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• Reasons to study Dr. Jose Rizal Subject


  • To know Who is Dr. Jose P. Rizal
  • To know What are the contributions of Rizal to the Philippines
  • To know the significance of Dr. Jose Rizal as our National Hero
  • To influence and inspired Filipinos by the life and works of Rizal
  • Mandated by R.A 1425 (Rizal Law)
• Rizal Law (R.A 1425) history
• The bill 438 was finally passed

  May 17, 1956
• R.A 1425 took effect


  August 16, 1956
• Importance of Rizal Law (R.A 1425)

  • Need for a re-dedication to the ideals of freedom and nationalism
  • Honoring national heroes like Jose Rizal
  • Inspiring patriotism in the youth
  • Developing moral character, personal discipline, civic conscience, and teaching citizenship duties
• Details of Rizal Law (R.A 1425)
• Rizal Law (R.A 1425)
• Rizal Law (R.A 1425) Section 3


  The Board of National Education shall cause the translation of the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, as well as other writings of Jose Rizal into English, Tagalog, and the principal Philippine dialects; cause them to be printed in cheap, popular editions; and cause them to be distributed, free of charge, to persons desiring to read them, through the Purok organizations and Barrio Councils throughout the country
• Rizal Law (R.A 1425) Section 4


  Nothing in this Act shall be construed as amendment or repealing section nine hundred twenty-seven of the Administrative Code, prohibiting the discussion of religious doctrines by public school teachers and other persons engaged in any public school
• Chapter 3: The Philippines in the 19th century as Rizal’s context: Economical, Social, Cultural, Political
• Social Structure in the Philippines under Spain in the 19th Century

  • Highest Class: Pininsulares, Friars
  • Middle Class: Natives, Mestizos
  • Lower Class: Indious
• Economy in the Philippines under Spain in the 19th Century


  • Encomienda, Polo y servicio, Falla, Galleon Trade
• Chapter 4: Rizal’s life: Family, Childhood, and Early Education
• Jose Rizal’s Family


  • Principalia, Raised Pigs, Chicken and Turkeys, Farming Rice, Corn and Sugar Cane, Owned a Private library, Ilustrados
• Doña Teodora Alonso Y Realonda (1826-1911): '“My mother is a woman of more than ordinary culture; she knows literature and speaks Spanish”'
• Jose Rizal Described his father in his diary: 'stone house; erect a little nipa house in the middle of our orchard under the shade of some trees and others'
• Jose Rizal Described his mother in his diary: 'My mother is a woman of more than ordinary culture; she knows literature and speaks Spanish better than I. She even corrected my poems and gave me wise advises when I was studying rhetoric. She is a mathematician and has read many books'
• Jose Rizal's Family


  • Saturnina (1859-1913)
  • Paciano (1851-1930)
  • Narcisa (1852-1939)
  • Olympia (1852-1939)
  • Lucia (1857-1919)
  • Maria (1859-1945)
  • Jose (1861-1896)
  • Concepcion (1862-1865)
  • Josefa (1865-1945)
  • Trinidad (1868-1951)
  • Soledad Rizal (1870-1929)
• Jose Rizal was the 7th child of the Rizal Family
• Jose Rizal was born on June 19, 1861, Wednesday between 11:00 and 12:00 at night in Calamba, Laguna, Philippines
• Jose Rizal was baptized in the Catholic church in Calamba on June 22, 1861, by Parish priest, Father Rufino Collantes
• The surname "Mercado" means Market, given to Jose Rizal
• The surname "Rizal" means Racial "Luntiang bukirin" given by Don Francisco
• The surname "Alonzo" is Rizal's mother's surname
• The surname "Realonda" is Rizal's surname used by his Godmother "Dona Teodora"
• His father Francisco Mercado was the town's gobernadorcillo (mayor) from 1872 to 1875.
• Rizal was brought under maximum security to the steamer S.S. Cebu headed by Capt. Delgras on the 15th of July, 1892, which sailed to Dapitan
• Rizal carried a letter by Father Pablo Pastells, Superior of the Jesuit Society in the Philippines, to Father Antonio Obach, Jesuit missionary in Dapitan
• Conditions set by Father Superior Pastells for Rizal to live at the parish convent

  • 1. Publicly retract his errors concerning religion and make pro-Spanish statements against revolution
  • 2. Perform church rites and make a general confession
  • 3. Conduct himself in an exemplary manner as a Spanish subject and a man of religion
• Rizal did not agree to the conditions set by Father Superior Pastells and lived in the house of the commandant, Captain Carnicero
• Relations between Capitan Ricardo Carnicero and Rizal

  • Were warm and friendly
  • Rizal admired the kind, generous Spanish captain
• Rizal wrote a poem, "A Don Ricardo Carnicero," on August 26, 1892, on the occasion of the captain's birthday
• Rizal, Captain Carnicero, and Francisco Equilior jointly won the second prize of P20,000 in the government-owned Manila Lottery
• Rizal allotted three pesetas every month for lottery tickets, which was his only vice
• Rizal and Father Pastells engaged in a debate on religion
• Rizal gave Father Pastells a bust of St. Paul which he had made
• Rizal challenged a Frenchman, Mr. Juan Lardet, to a duel
• Father Pastells sent Father Obach, Cura of Dapitan, Fr. Jose Vilaclara, Cura of Dipolog, and Fr. Francisco Paula de Sanchez, Rizal's favorite teacher, to reconcile Rizal with the Church
• Rizal gave Fr. Francisco Paula de Sanchez a manuscript titled "Estudios sobre la lengua tagala" on his birthday
• Rizal had an idyllic life in Dapitan