Unveiling Gerona’s Priceless Treasures: Level of Awareness of Senior High School Students on the History of their Community towards a Proposed Module

Abstract

This study aims to unveil the truth behind the untold past of the Municipality of Gerona. It targets to raise students’ awareness on the history of their own barangays, including their home town, Gerona. Specifically, it seeks to describe the priceless historical treasures of the municipality, in terms of origins of the barangay names, geographical structure, environmental structure, sources of living, local identity of the first settlers, and characteristics of the root ancestors. The paper also wishes to develop a contextualized and localized module that will help in raising students’ awareness on the history of their local community. This research is expected to contribute in the curriculum development as it presents a contextualized and localized Understanding Culture, Society and Politics (UCSP) module for the grade 11 senior high school students aligned with its curriculum guide. It is also anticipated to yield a contribution to possible educational activities that could be presented during local feasts, barangay and municipal fiestas. More importantly, this paper could also open an avenue for another curriculum development in the elementary level, for its content is also aligned with the learning competencies of the grade 3 Araling Panlipunan subject.