Lesson 5 : Political Self NAME: AIAH BREIN N. LUMADA COURSE, YR. & SECTION: BSIE-1B Let us begin! Activity 10 : Vote for me! Instruction: Make a campaign poster about your candidacy. The poster should include your personal and professional background and platform of government (projects, proposed laws, etc.). You will get 10 points for this activity. Process questions: 1. What are your realizations about the activity? After doing the activity, I realized that making a campaign poster about candidacy is not that easy-peasy. It would help if you made an eye-catching and convincing poster. Be honest with your platforms and choose/use captivating words so that people will trust and convince to vote you. 2. What should be the qualifications of a competent leader? Explain. For me, great leaders have clear vision. They have a clear exciting idea of where they are going and what they're trying to accomplish and they have excellent strategic planning. Second quality of competent leader is courage. The quality of courage means that you are willing to take risks. The third quality is humility. Competent leaders are those strong and decisive but also humble. The fourth quality is Integrity. Integrity requires that you always tell the truth to all people in every situation. Truthfulness is the foundation quality of the trust that is necessary for the success. Lastly, a competent leader have an ability to communicate effectively. They need to be good communicators because they need the ability to explain their ideas and share their vision. Good communication skills help to develop better understanding and beliefs among people inspire them to follow the principles and values. Lesson 5 : Political Self NAME: AIAH BREIN N. LUMADA COURSE, YR. & SECTION: BSIE-1B Let us check your progress! Activity 11: Ako ay Filipino Instruction: Read the questions and conditions carefully before answering the items. You will get 5 points for each question answered correctly. 1. Discuss how the following political factors affect your identity as a citizen Political Factors Government Social movement (voting, protesting, rallying, etc.) How it affects your self Government makes laws that citizens must obey and creates policies about everything connected with the daily life of a community thus it affect my identity as a good citizen by obeying those laws and following the policies implemented by the Government. Philippines is a democratic country. Because of democracy, it gives me freedom to vote and give an equal opportunity to participate without my human rights being violated. 2. Make an acrostic which will describe you being a Filipino: F-Filipinos are I-Independent and L-Lovable people with I-Integrity P-Passionate about I-Involvement in N-Nationalism as an O-Obligation in country 3. Explain how being a Filipino affects your “self.” Being a Filipino is one of the best thing that we have because of our unique traditions and cultures. For example, giving respect to someone especially to our elders, we do “mano”, and constantly using “po” and “opo”. Filipinos welcome their guests as if they are their own brothers and sisters by always making them feel at home. They will bring out their best sets of plates for their honored guests and would even go as far as spending a lot of money and going into debt just so they can satisfy them. Filipino people are known to be hospitable, a real patriot, and religious. These are some of characteristics of Filipino that are known globally. I can say that it affects my “self” as I can adopt these characteristics to become a better version of myself. I adopt the attitude of being optimistic that despite of any problems and challenges that I am facing right now, I can still manage put a smile on my face and I can still make other people laugh because Filipinos have cheerful personality and we can find a reason to be happy and to be grateful. Filipinos have strong faith in God that make us stronger in facing difficulties in life. Through the influence of fellow Filipino people, I can also develop and enhance myself to become better citizen knowing that I am also a real Filipino. Those characteristics I have mentioned influence me a lot to become a good person. 4. Identify a perennial issue in your locality that you think need to be solved immediately. Examples: traffic rules and regulations, littering, creation of neighborhood crime watch, etc. Propose a solution on how this problem can be solved by Problem Solution Air and Water Pollution Littering Reduce agricultural waste incineration, forest fires, and certain agroforestry activities Avoid burning plastics Plant more trees Proper waste disposal Proper waste disposal Recycle Persons Involved All Resources Needed Seedlings Trash cans Recyclable materials All Trash bins Recyclable materials Time Frame 3 months 2 months SELF-REGULATED LEARNING PORTFOLIO Unit 2 – Lesson 5 Political Self Name: Aiah Brein N. Lumada Course, Yr., & Section BSIE-1B Instruction: Supply each section with necessary response to get 25 points. SUMMARIZE • Summarize the most important points you have learned in this lesson in one paragraph. Politics is refers to the way that countries are governed and how they make rules and laws. The next topic is about the different levels of active citizenship; local level, regional and national level, international level. Local-level wherein the life of the citizens are become actively involved in their communities, tackling problems, bringing about change, or resisting unwanted change. At regional and national levels, citizens involve voting in democratic, being in campaigning groups, and a member of a political party. International level is involved in movements to promote environmental sustainability or fair trade. Active citizens are people who are involved in public life and affairs. This lesson tackled also what active citizens do are; civil participation and civic engagement. In civil participation, people are involved with each other to pursue their goals and interests while civil engagement is more on formal routes of public participation in the process of governance. Last is about democracy and it is consists of 4 key elements according to Larry Diamond ; First is a political system for choosing and replacing the government through free and fair elections, second is the active participation of the people, as citizens in politics and civic life, third is protection of human rights of all citizens; and lastly, a rule of law, in which the laws and procedures apply equally to all citizens. RECALL • Recall meaningful points (useful or valuable things) from the lesson you learned. The meaningful point from the lesson I learned is about Democracy. Democracy is a form of government im which the people have authority to choose their governing and people can change their rules in a peaceful manner. Because of democracy, it gives freedom to vote and give an equal opportunity to participate without people’s human rights being violated. QUESTION • Formulate questions. (What are the most confusing points, and why they were confusing?) I am confused if it is necessary that a citizen must be at the local level first before he/she will be in regional/national level or citizens could be part of these three different levels at the same time? CONNECT • Connect idea(s) you can add and should put into practice immediately. Idea about Self-sacrificing attitude. Self-sacrificing attitude is about sacrificing ourselves for other's sake to the point we give everything we have. It means that we understand what we do in political self. We know what is right and we know how to correct ourselves if needed. COMMENT • Comment on the value of your learning. (What is/are the importance of your learning for you as a student or as a human being in general?) Our political self is important. Knowing our political self help us become good citizen. It is very important to care about politics because you should know what is going on around you. For example, if a new law is made is made in your area, you might want to make sure that you and the people around you know that a new law has been made so that no one breaks the law without even knowing it. Also, if something dangerous is happening around you or someone you know, you want to be aware if someone is breaking the law. It is very important to know what is happening around you. Each vote makes a difference in the ways that we live. It is always important to share your opinion. The way you vote will affect many people, and their everyday life. We must also know our self-identity not just living in the shadow of others. Know our traits. Let's be leader of ourselves and dreams. Be confident that we can do it though people will say we cannot. Be mindful to yourself. You won't know success if you don't fail.
