Republic of the Philippines

BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY- ROSARIO

Namunga, Rosario, Batangas
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION

Subject: PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Teacher: MS. ANGELIKA MAY S. MAGTIBAY

1 Session/Hour (December, 14, 2019)

PERIOD
Demonstration Teaching

Introduction: The Concepts of Politics and Governance

1.1 The meaning of politics
CONTENT
1.2 How politics can be studied
1.3 The meaning of governance

CONTENT The learners demonstrate an understanding of politics and

political science, governance, political ideologies, power,
STANDARDS states, nations, and globalization.

PERFORMANCE The learners shall be able to clearly identify a specific

STANDARDS political phenomenon and how it can be studied.

COMMITMENT to learn the history of politics and its

relevance to daily life.

SERVANT LEADERSHIP for relaying one’s knowledge

VALUE FOCUS
about politics to other people so that others can gain more
knowledge to understand and distinguish the meaning of
politics, how it can be studies and the meaning of
governance.

LEARNING Power point presentation, whiteboard, whiteboard

MATERIALS marker, audio visual presentations, music video

COMPETENCIES PROCEDURE
EXPLORE
The learners…
Today is the 2nd day of the semester.
1. articulate
definitions of politics
Start the day with a greeting “Maligayang Araw”.
2. differentiatethe
various views on To introduce the unit topic to the learners, an activity will
politics take place relating the concepts and terms to the
discussion.
3. explore the
connection between
the phenomenon
 Motivation

ACTIVITY
Conduct a pre-assessment on the student’s background
knowledge with the unit topic through a game – 4 Pics 1
Word.

4 Pics 1 Word: Four pictures will be shown to students at a

time. The students shall find the connection of the
pictures. A word that connects the pictures will be guessed
by the students.

Answer: NATION

Answer: POLITICS
(politics) and the
method of inquiry
(Political Science)

4. recognize the value

of politics

Answer: GOVERNMENT

FIRM-UP

GAME
Jumblee: There are jumbled words/ phrases that are
sounds like to every syllable of the concepts of Social
Sciences that will be flashed on screen and the players will
have to guess what WORD is it. Example: (hop, pee, nest) –
HAPPINESS; (seen, tee, writ, sir) – SINCERITY; (wore, tee,
trash) –TRUSTWORTHY.

1. tee, sigh, sauce – SOCIETY

2. signs, shall,so – SOCIAL SCIENCE
3. see, pal, lie – POLICY
4. where, path – POWER
5. mean, go, beer- GOVENMENT
6. call, poll, tee, light, ends, sigh – POLITICAL SCIENCE
7. poll, thick, lit – POLITICS

DEEPEN
Discussion

With the aid of powerpoint presentation, discuss the

meaning of POLITICS:
• Politics is the study of (who gets what, when and
how) as Harold Laswell states.
• Politics is the exercise of power, the science of
government, the making of collective decisions, the
allocation of scarce resources and the practice of
deception and manipulation.

Characteristics of politics
( Shieveley, 2013)
1. Politics always involves the making of collective
decisions for group of people.
2. Those decisions are made by some members of the
group, exercising power over other members of the
group.

ELEMENTS OF STATE:
 PEOPLE/ POPULATION
All individuals who, in principle, inhabit the territory in a
permanent way.
 TERRITORY
The geographical area that is owned and controlled by a
government or country exercise such state sovereignty.
 SOVEREIGNTY
The quality of having supreme, independent authority
over a territory.
 GOVERNMENT
The focus of the common purpose of the people occupying
a definite territory. It is the branch of the state and has the
role to administer the state.

After the discussion, ask the learners whether the topic

discussed is clear and if the students have no questions/
clarifications. If there is/are, explain briefly the topics and
cite more examples. If none, proceed to assessment.

TRANSFER

Quiz

To verify whether the learners has clearly understood the

topic discussed, conduct a 5 item assessment.

Ask the students to prepare a ¼ sheet of paper and answer

the following items:
 1. The focus of the common purpose of the people
occupying a definite territory. – GOVERNMENT
2. The geographical area that is owned and controlled by a
government or country exercise such state sovereignty. –
TERRITORY
3. All individuals who, in principle, inhabit the territory in
a permanent way. – PEOPLE/POPULATION
4. It is the branch of the state and has the role to
administer the state. – GOVERNMENT
5. The quality of having supreme, independent authority
over a territory. – SOVEREIGNTY

SONG ANALYSIS
A music video will be played. Students will analyze the
song by answering the question; “How is politics defined
in Philippine setting and what is your political view about
the music video?”

Kaleidoscope World – Francis Magalona (1995)

Musiko Records & BMG Records Pilipinas Inc.

THOUGHT TO PONDER

Have the students share their thoughts about the famous

quote from the movie Spiderman “With great power
comes great responsibility.” Let the students relate it to
the concepts of the discussion about politics.

Create a 400-word reflection about the song, answering

the question: “How can we relate POLITICS defined in the
Philippine setting basedon the song?

Criteria for Grading

Content - 60% (12 points)
ASSIGNMENT
Grammar - 20% (4 points)
Clarity - 20% (4 points)
TOTAL: 100% 20 points

Kaleidoscope World – Francis Magalona (1995)

Musiko Records & BMG Records Pilipinas Inc.

Prepared by: ANGELIKA MAY S. MAGTIBAY | December 14, 2019