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Understanding Culture,
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4 HRS Society and Politics
CULTURE
SOCIETY
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POLITICS
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Level : SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Subject Group : CORE SUBJECT
Subject : UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS
No. of Days
Content Standards Performance Standards Quarter 1 Quarter Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) Weeks
Taught
The learners demonstrate an understanding of: The learners
1. human cultural variation, social differences, 1. acknowledge humancultural variation, social
social change, and political identities differences, social change, and political identities
2. the significance of studying culture, society, and 2. adopt an open and critical attitude toward
Discuss the nature, goals and perspectives in/of anthropology,
politics different social, political, and cultural phenomena 4 1
sociology and political science*
3. the rationale for studying anthropology, political through observation and reflection
science, and sociology 3. appreciates the value of disciplines of
Anthropology, Sociology, and Political Science as
social sciences
1. culture and societyas anthropologicaland 1. appreciate the nature ofculture and society from
Analyze the concept, aspects and changes in/of culture and
sociologicalconcepts theperspectives of anthropologyand sociology 4 2
society*
2. perspectivesin/approaches to thestudy of culture 2. demonstrate a holisticunderstanding of culture
andsociety andsociety
Explain the importance of cultural relativism in attaining
(i.e.,comparative,historical,structuralfunctional,inte 3. values cultural heritage andexpress pride of 8 3&4
cultural understanding*
rpretive, critical) place withoutbeing ethnocentric
1. the human originsand the capacity forculture Analyze key features of interrelationships of
2. the role of culturein human adaptation biological, cultural and sociopolitical processes in Analyze the significance of cultural, social, political and
8 5&6
3. processes of cultural and sociopolitical human evolution that can still be used and economic symbols and practices*
evolution developed
1. how individuals learn culture and become 1. identify norms and values to be observed in
Explain the context, content, processes, and consequences of
competent members of society how individuals interacting with others in society, and the 4 7
socialization*
learn culture and become competent members of consequences of ignoring these rules
society 2. assess the rules of social interaction to maintain
2. how individuals should behave as part of a stability of everyday life and the role of innovation Analyze the forms and functions of social organizations* 4 8
political community in response to problems and challenges
No. of Days
Content Standards Performance Standards Quarter 2 Quarter Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) Weeks
Taught
1. cultural, social, and political institutions as sets of 1. analyze aspects of social organization Explain the forms and functions of state and non-state
4 9
norms and patterns of behavior that relate to 2. identify one’s role in social groups and institutions*
major social interests institutions Examine the functions and importance of education in the
8 10 & 11
2. social stratification as the ranking of individuals 3. recognize other forms of economic transaction society*
according to wealth, power, and prestige such as sharing, gift exchange, and redistribution in Examine the concept, characteristics and forms of
4 12
3. social and political inequalities as features of his/her own society stratification systems using sociological perspectives*
societies and the global community Explain government programs and initiatives in addressing
4 12
social inequalities e.g. local, national, global
the agents/institutions, processes, and outcomes of 1. evaluates factors causing social, political, and Suggest ways to address social inequalities (local, national and
4 14
cultural, political, and social change cultural change global)*
2. advocate how human societies should adapt to Examine human responses to emerging challenges in
8 15 & 16
such changes contemporary societies*
*These learning competencies were rephrased and deemed most essential in the achievement of content and performance standards.
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Name: Date:
Section: Score:
I What I need to know?

ACTIVITY Direction: Read the famous quotation from Heraclitus of Greece and express your thoughts
and opinions about it in two sentences.
“Change is the only permanent thing in this world.”
NOTES:
In our society today, we can see a lot of changes and development that affect our life.
Machines have made our work easier. Computers have allowed us to communicate with more
people faster. Genetic engineering has helped us produce disease resistant plants. Change
such as theses have resulted in the modernization of societies.
I What is new?
As an initial phase of understanding culture, it is better to determine how familiar we are with
PRETEST
the topic by simply answering the given questions.
Direction: Choose the best answer.
_____1. It refers to the totality of what man has learned as a member of society.
a. Sociology c. Culture
b. Anthropology d. Psychology
_____2. According to C. Wright Mills, applying the sociological imagination requires
a. Placing our lives in the context of the society in which we live

b. Understanding how personal troubles may become public issues
c. Recognizing that solutions to social problems must not only focus on individual
strategies
d. All answers are correct
_____3. How is sociology defined?
a. The study of how society has developed, how it is arranged and how it functions
b. The study of how the minds of individuals work
c. The study of human culture
d. The study of how speech has affected human development
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_____4. This theory says society is made up of opposing groups with different interests
a. Structural Functionalism c. Conflict Theory

b. Symbolic Interactionism
_____5. This theory says that society works towards cooperation and consensus.

