Mystery Presidential Artifact, Philippines

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This Mystery Presidential Artifact Page is to model for my students how to organize their own "Mystery Presidential Artifact". Students will be posting their own Presidential "Things" in celebration of Presidents' Day. Students will provide: 3D file of their artifact Screen shot of their Tinkercad file/ the printed object A set of 3-5 clues for other students to guess the president & the significant event *Significance & Research w/ Citations Visual Evidence Additional links to find out more about this object, or this President Clues Read the Clues to Figure Out Which President this Mystery Artifact Represents Clues... This object represents a famous Philippine president. The hand symbol represents a political coalition popularized during the 1980s This president was the "first" at something. Can you tell... Which Philippine president is represented here? What political movement was the Philippine president part of? How does the hand symbol represent this movement? Why was this important to Philippine history? Significance & Research The Object: *Symbolic: Philippine Map with "Laban" hand sign. Details about the Object: The hand is making an "L" hand symbol. President Corazon Aquino often used this hand sign to represent "Laban", a tagalog word for "fight". This was often used during the EDSA Revolution of 1986, the "People's Revolution", which can also be said in Tagalog as "Lakas ng Bayan", abbreviated as "Laban" (Laban, January 2016). President: Corazon Aquino served 1986-1992 Contribution: (Who, What, Where, When, Why): Chief Executive/ Chief Legislator Proclaimed a Provisional Constitution to return power to a republic form of government. President Corazon Aquino was elected president, replacing dicator president Ferdinanad Marcos who had ruled for twenty years and had instituted martial law from 1972- 1981. President Aquino ended the constitution under President Marcos which had eliminated the Congress, she instituted a Provisional Constitution until a new Congress could be elected to create a new Constitution with proper checks and balances. Impact on the Philippines: "I choose this object because it represents this very important act by the President" As one of her first acts as President, Aquino brought the power of the government back to the people, via an elected legislature. This ended the dictatorial rule set in place by President Ferdinand Ramos. Sources Cited: Corazon Aquino. (2017). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Corazon-Aquino/8135 Ferdinand Marcos. (2017). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Ferdinand-Marcos/50814 Laban. (January 2016). Retrieved February 15, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laban_sign Mydans, S. (2009, July 31). Corazon Aquino, Ex-Leader of Philippines is dead. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com Visual Evidence http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/08/01/world/0801-AQUINO_index.html?_r=0 Noynoy Aquino Inaugurated As 15th President Of The Philippines. [Photographer]. Retrieved from Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. http://quest.eb.com/search/115_2224272/1/115_2224272/cite The "Laban" sign was also used when Corazon Aquino's son ran for president in 2010. TARLAC, LUZON, PHILIPPINES - JUNE 30: A little girl flashes the 'Laban' (fight) sign, symbol of people power during the inauguration of Noynoy Aquino as the fifteenth President of the Philippines at Quirino Grandstand on June 30, 2010, Manila. Aquino won the 2010 Presidential Election and was proclaimed winner and President-elect on June 9, succeeding President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.(Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)