcharacterd evelopme ntov e
ra ny thi
ng, e v
e nt hought hech aractery oup layaround
yourfri
ends .

Lea
rningOutcome s
:
Attheendofth i
smod ul
e,t
hestudent
smusthav
e :
1. Recognizedthegener
alconcep
tsofch
aractera
ndch
ara
cte
rfor
mat
ion.

2.De
fine
dCh
ara
cte
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mat
iona
ndi
tsi
mpor
tance
.

3.Di
scus
sedd
iff
ere
nti
alAs
soci
ati
onTh
eor
y.

4.I
dent
if
iedt
hef
act
orst
hati
nfl
uenceFi
l
ipi
noch
ara
cte
rfor
mat
ion.

5.Exp
lai
nedt
hena
tiona
li
sma
ndp
atr
iot
ism

6.Di
scus
sedt
heconce
ptofna
tiona
li
sma
ndcomp
reh
endPh
il
ip
pinena
tiona
lsy
mbol
s

Ind
ica
tiv
eContent:
Thi
smod ul
ewil
lbediv
ide
dint
othefol
lowi
ngt
opi
cs:
 Ge ner
alconcept
sofcha
racte
randch
ara
cterf
orma
tion.

 Ch
ara
cte
rFor
mat
iona
ndi
tsi
mpor
tance
.

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 Di
ff
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nti
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soci
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onTh
eor
y.

 Fa
ctor
sth
ati
nfl
uenceFi
l
ipi
noch
ara
cte
rfor
mat
ion.

 Na
tiona
li
sma
ndPa
tri
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sm

 1
0Mod
ernWa
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oExp
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sFi
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 Th
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Di
scus
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CHARACTERFORMATI
ON

Withth
es ame fundamenta
lcomp onent
s,ever
yone b
egi
ns t
hes
ame wa
y.
Ev
ent
ual
l
y,wel
ear
na ndd
e v
elopofwhati
sri
ghtf
rom wr
ong.

Te
mpt
ati
ons
,fe
ars
,de
sir
es,
andma
nyot
her
sar
ete
sti
ngi
t.

Ata ne a
rlyage
,otheri
ndivi
dual
sb e
gintos uccumbt othesetest
soft hei
rhone
s t
y,
i
ntegri
ty,a
ndgoodnes
s.Theycrea
tesuccumbi
ngp r
act
ice
s.The
ylosethe
irfe
eli
ngofr
ight
andwrong,be
comingcare
lessandimmoral
,andf ormi
ngthatk
indofchar
acter
.

WHATI
SCHARACTERFORMATI
ON?

Asd ef
ine
db yDonald(2006),isthep r
ocessbywh
ichtheind
ivi
dua
l,t
hrough
i
nte
racti
onofb i
ologi
cal
l
ytransmitt
edp r
edi
sposi
ti
onswi
tht
h ee
nvir
onme nt
,devel
ops
s
tabl
epatte
rnoffuncti
oni
ng,th
ink
ing,a
ndf e
eli
ng.
 

Chara
ct e
rb ui
l
dingi sthed e
eplyinter
nali
zedp at
ternofv al
uesandatt
itudesa ndt
he
consequentactionsthatareoftene st
abli
shedinprecogni
ti
veti
meoflif
et hrought
he
natur
alandnorma l
educat
ionalpa
t t
ernsthatareappr
opri
atefory
oungch
il
d r
en.Exampl
e
i
swe ani
ng,toi
lettrai
ni
ngandr e
lat
ionshi
ptot h
ep a
rents.

Eve
r y
oneispart
lyr
esponsi
bl
ef orone’
schara
cte
r.Ar
ist
otl
enote
dtha
tch a
racterde
velop
s
overti
mea soneacqui
reshab
itsfrom p
are
ntsandth
ee nv
ir
onmentei
the
rthroughrewar
d
orpunis
hme nt
.

Di
ffe
rent
ial
Ass
oci
ati
onTh
eor
y

Thed
iff
ere
nti
ala
ss oci
ati
oni
sat h
eor
ypr
oposedbySut
herl
andi
n1 939.I
texpl
ai
nsth
at
pe
opl
elear
ntob ecomeof f
end
ersfr
om th
eirenv
ir
onment.Th
roughint
era
cti
onswi
th

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Ch
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mat
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Nat
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l&Pa
tri
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ot
her
s,i
ndi
vi
dua
lsl
ear
nth
eva
lue
s,a
tti
tud
es,
met
hod
sandmot
ive
sforcr
imi
nal
beh
avi
or.

1. Cri
mi nalb ehavi
orisle arned.Thisme ansthatcr i
mi nalbehavi
ori
snoti nh eri
t ed,as
such;a l
s othep ers
onwh oisnota l
readytrai
ne dincr i
med oesnoti nve ntcr iminal
behavior.
2.Cr i
mi nalb e
haviorisl earnedini nteract
ionwi thot he rper
sonsinap roce ssof
communi cati
on.Th iscommuni cat
ion isv erba lin ma nyca s
esb uti ncl udes
gestures.
3.Th ep r i
ncipalpa r
toft helearningofcr i
minalb e
h a
v i
oroccurswi thini nt i
ma te
pers
ona lgroups.Ne gativel
y,thi
sme anst hei
mp ersonalcommuni ca t
ion,s ucha s
mov i
e sorne ws p
ape rp l
ayar e l
ati
velyunimp ortantp arti
ncommi tt
ingcr iminal
behavior.
4.Wh e
n cr iminalb ehaviorisl earned,t hel earning incl
udes(a)t ech niques of
commi tti
ngt hecrime ,wh i
chares ome ti
me sver ysimp l
e;(
b)thespe ci
f i
cd irection
ofmot i
ve s,dr
ives,r
a t
iona l
i
zati
ons ,a
nda tti
tudes .

Ash umanb ei
ngs,wemus tbecarefulofourthought
s,foritwil
lbecomet he
s
ourceofou rwords
;wemus tbecar
efulofourwords,fori
twil
lbecomeourd ee
ds;our
d
eedswil
lbecomeourh a
b i
ts;ourh
abi
ts,wi
ll
be comeourchar
acter
;andourcha
racter
,wil
l
b
ecomeou rdesti
ny.
I
nthep r
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actertha
tcountsnott heintell
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he
a
cqui
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il
it
iesandski
ll
s.Itisthecha
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rt h
ath i
ghl
i
ghtsprofessi
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ism,nott
he
p
rofe
ssi
onall
i
censeandcer
ti
ficat
esawar
dedbytheprof
essi
onal
or ga
nizati
ons.

I
nthecurr
entworl
d,al
sot hechar
acterofap ersonisoneoft hemos timporta
nt
asp
ectinli
fe,achar
act
ereith
erag oodt h
atca nbeagoodr ol
emod elorbadch a
racter
th
atca nbeleadstodi
sast
erlif
e.Ch ar
actercanb ele ar
nediny ourparent
sorr elat
ed
fa
mi l
i
es,oritcanb elear
nedf rom youre nvi
ronme nt,withinter
acti
onf rom them.
Lear
ningfrom ot
hersi
sinevi
tab
leb e
causeth ebeha
viorofFi l
i
pino’
sisv e
ryfriendl
yand
appr
oachab
le.
Atheoryi
s“asetofstatementsorp
rinci
plesdevi
sedtoexpl
ai
nagr oupoffactsor
phenomena,especi
all
yonethathasbeenrepeate
dlytest
edoriswidel
yacce p
tedandca n
beu s
edtoma kepredi
cti
onsaboutnatur
alph
e nome na”(
Ame ri
canHeri
tageDict
ionar
yof
theEngli
shLanguage,2011
).Simpl
yp ut
,theori
ese xp
lai
nb e
havi
orandth uscansuggest
waystoachi
e v
ebe h
avi
orchange(Gl
anz,Ri
me r,&Viswanat
h,2008).
FACTORSTHATI
NFLUENCEFI
LIPI
NOCHARACTERFORMATI
ON

1. Pa
rentalI
nflue
nce
2.HomeEnv i
ronment
3.SocialEnvi
ronment
4.Cultur
ea ndLanguage
5.Histor
y
6.Economi cEnvi
ronment

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7.Pol
i
ticalEnvi
ronment
8.MassMe di
a
9.Lea
d er
shipandRol
eMode
l

Te
rmst
oPond
er:

HomeEnv ir
onme ntiti
sth ecrad
leofh uma nchar
acterandpersonal
it
ylargel
ycontri
bute
tothech ar
a cterformationofach i
ld.Itisthei
rp a
rentalgui
dancea ndd i
sci
pl
inethat
cr
eatesthek i
ndofch ara
ct er
,pers
onali
tyandt heat
ti
tudechil
dh a
ve.
Cul
ture-eve ry
oneh asdiffer
entch ar
actera ndval
uesbecauseoft hed i
ffe
rentcult
ures
whereeveryoneise xposed.Soci
ologi
stfoundoutt hatdif
ferentcult
uresh av
ediff
erent
val
ues,andach i
ldgrowsupwi ththem,sub-consci
ousl
yabsorbi
ngt h
esame .

