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Philippines

Philippines. By Ilyka. Schools.

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Philippines

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  1. Philippines By Ilyka

  2. Schools • Students in the Philippines learn Social Studies, Science, and Math. When Spain ruled Philippines,most Filipinos were not able to go to school. But when the Americans came, they built many schools. Today all Filipino children must start school when they are 5 years old. The school day lasts from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

  3. Celebrations and Festivals • Filipinos make lanterns for Christmas celebrations. Filipinos also celebrate the Chinese New Year. Filipinos celebrate both holidays with parties and lots of fireworks.

  4. Animals • Tarsier is related to a monkey. Tarsier have big eyes. Tarsier live in trees. There are two kinds of buffalo found in the Philippines. The large Philippine eagle is the country’s national symbol.

  5. Shelter/Home • They build their homes on tall, strong poles. This keeps the homes safe during floods caused by typhoons. Some of the Filipinos build their homes out of wood.

  6. Flags • The blue strip on the Philippines Flag stands for peace. The red one stand for bravery. The triangle stands for the equality of the country’s three main regions.

  7. Food • Filipinos eat Halo halo for dessert. This dish has dried fruit, custard, and crushed ice mixed together. Adobo is a favorite dish of Filipino people. A Christmas favorite food is Babingka with rice, coconut, egg, and milk baked in charcoal. Filipinos usually eat dishes made from rice, corn, sweet potatoes, or other vegetables. A salty fish or shrimp sauce, called patis, seasons many foods.

  8. Sports • Fighting Roosters is a popular spectator sport in the Philippines. Hundreds of people watch and place bets on two roosters fighting, usually to the death. Basketball is one of the most popular national sports in the Philippines. Filipino children play with toys including spinning tops, kites, slingshots, dolls and yo-yos. No one knows when the yo-yo, which means “come back” in Filipino, first appeared in the Philippines, but records from the 1500’s suggest that hunters used a kind of yo-yo to catch animals.

  9. Bibliography • http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Tagalog_Default_files/Philippine_Culture/halo_halo.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg • http://www.homeless-international.org/standard_1.aspx?id=1:32474&id=0:277&id=0:262 • http://www.philippines.hvu.nl/animals2.htm • http://www.bulacan.gov.ph/media/wallpaper.php?wallid=11 • http://www.phototour.minneapolis.mn.us/philippines/schools/6695 • http://prints.paphotos.com/pictures_682997/basketball-1936-berlin-olympics-first-round-philippines-v-mexico.html

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