Philippine-Specific Resources
Political History of the Philippines – slides on this topic from Prof. Jo B. Bitonio
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Ser Ian’s Class – a Filipino educational Youtube channel (and Facebook page) focusing on history but with an (unfinished) playlist for PH politics and governance (in Filipino)
YouTube channel >
Facebook page >
See also: Ser Ian’s Class by Adrian Villaflor on YouTube >
Promoting informed voting during elections – video from InciteGov (in Filipino)
YouTube >
The Philippine Bill of Rights – an incredibly thorough explanation from RCJ4TV (in Filipino)
YouTube >
Philippine Constitution Article 2 – an explanation from Civil Service Review TV (in English)
YouTube >
Wika, Nasyonalismo at Panlipunang Katarungan – UP TALKS lecture by Dr. Gonzalo Campoamor
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The W’s of Philippine Politics – UP TALKS lecture by Prof. Amado Mendoza
TVUP >
Overview of Human Rights – from Amnesty International (in Filipino)
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Existing Civics Courses / Resource Hubs
Facing History – a US-based educational site that focuses on teaching (and facing) history in order to fight discrimination and bigotry.
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- It has both resources for students and teachers in a wide variety of topics and disciplines, for example:
iCivics – founded by US Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, provides resources for teaching and learning civics, including interactive simulation games: Website >
Civics Academy SA – a South African Youtube channel that promotes and teaches civics education
YouTube channel >
- Although many videos are specific to South Africa, some have broader topics and make minimal reference to South Africa:
Crashcourse – an educational Youtube channel started by author John Green, has a course on US Government and Politics (they also have courses on sociology and philosophy)
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Khanacademy – an educational nonprofit teaching a wide range of courses for (primarily US) students and teachers, and has courses on citizenship and high school civics
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Citizenship
What is citizenship – a video from KhAnubis
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The duties and responsibilities of (American) citizens – a video from Pursuit of History
YouTube >
Citizenship teaching guide – by Elkind+Sweet Communications from www.goodcharacter.com (note that this is copyrighted, and may not be used for commercial purposes)
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Democracy
Teaching guide on democracy by Facing History (see above):
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A Short Introduction on Democracy – a video from MinuteVideos
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Human Rights
Universal declaration of human rights – an infographic from Infogrades
Web page >
A series of lesson plans from Amnesty International on teaching human rights via writing and activities (each has a different focus as well as real-world example):
- https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol32/6951/2017/en/
- https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol32/6950/2017/en/
- https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol32/6948/2017/en/
- https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol32/6948/2017/en/
10 Best Human Rights Videos – an article by Amnesty International sharing videos on human rights (some specific, others broad): Web page >
What are the universal human rights? – animated video from TED-Ed
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Politics / Political Theory
What is politics? – a quick video overview of what politics are from Minute Government
YouTube >
Videos explaining individual political philosophers and their theories – a YouTube playlist from The School of Life
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How to understand power – video from TED-Ed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_Eutci7ack
Two videos that each compare and contrast the three theories of the Social Contract (Locke, Hobbes, and Rousseau) –
From Alex Y: YouTube >
From Kristoffer Barikmo: YouTube >
Do We Need Government? – an overview of the Social Contract in 8-bit animation style from Wisecrack
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