Par
ensPat
ri
ae-Alegald
octr
inee
sta
bli
shi
ng“
par
ent
al”r
oleofs
tat
eov
erwe
lfa
reofi
ts
ci
ti
zens
,es
peci
al
lyi
tschi
l
dre
n. 

Law- Thes
oci
ety
’spri
meinst
rume
ntforma
kingknownwh a
ta ct
sa r
ecri
mesa
ndwh
at
sa
ncti
onsmaybeapp
li
edtoth
osewhocommi
tactsasde
fine
da scri
me .

Just
ice-As oci
alnor
mp r
ovi
dinggui
danceforpeopl
einth
eirdea
li
ngswi
thoneanot
her
,as
astandardagai
nstwhichact
ionsareeval
uated
,a ndasapres
cri
pti
onorre
qui
rementt
hat
peopl
ea ctj
ustl
y.

St
ate
-ith
ast
hep
owe
rtod
efi
nea
ndp
uni
shcr
ime
s.

Famil
y-Itist
hemos
tba
sics
oci
ali
nst
it
uti
ona
ndi
sth
emos
tpot
ent
ial
l
yef
fect
ivea
gency
ofsoci
alcont
rol
.

Th
eSup
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woft
hel
and
-Ph
il
ip
pineCons
tit
uti
on

I
nLocoPar
ent
is-Teacher
s,admi
ni
str
ator
s,andbaby
sit
terswhoa
rev
iewe
dash
avi
ng
s
ometemp
orar
ypare
nt a
lri
ght
sandobl
i
gati
onsar
econsi
dere
d .

Wh
ati
sChar
acte
r?
 Th
eme nta
landmor
alq
ual
i
tie
sdi
sti
nct
ivet
oani
ndi
vi
dua
l.

 I soneoft heattri
butesorf eaturesth atma keupa ndd ist
ingui
shani ndi
v i
dual.
On itsf ace ,“character”i samor a
ll
yne utralt erm.Ev e r
yp erson,f r
om i conic
scoundrelsli
keHi tl
era nds ai
nt sli
keMot herTe resa,h a
veach aracter
.Weus ethet erm
charactertod escri
beap er
son’smos tp romine nta ttr
ibutes,itisth es um t otalof
feature
sa ndt rai
tsthatforma nindi
vi
d ual’
sna ture.
Ap ers
onwi th“goodch aracter”wh ent os ayap ersonh asagoodch a r
a cterore v
en
toad mir
eap er son’
sch ar
a cterdoesnotr equir
eth attheya r
ep erfect
,butitdoe sme anwe
thi
nkt hi
sisagoodp er
sonwor thyoftrus tanda dmi ra
tion.
So,wh e nwes ays ome oneh asgoodch ar
act er
,wea reexpressi
ngt heop i
niont hat
hi
sorh erna tured efi
nedb ywor thytraitsli
k eintegri
ty,cour age,andcomp a
s si
on.Pe ople
ofgoodch a
ra cterareguid e
db ye th
ica lpri
nciplese venwh eni t
’sp h
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ca l
lyd angerousor

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detr
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rca reer
s,socia
ls t
anding,ore conomi cwe l
l
- bei
ng.Th eydot heright
thi
ngeve nwh enitcos tmor etha
nt heywantt op ay.
Noonei sb orn withgoodch ara
cter;it ’
snotah er
ed i
taryt r
ait
.Andi tisn’t
deter
mi nedbyas inglenobleact.
Characterise stabl
i
shedb yconscienti
ousa dherencet omor a lval
ues,notb ylofty
rh
e t
ori
corgoodi ntentions.Anotherwayofs ayi
ngt hati
sch a
racterisethi
csinaction.
Butwh a td oweme anb ye thi
cs?Al lJ osephs
oni nsti
tutep rograms,including
CHARACTERCOUNTS!AndPur sui
ngVi ctorywithHonor ,areba s
edont hes i
xp i
ll
arsof
char
acte r
,v al
uest hatt r
anscendcul tur
a l
,reli
gious,a nds ocioeconomi cd i
fference s
.
Thoses i
xv aluesa ret r
ustworthi
ness,r espect,r es
p onsibi
l
ity,f ai
rness,cari
ng a nd
ci
ti
zens hi
p.
Thefor mationofap erson’scha racterli
esi nt heirhand s.
”Ih avenod oubtt hat
he/s
hewa srightOfcour se,effortsbypa re
nt s,t
e achers,andot h er
st oins
til
lth
esev al
ues
areveryi
mp or t
ant.Th eycanha veagr e
a td e
alof finfluenceont hev al
uesach i
l
da dopts,
butwemu stne verund er
esti
ma tet h
er oleofch oice( anda ccount abi
li
tyforma k
ingt hat
choi
ce)inthef orma t
ionofch aracter
.Th us,characterisb othfor me dandrevea
ledb yhow
oned e
a l
swithe veryd
a ysi
tuati
onsa swe l
l asextraordinaryp r
ess uresandtemp t
ation.Lik
e
awe l
l-
ma det ower,characte
risb ui
ltbystone ,decisi
onb yd eci
sion.
Differ
e nceb etwe e nch a racte randr eput ation
Ofcour se ,oura s ses sme ntofap ers on’sch aracte risa nop ini
on, anditisn’talwa ys
ri
ght.Ab raham Li ncolnr ecogni zeda ni mp ortantd if
fe renceb e t
we en ch aractera nd
reputation.“Ch aract er,
’h es aidisl i
keat reea ndr eput ati
onl ikeai tsshadow. Th es hadowi s
wh atwet hi
nkofi t;t het reei st herea l
th i
ng. ’Be causet hes hapeofas hadowi sd etermine d
byt hea ngleofl igh tandt h ep erspectiveoft heob s erver,it’
snotap erfectima geoft he
tree.I
nt hesamewa y,re putat i
oni snota lwa ysa na ccura ter efl
e cti
onofch aracte r
.Os car
Wildeonces ai
d ,since ri
t yisoneoft hemos ti mp ortantq ua l
iti
esi nap erson.Andoncey ou
canf aket haty ouh avei tma k e”.Thiscy nica lquipe xplai
nswh ys omep e opl
eca ncr eatea
muchb etterr eput ati
ont hant heyd ese rve .Byt hes amet oke n,therea reot herswh o
deserveb et
terr eput ati
ont h ant heyh ave .Th oughr e putationi sme re
lyap ercep ti
oni ts ti
l
l
hasv erys i
gnifi
ca ntr ea limp a ct.Re putationi snotonl yth er esultofwh atpeop l
et hinkof
usi tof tend e termi neswh atp eoplewh od on’tknow ust hi
nka boutus ,t reatusa nd
wh etherwea r
eh el
di nh ighorl owe steem.
Agoodr e put at
ionf orint egri
ty,fori ns tance ,i
sap rima ryd eter
mi nantofcr edib
ili
ty
andt rust,twov eryma rk etablea ssets.Th inkofh owt het i
ge rwood sbrandcr ashe dandh i
s
endors eme ntv alued i
sa ppea reda fteritwa sd i
scovere dth ath econs tant l
ych eate donh i
s
wife,simi l
arl
y,th eonceh ighlyr especte da ccount i
ngf i
rm Ar thurAnd ersonh adt och ange
i
tsna me( toAcce nture )t ot r
yt or eca pt uret rusta fteri tsi nvolveme ntint heEnr on
scanda l
.
Ha vi
ngp os i
t i
vech aract erisext r
e me lyimp ortantf orp ers onalsuccessa ndgr owt h
.
Positi
vech aracte rt rai
tsnotonl yh el
pi ns elf-d eve l
opme nt ,buta ls
oh elpcop ewit hvari
ous
chall
engi ngsituationsonewa yfa cet h
roughl i
fe.Cha r
a ctert rai
tsa resome t
h i
ngwei mb ibe
from oure nvironme nt ,f rom p a
rent s,t e achers,a ndf r
iend s.La t
e rinl if
e ,weh ave
coll
e a
g ue s
,ours pous e,a ndourme ntor st hatwed raw ce r
ta i
nt rai
tsf rom.Wh atwe

