A Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan in the Contemporary World (Social Science 114)

I. Objectives

At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:

1. appreciate the impact of globalization;
2. explain the relationship between local and global communities; and,
3. Differentiate the three perspectives of global cultural flows.

II. Subject Matter

A. Topic: The Dynamics of Global and Local Culture

B. Materials: Visual aids in PPT, Projector
C. References: Aldama (2018), The Contemporary World. Manila, Philippines: Rex
Bookstore. pp. 9

III. Procedures

A. Activity
a. Prayer
The student-teacher will ask someone from the class to lead a prayer.

b. Motivation
Introduce the game “Arrange the jumbled letters” game by giving a sample.
The class will be divided into three and after forming the words, the students
will share their ideas about it.

B. Analysis

Ask the students about their own ideas regarding the words that are formed.

C. Abstraction

Global flows of culture tend to move more easily around the globe than ever
before, especially through non-material digital forms. These are three perspectives on
global cultural flows: differentialism, hybridization, and convergence.

Cultural differentialism emphasizes the fact that cultures are essentially different
and are only superficially affected by global flows. The interaction of cultures is
deemed to contain the potential for “catastrophic change.” Samuel Huntington’s
theory on the clash of the civilizations proposed in 1996 best exemplifies this
approach. According to Huntington, after the Cold War, political economic
differences were overshadowed by new fault lines, which were primarily cultural in
nature.

The cultural hybridization approach emphasizes the integration of local and global
cultures (Cvetkovich and Kellner, 1997). Globalization is considered to be a creative
process which gives rise to hybrid entities that are not reducible to either the global or
the local resulting in unique outcomes in different geographic areas (Glulianotti and
Robertson, 2007). Another key concept is Arjun Appadurai’s “scapes” in 1996,where
global flows involve people, technology, finance, political images, and media and the
disjunctures between them, which lead to the creation of cultural hybrids.

The cultural convergence approach stresses homogeneity introduced by

globalization. Cultures are deemed to be radically altered by strong flows, while
cultural imperialism happens when one culture imposes itself on and tends to destroy
at least parts of another culture. One important critique of cultural imperialism
happens when one culture imposes itself on and tends to destroy at least parts of
another culture. One important critique of cultural imperialism is John Tomlinson’s
idea of “deterritorialization” of culture. Deterritorialization means that it is much
more difficult to be culture to a specific geographic point of origin.

D. Application

The students will be divided into three. Each group will portray a given topic.

E. Evaluation

The students will be asked what have they learned all throughout the discussion.

Prepared by:
Garcia, Frans Anacis
BSE-ELT II

Submitted to:
Sir Gemcer D. Selda