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INTRODUCTION
• It was discussed in module 1 that NSTP aims to develop
the sense of social consciousness of the students, to be a
good citizen and contribute to nation building. NSTP will
serve as a training process for the students to develop
their sense of patriotism to know their roles and engage
themselves in volunteerism for the welfare of the
Filipinos. 

• NATIONALISM “I am Pinoy”
In order to decide how can you be part of “ Proud to be Pinoy”
the solution, you must be aware first of
the issues, problems concerns, and needs
as we always say but
of the community and the whole nation.
We got to talk about Nationalism. How do you consider yourself
a nationalist?
Nationalism is an identification with one's Do you know the symbol of your
own nation and means to give more
country and explain every part
importance to unity by way if cultural
background, language and heritage and that makes it?
you will defend it no matter what.
Do you know the lyrics of the
National Anthem?
• It is when the people of this nation
become united and work together for Can you name the presidents of
common aims the Philippines from Aguinaldo to
• Nationalism is inseparable to Patriotism, Duterte?
to be Patriotic is to be nationalistic
Do your know the Philippine
National Heroes?

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• The Philippine nationalism was

born during the 19th century when
our heroes expressed their love,
devotion to our nation by fighting
for our Freedom and
Independence from the other
countries. The most popular
revolutionary is our National hero,
Dr. Jose Rizal who fearlessly
showed his Nationalism through
fighting for our freedom in a silent
but powerful way, though his Figure 1: Philippine Heroes (From right to left:
novels, essay and articles until his Andres Bonifacio, Jose Rizal, Emilio Aguinaldo,
last breath.
Apolinario Mabini Juan Luna, Marcelo H Del Pilar,
Emilio Jacinto and Melchora Aquino)

• Ways to show Nationalism

Filipino Nationalism is a love and respect for your
Nationality as a Filipino. Here are some ways to show
your Nationalism:
• Be Proud with your Filipino identity. KNOWING OUR
NATIONAL HEROES AND
• Learn more about the history and remember our
heroes and their contributions. REMEMBERING THEIR
• Be willing to learn more about our culture, and CONTRIBUTION IS ONE
practice our values and traits. WAY OF SHOWING
• Respect our national anthem and sing with pride. NATIONALISM
• Patronize and promote our very own, the locally
made products, movies, singers, artists.
• Speak our own language.
• Bring your Nationality wherever you are.
• Be aware of the issues in your country
• Love your family

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What is Patriotism? • Patriotism is a national

pride. The feeling of
love, devotion and
sense of attachment to
a homeland and
alliance with other
citizens who share the
same sentiment.

• Here are some ways to express your patriotism:

• Be a productive citizen.
• Love your countrymen.
• Be compassionate and do good things to others.
• Take care of the environment
• Keep your surroundings clean
• Respect the constitution and obey the laws
“LOVE FOR THE
• Contribute for the betterment of our country and COUNTRY IS NEVER
countrymen
ERASED, ONCE IT GETS
• Serve your country, join volunteerism
• Fight for your country
TO THE HEART”
• Utilize your rights and duties as a Filipino
• – DR. JOSE RIZAL
• Promote peace and safe community.

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What is Citizenship?
• Citizenship is the position
or status of being a
citizen of a particular
country being vested
with the rights,
privileges, and duties of a
citizen.

• Filipino Citizenship
We always say, “I am Pinoy” “I am proud to be Pinoy” “Pinoy ako sa
dugo at diwa” and even Filipinos who have already been living in
another country say that, because we are proud to be Filipino and will
remain Filipino by blood.
In the Philippines, Filipinos are the people who are the citizens of the
country. Citizenship is a legal status and a relationship to the nation
with specific legal rights and obligation.
As a Filipino citizen, we enjoy our constitutional rights protected by
the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
As a citizen, we also assumes the duties as a member of the Philippine
nation. If you enjoy your right to freedom of expression, therefor, it is
your duty to protect, fulfill and respect the right to freedom of
expression of others.
We can be a good citizen by practicing your rights and performing
your duties as a Filipino

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KINDS OF The following are citizens of the Philippines:

CITIZENSHIP
1. Those who are citizens of the Philippines at the time of the
adoption of this Constitution;
(based on the
1987 Philippine 2. Those whose fathers or mothers are citizens of the Philippines;
Constitution)
3. Those born before January 17, 1973, of Filipino mothers, who
elect Philippine citizenship upon reaching the age of majority;
and

4. Those who are naturalized in accordance with law

• Therefore, our Filipino Citizenship is based on:

1. Filipino by birth
• Jus soli (right of soil) which means a person’s
nationality at birth is determined by the place of birth.
• Jus sanguinis (right of blood) which is the legal principle
that, at birth, an individual acquires the nationality of
his/her natural parent/s. • A natural born
Filipino (with
2.Filipino by naturalization Filipino Parents)
who have become
• Foreigners who do not have Filipino blood, nevertheless, naturalized
can obtain Philippine citizenship under number 4, through citizens of another
Nturalization. country are
allowed to retain
or re-acquire their
Filipino
3. Statelessnes citizenship. It
applies to Dual
• -person is someone who is "not” considered as a national by Citizenship
any state under the operation of its law.

