American’s InfluenceJanuary 10,2010

Ric Christian V. Mijares Leader

Members:

Febe CaniedoChristine Guay

Aileen Marie Esporas Cleo Monique Manano

GROUP9

AMERICAN’S INFLUENCE

As far as I know, Americans

colonized the Philippines for

almost 48 years. It's

because of this, many

influences of Americans were

absolutely Adopted by most of

us Filipino's during their time

until now.

Such examples of influences

they had influenced us are the

following:

Education

Entertainment

Mode of Dressing

Practices and Beliefs

Politics

During the American colonial period of the Philippines (1898-1943), the American government gave priority to education in the Philippines.Education became very important for the Filipinos. The spread of democracy and formation of good citizens, including the rights and responsibilities of the people, were the focus of American education in the country. Education allowed the americans to spread or share their culture,

EDUCATION

Particularly the English language, to the Filipinos. Every child from age 7 was required to register in schools located in their own town or province. The students were given free school materials. There were three levels of education during the American period. The "elementary" level consisted of four primary years and 3 intermediate years. The "secondary" or high school level consisted of four years; and the third was the "college" or tertiary level. Many elementary and secondary schools were opened in cities and provinces.

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Normal, vocational, agricultural, and business schools were also opened. There were also colleges during the American period. Some of these colleges are: Philippine normal school in 1901 (now A university)and other normal schools throughout the country such as Silliman university (1901),Negros oriental high school (1902),sty. Paul university dumaguete(1904), Cebu normal school (1915) also A university at present, Iloilo normal school in 1902 (now west visayas state university)

AND ZAMBOANGA NORMAL SCHOOL IN 1904 (NOW WESTERN MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY);National University (1901); University Of Manila (1914); Philippine Women University (1919); And Far Eastern University (1933). Examples Of Vocational Schools Are: The Philippine Nautical School, Philippine School Of Arts And Trades And The Central Luzon Agriculture School. The University Of The Philippines Was Also Founded In 1908

Entertainment•In terms of entertainment, they had also influenced us. For US were only here for a long time and for a lot of historians, their conquest of the Philippines was a fluke. History shows that the Philippines was ready to take over intramuros, the seat of power at that time when Spain sold the Philippines to the US via the treaty of Paris. Nevertheless, the influence is much greater after world war II when the americans basically made the country look like a mini-us. Today, the Philippines is very much “westernized” or Americanized.

FOR THE LONGEST TIME, PRODUCTS WOULD SELL BETTER IF IT WERECALLED “STATESIDE” AND “IMPORTED”. FILIPINOS LOVE A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT AMERICAN CULTURE SUCH AS FAST FOOD, SITCOMS AND MUSIC. FURTHERMORE, MOST FILIPINOS CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT OF ENGLISH MAKING IT VERY EASY TO COMMUNICATE EVEN FOR FOREIGNERS. ALMOST ANYTHING AMERICAN CAN BE A HIT IN THE COUNTRY. HOLLYWOOD MOVIES ARE FLOCKED, STAR BUCKS IS ALWAYS FILLED TO THE BRIM AND THE LATEST FASHION IS FOLLOWED OR REPLICATED. AMERICANS ALSO INFLUENCED US. JUST LIKE IN SPORTS, SUCH AS BASEBALL, GOLF AND FOOTBALL.

Mode of Dressing

Practices and Beliefs