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Disciplines and Ideas in

Social Sciences
Quarter I Module 2:
Social Science Disciplines

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Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Science- Grade 11
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 2: Social Science Disciplines
First Edition, 2020

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Disciplines and Ideas in
the Social Sciences
Quarter I Module 2:
Social Science Disciplines
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences Alternative

Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Social Science Disciplines.

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by

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For the learner:

Welcome to the Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences Alternative

Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Social Science Disciplines.

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning resource while being an
active learner.
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This module has the following parts with their corresponding icons:
What I Need to This will give you an idea of the skills or
Know competencies you are expected to learn
in the module.

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the lesson to take. If you get all the
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develops retention of learned concepts.

Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in

the module.

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At the end of this module you will also find:

References This is a list of all sources used in The

developing this module.

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 What I Need To Know

Social Science is indeed an intricate study of human mystery and full of

wanders which can be a springboard of how human life evolved. Its importance made
us realize how closely it is related to us.
In your previous lesson, you are done with the nature and function of social
science as study of society and its relationship with natural sciences and humanities.
This module will help you to understand that Social science can be a vessel to
make interconnections with various subjects.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Identify Social Science Disciplines

2. Differentiate the nature and functions of Social Science disciplines with the
natural sciences and humanities

What I Know

Direction: Read and analyze the items carefully. Select the letter that best describes
the answer. Write you answer before the number of each item.

__________ 1. What discipline in Social Science is the study of man?

a. Anthropology b. Sociology c. Philosophy d. Psychology

__________ 2. It is the systematic study of the state and government.

a. Geography b. History c. Political Science d. Economics

__________ 3. Which discipline talks about the everyday living of human and social
aspects of life?

a. History b. Sociology c. Philosophy d. Economics

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__________ 4. It is discipline focuses on the study of human mind and how it affects
human behavior?

a. Anthropology b. Sociology c. Philosophy d. Psychology

__________ 5. This discipline focuses on the three aspect of language: language form,
language meaning, and language in context.

a. History b. Sociology c. Linguistics d. Economics

What’s New

For you to understand the lesson well, do the following activities.

Have fun and good luck!
Activity 1: Guess the PIC
Directions: Study the pictures below and tell what discipline they represents.
1.

Answer:
______________________________

2.

Answer:
______________________________

3.

Answer:
______________________________

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 4.

Answer:
______________________________

5.

Answer:
______________________________

6.

Answer:
______________________________

Answer:
______________________________
7.
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 What Is It

In your previous module, you learned the nature and functions of Social
Science as a study of Society. In this module, you will differentiate the nature and
functions of various Social Science disciplines.

1. Anthropology
From the two Greek words “anthropos” which means “man
or human being” and “logos” or “logia” which means “to study”.
Anthropology is the exploration and study of human diversity
around the world. It gathers and analyzes data on cross-cultural
and inter-societal differences in social institutions, cultural beliefs
and practices, and communication styles.
In simpler words, Anthropology pertains to the study of
humanity and its society. It presents a picture of humankind and
seeks to answers the differences of people and their similarities. It
has various branches such as Physical or Biological Anthropology,
Forensic Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Linguistics and
Archeology.
2. Economics
From the Greek word “oikonomia” meaning “household
management”. According to Fajardo, economics is the proper
allocation and efficient use of available resources for the
maximum satisfaction of human wants.
Economics is a study that focuses on how the society or
human being will allocate limited resources to satisfy their
unlimited wants and needs. It has two branches the
microeconomics and macroeconomics. Microeconomics refers to
the individual components such as household and firm. It focuses
more on specific elements of the economy. Macroeconomics refers
to the aggregate behavior in the economy such as employment,
national income and inflation. It talks about the totality of the
different elements of the economy.
3. Geography
From the two Greek words geo which means the “earth” and
graphe which means “to write” or “to draw”. The description and
explanation of the world’s landscapes and a scientific description

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 of inhabited landscapes and their description over the globe.
(Longmans, 1965). Geography basically describes the physical
features of the earth and how men make adjustments to its
environment. It has two branches: Physical Geography and
Human Geography
4. History
It is the systematic inquiry of man’s recorded past for the
purpose of establishing causal relationships, validating historical
facts, and the reconstruction of chronological events. History
talks about the situations and experiences of human in the past
and how it affected them in their present condition. It can be a
learning receptacle on how to deal with such situations that
happened before and can be an asset to reconstruct mistakes into
our present and future generation. There are methods of creating
history. They are as follows: positivism, narrative chronology,
biography-hagiography, dialectic-analysis, meta-narrative- total
history and negativism.
5. Linguistics
Is the scientific study of languages and focuses on the three
aspect of language: language form, language meaning, and
language in context
(https://www.slideshare.net/aybipolidario/emergence-of-the-
social-sciences)
There are various sub-areas of linguistics: Evolutionary
linguistics, historical linguistics, socio linguistics and many more.
6. Political Science
Is the systematic study of state and government. Political
science deals with the practice of political theories, activities and
behavior of man. It is how human is related with its government,
and it fellow men. It is composed of different methods such as
Historical method, Comparative method, scientific method,
inductive method, deductive method and many more.
7. Psychology
From the two Greek words psyche which means soul or mind
and logos which means to study, literally, means the study of the
soul or mind. Psychology is defined as the scientific study of
behavior and mental processes. (Santrock, 2000). Psychology
focuses more on the study of human mind and how it affects
human behavior. It is a deeper understanding of the self and its
reaction to the stimulus around him. It is a tool in understanding
and analyzing of the self. It includes many branches such as
general psychology, clinical psychology, abnormal psychology etc.
8. Sociology

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 Sociology is the scientific study of societies and human
social behavior. It talks about the everyday living of human and
social aspects of life. It is concentrated on social organization,
social psychology, social change, population, human ecology,
social theory and applied sociology. It is consists of four different
approaches: evolutionary approach, interactionist approach,
functionalist approach and conflict approach
As you go along learning the various Social Science Disciplines, there are career
opportunities awaits you as you desire to have an intensive study to this subjects.
Let’s see how you can distinguish the professions that awaits you in the near future
with Social Science.