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ch
oos
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nfr
om t
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andwh
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oos
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scomp
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and
s.
Wh a
td oesNa ti
onal
is
m me an?
From t hePhi
li
ppi
nes,it
ss t
ronghold
,nati
onal
ismisad evoti
onofloveforone’s
countr
y .Na t
ional
is
m me ansto givemor eimportanceto uni
tyb ywa yofcult
ural
backgr
ound,includi
nglanguageandh e
rit
age.I
timpl
iestoaper
s onthathi
scount
ryi
st h
e
mos tsuper
ioramongot hercountr
iesandhewil
ldef
enditnoma tte
rwh a
t.
I
treferst othecons ciousne ssofb el
ongingt ogetherinagr oupofp eoplewh omus ts ha
re
acommone xperi
e nce,culture,i
d eal
s,al
legi
ance ,andlanguage .
Itisthef eeli
ngofuni tya mongap eopleb oundb yacommonl anguage,reli
gi
on,
andh i
story,t hei
rb el
iefina ndcommi t mentt ot hei
rrigh ttop urs
uet hei
rcollecti
ve
asp
ira
tionst hrought hei
rowns tatefre
ef rom t heinterfer
e nceofot hercount ri
es.(UPs
Cul
turalDicti
ona ryforFil
ipinos)
Na ti
onali
smi sar esultofch angings ocia
li d
e nti
ti
es.Na ti
onali
smd ependedup on
whath ed e f
ineda sa n“ i
ma ginedcommuni ty”
— t heor
izingt ha
ts ocieti
escons tr
uct
modelsf orth ems el
vesa same ansofs elf
-categor i
zati
on.Pe opl
et endt oidenti
fywith
andorganizet hems el
vesa ccordingtothe i
rpe r
ceivedk i
ngroup s
.

WhatdoesPatr
iot
ism me an?
Patr
iot
ismisad ev
otiontoone’
scountr
yfornootherrea
sonthanb ei
ngacit
izen
oftha
tcountry.I
ti sacommonv ir
tuetha
tperta
instoth
eloveforanation,wi
thmor e
emphasi
sonvaluesa ndbel
iefs
.Onewhoispat
ri
oti
cwil
lberead
ytoma k
ea nysacr
if
icefor
hi
scountr
y.Hewil
l neverl
ivesel
fi
shl
yforhi
msel
falone
.
Wh ati
sthed if
fe renceb etwe e nPATRI OTI SMa ndNATI ONALI SM?
Nationali
s ma ndPa tr
ioti
s ma reof te nus edinterchangeably,me a ningonef ort he
other.
Th er
ei s
, howe ve r
,awi ded i
sti
nctionb et
we ennati
ona l
isma ndp atriotisma spoli
tical
concepts.Na ti
ona li
sm,e tymol ogical
ly,me ansl ove,carefor,preservationa ndp atronage
ofone ’
sna ti
vel anda nde verythinginit-t h ecount ryofb i
rthofana ti
ona l
,wh etheritb e
Fil
i
pinoorot herwis e.Tob eaFi lipi
nona ti
ona l
ist,there
for e
,thee thnologi calr amifi
ca ti
on
ofna t
ionali
sm mus ta l
lb epr esentinone ’sb eing.Thi
si mpli
esah eartfeltd ed i
cati
onf or
thelove,carea ndp reservati
onoft hePh i
lippi
ne sa ndev er
ythi
ngt hatisi d entifi
edwi thit:
thePh i
l
ippi
net erri
t ory,thei nh abi
tants,Ph ili
ppi
nes ove
re i
gnty,i
tsgov ernme nt ,al
lt hi
ngs
thatrepresenta nds ymb oli
zet h ecount ry;t hea spi
rat
ions,hopes ,dreams ,a ndne e dsof
theFil
ipi
nop eople.
Ont heot herh and ,patrioti
smi st a kenf rom theLa ti
nt ermp at er,wh ichli
t er
a l
ly
me ans“father”.Pa tri
otismi st hewilli
ngne ssa ndd eterminati
ont ol a
yd ownone ’
slifef or
thefatherl
and -thecons t antr esolvetos a cri
ficeone ’
sl i
feandlimbf ort hep reser
v ati
on
ofthes t
ate.Itisth etot alreali
za ti
onoft hatlov eforthecount r
y.
Ap atri
otlov esh i
sowncount ry
, buth ed oesnoth atethepe opleofot h ercount r
ies.
Ana ti
onali
stmi ghtcons i
d erh i
sownna t i
oni mp ortantandh atethep eop l
eofot hernation.
Patri
otisinterna t
iona linh i
sout l
ook.Hei sb r
oa d-mindeda ndtole r
ant .Hei saci ti
zenof
thewor l
d.Ana tiona l
istma yb ena rr
ow- mi nd e
d .Hema yt hi
nkinte rmsofh i
sowncount ry
andh a
tea l
lthos ewh oa renoth iscount ryme n.

CFLM1
11-
Cha
ract
erFor
mat
ion 6
Cour
seFa
cil
i
tat
or-
Regi
naS.
Pach
ejo
Ch
ara
cte
rFor
mat
ion(
Nat
iona
l&Pa
tri
oti
sm)

Thr
e eb asicf actorsofna t
iona l
ism:
1.Are aat erri
torymus tbes epa r
atedf rom otherte r
r i
torybyana t ural
bound ary
.
2.Re li
gionak i
ndofr eli
giont hatuni t
est hepeopleint oonegr oup;a nd
3.Ra cet heymus tbelongt oad i
sti
nctgr oup .
Thena tionali
sti
cs pir
itoft heFili
pinoca nb et ra
ce dwa ybackint heyearthef i
rst
Spaniards etf ootont hel and.Hi storyh adp resentedh owLa pu-Lapu,oneoft hee arl
y
chi
ef t
a i
nsint heisland,defend eda nds afeguardhisownp e op l
ea ndland.
In1800’ s,thena ti
ona l
istmov eme ntr e-appear
edi nt hePhil
ippi
ne sresul
ti
ngt ot he
mart y
r dom oft h et h
reeFi lipi
nop ri
ests:Fa t
hersMa r
ianoGome z,J oseBur gos,a nd
Ja
cint oZa mor a( Gomb urza),a l
lFili
pinop ri
est,wase xecute dbyt heSpa nishcol
onizerson
cha
r gesofs ub versi
ononFe bruary17,1 872. There v
oluti
ont hatbrokeouti nAugus t1896
ha
st hes pir
itofna ti
onali
smi ne verya spectofi tsgoa la nda cti
on.Iti sconsideredt he
cl
i
ma xoft h ena ti
ona l
istmov eme ntsint h
ePh il
ippi
nesd ur i
ngt heSp anishoccup at
ionof
al
mos tfou rh undredy earsoft yrannicalrule.
Li
stofPos itiveCh aracterTraits
 Ent h usiasm

 Op
timi
sm

 Ad
apt
abi
l
ity

 Se
lf-
Est
eem

 Pa
tie
nce

 Humi
l
ity

 Conf
ide
nce

 Se
lf-Cont
rol

 Cons
ist
ency

 Te
amwor
k

Whataree xamp le
sofnati
ona l
i
s ma ffecti
nghis
tory?
Na t
ional
ismistheentir
e l
yu nfoundedbeli
eft h
attheworldcanbeobjecti
vel
yspli
t
i
ntod i
fferenttypesofpeopl
eca ll
e d‘Nati
ons’
.The searedef
inedinsev
erals
trangewa ys
,
byla
ngua ge,geograp
hy,r
eli
gi
on, etc.
I
nt he1 9thcentur
yNa ti
ona l
i
sm ca l
ledf orcountri
est ocomet ogetherinto
Nati
ons-t hat’
sh owItal
ya ndGe rmanys ta
rted.Int he21stnati
onal
is
tswa nttop ul
l
sta
tesa p
a r
t ,
li
ketheScotsNa t
ionali
stsandCa ta
lans.

