REFLECTION EXERCISES FOR THE GOOD CITIZENSHIP
VALUES CLUSTERS
These reflection exercise have been designed to help you grow in awareness of the basic values
embodied in the Philippine Constitution and to “live and share” them in your daily life.
Instructions:
A. Look at the listing of the basic values in Column A in the next page. For each basic value, list one
or two words that you associate most closely with the value. For example, for the basic value of love,
you may
wish to write compassion, kindness. Use column B for your responses.
B. Having reflected on each of these values, and having stated them in terms you associate with each
one, reflect on which three of the 16 basic values you consider yourself as having and upholding
most consistently in your daily life. Put a check mark across these three values in the space provided
in
Column C. reflect on which three you least consider as being part of you. Put an X mark on these
three values on the space provided also in Column C.
C. Think of 5 negative features/situations/happenings/developments in Philippine society which you
are most unhappy about. For example, kidnappings. Place each of these in the space provided for in
Column D across the basic value which you consider as being most directly violated by these
features/happenings. In this example, kidnappings is a violation of the basic value of respect for life.
A B C D
Basic Value of Words I Associated Three Most Mine (√) Situation in the Philippine
Good Citizenship With The Basic Three Least Mine (x) Society which Manifest
Value Contradiction of this Basic Value
of Good Citizenship
Maka-Diyos
1 Faith in Almighty Prayer, Hope, √ Atheism, suicide, and
God and Acceptance depression
2 Respect for life Caring, living √ Suicide, murder, and rape
healthy, and
helping others
3 Order Obeying laws, √ Causing disorder, disregarding
cooperation, and authority, and arson
community
4 Work Act, duty, and √ Laziness, lateness, and not
responsibility doing anything
5 Concern for the Responsibility, √ Forgetting the family, abusing,
family and future loving, and and disregarding the safety of
generation providing help the family
Makatao
6 Love Family, √ Murder, rape, and stealing
Community, and
Each other
7 Freedom Speech, freely √ Silencing people,
move, and no
obstruction
8 Peace No crime, No evil, √ NPA terrorism, covid !9, and
and Simple life crimes
9 Truth No lies, honest, x Politicians, cheating on exams,
and accurate lying on social media
10 Justice Fairness, √ conviction without reason,
righteousness, blaming others, massacre
and uprightness
Makabayan
11 Unity Community, √ Argument, cheating, and
harmony, and fighting
peacefulness
12 Equality Impartial, √ Humiliation of others, treating
Fairness, and natives in a different way
equal rights
13 Respect for Law No crime, √ Kidnapping, murder, rape
and government obeying law,
appreciation of
the law
14 Patriotism Faithfull, √ Arson, Massacre, and
devotion, and terrorism
loyalty
15 Promotion of the Greater good, x Stealing,
common good common interest,
and good for all
Makaklikasan
16 Concern for the No loitering, √ Leaving trash everywhere,
environment recycling, and illegal logging, and Burning
minimizing plastic plastics
use