What’s More

Since social science is composed of various disciplines, in this part you are
going to deepen your knowledge on the interconnectedness of these areas.
Sociology and Anthropology
Sociology pertains to the way of living of humans and their behavior.
Anthropology refers to the similarities and differences of humankind

Geography and History

Geography talks about the physical characteristics (landscapes, people, places
and environment) of the earth
History covers chronological events that happened within the earth
Geography is being used in the explanation of historical events.

Linguistics and Political Science

Linguistics is the further study of languages, its meaning, context and form
Political Science describes the relationship of the state and politics.

Economics and Geography

Economics is defined as the allocation of scarce resources to infinite human
needs and wants.
Geography holds the area where natural resources exists.

Psychology and Sociology

Psychologists studies on how human recognizes himself and its behaviors

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 Sociology studies the interactions of an individual human to another human
and its society.
Economics, sociology and anthropology
Sociologists study how the economic situation affects social life while
economists look into the economic activities in the sectors of society. Anthropologists,
in the other hand, observe the ways of different people in the conduct of economic
activities.
Sociology and Political Science
Sociologists analyze how politics play a role in shaping public opinion while
political scientists inquire about social conditions to formulate policies.

To further understand these, look and analyze the table below:

DISCIPLINES of SOCIAL FOCUS/ SUBJECT TO IMPLICATIONS

SCIENCES STUDY
1. Anthropology Human heritage and Social science includes the
culture studies of human
differences and similarities
in connection with their
cultural inheritance

2. Sociology Society and social life Social Science is a living

proof that human beings
have a great impact in the
society and how society
affects human nature

3. Psychology Human behavior Social Science as an eye-

opener to the mysteries
that happens on the
behavior and actions of
human

4. Political Science State and politics Social Science also deals

with how human are being
governed and affected by
political issues.

5. Economics Human wants and needs Social Science as a

solution in satisfying
human wants with the
inadequate natural
resources the world has to
offer

6. History Past events and human Social Science helps us in

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 progress studying our legacy in the
past that has an
important bearing our
lives

7. Geography Earth’s physical features Social Science establishes

e.g landscapes, people, links among culture,
location economies, landscapes
and environment across
the world.

8. Linguistic Language- meaning, form Social Science further

and context studies behind the
meaning of language,
taught us how is proper
negotiation and voicing
out our ideas.

Here are some enrichment activities for you to work on to master and strengthen the
basic concepts you have learned from this lesson.

Enrichment Activity: CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Direction: Fill in the crossword puzzle with the synonyms or meaning of the words
below.

Vertical
Man
Graphe
Employment
Group of people in a community

Horizontal
Logos
Geo
Psyche
Individual Component
Describes the physical features of the earth
Republic of the Philippines

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 What I have Learned

Fill in the box below regarding your key take-aways from the lesson.

“What I know” “What I have learned”

1.

2.

3.

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 What I can do

Great job! You have understood the lesson. At this point expand your horizon.

GO ONLINE!
Further readings:
https://www.slideshare.net/aybipolidario/emergence
-of-the-social-sciences

Questions to answer:
1. What were the disciplines of social
science in the presentation?
2. How important are the disciplines?

Reminders:
Nothing is more fascinating and important to study
than human existence

Assessment

Activity 2: Video Making

Select one from the discipline mention above that you want to represent. You will
choose a costume that represents your choice of discipline. Take a photo of yourself,
upload it in your social media accounts, then in the description box explain why you
choose that discipline. Use #DISSW2 #SocSciAroundtheWorld

Rubrics for evaluation

Relevance to the theme-15 points

Overall impact- 15 points
Creativity-10 points
Costume – 10 points
Total 50 points

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 Answer Key

What I Know What’s New What’s More

Vertical
1. 1.Political Science Man - Anthropos
2. 2.Geography Graphe - Write
3. 3. Linguistics Employment- Macroeconomics
4. 4. Economics Group of people in a community- Society
5. 5. Sociology
6. Anthropology Horizontal
7. History Logos - Study
Geo- Earth
Psyche- Soul
Individual Component -Microeconomics
Describes the physical features of the earth -
Geography
Republic of the Philippines - Government

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References
Printed Materials:
Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences Reader, Arthur S. Abulencia, Jefferson
Sadera, Ma. Lorella C. Arabit-Zapatos, Wensley M. Reyes, Nikolee Marie A. Serafico,
Haus of Serah Printing and Trading Corp.

Website:
http://stevenmesaros.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Intro-to-Social-Science.pdf
https://www.britannica.com/topic/humanities
https://www.slideshare.net/aybipolidario/emergence-of-the-social-sciences
https://www.canva.com/design/DAEDLo0AmBo/58k8K6bTVaUBQCqYE1jusA/edi

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