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RIGHTS AND OBLIGATION AS A CITIZEN OF THE
PHILIPPINES
We have mentioned that as a citizen, we have our rights and duties. Rights and Duties are
inseparable from each other, yet it goes side by side. Your rights are the privileges you can enjoy as a
citizen while duties are your job to do something about or think about which affects your life and
other people’s lives.

Below, you will find more rights and responsibilities that all citizens should be exercised and
respected.
ROLE/RESPONSIBILITIES
RIGHTS
• Support and defend the constitution
• Freedom of Speech, of the Press &
Assembly . (Pertains to freedom of expression • Obey the traffic laws

to ensure that voices of people are heard & • Stay informed of the issues affecting your
their views are considered) community

• Right to Form Unions, Associations, or • Respect the rights and beliefs

Societies. (Only for purpose not contrary to
• Pay taxes honestly
law)
• Defend and fight for the country if the
• Right to Privacy. (Comes with the right to need should arise
access to all government documents)
• To be loyal to the Republic
• Right to express yourself
• Contribute to the development and welfare
• Right to a prompt, fair trial of the country and countrymen.

• Right to vote and to be voted • Honor the Philippine Flag

• Right to a free education • Campaigning against Graft and Corruption

• Freedom from discrimination • Maintaining Sanitation and Cleanliness of

surroundings
• Right to receive a minimum wage

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Good Citizenship
How is it to be a Good Citizen? Obeying the laws? Paying taxes? Let’s talk about it.

A Good citizen is a person who properly fulfills his or her role as a citizen. Everyone of us has
a duty, unfortunately not everyone of us is fulfilling that duty.

Our heroes taught us to love and take care our country, inspired us to fight to protect our
country and wants us to be devoted to the country. Yet, in our present time, why it seems
nothing have changed? The problem is, we only blame our corrupt government and our elected
leaders for their mess. We demand good governance, but we have not demanded from ourselves
to change in ourselves.

Figure 2 Images shows the good citizenship acts and not

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• The 1987 Philippine Constitution gives us a very clear vision of the

kind of people we should be and how we can live the values as a
good citizen.

• Let us translate the good citizenship values derived from the

Preamble of the Constitution into concrete action in order to build
our nation-

• Faith in God, Unity, Patriotism, Work, Respect for Life, Respect for
law and Government, Truth, Justice, Freedom, Love, Equality, Peace,
Promotion of the Common Good, Concern for the Family and Future
Generations, Concern for the Environment and Order.

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THE GOOD CITIZENSHIP VALUES

• Remember the famous remarks of Dr.
Joze Rizal,
(based on the 1987 Philippine
Constitution)
• “Ang kabataan ang pag asa ng
bayan”.
• PAGKAMAKA- DIYOS
• Our national hero believes that
• Faith in the Almighty
youths are the present and the future • Respect for Life
of the nation’ the key to a progressive • Concern for the Family and Future
and and strong nation.  Generations

• We can make it a better world, if we

live by the values. We should base our
• PAGKA MAKA-TAO
• Love
actions through these values. Be
• Freedom
Maka Diyos, Maka tao, Maka-
• Peace
kalikasanan at maka-bansa. No matter • Truth
how small, will give us that sense of • Justice
nationhood. We just have to take a
look at the mess we are in and we will • MAKA-KALIKASAN
realize that it is in the absence of • Concern for the Environment
these values that has brought the
sinfulness, discord, greed and
• PAGKA-MAKABAYAN
selfishness, violence and murder,
• Unity
anarchy, intrigue, oppression, • Equality
exploitation, hatred, war, broken • Respect for Law and Government
homes, environmental degradation, • Patriotism
violation of human rights. • Promotion of Common Good

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CHARACTERISTICS OF A HUMAN PERSON

Eddie Babor (2007)
1. A human person is a rational being.