Theimp l
i
cation ofNationali
sm istha
tt herei scomp et
iti
on b
etweenthes
e
phantom beast
s,the‘ Nati
ons
’.Th estr
uggleasgroupsa gai
nsteachotherf
or….wel
l,
mos t
lyforsa
fetyfrom eachot
he randafewnatur
alresource
s.
TheFi
rstWor ldWarwaswh oll
ycaus
edbyNationali
sm.theNazi
swereNati
ona
li
sts
andca l
l
edthemselv
e ssuch,

CFLM1
11-
Cha
ract
erFor
mat
ion 7
Cour
seFa
cil
i
tat
or-
Regi
naS.
Pach
ejo
Ch
ara
cte
rFor
mat
ion(
Nat
iona
l&Pa
tri
oti
sm)

Nationali
smi sthegreatestki
llerofa l
lBe l
i
e fs,outd oi
ngt hewor stt h
atCh r
isti
ans
andI s
lamh aveeverd one.Ye tfews eethi
s,a ndi tisl argel
yignor edb ecausewef eel
Nati
ona l
is
mt obethes amea spatri
otism( s
upportf ory ourcount r
y).Iti
snot ,i
tisd ea d
ly.
Nationali
smisnot hi
ngb utagr oupofp eoplet hatsha r
es amev alues,languagea nd
phys
icalspa ce.Poi
ntofna t
ional
is
mi st oincreas ep roductiv
itybycr eati
ngcommon
sta
nd ar
d s
,s othatsome onefrom Berlincanmov et oMuni chwithmi nimale ff
or t
s .Atthe
samet i
mei sma kese xt
reme l
yh a
rdtomov etoa not herna t
ion,barri
ersa r
ev eryhigh.
Goods i
deist ha
tp eoplearelimitedtona ti
onsb ordersandt h
e r
eforet h e
yh a
ve
moremot i
v at
ionstoe xcel
lence,beca useonones i
det heyf earneighbori
ngna ti
onma y
getitfi
rsta ndtakeov erorfearofh umili
ati
on.Ont heot he rtheywa nttod omi nat eand
humili
ateoth e
rs.

10Mod er
nWa y stoExpre
ssFili
pi
noNa tional
ism
Nati
ona li
sm -i
sad evot
ionofloveforone ’scountr
y .
Acount r
y’si
denti
tyisseenth
rough
i
tsculture,tr
ad i
ti
ons,r
eli
gions,be
li
efs,ande venth
euni t
yortogether
nes softhep
eople
i
nit.Th ehi
storyofthePhil
ippi
nesrefl
ectst h
ekindofna t
iona
li
smt heFil
i
p i
noshave.
Thei
r
her
oe ss t
ooda ndfoughttop r
eserv
et heFili
pi
noidenti
tyandattai
nfreedom and
i
ndepe ndence.
1.
Re spectt h ePh i
lippinef l
aga ndv al
uet heFili
p i
noi de nti
ty
BeingFi l
ipinos ,wes houl drespectourPh i
li
pp i
nef l
a ga nditsp urpos e.Th eh i
story
andv alueoft hisf laga reconne ctedt ot hef r eedom weh avet oday .Encour ageour
fell
owme nt op articipa tea ndr espectourf laga ndi t
sa nt hema nde ve nourd i
fferent
symb ols.Th e ypr ov i
deusouri dent i
tyasFi li
pinosorci ti
ze nsoft h
eb e autifulRe publi
cof
thePh i
li
pp i
ne s.(Wi k i
pe dia.
com)
2.Beap rod uctiveci tize n
Bei nd ustriousa ndma k
eour s el
vesp rod uct i
ve,notonl yforour selve sbutf orour
countrya swe ll
.Se rvet h epe ople,serveourna ti
on. (
googl e
.com)
3.Bea wa reoft hei ssue sinourcount ry
Wemus tb ea wa rea ndup datedont hes i
gni fi
cantiss ueshap p
eningi nt hecount ry
.
Extendh elpt ot hene e dyfe ll
owme n,e speciallyt hev i
ctimsofd i
sastersl iket yphoons,
fl
ood i
ng, a ndt hel i
k e.
4.Standp roudf ore ve ryFi l
i
p inosa chi
e v
eme nt
Fil
ipinosi sgl ob allycomp e
titi
veinma nya spects.The ya r
ep r
oudt ob eaFi li
pinoa nd
fortheh onor st he yb ringt oourcount r
y. Theyuni tee v
eryFi li
pi
nof ort h
e i
ra chieveme nt s
.
Weca nb ep r
oudofFi li
pi
nosl i
keMa nnyPa cquiao,t heAzk alsFoot bal
lTe am,t heGi l
as
Fil
ipi
nasBa sk et
b allTe a m, andma nymor e .
5.Patronizea nds upp or tourownp roducts
ThePh i
li
p pine sh asr ichr e s
ource st ocr e ateq uali
t ygood sa ndp r
od ucts.Th e
ma npowe rs ervi
ce swep r
ov i
d ea rea l
sogl oba l
lycomp eti
ti
v e.Oure conomywi llimp rove
mor ei fweour s elvesp atroni zeourownp rod uct swh i
chch aracteri
zeourcr eati
vity
,
resourcef ulne s
s ,a ndi nd ustry.
6.Prese rvet heFi li
p i
nocul tur e
Phili
p pi
ne si sr ichi nv a r
iouscol orfulcul tura leleme nts.The ya r
eouri d entit
y.Be
prouda ndp reserv et hecul t
ur eweh avef orth eya reourt rea sure
.Wemus tk eepthe mf or
thefutur ege ne rat i
on.
7.Resp ecte v er
y onea ndv al
ueourt r
a di
ti
ons
Fil
ipinosa rev e rycour teousa ndr espe ctful.Ev e
ni nmod ernt i
me s ,ma nyFi li
pi
nos

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11-
Cha
ract
erFor
mat
ion 8
Cour
seFa
cil
i
tat
or-
Regi
naS.
Pach
ejo
Ch
ara
cte
rFor
mat
ion(
Nat
iona
l&Pa
tri
oti
sm)

show a ndv al
uet he i
rnob lenor msa ndt radi
t i
ons .So,weFi l
ipi
nosmus tcont i
nuet o
exe rci
set h esegoodt radi
t i
onsl i
ker espectingoure ldersandot hers,byus i
ng“ poa top o”,
beingh os pitab
le ,
andb e i
ngr eli
gious . 
  
  
 
   
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
   
 
   
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
   
 
  
  
  
  
   
  
8.Sp eakoutourownl angua ge
Us ingourownl angua geisma nifestinga ndp res
ervingourna t i
onalidentity
.Itis
ouruni q ueme ansofcommuni ca tinga ndi nteractingwi t
hourf el
lowme n.Ourla nguageis
animp or t
a nttool t
oa ch i
e vefurthe runitya ndna ti
ona ldevelopme nt .
9.Re me mb era ndcomme mor ateourh eroe s’sacrifi
cesforourcount r
y
Th er e we re ma ny Fi li
pinos wh od i
e df or our d emocr acy,f reedom,a nd
i
nd ep e
nd ence.Somef ough tus i
ngt hei
rp ensa ndt ongue s,wh i
les omeus e
dt hep owe rof
theirarmsa ndwe ap ons. Eachh adt hei
rownwa yofs h
owingt heirlovea ndr e
s p
e cttoour
count ry.I nt od ay’
sge ne r
ation,l e tusv a l
uea ndt reasuredourh eroess acri
ficesa nd
devot i
onf orourcount ry.(google.com)  
  
   
   
  
  
 
   
  
  
  
   
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
    
 
  
  
  
 
10. Loveourf a mil
y,ourne i
gh bor’
s , a
ndourcomp a
tr i
ots
Lov eandh elponea nother .Th a
twa y
,wea res howingt hewor l
dt hatwea reproud
tob eFi lipi
nos .Standuni ted!Dos ome thi
ngt oh elpe achot hera ndf orthegr eatergood
formot hercount ry.Lov ee veryone a nd lov e ourcount rya s we love our selves.
(google .
com)
 
   
 
   
   
 
Th e
rea rema nywa ystos howourl ov eforou rcount r
y .
Inourge nerati
on,t herea r
e
thi
ngst hatt estourna tionalism.Wh atisi mp or t
antt houghi st h a
twes tanduni t
eda s
Fil
ipinop eop l
e,a ndwel ov ePh il
ip pi
nesa sourmot hercount r
y .Le tusma ni fes
tt he
esse nceofna t i
onali
s mi ne veryas pectofourl ife.

