Republic of the Philippines
Region I
Schools Division of Ilocos Norte
STA. ROSA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Sarrat, Ilocos Norte
Lesson Plan in Introduction To Philosophy of the Human Person
Grade 11
I. Objectives:
1. Understands the importance of having a holistic perspective in coping with 21st
century challenges.
2. Evaluates processes in doing philosophy towards self-understanding.
3. Upholds the importance of philosophy in obtaining holistic perspective in life.
II. Subject Matter:
Topic: Pursuing Wisdom and Facing The Challenges of the 21st Century
Reference: Introduction To Philosophy of the Human Person
Instructional Materials: Journals about Philosophical Reflection
Power Point Presentation
Video Clip about the Six Blind Men and the Elephant
III. Instructional Phases
ACTIVATE
Activity 1: Poetry Analysis Direction:
a. Execute the preparatory activities in classroom management.
b. As the learners prepare for the lecture proper, let the learners read /watch a video
clip about the poem Six Blind men and the Elephant by John Godfrey Saxe’s, a classic
Indian legend
c. After the learners were able to read the poem, form groups of 6 and discuss your
answers to the following questions:
c.1 Did anyone among the blind men give the correct answer? Why or why not?
c.2 In the context of
the elephant story, what do you think is a holistic perspective? What is a partial point
of view?
c. 3 What is the importance of the holistic perspective as pointed out by the poet
John Godfrey Saxe?
c.4 In the last stanza, John Godfrey Saxe related the legend to the religious wars
during his time. What do you think John Godfrey Saxe trying to say in the poem?
Activity 2: Brainstorming using the Picture Analysis
Directions:
a. Present pictures to the learners. Ask them to answer a definite question that
follows each of the given pictures.
b. Use Think-Pair-Share in analyzing the pictures presented.
c. Each pair will explain their own answers to the class.
d. Relate the think-pair-share with the next brainstorming activity:
d.1 What virtues do you value most? (Wisdom? Honesty? Open- mindedness?
Beauty?) Why?
d.2 List at least 5 positive and negative Filipino values you know. Discuss this in
class.
d.3 What is “holism”?
ACQUIRE
Activity 3 : Lecture – Discussion
a. Introduction: Doing Philosophy
b. Meaning of Philosophy
Activity 4: Oral Research Presentation
Direction: Answer the given questions.
1. Cite examples of how philosophy can be a principle of sufficient reason
and non- contradiction.
2. Share concepts about the importance of philosophy.
a. Politics b. Sports c. Law d. Daily Life
Lecture – Discussion
a. Recognize Human Activities that Emanated from Deliberate Reflection
b. The Branches of Philosophy
b.1 Metaphysics b.2 Ethics b.3 Epistemology b.4 Logic b.5 Aesthetics
Activity 5: Reflection Paper
Direction: Make a reflection paper about the following topics. Choose one only.
a. What values shall I Live in the World?
b. What constitutes a Human Person?
c. How much freedom should we have? Who should decide?
d. Women’s equal rights
e. Artificial Intelligence
3. APPLY, PRACTICE, FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Activity 6: Showing your Creativity Direction
Tracking and Analyzing your Purpose through Photo Essay
Direction: Draw a timeline by making a photo essay.
This exercise aims to examine the wackiest and worst times; in search of
the meaning behind your life.This can help you identify more skillfully the kinds of
activities, conditions, locations and people combinations where your purpose is
well served and where it is abused. Consider your childhood, formal education
experiences and others. During these times, you experienced very poor results and
very strong dissatisfaction. If you learn something new about your purpose, make
a note of it.
RUBRICS FOR ASSESSMENT
PHOTO ESSAY RUBRICS
Criteria POINTS
Cover Photo has name, date and title 15
Works cited page/ accurately cited 25
Facts per slide were written 15
Complete and grammatically correct sentences were used 20
Overall appearance (Organized in a logical order) (Text and images were clear) 25
TOTAL 100
4. SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT, CLOSURE AND REFLECTION
Exhibit Direction: Organize an exhibit of the photo essay outputs of the students. Invite
other students from different classes to see these. Let these students give written feedbacks
about this individual photo essays.
IV. Remarks : 85% of the class showed mastery of the lesson
Prepared by: Checked:
ELIZABETH O. MABUTI NORA V. GAÑO
SHS Teacher III Head Teacher III
LOIDA S. CORPUZ
School Principal I