2. A human person is born free.

3. A human person is unique.

4. Every person is intrinsically a social being and

cannot detach himself/herself from other creatures in
the universe. Human nature is characterized by
relationships with other creatures-objects or
his/her fellowmen.
5. All living things are sexual in nature, but the
uniqueness of expression of a person’s sexuality makes
him/her different. The expression of a person’s
emotions, attitudes, feelings, actions, and thoughts in
sexual activity best exemplifies his/her uniqueness from
animals.

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SELF-AWARENESS
• an awareness of one’s own personality or
individuality.
• The term “self” often refers to yourself, myself,
himself/herself, oneself, and your own self. this
term refers to a person in a prime condition, as
entire person or individual.
• Awareness is defined as having or showing
realization, participation in, commitment to,
realization, and knowledge of the development of
one’s value.

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YOU as a FILIPINO
YOU as YOU
• “Nosce te ipsum” is latin for “know • NEGATIVISM vs POSITIVISM.
thyself.” • “lakas at tibay ng loob” (courage and
• Begin to know yourself, the essential strength) vs. “gulong ng palad” (wheel
formula for achievement is self- of fortune) and “bahala na” (come
analysis. what may) attitude.
• • Be your own best friend in • BEGIN by getting involve with your own
yourself, so that you can become the life. COOPERATE,
person you want to be. • initiating a change in yourself.
• • You are you and you are • Begin without expecting instant miracles.
what you think. You are unique in • You have got only one real friend and
your own way. Only you can control one worst enemy and that is
your destiny and make a difference yourself.
in your life. • BELIEVE in your abilities and work
unyieldingly to reach your objective.

YOU and your FAITH

• God as a father-figure who takes care of all “Bahala na

ang Diyos” signifying that Divine Providence is

responsible for our destinies.

• whenever problems confront us, we tend to turn against

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• According to Cornelius J. Van der Poel, a “value refers to the understanding of a certain
good for an individual or society which is considered worthy of realization.” Meaning, we
all believe that it is good for us and make us a better human being.
• Values is defined as the bases of judging what attitudes and behavior are correct and
desirable and what are not. It is important and lasting beliefs shared by members of a
culture about what is good or bad, desirable, or undesirable.
• To develop a value is to acquire it gradually, and by successive changes to move from the
original position to one providing more opportunity for effective use.
• Values development is the act, the process or result of developing values for human
dignity.
Values should be taught:
WHEN: Importance of Values
Values should be taught to all people of all ages with
differing agenda and changing emphasis depending on
their maturity. It should be taught now and always. • Values are extremely
WHERE: powerful. They guide
Values are best taught at home, in either positive or people and determine what
negative sense. They can be far more influential than
what is taught in school. behavior is acceptable and
WHO: what behavior is not.
Parents are the crucial examples and instructors of
values. They are considered as subcontractors serving • Values can make our
as supplement, support and backup of parents.
society safe and workable
WHAT:
Decide which values to teach. A teaching system
should be carefully selected • Values is the most
HOW: significant and effective
There are methods especially designed in teaching thing to attain happiness.
values to pre- schoolers, elementary pupils,
adolescents and people in the community

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Values have to do with being and with giving. It is who we are and
what we give rather than what we have that make up our truest inner
selves.

Values of Being is who are we. These are given as they are gained and practice on the
“outer” self as they are developed in the “inner” self.

• Honesty – one must be practiced with other individuals, with institutions, with society
and within oneself. The inner strength and confidence are bred by exacting truthfulness,
trustworthiness and integrity.

• Courage- means daring to attempt difficult things that are good. It is the strength not to
follow the crowd, to say no and mean it and influence others by it.

• Peaceableness- this means calmness, peacefulness and serenity. It is the tendency to

accommodate rather than argue. It is the ability to understand how others feel rather
than simply reacting to them.

• Self-reliance and Potential – these refer to a person’s individuality, awareness and

development of his/her gifts and uniqueness. One must take responsibility for one’s own
actions. The tendency to blame others for difficulties must be overcome. One must have
a commitment to personal excellence.

• Self Discipline and Moderation – these refer to physical, mental and financial self-
discipline. These involved moderation in speaking, in eating and in exercising . These
also include the controlling and bridling of one’s own appetites and understanding the
limits of boy and mind.

• Fidelity and Chastity – these refer to the value and security within marriage and of
restraints and limits before marriage. These involve the commitment that go with
marriage and responsibility that go with sex.

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The values of giving is what we give. These are gained and

developed as they are practiced.

• Loyalty and Dependability –refer to loyalty to family, employers, country, church, schools
and other organizations and institutions.

