A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN

SOCIAL SCIENCE

I. OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:

1. Define the Authoritarianism

2. Create collage what they have learned about martial law and former President
Marcos authoritarianism.
3. Recognize the characteristics of Authoritarian government.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

A. Topic: Authoritarianism
B. Instructional Materials: Laptop/LCD Projector, White Board, Marker
C. References: 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World

III. PROCEDURES

Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity

A. Preliminary Activities

1. Daily Routine

Everybody stand up and let us pray. (Everybody will stand up and pray)

2. Greetings

Good day class! Good day Ma’am!

Before we start, please pick up those pieces (Everybody will pick all the garbage/trash
of paper, candy wrappers and etc. around them)

You may now take your seats.

Thank you, Ma’am!
3. Checking of Attendance

Is there any absent from the class?

None Ma’am.
Very Good! I’m really glad that everyone is
present today. Keep it up!

B. Developmental Activities

1. Activity

a. Motivation

Class, what do you know about martial law

and Ferdinand Marcos? Ma’am President E. Marcos signed
Proclamation No. 1081 on September 21,
1972, placing under Martial Law.

Very Good!
Why are there people who post Facebook
statuses that are nostalgic about martial law?

Ma’am because they are afraid of martial law

history they don’t want that to happen again.
Very well said.

As a new generation of Filipinos, what can

we learn from this period in our history?
Ma’am as a new generation history is
important to understand the importance of
being truthful to others and also to understand
of what was happening before.

From your previous lesson in your previous

year or level you have already discussed
this.

Ferdinand Marcos, Martial Law and the

government system.
Yes Ma’am.

b. Main Activity

Since you already knew the government

system. We may now go deeper.

Class, are you familiar about

Authoritarianism?
Yes Ma’am.
Ok. That’s good.

Let’s have an activity. I will divide you into 5

groups. I will give you 5 minutes to prepare
and 2 minutes to present your output.

Arrange the letters to form a word. You may

get a scratch paper.

1. SWAL DNA YCILOP (Everybody will get a scratch paper)

2. NOITISNART FO REWOP
3. LORTNOC FO EHT SSERP
4. LACITILOP SEITRAP

Time’s up! (Everybody will stop writing)

There are many different perspectives

regarding martial law. In the history books,
martial law is seen as a great evil under the
reign of former President Marcos, but there
are some Filipinos ho look at our martial law
past with fondness.

2. Analysis

Class, our lesson for today is about

Authoritarianism.

Can anyone define what is

Authoritarianism? Ma’am the enforcement or advocacy of strict
obedience to authority at the expense of
 personal freedom and it is the oldest and
most common form of government.

Very good!

It means that is a form of government

characterized by strong power and limited
political freedom.

So, here are the characteristics of

authoritarian government.

By looking and checking your scratch, we may

now enumerate the characteristics of
authoritarian government?

What is the number 1 characteristics?

Ma’am Laws and Policy.

Very Good!

All legislative and political choices are given

to one person (autocracy) or a small group
(oligarchy).

Leaders do not need consent from their

people.

Constitutional freedoms are not guaranteed.

Number 2 please
Transition of Power Ma’am.

Transition of Power means no free and open

elections.

Leaves room for military dictatorships via

Coup D’état or rebellion.

Coup D etat is the unlawful removal of a

government by its political adversaries, either
by violent or non-violent means, usually
resulting in a government that does the very
opposite the former was doing or, in some
cases, trying to keep the policies the former
sought to reverse.

Ok, Number 3.

Control of the Press

All forms of media are controlled by the
government.

Media referred to the Fourth Estate: a pillar

for society that projects its voice amidst a
chorus of government institution and public
demands.
And finally, the last one is?

Ma’am Political Parties

Have one political party that serves to

provide a veil of legitimacy to an illegitimate
government.

Differing political views and platforms are

restricted so not to undermine political
control.

So class, those are the characteristics of

authoritarian government.

3. Abstraction

Class, why do you think it is important for

us to know the authoritarianism and the Sir, it is important for us to know the
characteristics of authoritarian authoritarianism and the characteristics of
government? authoritarian government for us to be familiar
with them and to know their purpose.

Why it is significant for us to know the It is significant for us to know the

authoritarianism and the characteristics of authoritarianism to maintain contextual
authoritarian government? awareness.

Very well said.

All your answers are correct. Knowing the

authoritarianism and characteristics of
authoritarian is important for us to keep in
touch with your ecosystem. Break down
social barriers. Understand whom you
should, and should not, trust.

4. Application

Ok class, can I have here 4 students who

can point out 4 characteristics of (Answers may vary)
authoritarian government. Student A

1. Control of the Press

Very Good!

Next Student B

2. Political Party- it is a group of persons

organized to acquire and exercise political
power.

Very well said! And the last one.

Student C

3. Laws and Policy

Very Good!
 5. Generalization

You have now learned the authoritarianism

and characteristics of authoritarian
government.

Again, why is it important for us to know the

authoritarianism and characteristics of
authoritarian?
Ma’am, because without rule of law, there is
no freedom.

IV. EVALUATION
Please get 1 whole sheet of pad paper and identify the following statement.
1. Write a reflection paper on how you feel about the authoritarianism. Would you have made
the same decision like President Marcos? Do you sympathize with his decision or not? You
can add personal insights and examples to develop your paper. The rubric of the paper
should be as follows:

 50% Content
 20% Language
 20% Organization
 10% Mechanics

V. ASSIGNMENT

Create a short movie about authoritarianism. Include the following in the video:

 Interviews with people about martial law

 Insights of the group about authoritarianism.

Prepared by:

MARYJOY C. CARDEJON