Le
arna
boutt
hePh
il
ip
pine
s’Na
tiona
lSy
mbol
s

Symbolsrepr
esentawidevari
etyofthings.Wh enpeopleseeap ar
ti
cularsymbol,
th
e yas
s oci
atei
twithsomethi
ngme a
ningfulorstandard.Withthi
s,eachcount r
yhasthei
r
ownna ti
onalsymbolstoi
denti
fythems el
vesfrom ot her
sa ndtounit
eitscit
izensthr
ough
nati
onali
sm.
Accordi
ngt oNa ti
onalCommi ss
ionf orCulturea ndt heArts( NCCA),offici
alnat
ional
sy
mb olsoft hePhil
i
ppi
nesrepresentthecount ry
’st radi
ti
onsa ndideal
sandconv eyt h
e
pr
inci
plesofPhil
i
ppi
nes ov
erei
gntyandna ti
onalsoli
d a
rit
y.

Ch
eckoutt
hes
eof
fici
alna
tiona
lsy
mbol
soft
hePh
il
ip
pine
s:

Nat
ionalFlower
:Sa mpaguit
a
Th
ePh il
i
p p
inenationa
lf loweriscal
l
ed“ s
amp agui
ta”whi
chisgene
ra l
l
yknowna st
he
Ar
abianJasmine.I
tswhitecolorsy
mboli
zes
 pur
it
y ,
simpl
i
cit
y,h
umil
i
ty,andst
rengt
h.

Nati
onal
Tr e
e: Nar
ra
ThePh i
li
ppi
nenati
onaltr
e ei
scall
ed“narr
a”genera
ll
yk nowna srose
wood.Itwa
s
madeoffici
alb yGov.Gen.FrankMur p
hythroughProcl
ama ti
onNo.652s .1934.I
n
fa
ct, 
unde
rt heDENRMemor andum Or
derda
t e
dFe b
ruar
y5, 2013,cut
tingofNar
raneed
s

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11-
Cha
ract
erFor
mat
ion 9
Cour
seFa
cil
i
tat
or-
Regi
naS.
Pach
ejo
Ch
ara
cte
rFor
mat
ion(
Nat
iona
l&Pa
tri
oti
sm)

tobea p
provedb yt h
e DENR Cent
ralOf
fice
,pa
rti
cul
arl
ybyt
he Of
fice of t
he
Und
ers
ecret
aryforf
iel
dOper
ati
ons
.

Nati
onalBi
rd:Phi
li
ppi
neEagl
e
The Phi
li
ppine nati
onalb i
rd is ca
lle
d “Phi
li
ppi
ne eagle
” s
cienti
fi
cal
l
yk nown as
(Pi
the
cophaga 
jef
feryi
).
Itwasmadeoffi
ci
ali
n1978byfor
me rPre
sid
e ntFer
dina
ndMa r
cos
thr
oughProcla
ma ti
onNo.1732.

Nationa lGem: Phili

ppinePea rl̀
ThePh i
lip
pinena ti
ona lge mi sca ll
ed“ Ph i
li
ppinePearl”a sd eclar
edb yFor merPr esident
FidelV.Ra most hroughPr ocl ama tionNo.905s .1 996.I tiss cientif
ica l
lyk nowna s
Pi
nct ad aMa xima .Inf act,wor l
d ’slargestp earlwasd i
scov er
e dbyaFi li
pinod i
verinagi ant
Tri
da cna( mol lusk)und erthePa l
a wanSe ain1934.
 
Nationa lSport :Arnis
Arnisist othePh i
li
ppineslik
eJ apa n’
sKa rat
ea ndKore a’
sTa ek wondo. I
t’sbot hama rti
alart
andas portwh oseor i
ginsares t i
lllargelyunconf i
rme db ecauseofl ackofd ocume ntati
on.
It
’sk nownb yt woot h ername s:Ka liandEs kri
ma ,andma kesus eofb ot hb l
a d
e dwe apons,
batons /sti
cks,a ndb areh and s
.I tbe cameana ti
onals ymb olin2009wh ent hen-Pre s
.
Glori
aMa capa gal-Arroyos i
gne dRe pub l
i
cAct  9850intol aw.
Now, y
ouma yb ewond eri
ng:wh ere(orwh en)inthi
slistwillthenameDr .JoseRi zalappear?
Wh ata boutt h i
ngsl i
ke a
 nahaw  a ndma ngoe s?Sadly,th eseca nnotb eincl udedi nthel i
st
abovea stheya r
el i
stedb ytheNCCAa sna ti
onalsymb olsb ecauseth e
r eisnol awt h
ath as
beens ignedd e cla
ringt hema ss uch.

Dr.JoseRi zal:Nati
onalHe ro
TheFa th e
rofFi li
pi
noNa tiona l
is
m.
Dr.Jos eRizal,commonl yk nowna sthe“Fat h
e rofFil
i
p i
noNa t
ionali
sm”,notb eca useh e
help
e de s
ta b
lis
ha ni ndep endentPh i
l
ippi
ne,b utb ecauseh ewa sinstrume ntali nt he
creati
onoft heconce ptua l
izati
onof“ Fil
ip
ino”a sa ne thnopoli
ti
calcol l
e ctive–a s“ a
people”,or ,int h
el a
ngua geofna ti
onali
sm“ thepeople”.Rizaldidnots upp ortv i
ole
nt
upri
singsorr e v
oluti
onsinca ll
i
ngf oranindep endentstate.Hewa snotawa rmonge rb ut
rath
e ra na cademicse e
kinga smucha spossibl
eap eaceful,l
ogical,andp oli
ticals oluti
on
forthei ndependenceofFi lipi
nosfr om col
onial r
uleoverthepoliti
calandsoci alaspe ctsof
l
ifeinth ePh i
li
ppi
nes.Hep re achedforande ncour a
gedFili
pi
nost or e
cognizet h
e i
rp ot enti
al
asFili
pinoci t
izensandt heirobli
gati
onsa ndd utytothei
rmot h
e r
land.

 
Anahaw:Nati
onall
eaf
Oft
enr e
ferr
edt oastheNa ti
onalLeaf,thea
 naha
w or 
round-
leaffountai
npal
mi snot
pa
rtoft hecountr
y’sna
tionalsy
mb ols.Normall
yseeni nthecountrys
ideasaroof
ing
mater
ial
,
 anah
aw l
eavesa
res e
e nasdecorat
ivepi
eces/
pla
ntsintheme t
ro.

 
Mango:Nati
onalf
rui
t-Acommons i
ghti
nPhil
ip
pinewetanddrymark
ets,themangoh
as
l
ongbeenseenastheNati
ona
lfr
uit
.Aspopul
arasiti
sformak
ingde
ssert
s ,
ther
eisnol
aw
t
hatprocl
ai
msitasanati
onal
symbol.

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seFa
cil
i
tat
or-
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naS.
Pach
ejo
Ch
ara
cte
rFor
mat
ion(
Nat
iona
l&Pa
tri
oti
sm)

 
Caraba
o:Na ti
onalanimal-
Ifcommonme nh av
ed ogsa st h
eirbestfr
iend,the
nt he
car
abaoorPhil
ipp
inewa t
erbuffal
oistheFili
pi
nofar
me r
’sb estfri
end
.They’r
ebeastsof
bur
den,abl
etod oa l
mos tever
ythi
ngthatne e
dstobed oneont hericef
ield
s,i
ncludi
ng
car
rythefar
me randh i
sgoods.But,wi
thoutanyl
awstor ecogni
zedthem,they’
l
lrema i
n
anunoffi
ci
als
ymb olofthecountry
.

 
BahayKubo:
 
Nati
onalhouse-
Theh umb l
eba
  ha
y-Kubo orni
p ahutiss
til
lse
enins
ome
pa
rtsofthecount
ry,p
a r
ti
cular
lyinthep r
ovi
nces.Whil
eithaslongbeenasy
mbolof
Fi
li
pi
nohomes,i
tha
snotb ee
nr ecogni
zedasanat
ional
s y
mb ol
.

 
Bangus:Nati
onalFis
h-Bony,yetpr
izedfori
tsbel
lyfa
t,wh
ichal
moste
veryonefi
ght
sf or
onthed i
nnerta
b l
e.Theba
  ngus 
ormi l
kfi
shhasl
ongbeenseenast
hecountry
’snat
ional
fi
sh,
yetwith
outalaw, i
t’
sstat
uswil
l nev
erbeoff
ici
al
.

Na
tiona
lAnt
hem:
“Lup
angHi
ni
rang”

ThePh i
li
ppi
nena t
ionala nt
hem ise nti
tl
ed“Lupang Hi
ni
rang”a ndcompos
ed
by
 Jul
i
anFe l
ip
e.“Lupa
ngHi ni
rang”wa sfi
rs
tp l
ayedp
ubli
cl
yonJ une12,1898,
 
duri
ngt
he
pr
ocla
ma ti
on of Ph i
li
ppi
ne I ndepe
ndence.I t
s lyr
ics were adopt
e d from t
he
Spani
sh 
poem, 
Fi
li
pi
nas,whi
chwa swrit
tenby 
JoséPal
ma.