_____6. Within social sciences, which discipline is concerned with government and governing?
a. Anthropology c. Sociology
b. Psychology d. Political Science
_____7. It is the scientific study of patterned, shared human behaviour.
_____8. The branch of knowledge which deals with the scientific study of man, his works, his
body, his behaviour and values, in time and space.
a. Science c. Psychology
b. Humanities d. Anthropology
_____9. It is the scientific study of the state and politics which deals with the nature, principles
and mechanics of rule, authority, power, and influence.
a. Political Science c. Law

b. Social Science d. Humanities
_____10. It is considered as the main relationship between sociology and anthropology.
a. Emergence of community c. Language use by the people

b. Culture shared by men d. Fossils of early human beings
ACTIVITY Direction: Analyze the image below and try to think what word is related to each image.
Explain their relationship of the word to the image.
SOCIETY POLITICS CULTURE PSYCHOLOGY HISTORY

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Broadly speaking, culture includes anything made by man. Language customs, values,
norms, mores, rules tools, technologies, products, organizations, and institutions – all these are
components of culture.
As defined by Edward B. Taylor, culture refers to that complex whole which includes
knowledge, beliefs, arts, morals, laws, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired
by man as a member of society.
Simply put, a society is a group of people interacting with each other while politics is the
activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or
conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power.
D What I know?
Culture, society, and politics fall under a discipline that makes them intertwine. In this part of the
lesson we will uncover their focus and concerned and try to connect it with what we knew
already.
Direction: Read the following description of the three discipline below and try to explain its
ACTIVITY
relationship with culture, society, and politics.
Anthropology
Let us begin with the etymology* of the concept. It is a compound of two Greek words,
“Anthropos” and “logos”, which can be translated as “human” and “reason”, respectively. A
short definition of anthropology may read thus: “Anthropology is the comparative study of
cultural and social life. Its most important method is participant observation, which consists in
lengthy fieldworks in particular social setting.”
Sociology
According to Joseph Fichter, sociology is the scientific study of patterned, shared human
behaviour. It analyzes human interaction which is essential in understanding man’s make-up. It
may focus its attention on all kinds of social interactions: social arts, social relationships, social
organization, social structures, and social processes (Palispis, 2009 p.3).
Political Science
It is a systemic study of a state and its government, with the relationships of men in the
community, with relations of men and groups to the state itself, and with the relations of a state
with other sovereign states and abroad (Palispis, 2009 p.14).
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Matching Type: Match Column A from column B. Identify the words related to the discipline in
the colum A and explain your answer in the box below.
Type A TYPE B
Political Science Culture
Anthropology Society
Sociology Politics
ACTIVITY Direction: Answer the question below and write your answer on the box provided.
1. Why do we need to understand the idea of culture, society, and politics?
NOTES:
The relationship between culture and society can be described in the following way.
Culture refers to the acquired, cognitive* and symbolic aspects of existence, whereas society
refers to the social organization of human life, patterns of interaction and power relaationships.
Sociology is a social science not a physical science: - Sociology belongs to the family of social
sciences, and not to the family of physical science. As a social science, it concentrates its
attention on man, his social behaviors, social activities, and social life.
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D What is in?
Lecture:
Sociologists analyze social phenomena at different levels and from different
perspectives. Sociologists today employ three primary theoretical perspectives: the symbolic
interactionist perspective, the functionalist perspective, and the conflict perspective. These
perspectives offer sociologists theoretical paradigms for explaining how society influences
people, and vice versa. Each perspective uniquely conceptualizes society, social forces, and
human behavior.
Sociological Perspective Level of Analysis Focus
1. Symbolic Micro Use of symbols; Face-to-

Interactionism face Interactions
(small social
patterns)
2. Functionalism Macro Relationship between the

