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2st Quarter Week 5

Social Welfare System

Rogelio DG. Burce

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HUMSS – Grade 11
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Quarter 2 – MODULE 5
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 11
Understanding
Culture, Society
and Politics
Quarter 2 – Week 5
Addressing Social Inequalities
(Social Welfare System)

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Content Standard:

How individuals learn culture and become competent members of society.

Performance Standard:

Identify norms and values to be observed in interacting with others in society, and the
consequences of ignoring those rules.

Most Essential Learning Competency:

Suggest ways to address social inequalities (local, national and global).

Learning Objectives:

After having gone through this module, the learners will be able to;

1. Define social welfare system.

2. Value social welfare system in dealing with global economic problem.
3. Apply the positive and avoid the negative sides of social welfare system.

To the Learners:

This module is devoted in examining the concept, characteristics and forms of

stratification systems using sociological perspectives to every individual. Likewise elaborate on
its significant role in one’s life in society.

Expectations:

In this module, the learners will be apprised on the concept, nature, importance and
consequences of social grouping as part his life in society. The understanding of social group is
of primary importance to the understanding of human behavior. People do not live alone; we
are all born into and spend our entire lives within group we socialize.

Parts of the Module:

Looking back to your lesson: This section will measure what

learnings and skills did you understand from the previous lesson.

Introduction of the Lesson: This part will give you an overview of

the lesson.

Activities: Form part of activities that you will perform individually/

or with partners.

Remember: This section summarizes the concepts and application of

the lessons.

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 Check your understanding: It will confirm how you learned from the
lessons.

Post-test: This will measure how much you have learned from the
complete module.

Reflection: This part includes new activities that will help you to
develop your knowledge, skills, and value what have you learned from
the module.

PRE-TEST
1. The country which first initiated the idea of social welfare program.
a. England c. Philippines
b. United States of America d. Africa
2. The political leader who made a major first step in creating organized social welfare
programs.
a. Queen Elizabeth c. US President Roosevelt
b. princess Diana d. Vladimir Putin
3. The century when there was an enactment for the benefit of the poor.
a. 17th c. 19th
b. 18th d. 16th
4. A kind of welfare program with a policy designed to provide a very large number of
unemployed workers with paying jobs.
a. New Development c. New Deal
b. New Depression d. New Delay
5. The political leader who provide welfare program solution after Great Depression.
a. Queen Elizabeth c. US President Roosevelt
b. princess Diana d. Vladimir Putin
6. The enactment of the Social Security Act and the domestic programs were also
known as _______.
a. The Great Survival c. The Great Surge
b. The Great Success d. The Great Society
7. The following are recipient of the early social welfare programs except _______.
a. retiree c.disabled
b. elderly d. children
8. It is a government program, funded by taxpayers, that provides financial aid
to individuals or groups which cannot support themselves
a. welfare c. care
b. wellness d. feeding
9. The following are arguments in favor for welfare program except ______.
a. social good c. high need among its people
b. helps children d. helping the undeserving
10. The following are arguments in against welfare program except ______.
a. too expensive c. fraud
b. dependence d. reduce crime

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 LOOKING BACK TO YOUR LESSON!

ACTIVITY: Arrange the Millennium Development Goals according to their proper

order.

Their Proper The Eight Millennium Development Goals

Arrangement

Promote gender equality and empower women.

Develop a global partnership for development.

Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases.

Achieve universal primary education.

Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.

Ensure environmental sustainability.

Reduce child mortality.

Improve maternal health.

INTRODUCTION OF THE LESSON

One of the most highly used programs in addressing inequality and poverty not
only locally but globally is through social welfare. It was considered as somehow
effective and practical way though there were also many setbacks and against its
implementation in different countries of the world. How it all started? And what are
the different views regarding its implementation?

I. Basic Definition

Welfare can be broadly defined as a government program, funded by taxpayers,

that provides financial aid to individuals or groups which cannot support themselves.
This means that it can be designed as a systematic set of programs that assist the
population in different stages of their lives but, that system comes from an effort and
intention to provide that social welfare situation on the first place. Overall, social

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welfare means an ongoing attempt to take care of particular needs identified in the
society.