Th
eNa
tiona
lAnt
hemi
sent
it
ledLup
angHi
ni
rang.Th
eNa
tiona
lAnt
hems
hal
lal
way
sbe
s
ungi
nth
ena
tiona
lla
ngu
agewi
thi
norout
sid
eth
ecount
ry.
Ly
ri
csoft
heNa
tiona
lAnt
hem.
Bay
angMagi
li
w,Per
lasngSil
angana
n
Al
abngPusosadi
bdi
bmo' ybuha
y
Lup
angHi
nira
ng,Duyankangma gi
ti
ng,
Samanl
ulup
igdi
kapasi
si
il
.

Sadagatatbundok,
Sasi
moya tsala
ngitmongb
ughaw,
Maydil
agangtul
a
Atawitsapa
glay
a ngmi
namaha
l.

Angk i
sl
a pngwatawa tmo'y
Tagump aynanagniningni
ng;
Angb i
tuinatara
wni ya
Kai
lanpama '
ydima gdi
dil
i
m.
Lupanga raw,ngluwa l
hati
'
tp ags
inta
,
Buhayaylangi
tsap i
li
ngmo;
Amingligayanapagma yma ng-aap
i
Angma mataynangd ahi
lsaiyo.

Wh
ent
heNa
tiona
lAnt
hemi
spl
aye
datap
ubl
i
cga
the
ring
,wh
eth
erb
yab
andorb
y
s
ingi
ngorb
oth
,andr
epr
oduce
dbya
nyme
ans
,th
eat
tend
ingp
ubl
i
csh
all
singt
hea
nth
em.
Th
esi
ngi
ngmus
tbed
onewi
thf
erv
or.

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or-
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naS.
Pach
ejo
Ch
ara
cte
rFor
mat
ion(
Nat
iona
l&Pa
tri
oti
sm)

Asas
ignofr
esp
ect
,al
lpe
rsonss
hal
lst
anda
tat
tent
iona
ndf
acet
hePh
il
ip
pinef
lag
,
i
fth
erei
soned
isp
lay
ed,
andi
fth
erei
snone
,th
eys
hal
lfa
cet
heb
andort
hecond
uct
or.
At
t
hef
ir
stnot
e,a
llp
ers
onss
hal
lexe
cut
eas
alut
ebyp
laci
ngt
hei
rri
ghtp
almsov
ert
hei
rle
ft
ch
est
s.Th
osei
nmi
l
ita
ry,s
cout
ing,ci
ti
zen’
smi
l
ita
ryt
rai
ni
nga
nds
ecur
it
ygua
rduni
for
ms
s
hal
lgi
vet
hes
alut
epr
escr
ibe
dbyt
hei
rre
gul
ati
ons
.Th
esa
lut
esh
all
becomp
let
edup
ont
he
l
astnot
eoft
hea
nth
em.

Th
eant
hem s
hal
lnotb
epl
aye
dand s
ung f
orme
rer
ecr
eat
ion,a
mus
eme
nt,or
e
nte
rta
inme
ntp
urp
ose
sexce
ptont
hef
oll
owi
ngocca
sions
:
a
.Int
erna
tiona
lcomp
eti
ti
onswh
eret
hePh
il
ip
pine
sist
heh
ostorh
asar
epr
ese
nta
tiv
e.
b
.Loca
lcomp
eti
ti
ons
.
c.Dur
ing“
signi
ngof
f”a
nd“
signi
ngon”ofr
adi
obr
oad
cas
tinga
ndt
ele
vis
ions
tat
ions
.
d
.Be
for
eth
eini
ti
ala
ndl
asts
cre
eni
ngoff
il
msorb
efor
eth
eop
eni
ngoft
hea
ter
p
erf
orma
nce
s;a
nd
e
.Ot
herocca
sionsa
sma
ybea
ll
owe
dbyt
heI
nst
it
ute
.

Th
eNa
tiona
lMot
to
“
MAKA-
DIYOS,
MAKA-
TAO,
MAKAKALI
KASANATMAKABANSA.
”
National Fl
a g
ThePh il
ippi
ne snationalflag,asd ef i
nedb yt h
eNa ti
ona lHis
toricalCommi ssi
onoft he
Phi
li
p pi
ne s,i
sma deofs i
lk,hadawh itee q
uil
ateralt
ri
anglea tt
hel e
f tcont a
ini
ngas unb ur
st
ofe i
ghtr aysatthecente r
,af i
ve-pointedstarateachangleoft het r
iangle,a
nup pe rstri
pe
ofb l
uea ndal owers tr
ipeofr e
d .
Th es unstandsforli
berty;thesunb urstofe i
ghtr aysfor
thef i
rste i
ghtprovi
nce stot akeupa r
msa gainstSpai
n;a ndthet hrees tar
sf orth eth r
ee
i
slandgr oupsoft hePhil
ippi
nes–Lu zon, Vi
sayasandMind ana
o. Thewh itetri
angles i
gnifi
es
Fi
li
p i
noh op efore qual
i
ty;th eupperb luestri
pes t
andsf orpeace,t r
ut handjustice ,whil
e
thelowe rreds t
ri
pes ta
nd sforpatri
ot i
sma ndv al
or.

ThePhil
ip
pineNat
iona
lFlag(RA8491)
Desi
gnoft heNati
onal
Flag
TheNati
onalf
lagofthePhi
li
ppi
nessh
allbeb
lue
,white
,andredwi
thanei
ght
-ray
ed
gol
d e
n-yell
owsunandthreefi
ve-
poi
ntedst
ars,a
sconsecr
atedandh
onoredbyt
hepeop
le.
(Sec4)

Hoi
sti
ngandDi
spla
yoft h
eNa t
ionalFl
ag
Thenat
ionalfl
agshal
lbed i
spl
ayedinal
lpubl
i
cbui
ldi
ngs,off
ici
alr
esi
dence
spub
li
c
pl
aza
s,andi
nsti
tuti
onsofle
arningever
ydayth
rough
outth
ey e
ar.(Se
c5)

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naS.
Pach
ejo
Ch
ara
cte
rFor
mat
ion(
Nat
iona
l&Pa
tri
oti
sm)

Thena ti
ona lflags hal
lbeper ma nentlyhoist
ed,da
ya ndni
ghtthr
oughouttheye
ar,
i
nfr
ontoft hef oll
owing.
Malacana ngPa l
a ce;
Congr e
ssoft h ePh i
li
ppi
nesb ui
ld i
ng;
SupremeCour tb uil
di
ng;
Ri
za lMonume nti nLuneta,Ma nil
a;
AguinaldoSh r
inei nKawit,
Ca vite;
Barasoai
nSh r
inei nMalol
os,Bul acan;
Tomboft h
eUnk nownSol di
e r
, Li
binganngmgaBa yani;
Maus ul
eod elosBe t
eranosde l
aRe v ol
ucion;and
al
lInterna ti
ona lPortsofEnt ryanda l
lotherpl
acesa smayb
ed es
ignate
db ythe
I
nst
it
ute.(Sec6)

Thefla
gs hal
lbep roperl
yil
luminateda tni
ght.(
Se c6)
Theflags hal
lalsob edis
playedinprivat
eb ui
ldi
ngsandres
ide
nce
sorrai
sedinthe
openflag-st
affsinf r
ontofs ai
db uil
di
ngsev er
y;
Apri
l9(Ar awngKa giti
ngan);
May1(La borDay);
May28( Na ti
onalFlagDay)toJ une12(IndependenceDa
y);
l
a s
tSund ayofAugus t(NationalHeroesDa y
);
Novemb er30( Bonifaci
oDa y);and
Decemb er30( RizalDay)
;
andons uchot herd a
ysa sma ybed ecl
a r
edb ythePr
esi
dentand
/orl
ocalch
ief
execut
ives.(
Sec7)

Thefl
agma yal
sob edi
spl
ayedthr
ough
outt heye
arinpri
vatebuil
dingsoroffi
cesor
ra
isedi
nt heope
nonf lag-st
affsi
nf r
ontofpri
vatebui
ldi
ngs:Pr
ov i
ded,thatth
e yobs
erve
fl
ag-ra
isi
ngceremonie
si naccord
ancewitht
her ul
esandr e
gula
tionst obeissuedbythe
Offi
ceoft h
ePresi
dent
.