(large patterns) parts of society; How
aspects of society are
functional (adaptive)
3. Conflict Theory Macro Competition for scarce

resources; How the elite
control the poor and
weak.
Symbolic Interaction
The founding father is Mead (1863-1931), an American philosopher. The theoretical
perspective supports that:
• People attach meaning to symbols, then they act according to the subject
interpretations
• Individual, social groups meaning to experience of life: we negotiate meaning
• Meanings can change or be modified through interaction and through time.
Structure Functionalism
Two words can give an idea of this approach: structure and function. The founding
fathers of this perspective are Comte, Spencer, and Durkheim.
This theoretical perspective says that society is stable, ordered system of interrelated part
of the structures. Each structure has a function that contributes to the continued stability or
equilibrium of the whole.
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• Structures are explained as social institutions like the family, the educational
system, politics, religion, mass media systems, and the economy
• Structures meet the need of society by performing different functions:
• What would be the functions of above-mentioned social institutions? (in terms of
manifest* vs. latent** functions, Robert Merton, b. 1910)
• Dysfunction: a disturbance to or undesirable consequence of some aspect of the
social system
• Harmony & stability
Manifest: the obvious intended functions of a social institution (or social system)
Latent: the less obvious, perhaps unintended functions of a social structure
Cultural Theory
The founding father is Karl Marx. The principles embodied in this theory are:
• A materialistic view of society (focused on labor practices and economic reality,
we play by the rules (roles and functions) of these social systems
• Unequal groups usually have conflicting values and agenda causing them to
compete against one another.
• This constant competition between groups forms the basis of the ever-changing
nature of society.
ACTIVITY
Direction: Give three institutions and apply the three theoretical perspectives of sociology.
Institution: ________________
Functionalist theory _____________________________________________________________________
Conflict theory _________________________________________________________________________
Symbolic Interactionism theory __________________________________________________________
Institution: ________________
Functionalist theory_____________________________________________________________________
Conflict theory _________________________________________________________________________
Symbolic Interactionism theory__________________________________________________________
Institution: ________________
Functionalist theory_____________________________________________________________________
Conflict theory_________________________________________________________________________
Symbolic Interactionism theory _________________________________________________________
Which theory do you think better explains how societies operate — structural functionalism or
conflict theory? Why?
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D What is it?
ACTIVITY Direction: Read the following extract from C. Wright Mills’ famous books The Sociological
Imagination:
The sociological imagination enables its possessor to understand the larger historical scene in
terms of its meaning for the inner life and the external career of a variety of individuals. It
enables [the sociologist] to take into account how individuals, in the welter of their daily
experience, often become falsely conscious of their social positions. Within that welter, the
framework of modern society is sought, and within that framework the psychologies of a
variety of men and women are formulated. By such means the personal uneasiness of
individuals is focused upon explicit troubles and the indifference of publics is transformed into
involvement with public issues.
The first fruit of this imagination – and the first lesson of the social science that embodies it – is
the idea that the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only
by locating himself within his period, that he can know his own chances in life only by becoming
aware of those of all individuals in his circumstances. In many ways it is a terrible lesson, in many
ways a magnificent one. We do not know the limits of a man’s capacities for supreme effort or
willing degradation, for agony or glee, for pleasurable brutality or the sweetness of reason. But
in our time, we have come to know that the limits of ‘human nature’ are frighteningly broad.
We have come to know that every individual life, from one generation to the next, in some
society; that he lives out a biography, and that he lives it out within some historical
sequence. By the fact of his living he contributes, however minutely, to the shaping of
this society and by its historical push and shove. The sociological imagination enables us to grasp
history and biography and the relations between the two within society. That is its task and its
promise...
(Mills, C. W. (1959) The Sociological Imagination, reprinted (2000), Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 11-12)
1. Discuss your understanding of the sociological imagination as described by C. Wright

Mills.
2. In what ways might our behaviour be shaped by structures within society? Give
examples.
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E What is more?
ACTIVITY Direction: Apply your sociological imagination to the following scenarios:
(i) Man cleaning his car on a Sunday morning.

(ii) Woman jogging in the park.
(iii) Person in a suit queuing for the bus to work.
Think about each of these situations. What else can you say about each of these
behaviours? Why do these people do what they do? What shapes their decisions? What are
the private and public issues at play here?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
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NOTES:
Sociological imagination is to place oneself outside of everyday routines and to be able
to view one's actions or life from third party perspective. It allows one to make more self-aware
decisions rather than be swayed by social norms or factors that may otherwise dictate actions.
E What I can do?