II. Brief History

A major first step in creating organized social welfare programs was enactment
of the Elizabethan Poor Law of 1601 by the Parliament of England. It authorized
government provision for the poor residing in local parishes and established a system
of obligatory financing outside the church.
The principles and policies of English Poor Laws were carried by the settlers of
the American colonies in the early years; however, the impact of the Revolutionary
War (1778-1783), large scale immigration, rapid industrialization and widespread
urbanization increased the incidence of poverty and raised the costs of taxes required
for poor relief. To cut the costs of poor relief, new laws were enacted so no able-bodied
person between the ages of 18 and 50 would be given public assistance; and the
young, old and disabled residents unable to care for themselves were placed in public
or religious institutions. Very shortly, circumstances demanded more public attention
to preventing poverty and other social ills and finding ways to help those in needs to
become more independent and self-sufficient. Contributing to this was the
embarrassing reports published about the conditions of institutional care and a
number of significant developments such as a large influx of immigrants, rapid
industrial and urban growth, low wages, slum housing, diseases, and child labor.
These conditions developed greater public health efforts, a mental health
movement, the settlement house movement and other programs.
A final step in the evolution of modern social welfare history was determined by
the impact of the Great Depression, the New Deal, enactment of the Social Security
Act and the domestic programs known as the Great Society. The consequences of the
Great Depression motivated President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Congress to enact
the New Deal policies designed to provide a very large number of unemployed workers
with paying jobs. These initiatives were the impetus for creating the Civilian
Conservation Corps (C.C.C.), the National Youth Administration (N.Y.A.), the
Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) and Public Works Administration
(P.W.A.). Federal work relief programs were looked upon favorably by most Americans
because they made public assistance something earned rather than granted.

III. Main Classifications

There are many different social welfare programs and they are implemented
very differently depending on the country that we are looking at. There are
unemployment care programs, elderly-people programs, retirement programs;
assistance for disabled individuals, widow’s care, among a wide range of support
efforts most frequently developed as part of a government agenda to attend those
particular situations. This welfare assistance programs are designed by first
researching the population and then addressing the problems identified by the study
of its dynamics.

IV. Major Advantages and Disadvantages

Anna Spooner, BBA Finance gives us the profound arguments in favor and
against welfare programs at least in American context where it was widely applied and
popularized under democratic system just like UK and most of the countries in the
world today.
A. Arguments in Favor of Welfare
Those in favor of welfare point to the many benefits the programs provide for the poor
and their families.

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1. High Need Among its people
Advocates point to the many benefits of welfare programs. As of September
2016, over 67 million Americans received welfare assistance from the government,
and over 70 million Americans qualified for Medicaid. Clearly, there are a lot of people
in need, and welfare helps ensure that they can find help.
2. Helps Children
National Public Radio (NPR) reports that a long-term study showed that the very
first welfare program, the Mother's Pension Program, had positive effects on children.
The program seemed to help make it possible for beneficiaries to stick with education
longer and earn more as young adults, as well as increased their lifespan.
3. Reduce Crime
People in favor of welfare also point out that it can reduce crime rates by
helping people avoid being in desperation, where they feel the need to do desperate
things like steal, carjack, and more. As a result, welfare can also help protect the
middle and upper classes from being crime victims.
4. Social Good
Overall, proponents of welfare are interested in preventing starvation, disease,
and misery among the poorest segments of society. They believe the welfare system is
an expression of the very best social good.

B. Arguments Against Welfare

Not everyone is in favor of welfare. Reasons often given for being in opposition
to welfare include:
1. Too Much Taxation
The money for welfare comes from the people through taxation. Opponents of welfare
do not like for the government to take their tax money and give it to someone else.
Instead, some people who oppose welfare encourage concerned individuals to find
well-run charities and support them, rather than giving that responsibility to the
government.
2. Creation of Dependency
Opponents of welfare also feel that welfare programs create dependency and produce a
life situation where it's better to receive welfare than to work. It is possible for welfare
recipients find themselves in a "welfare trap" where if they work too much, they will
lose benefits that they cannot afford to replace.
3. Too Expensive to Maintain
Many critics are concerned that welfare is growing too quickly. They feel that the
growth of welfare programs will bankrupt the U.S. economy and that the programs
that exist aren't reducing the causes of poverty. In their view, this is made worse by
immigration issues, and the idea that illegal immigrants are taking advantage of
welfare that shouldn't.
4. Fraud
Critics of welfare are also very concerned about welfare fraud, noting that seven
welfare programs make the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) list of programs
with improper payments over $750 million per year. Welfare fraud taxes an already
stretched system even more.
5. Helping Those Who Don't Deserve It
Welfare opponents are also concerned about helping those who aren't truly needy,
including those who make poor choices and suffer from alcohol and drug addiction.
They feel that Americans who can work should do so and that only the truly poor and
disabled should receive assistance