Thena ti
onalf l
ags hallbef l
ownonme rch ants hi
psofPh i
li
p p
iner e
gistryofmor e
thanonet hous and(1000)gr osstonsa ndona llnav a
lv e
ssels.
Thefla
g, i
ff l
ownf r
om af l
agp ol
e,shall
;
Theb luef i
el
dont opint i
meofp eacea ndt her edfi
eldont opi ntimeofwa r;
ifi
nah angingp os i
ti
on,t hebluef i
e l
ds hal
lb et otheright( l
e f
toft heob server)in
ti
meofp eace ,
andt here dfi
e l
dt other i
ght(leftoft heob serv
e r
)int imeofwa r.
Ifpl
a ntedont heground ,thef l
agp ol
es hallbea tap r
omi ne ntp l
acea nds ha
llbeof
suchhe i
ghta swoul dgivet h
ef l
agcomma ndingp ositi
oninr el
ationt ot hebuild
ingsint he
vi
cini
ty.
Ifattache dtoab uil
ding ,
theflagpoles hal
lb eont opofitsr oofora nch oredonas i
l
l
proj
ectingata na ngleupwa rd.
Ifons t
ageorp l
at f
orm orgov ernme ntof fice,theflags hallbea ttheleft(facing
thestage)ort heleftoft heof fi
ceup one nteri
ng.
Wh ent hePh il
ip
pinef lagisflownwi thanot herf l
ag,thef lags,ifbotha rena t
ional

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cte
rFor
mat
ion(
Nat
iona
l&Pa
tri
oti
sm)

fl
ags,mus tbef l
ownons epar
a t
es taff
soft hes ameh eighta nds hallb
eofe qualsi
ze.The
Phi
li
ppi
nef l
ags hal
lbeh oi
stedfir
standlowe redlast.
Ifth eoth e
rf l
agisnotana tionalfla
g,itma ybef l
owni nt hesamel i
neyar
da sthe
Phi
li
ppi
nef l
agb utbelowt h
elatteranditcannotb eofgre a
te rsi
zet hant h
ePh i
li
ppi
neflag.
Wh e nd i
splayedwithanotherf l
ag,thePh i
li
ppi
nef lags hallbeont heri
ghtoft he
otherfl
a g.Ifthe r
eisal i
neofot herflags
,t hePh i
li
ppi
nef lags hallbeint h
emi ddl
eoft he
l
ine.
Wh e nca r
rie
dinap aradewithf l
ags,whicha r
enotna tionalflags,thePhi
li
ppi
nef l
ag
shal
lbeinf rontoft hecenteroft heli
ne.
Af lagwor noutt hr
oughwe arandt ears hal
lnotb eth r
owna way.Itshallbe
sole
mnl yb urne dtoa voi
dmi suseord esecrati
on.Th eflags hal
lb erepla
ce di
mme d
iatel
y
whenitb eginstos hows i
gnsofwe arandte ar.
Th ef l
ags hal
lberais
eda tsunris
ea ndlowe redats uns et.I
ts hal
lbeont hema stat
thesta
rtofof fi
cial
’offi
cehours,shall
rema i
nf ly
ingt h
rough outt h
ed ay.

Thef l
agma yb ed ispla
yed:
a .Insi
d eorout side-ab uil
dingoronas tationa r
yf la
gpole.Iftheflagi sd i
spl
ayed
i
nd oorsonaf lagp ole,i
tshallbep la
ce datt hel e
ftoft heobs e
rverasonee nter stheroom;
b .From t h etopofaf lagp ole,whichs hallbea tap r
omi nentplaceoracomma nding
positi
oninr elati
ont othes ur
round i
ngb uil
dings;
c. From as taf
fp r
ojectingup wardfr om thewi ndows i
ll
,canopy,bal
conyorf acade
ofab uil
d i
ng.
d .Inas us pendedp osi
ti
onf rom ar opee xtend i
ngf rom ab ui
ldi
ngt op oleerected
awa yfrom th eb uil
ding;
e .Flataga instthewa llverti
ca ll
ywitht hesuna ndsta r
sont op;and
f .Hangingi nav ert
icalp osi
tiona cros sas tr
e et,withthebluef i
el
dp ointi
nge ast,i
f
theroadi shea di
ngs outhornor th,orp ointi
ngnor thifther oadisheadi
nge astorwe st.
Th ef l
a gs h al
lnotb er aisedwh ent hewe ath erisinclement.Ifa l
readyr ai
sed,the
fl
ags hallnotb el owe red.

Th
efl
ags
hal
lbeh
ois
tedt
oth
etopb
ris
klya
ndl
owe
redce
remoni
ous
ly.

Thefl
agshal
lne
vert
oucha
nyth
ingb
e ne
athi
t,s
ucha st
hegr
ound,f
lood,wat
eror
ot
herobj
ects
.
Aft
erb e
inglowe
red,thefl
agsha
llbehandl
edandf ol
dedsol
emnlyasp a
r tofthe
ce
remony.

ConductofFla
gCe remony
Al
lgover
nme ntoff
icesandeducat
iona
linsti
tut
ionsshal
lhencefor
thobse
rvethe
fl
ag-
raisi
ngcer
emonye ver
yMond aymorni
ngandthef l
aglowe
ringcere
monye v
eryFri
day
af
ternoon.Theceremonys h
a l
lbesimpl
ea nddig
nifi
eda ndshal
lincl
udethepla
yingor
si
ngi
ngoft h
ePh i
l
ipp
ineNati
onalAnth
e m.

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naS.
Pach
ejo
Ch
ara
cte
rFor
mat
ion(
Nat
iona
l&Pa
tri
oti
sm)

Duri
ngthef lag-rai
singceremony,thea s
semb l
yshalls
tandinf orma ti
onracingthe
fl
ag.Att h
emome ntthef irs
tnoteoft heanthemi she
a r
d,every
onei nth epremisesshal
l
comet oa tt
ention;mov i
ngv ehi
clesshal
lstop.Allper
sonsp re
sents hall:.
acetheirri
ght
pal
msov erthei
rch ests,thosewithh a
tssh al
luncover
,wh i
lethoseinmi l
ita
ry,scouti
ng,
securi
tyguard,andci ti
ze nsmi l
it
arytrai
ninguniformss hal
lgive“sa l
ute”p r
escri
b e
db y
thei
rregul
ati
ons, whichsaluteshal
lbecomp lete
dup onthelas
tnot eoft heanthem.
Theassemb l
ys hal
ls i
ngthePh i
li
ppi
nena ti
onalanthem,accomp anie
db yab andif
avai
lab
le,andatt hefir
stnot e,th
ef l
agshal
l b
er ai
sedbr
iskl
y.
Thes a
mep r
oce dures h
allbeob se
rvedwh ent heflagisp a
ss i
ngi nrevi
e w ori
n
parad
e.

Duri
ngthefl
agloweri
ng,t
hefla
gs h
allb
el ower
edsol
emnl
yandsl
owlysot h
att
he
f
lagsh
a l
lbedownt h
ema statthesoundoft helas
tnoteofth
eanthe
m.Th oseint
he
a
ssemblyshal
lobs
ervethesamed e
portmentors hal
lob
ser
vethesa
meb e
h a
v i
orasf
or
t
hefl
ag-rai
si
ngcer
emony .

Half-
Ma st
Th ef l
ags hallbef lowna thalf -
ma sta sas i
gnofmour ningona l
lbuil
di
ngsa nd
pl
aceswh ereiti
sd ispl
a ye
d,a ndont hed ayofof fi
cialannounce me ntoft hed eat
hofa ny
ofthefol l
owingof fi
cials:
a.Th ePresidentoraf or me rPresident,forten( 10)day s
;
b.Th eVice-President,t h
eCh iefJ usti
ce,thePre si
dentoft heSe nate,andtheSp e
aker
oft heHous eofRe presentativ
e s,forseven( 7)days;and
c.Ot herpersonst ob ed etermine dbyt h
eI nsti
tute,fora nyperi
odl e
s sthanseven(7)
da ys
.
Th ef l
ags hallb eflowna th alf-ma s
tona llth
eb ui
ldi
ngsa ndp laceswh er
et he
decedentwa sh oldi
ngof fice,ont hed ayofd e
at huntilt hedayofi ntermentofa n
i
ncu mbe ntme mb eroft heSup re
meCour t,t h
eCa bi
net,t heSe nateort h
eHous eof
Representat i
ves,
a nds uchot herpersonsa sma ybed eter
mi nedbyth eInsti
tute.
Th ef l
agwh enf lowna thalf-ma stshallbefirsthoistedtoth epeakf oramome nt
thenlowe redt oth eha l
f-ma stp osi
tion.Th ef l
ags hal
laga i
nb eraisedbriskl
ytot hepeak
beforei
ti sloweredf orthed ay.