• Respect – respect for life, property, parents, elders, nature and the beliefs and rights of
others. It means self-respect and the avoidance for self- criticism.

• Love- means individual and personal caring that goes beneath and beyond loyalty and
respect.

• Unselfishness and Sensitivity – pertain to becoming personal caring that goes beneath and
centered. Refer to empathy, tolerance, brotherhood and sensitivity to the needs of people
and situations.
.

• Kindness and Friendships –

refer to awareness that
being kind and considered is
more admirable than being
tough or strong. The
tendency to understand
rather than confront and be
gentle particularly towards
those who are young, old
and weak.

• Justice and Mercy – refer to

obedience to law and
fairness in work and play

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• If we want to build a better nation, each of us, 10 Classic Filipino

young and old, rich or poor, Muslim, Values
Christian, we all have to demand of ourselves, • Hospitality
we should live these values at all times no
matter what. Ask ourselves if what the world • Respect and Care for Elderly
we want to live in and decide if we are going • Strong Family Ties
to be part of the solution, or part of the • Generosity and Helpfulness
problem.
• Utang na loob
• Compassion
• There is still hope for our country, if we will
• Damayan System
all be a good citizen day by day all the days of
our lives if we want to build a strong, peaceful • Religious
and progressive nation. Good citizenship is the • Loving and Caring
duty of every Filipino. Good citizenship is
• Conservatism
values-based and values-driven.

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Figure 3 the adventures bag crew members volunteering in a Beach clean-up drive in Cebu

VOLUNTEERISM
One of the ways to show your love for the country is to give your support and
service to your community through active volunteering.

• Volunteerism is a practice of contributing one’s time, talents and resources freely

for charitable, educational or other worthwhile activities, especially in one’s
community without tangible compensation.
• It is one powerful way for the youth to gain a strong sense of civic engagement
and bring about positive transformational change in their communities.

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Features of Voluntary Services

THEY ARE ACTIONS FOR THEY ARE ACTIONS THAT

OTHERS THAT ARE FREELY ARE NON-MONEY
GIVEN REWARDING

THEY ARE INITIATED BY

CARING HEARTS

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• What are the Benefits of Volunteerism

expected values in
Volunteerism? Volunteers are more likely to develop civic
skills, to attach more importance to serving
the public interest as a personal life goal
• A volunteer must be:
and to be more politically active.

• 1. COMMITMENT.
Volunteers are attached Here are some surprising benefits to
to, identified with and Volunteers:
involved in
community services.
• It can help volunteers make friends, connection
to others
• 2.
PROFESSIONALIS
M. Observed work • Learn new skills
ethics in performing
their responsibilities
with socially and • Development of skills
morally accepted
behavior.
• Volunteering can advance your career

• 3. CREATIVITY
Search constantly for • It brings fun and fulfilling life
new strategies and
methods of doing a
task for improved • Protect the volunteers from mental and
results. physical health. It makes you active, reduce
stress, depression and provide sense of
purpose.
• 4. UNITY. Supports
teamwork to achieve
the common goal.

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SUMMARY

• Nationalism is the identity of one’s country (culture, language, traditions

and history) that distinguish from other nations while Patriotism is a pride
of being a citizen of the country with a feeling of love, devotion, and
desire to help your countrymen.
• A key to a strong nation is nationalism and patriotism
• You can be a good citizen by practicing your rights and performing your
duties as a citizen of the Philippines. Every human being has a certain
rights to enjoy and it is every human being’s obligation to take care of,
respect and fulfill.
• Our Filipino citizenship is based on Jus sanguinis (by blood) and Jus Soli
(place of birth) and by naturalization
• A good citizen lives by Filipino values: Pagka Makatao, Maka-Diyos, Maka-
kalikasan at Maka-bansa.
• Values is important as it can make our society safe, workable and a key to
happiness.
• We acquire our values from our Family, School, Media, Peers, culture and
Religion and it can improve and change
• Good citizenship is the duty of every Filipino.
• Good governance is about the government’s decision making and
implementation which must always be for the sake of the country and its
people
• The Philippines is a republic and a democratic country wherein the
government is divided into three branches with equal power: Executive,
Legislative and Judicial
• Good governance sets the normative development standards. It fosters
participation, ensures the Transparency; demands accountability;
promotes efficiency; upholds the rule of law in economic, political and
administrative institutions and processes.
• Volunteerism is a practice of contributing one’s time, talents and
resources freely for charitable, educational or other worthwhile activities,
especially in one’s community without tangible compensation.