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Activity 1: Graded Risk of Social Welfare Disadvantages for Filipinos
Direction: List at least top three social welfare system disadvantages for
Filipino’s and rank them according to their degrees of impact.

Social Welfare Disadvantages (start from Explanation

the list with highest possibility of abuses
for most Filipinos)
Example: It kills initiative Most Filipinos tend to become lazy and
dependent for government support.
Top 1:
Top 2:
Top 3:

Guide Question;
1. How you come up with your answer?
2. What is your most important realization in doing this activity?

Activity 2: Dagdag-Bawas

Direction: If there will be one program to cancel and to add in the present social
welfare system whether in our country or in other country, what would it be?
Kindly complete the sentence.
The welfare program that I will choose to cancel is ______ because ______________.
The welfare program that I will choose to add is ______ because _________________.

Activity 3: Social Welfare System Comparison

Direction: Search in the internet to look for the Social Welfare System which
being applied in the following countries.

Country Aspect Social Welfare System

Ex. Health Most especially the indigent Filipinos are covered by
Philippines Philhealth
1. Sweden
2. USA

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 REMEMBER: The Pros and Cons of Welfare Program

Arguments in Favor Arguments against

1. High Need Among its people 1. Too Much Taxation
2. Helps Children 2. Creation of Dependency
3. Reduce Crime 3. Too Expensive to Maintain
4. Social Good 4. Fraud
5. Helping Those Who Don't Deserve It

CHECKING YOUR UNDERSTANDING

Complete the table by providing some significant people, periods, places and
programs in the development of social welfare system.

Significant Ideas Answer

1. People (Leaders)
2. Place (Countries)
3. Period (Year)
4. Program (Services)

POST TEST
Direction: Choose the correct letter on the following situations which describe
the argument against and in favour on welfare system.

A. High Need Among its people D. Helping Those Who Don't Deserve It
B. Helps Children E. Creation of Dependency
C. Reduce Crime F. Too Expensive to Maintain
D. Social Good G. Fraud
C. Too Much Taxation H. Foster weakness

____ 1. Social Amelioration Program brings huge foreign debt for the Philippines.
____ 2. There are reports that some Filipinos become more reluctant in finding jobs
and become more reliant on government supply of goods and money.
____ 3. The incidence of violence is usually lessened when people in certain barangay
have received available government services.
____ 4. Feeding program is one of the most effective government program which deals
with malnourishment among the students in the public school.

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____ 5. Unfortunately there are some baranggay officials who was filed a cased for
misused of funds for social services.
____ 6. There are more group of people like senior citizen and the disabled who are
regularly benefitted with social services from the government.
____ 7. Welfare programs create more jobs, health insurance and scholarships for the
people.
____ 8. There are some complaints that even some rich are receiving services
which essentially intended for the poor.
____ 9. In some countries it was the businessmen who shoulder the huge amount of
social services given to the masses.
____10. Conservatives are attacking some welfare programs which somehow tolerating
or even promoting instead of limiting and avoiding some human weaknesses
such as teenage pregnancy, early marriage, and single-mother status.

REFLECTION

Congratulations! You have now better understanding on the social welfare

system. As student, do you think it is something very urgent and effective? Explain

Prepared by;
ROGELIO DG. BURCE
Teacher I
Bagong Barrio Senior High School

Sources:

1.https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/recollections/social-welfare-history/#:~:text=A
%20major%20first%20step%20in,obligatory%20financing%20outside%20the
%20church.
2. https://save.lovetoknow.com/welfare-pros-cons

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