The sociological Imagination is the ability to see the connection between our personal
experience and the larger forces of history.
ACTIVITY Direction: Analyze the three sociological images, each of these photos depicted sociological
situations and try to give us insight as to how or why a person arrives at a certain station in life
base on your understanding of the lesson.
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What do you think?
What do you think?
What do you think?
NOTES:
If C. Wright Mills were around, he would say, "Not you. The world around you." Mills
believed things only worked when you saw "the vivid awareness of the relationship between
experience and the wider society." He encouraged people to stop focusing on themselves
alone and to look at the wider landscape of society.
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E What else can I do?

ACTIVITY Direction: Read the following question and write your answer on the space provided.
Why is the sociological imagination important today?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
How is sociological imagination used in everyday life?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
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A What I have learned?

ACTIVITY Direction: Think of one issue wherein we could all see the interplay of the disciplines of
anthropology, sociology, and political science. Elaborate your answer.
Issue: _____________________________________________________________________________________
Explanation:
___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
In three to four sentences, write in the box what learning/s you have gained as to how the
understanding of the interplay of anthropology, sociology, and political science will help in
addressing social problems/issues that we have in our society?
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A What I can achieve?

ACTIVITY Direction: Choose the best answer.
_____1. It refers to the totality of what man has learned as a member of society.
a. Sociology c. Culture
b. Anthropology d. Psychology
_____2. According to C. Wright Mills, applying the sociological imagination requires
a. Placing our lives in the context of the society in which we live

b. Understanding how personal troubles may become public issues
c. Recognizing that solutions to social problems must not only focus on individual
strategies
d. All answers are correct
_____3. How is sociology defined?
a. The study of how society has developed, how it is arranged and how it functions
b. The study of how the minds of individuals work
c. The study of human culture
d. The study of how speech has affected human development
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_____4. This theory says society is made up of opposing groups with different interests

_____5. This theory says that society works towards cooperation and consensus.

_____6. Within social sciences, which discipline is concerned with government and governing?
_____7. It is the scientific study of patterned, shared human behaviour.
_____8. The branch of knowledge which deals with the scientific study of man, his works, his
body, his behaviour and values, in time and space.
a. Science c. Psychology
b. Humanities d. Anthropology
_____9. It is the scientific study of the state and politics which deals with the nature, principles
and mechanics of rule, authority, power, and influence.
a. Political Science c. Law

b. Social Science d. Humanities
_____10. It is considered as the main relationship between sociology and anthropology.
a. Emergence of community c. Language use by the people

b. Culture shared by men d. Fossils of early human beings
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SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF BIÑAN CITY

BIÑAN CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL - SAN ANTONIO CAMPUS

Level : SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

I What I need to know?

“Change is the only permanent thing in this world.”

Direction: Choose the best answer.

_____2. According to C. Wright Mills, applying the sociological imagination requires

a. Placing our lives in the context of the society in which we live

_____3. How is sociology defined?

a. Structural Functionalism c. Conflict Theory

a. Structural Functionalism c. Conflict Theory

_____7. It is the scientific study of patterned, shared human behaviour.

a. Political Science c. Law

_____10. It is considered as the main relationship between sociology and anthropology.

a. Emergence of community c. Language use by the people

SOCIETY POLITICS CULTURE PSYCHOLOGY HISTORY

Political Science Culture

1. Why do we need to understand the idea of culture, society, and politics?

Sociological Perspective Level of Analysis Focus

1. Symbolic Micro Use of symbols; Face-to-

2. Functionalism Macro Relationship between the

3. Conflict Theory Macro Competition for scarce

1. Discuss your understanding of the sociological imagination as described by C. Wright

(i) Man cleaning his car on a Sunday morning.

E What I can do?

What do you think?

What do you think?

What do you think?

E What else can I do?

Why is the sociological imagination important today?

How is sociological imagination used in everyday life?

A What I have learned?

A What I can achieve?

_____2. According to C. Wright Mills, applying the sociological imagination requires

a. Placing our lives in the context of the society in which we live

_____3. How is sociology defined?

a. Structural Functionalism c. Conflict Theory

a. Structural Functionalism c. Conflict Theory

_____7. It is the scientific study of patterned, shared human behaviour.

a. Political Science c. Law

_____10. It is considered as the main relationship between sociology and anthropology.

a. Emergence of community c. Language use by the people

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