This document contains instructions for several tasks related to appreciating indigenous Filipino ethnic groups. It includes a list of items to locate in the library about a non-Tagalog proverb and indigenous group. It also includes matching ethnic groups to regions, a chart to fill out with information known and wanted about specific groups, and statements to agree or disagree with related to Filipino diversity after reading a short article. Finally, it provides sets of words, phrases and sentences to practice pronunciation.

1. WEEK 2
APPRECIATING
MYSELF

2. YOUR FINAL TASK
A Glorious Past
Locate the items found in the list
in the appropriate section/s of our
library. Provide the other needed
information. Complete the
statements that follow the grid.
Write your answers on a whole sheet
of paper.

3. I looked I I located the
for… discovered… information in
the…
a unique non-
Tagalog proverb
information about
the indigenous
group or region
where the
proverb is from
a news report or
feature article
about
the chosen group
or region

4. YOUR INITIAL TASKS
• Task 1. Identifying Our Fellow Filipinos
Brainstorm with a partner to
determine who our fellow Filipinos are
and where they reside in our country.
Match items in columns A, B, and C then
write your answers on a one-fourth
sheet of paper.

5. Ethnic Group and Province Region
A. Maranaws in Lanao A. Western
del Norte Visayas
B. Ilongots in Cagayan B. Cagayan Valley
C. Negritos in Capiz C. Autonomous
Region Of
Muslim Mindanao

6. Task 2. Knowing Further Our Fellow
Filipinos
• Complete the chart below.
Use a whole sheet of
paper.

7. WHAT I KNOW WHAT I WANT TO KNOW
What do you know about What else do you want to
the… know about them?
Maranaws?
Negritos?
Ilongots?

8. Task 3. Our Unique People
• Read quietly the short article below
to locate information that will help
you determine whether you will
agree or disagree to the following
statements.
• You are given three minutes to
identify the statements agree or
disagree to.

9. 1. The Filipinos
are uniquely
diversified.

10. 2. The Filipinos
are religious in
nature.

11. 3. The diversity of the
Filipinos in
culture, language, and
religion is a hindrance
to the country‘s unity
and progress

12. 4. The strength of the
Filipino culture lies in
the resiliency of its
people who overcame
the colonizers‘
oppressive rule.

13. 5. Acceptance of
differences in
culture, belief, and
language can only
start with awareness.

14. Task 4. Loud and Clear!
• Set A: Words
[I] [i]
bit unique
kinship east
basic appearance
archipelago camaraderie
Philippines fifteen

15. [s] [ʃ]
spirit Spanish
stock population
Sturdy Indonesian
scattered distinguishes
some kinship

16. Set B: Phrases
• 1. a little bit of all the
cultures
• 2. spirit of kinship
• 3. East meets West
• 4. Chinese and Spanish
• 5. people of the Philippines

17. Set C: Sentences
• 1. The Filipino character is actually a
little bit of all the cultures put
together
• 2. The bayanihan or spirit of kinship
and camaraderie that Filipinos are
famous for is said to be taken from
Malay forefathers.

18. • 3. Each regional group is
recognizable by distinct traits
and dialects – the sturdy and
frugal llocanos of the north, the
industrious Tagalogs of the
central plains, the carefree
Visayans from the central islands
and the colorful tribesmen and
religious Moslems of Mindanao.

19. 4. Some 80 percent of
the population is
Catholic, Spain's lasting
legacy

20. • 5. The history of American
rule and contact with
merchants and traders
culminated in a unique blend
of East and West, both in the
appearance and culture of the
people of the Filipinos.