Sta.

Ines Senior High School

Sta. Ines, Talisayan Misamis Oriental

Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences

4th Quarter Lesson Plan

I. Content Standard
The learners demonstrate an understanding the key concept and approaches in the social
sciences.

II. Performance Standard

The learners shall be able to interpret personal and social experiences using relevant
approaches in the social sciences and evaluate the strength and weaknesses of the approach.

III. Learning Competencies

The learners will be able to predict the social consequences of decision making based on
scarcity.

IV. Specific Objectives

At the end of this lesson, the learners shall:
a. Define rational choice theory and its assumptions;
b. Describes consumer behavior based on the assumptions of Rational Choice; and
c. Show appreciation on situations through the perspective of Rational Choice.

V. Subject Matter
Topic: Rational Choice Theory
Time allotment: 45 minutes
Resource: DISS Reader
Materials: Laptop, Flashdrive

VI. Procedure

TEACHERS ACTIVITY

1. Preliminaries
i. Prayer
ii. Checking of attendance
iii. Review (5 minutes) on Id, Ego, Super Ego.

2. 4A’s Lesson Proper

ACTIVITY
Activity 1. KWL Chart

Activity 2. Situationer. A student is inside a grocery store with a cash of P2000,

what are they going to buy? List down all the items you want to spend with the money inside
the grocery store.

ANALYSIS
The teacher asks the student
1. Why they chose to buy these products?
 2. How do they choose these products?

ABSTRACTION
The teacher asks,
1. What is a rational choice?
2. Why is it a theory?
3. Which behavior of a consumer relates to RC assumptions?

The teachers present the concept of Rational Choice and its assumption in the
PowerPoint presentation.

APPLICATION
Role Playing: (3-5 mins)
Students will be grouped by three. These groups will make a role play about how they
can make rational choices in life by applying the concepts learned in Rational Choice Theory.

The role play will be graded according to

 Content and Relevance to the topic 30
 Organization 30
 Props and originality 30
 Impact 10…
100 points
VII. Evaluation
Direction: Answer briefly. (5 points each)
1. What is Rational Choice Theory?
2. Discuss one RC assumption by providing an example.
3. What is your view and/or critique about RC theory?
4. How you apply RC in day-to-day life as consumer?
VIII. Agreement
Assignment: Define institutionalism.

IX. Reflection
Reflect on your teaching and assess yourself as a teacher. Think about your students’ progress this week. What
works? What else needs to be done to help the students learn? Identify what help your instructional supervisors
can provide for you so when you meet them, you can ask them relevant questions.
A. No. of learners who eared 80% on the formative
assessment
B. No of learners who require activities for remediation
C. Did the remedial lessons work? No of learners who have
caught up with the lesson.
D. No. of learners who continue to require remediation
E. Which of my teaching strategies worked well? Why did
this work?
F. What difficulties did I encounter which my principal or
supervisor can help me solve?
G. What innovation or localized materials did I use/discover
which I wish to share with other teachers?
Prepared by: Checked by:

GARY OMAR P. PACANA JEVMAR IAN L. ZULITA

T-III School Head