MODULE 6

• Objectives


  At the end of the module, the students should be able to answer the following questions:
• Questions


  • Were there instances or attempts of Moro, Lumad and Christian Filipino cooperation in their struggle against foreign colonialism?
  • What inspiration can we get out of these attempts?
• Introductory Activity


  Revisit Horacio Dela Costa's Report on the Speech of Datu Buisan to the Datus of Leyte
• Datu Buisan's speech


  • The Spaniard has not been able to protect them
  • If they allied with the Maguindanaus, Bwisan would be their friend
  • It would be easy to throw off the Spanish yoke with the help of the Maguindanaus
  • The Spaniards are only a handful and not invincible
  • The people of Leyte should be resolute and prepare to rise as one man
  • The following year Bwisan would come with a great armada and together they would sweep the island clear of Spaniards
• Datus' reaction


  • They thought there was much wisdom in Bwisan's speech
  • They sat down with Bwisan and entered into a blood compact with him
  • They slashed their wrists and let the blood drip into a bowl of brandy
  • They drank their mingled blood from the common bowl, and so became brothers
• FPE PRELIM