Understanding of culture, society, and politics.

First Semester Quarter 1

Module 1: Starting points for the understanding of culture, society, and politics

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situation that the nation is facing due to the recent pandemic. We are one with the vision of the
Department of Education that learning should continue by exerting all the efforts to do so. In
doing so, the MFMC Administration and Faculty work out in an all- encompassing study to
provide a Learning Module that would be a great tool in understanding and execution of the
curriculum context in its entirety, to the teachers, parents and students.

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Module Collaborators Team:

Writers:

Edlord O. Malabanan

Rolly B. Pujanes

Joshua P. Bejosano

Reviewers:

Liwayway B. Monreal

High School Principal

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

UNDERSTANDING OF
CULTURE, SOCIETY, AND
POLITICS

FIRST SEMESTER
MODULE 1

Starting points for the understanding of

culture, society, and politics
Content Standard: The learner will be able to understand the human cultural variation, social
differences, social change, and political identities. The significance of studying culture, society,
and politics and the rationale for studying anthropology, political science, and sociology

Performance Standard: The learner will be able to

1. Acknowledge human cultural variation, social differences, social change, and political
identities.
2. Adopt an open and critical attitude toward different social, political, and cultural
phenomena through observation and reflection,
3. appreciates the value of disciplines of Anthropology, Sociology, and Political Science as
social sciences

Most Essential Learning Competencies

The learners should be able to:

1. Articulate observations on human cultural variation, social differences, social change, and
political identities
2. Recognize the common concerns or intersections of anthropology, sociology, and political
science with respect to the phenomenon of change
3. Identify the subjects of inquiry and goals of Anthropology, Political Science, and Sociology

Specific Learning Outcomes

At the end of this lesson, you are able to:

1. Identify the human cultural variation, social differences, social change, and political
identities.
2. Difference between social, political and cultural change.
3. Understand the subjects of inquiry and goals of Anthropology, Political Science, and
Sociology.
*PRETEST (pretest sir)
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Starting points for the understanding of culture, society, and politics

LETS STUDY!!!

1. Manifestations of Human variations through cultural diversity, social differences

and political identities.

 Cultural diversity: Culture refers to “that complex whole which encompasses beliefs,
practices, values, attitudes, laws, norms, artifacts, symbols, knowledge, and everything that a
person learns and share as a member of society.

2. Social differences/ stratification

 Which describes the relative social position of persons in a given social group, category,
geographical region or another social unit.

4 major types of social stratification:

a. caste- hereditary endogamous social group in which a persons rank and hiss/ her rights and
obligations are ascribed or on her birth into a particular group.

b. Class- a person’s position is based upon achievement.

c. estate- gives emphasis to birth as well as wealth and possessions.

d. Slavery- had economic basis wherein the master shows power over a slave

Let’s Explore
Activity 1 and Activity 2 (sir ditto po magkasunod activities)
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Starting points for the understanding of culture, society, and politics

LETS STUDY!!!
Continuation…

Political identities
Government- is the system by which a state or community is controlled so as to put an order.

Different types of government around the world:

1. Parliamentary republics
2. Presidential republics- Executive presidency linked to a parliament
3. Semi- presidential republics
4. Full- Presidential republics
5. Parliamentary constitutional monarchies
6. Constitutional monarchies
7. Absolute monarchies
8. Republics- dominant role of a single party is codified in the constitution.
9. Constitutional provisions for government have been suspended.

II. Significance of studying culture, society and politics

 Social science is a very complex study

 It is divided many areas:

a. anthropology( culture)
b. Sociology (society)
c. Political science (political identities and government)

Let’s Practice (Activity 4)

 LESSON 1:

Starting points for the understanding of culture, society, and politics

LETS STUDY!!!

 Anthropology Is the “holistic science of man” a science of the totality of human

existence.

2 broad fields of anthropology:

a. physical anthropology/ biological- is mainly concerned about how humans

emerged and evolved through time.

b. cultural anthropology- is basically concerned with the differences of

cultures from time to time.

3 main branches of cultural anthropology:

a. archeology- studies past cultures through tangible or material remains.

b. anthropological linguistics- study of languages where experts explain the

differences of languages by culture and how it is constructed.

b. ethnology- study of recent or present cultures.

Sociology

Is the study of relationships among people. It is the study of society and the

behavior of people in the society.

2 major approaches to examine human society:

1. from a macrolevel perspective

2. microlevel perspective
Political science
* Deals with the systems of government and the analysis of political activity and political
behavior.

* Subfields of Political science:

a. comparative politics
b. international relation
c. political theory
d. public administration
e. constitutional laws
f. public policy

Reference: Understanding, Culture, Society and Politics. 2016. Myla M. Arcinas Ph. D. pp 1-13.

*ACTIVITY5 (sir ditto po yung last activity tapos evaluation, good for two
weeks na ito sir)