School Year: 2023 – 2024
To celebrate the strong-standing United Nations, The FEURR unveiled an educational and engaging History exhibit open to all Tamaraws.
Managed by the AP/HUMMS Department, selected students from grades 9 to 12 proudly displayed their creations featuring historical events, figures, artifacts, and prominent novels.
The exhibit was centered on the creativity of the Tamaraws as student educators. Given two weeks to spare, participants were tasked to choose a historical topic to research and then share with the eager audiences of the history exhibit. To make the learning more fun and engaging, the student lecturers also made their creative visual aids. During the exhibit day, the visiting students were taken back into the past as the created visuals fully captured the significant moments of the history.
How Lecturers Juana Maharlika Mendoza, Jarsham Bhill Tinosa, and Jazmine Zyrelle Corbito from Grade 9-Catmon brought the flare to the exhibition with one of the most well-known historical events of all time; they featured the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the critical events towards the end of the Second World War. With plenty of information in their visuals, they could make the audience recollect and interact with what had happened during one of the darkest periods in modern human history.
Moving on to another historical conflict that unfolded kilometers away, in the western side of the world, Van Carla Abas, Maxine Louise Rodriguez, Kelly Casandra Agot, and Aaron Lawrence Angeles thrilled the exhibition as they recounted the central event of the Cold War. With an intelligent and fun-filled lecture, the group brought the Space Race back to the surface and into the learners’ minds. Keeping the audience in high focus, everyone pays attention to every detail the lecturer says. They would even ask members of the audience questions, and the audience would cheer, answer, and react as a reply.
Traveling back in time, some groups also highlighted the historic turn of our country as they narrated the heroic tales of the Filipinos during our Revolutionary movement against the Spanish colonizers.
Women’s empowerment became the highlight in the Grade 12-HUMSS A’s exhibit. The lecturers became extra creative when they showcased a puppet show featuring female revolutionaries in Philippine history. Lecturers Anikah Adra, Noriko Bulatao, Raem Gola, and Russel Martin brought their puppets: Mr. Chuffles, Lottie, Rhyme, and Majiko.
With Anikah’s puppet, Chuffles stands out as a lion who speaks about history and is interested in learning with the students.
The audience watched as lecturer Russel narrated a scene from Theresa Magbanua’s life with puppeteers Dianne Cruz and Sofia Mora.
They dramatically depicted the historical account of how she heroically battled the Spaniards who broke into her home.
According to the lecturers, the section of 12-HUMSS A team worked on the exhibit as some contributed to researching the topic, and some showed art skills in making the mini-theater.
Another Filipina war heroine was honored by the grade-10 Luna as they shared the Life events of the first female leader of the revolutionary movement, Gabriela Silang. Silang was brought to Life by lecturers Rhonalyn Elefane, Riane Mateo, Ada Torres, Jherus Garcia, and Gleno Ramirez as he dressed up as the national heroine with her iconic turban and bolo. Another group highlight was their visual aid, especially the Gabriela Silang painting that proudly stands and oversees the crowd. Their exhibit was notable due to their energetic speeches and the dramatic lines Mr.Ramirez shouted, “Para sa Bayan!”.
In an interview, the group stated their intentions to focus on women’s power; they aim to recognize the heroines’ contribution to attaining Philippine independence. They wanted to remind the learners that our country has heroines, too, and it’s not just men who significantly contribute to our freedom.
We can’t talk about the Philippine Revolution without including one of our country’s most significant works of literature: the second novel of our national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal— The El Fili Busterismo. The story was brought to life through the act of 11-HUMSS B; lecturers Syhra Jane Soriano, Raya Tabanera, Czarene Jireh Rayala, Yshi Franchezca San Juan, and Ziyi Oco cosplayed as the characters and dramatically reenacted some scenes from the story. The group committedly portrayed each character, conveying the novel’s knowledge and feelings to the audience.
Outside the territory of war, the exhibit also offered a tour of the geographical sights all around the globe and continents.
Speaking of Continents, lecturers Trissy Valene Abuan, Mary Milena Sonico, and Thomas Jherven Braceros of 9-Arayat presented a well-known theory on how the surface of the Earth we are all familiar with came to its present form, the Continental Drift. The trio pumped the audience by teaching the learners their unique Continental and Drift dance moves. Their witty and funny remarks made this geographical topic a lot more interesting. At the same time, they demonstrated their visuals, showing the Pangea continent moving as you control handles from the back of the display.
Lecturers Saliena Marie Cruz, Ayla C. Angeles, and Jian Derick A. Calixto were joined in the exploration with their maps and globes at hand. The lecturers offered valuable knowledge about exploration and navigation using the latitude and longitude of our maps and globes.
The Lecturers of 12-ABM A took the audiences on a quick stroll across the world when they introduced the ten landmarks of the world and their histories.
From Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer and France’s Eiffel Tower, all the way to the Philippines’ very own Luneta Park and many more places, lecturers Jude Patrick Abellon, Denisse Salmorin, Chelsea Media Ponsal, Sophia Opina, and Alliahnie Xeine Landicho gave insights about these places are worthy to explore.
One iconic symbol of humanity’s early civilization proudly stands along with these world sites: the last remaining ancient world heritage site, the Pyramid of Giza. Queen Cleopatra and a mummy woke up from their slumber as Kirsty Carl Claro and Julia Sandra Go from 10-Aguinaldo to narrate the stories surrounding the pyramid.
Their lecture was centered on conspiracies like how the pyramid was “made by extraterrestrial organisms.”
The two offered a unique learning experience, with lecturer Kirsty very much into the character of Cleopatra, speaking with solid conviction and grace. Lecturer Julia added a humorous twist to the mummy with her expressions.
The two mentioned that they want to show appreciation for the knowledge and discoveries humanity achieved from exploring these pyramids, which still carry Egypt’s legacy.
From the wonders all around the globe, let us now go back to our country, in the province of Rizal. Presenters from grade 10 Lopez Jaena highlighted a dam with enchanting sights and stories fluttering around it, an Iconic scene and symbol of the municipality of Rodriquez, the Wawa Dam. Descending dressed as a Goddess and the Giant Hero Bernardo Carpio, Marithe Penaredondo and James Eleuterio took the audience on a magical journey to Wawa Dam.
The two narrated the historical accounts of the creation of the said dam along with the famous urban legends like that of Bernardo Carpio and the elemental spirits living on its premises.
In an interview, lecturer James mentioned how the iconic dam’s history clicked when they were searching for a spectacular highlight.
He emphasized how the dam would give them many materials to work on due to its richness in magical and historical tales.
The history exhibit challenged the lecturer’s creativity, patience, and determination to share knowledge. Through the history exhibit, we saw many lessons Araling Panlipunan has to offer, from learning about history, appreciating world wonders, and understanding how our Earth became as it is. We and the audience were taken on an instant adventure and learned something new to ponder.