Casket
Thef l
agma ybeus e
dtocov erthecas k
etsoft hehonoreddeadoft hemi l
it
ary,
vete
rans of p revi
ous wa r
s,na t
ionalarti
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vi
li
ans whoh aver ender
ed
di
sti
nguis
he dservi
cetot henati
on,a sma yb
ed eterminedbythelocalgovernmentunit
concerned.Insuchcas e
s,thefl
ags hal
lbeplaceds ucht
hatthewh i
tetri
angleshal
lbeat
theheadandt heblueporti
onsh
allcovertheri
ghts i
deofthecask
ets.Theflagshal
lnotbe
l
owe r
edt ot hegraveora ll
owe
dt ot ouchthegr oundbutshal
lb efol
deds ole
mnl yand
handedovertot h
eh ei
rsofthedeceased.

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Pl
edgeofAll
egiancet othePh il
i
pp i
neFla
g:
AkoayFi l
ipi
no
Buongk atapat
angna nunump a
Sawa t
a watngPi l
i
pina s
Atsab ansangk a
nya ngs i
nasagi
sag
Nama yd angal,k
atarunga n,atka
lay
aan
Napinakiki
l
osngs amb ayanang
Maka-Diyos,
Makatao,
Makakal
ikasan,at
Makabans a
.

Suchp l
e d
ges h
allb
er eci
tedwhi
lestandi
ngwiththeri
ght-h
andp al
m openrai
sed
s
hould
e rhi
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vi
dual
swh os
ef ai
thorrel
i
giousbel
i
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ibi
tthemf r
om ma k
ingsuch
p
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gemus tnonethel
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nderedbystand
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tattenti
on.

Prohi
bi
tedAct sa ga i
nstt h eNa ti
ona lFlag
Iti
sfoll
owinga ct ss hallb ep r
oh i
b i
ted:
a.Tomu t
il
ate, de face ,d efi
le,tramp le,onorca stcont emp ta nya ctoromi ss
ionca sti
ng
di
shonororr id i
culeup ont hef l
a gov erit
ss ur face .
b.Tod i
pthef l
a gt oa nyp ersonorob j
ectb ywa yofcomp l
i
me ntors alute.
c.Tous et hef l
a g:
1. Asad ra pery, festoon, tablecloth
2.Ascov e ri
ngf orce i
li
ngs ,wa l
ls,sta t
ue s,orot herob ject s.
3.Asap e nna nti nt hehood , si
de,ba cka ndt opofmot orv ehi
cles.
4.Asas ta fforwh i
p.
5.Forunv e i
li
ngmonume nt sors tatue s;and
6.Ast rad ema rksorf orind ustri
a l
,comme rci
alora gricultura ll
abel
sord e si
gns .
d.Di s
playthef lag :
1. Und era nyp aintingorp icture;
2.Hor izont al
lyf ace-up.I ts hallalwa ysb eh oi
steda lof ta ndb ea l
lowe dt of all
freely;
3.Be lowa nyp l
a tform;or
4.I nd i
s cot heq ue s,cock pi
ts ,nighta ndd a yclub s
,ca sinos,ga mb l
ingj ointsa nd
pla
ce sofv iceorwh eref ri
voli
typ revails
.
e.Towe arthef lagi nwh oleorinp artasacos t
umeoruni form;
f.Toa ddanywor d,figur e,ma rk,picture,de si
gn, d ra
wings ,ad ver t
iseme nts,orimp r
intof
anyna t
ureont hef lag;
g.Top r
int,pai
ntora tta chre pr
e sent a
tionoft hef lagonh a nd kerchiefs,napki
ns, cush i
ons,
andot h
era rti
cl esofme r
ch andise;
h.Tod ispl
ayi np ubli
ca nyf oreign f l
ag,e xcep ti ne mb assiesa ndot herd iploma ti
c
establ
is
hme nt s,andi nof fi
cesofi nte r
na tional organizations .
i
. Tous e ,di
splayorb ep artofa nya d v
e rt
iseme ntofi nfome rcial;and

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j
. Tod
isp
layt
hef
lagi
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fice
soccup
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yal
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.

ACTI
VITY

TestI.Mul
ti
pl
eCh oi
ce
Di
recti
ons:Choosethele
tteroft
hecor
rectans
werfr
om th
efol
lowi
ngquesti
ons.Wr
it
e
th
el e
tterofyourchoi
ceinasepa
rat
esheetofp
ape
rfory
ourans
we r
.(1p
ointeach
)

1.Iti
scons ide r
edas econdp arent s
. Exa mple.Teach eri mpliestha
th e/sheisr egarded
asa ct i
ngi nt hep l
a ceoft h ep arent .
a.Fa mi l
y b .Pa rensPa t ri
ae c. I
nLocoPa r enti
s d .
Cultur e
2.Pare nsPa triaeme a ns ?
a.Pa rent soft h ena ti
on b .Pr ot ectoroft hecr i
mi nalsc.Parents d . Family
3.Psych ologi calnot i
ont ha tr e
f erstoa lltheha bi
tua lwa ysoff eel
i
nga ndr e acti
ng
thatd istinguishonei nd i
v i
d ualfrom a not her.
a.Ha bit b .Ch aracter c. Ch ar
a cterFor mation d .
Cul ture
4. Define da sap roce s sb ywh i
cht hei ndivi
dual
, throughi nteracti
onofb i
ologicall
y
trans mi ttedp re dispos i
tionswi thth ee nvi
ronme nt,d evelopsstablepatte r
nof
funct ioning, think i
ng, andf eel
ing .
a.Ha bit b .Ch aracter c. Ch ar
a cterFor mation d .
Cul ture
5.Iti
st h ecr a dl
eofh uma nch aractera ndp ersona li
tyla r
gelycontributetot h e
chara cte rf orma t i
onofach ild.
a.Ha bit b.Ch aract er c.Ch a
ract erFor ma tion d. Parental
Inf lue nce
6.Wh oi st heFa therofFi l
ipinoNa ti
ona lis
m?
a.Ri za l b.Ag uinald o c.Bonifacio d .
Rob e r
tJ ame ss
Pi tt
7.ThePh il
ipp i
nena tiona lflowe r.
a.Or ch id b .s amp agui ta c.sunflowe r d .
crot ons
8.RA8491a lsok nowna s?
a.Ph i
li
p pi
nena tiona lheroe s c.Phil
ippi
nena tionalf l
ower
b.Ph i
li
p pi
nena tiona lEagl e d.ThePh il
ippi
neNa tionalFlag
9.“MAKA- DI YOS, MAKA- TAO, MAKAKALI KASANATMAKABANSA” .I
st hena ti
ona l?
a.Mot t o b .La ngua ge c. Batas d. Anthe m
10.Thef l
a gma yb eus edt ocov ert heca sket
soft h eh onore ddeadoft hemi litar
y,
veter ansofp reviouswa rs,na ti
ona l art
ists,
a ndofci vi
li
answh oh averend ered
dis
t i
ngui sh eds erv i
cet ot hena tion, asma ybed etermi nedb ythelocalgov ernme nt
unitconce rne d.
a.Ha lf-ma st b .cond uctoff lagce remony c.casket d .
Fl ag

Te
stII.Es
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Di
rect
ions:Expl
ainth
efoll
owings
t a
te ment.(
5points
)
1. Choos eoneamongninefactorstha
tinfl
uenceFi
l
ipi
noch
ara
cte
rfor
mat
ion.
Discussi
tsinf
lue
ncesonFili
pinochar
acter
?
2.I
nyou
rownUnd
ers
tand
ing,
wha
tisPh
il
ip
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ymb
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i
simp
ort
anta
saFi
l
ipi
no’
s?

Pr
epa
redb
y:

REGI
NAS.
PACHEJ
O
Cour
seFa
cil
i
tat
or

ROMARJ
.TAWAS,
MSCr
im. J
OEYV.
DIGNOMO,
MSCr
im.
Me
mbe
r Me
mbe
r

ARLYNLAGUDA,
MAT
Engl
i
shCr
it
ique
/Ch
air

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