Our Lady of Mercy School of Quezon City

COURSE SYLLABUS
1st Semester SY 2021-2022

GRADE 11 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course uses insights from Anthropology, Political Science, and Sociology to develop students’ awareness of cultural, social and political dynamics, and sensitivity to
cultural diversity; provide them with an understanding of how culture, human agency, society and politics work; and engage them in the examination of the
country’s current human development goals. At the end of the course, students should acquire ideas about human cultures, human agency, society and politics;
recognize cultural relativism and social inclusiveness to overcome prejudices; and develop social and cultural competence to guide their interactions with groups,
communities, networks, and institutions.

COURSE OUTCOMES:
After successful completion of this course, the students should be able to:
CO 1. Acknowledge human cultural variation, social differences, social change, and political identities
CO 2. Adopt an open and critical attitude toward different social, political, and cultural phenomena through observation and reflection
CO 3. Appreciates the value of disciplines of Anthropology, Sociology, and Political Science as social sciences

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
Class Participation and Assignments Quizzes/ Seatwork Reflection Papers Research in Learnings
Mid Term and Fina Examinations Performance Tasks Reports

GRADING SYSTEM:
The following percentage distribution shall be followed: The following are the periodical grade components for this course:
1st Periodical Term 50% ➢ Written Works 30%
2nd Periodical Term 50% ➢ Performance Tasks 50%
100% ➢ Periodical Examination 20%
100%

PREPARED BY: Mrs. Alpha Z. Cristobal APPROVED BY: Ms. Ma. Jamelia F. Villanueva

UNIT
Unit 1: Starting Points for
the Understanding of
Culture, Society, and
Politics
COURSE OUTLINE No. of Hours: 80
LEARNING OUTCOMES STANDARDS TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT TASKS
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
➢ Articulate observations CONTENT: ➢ Lecture/ Discussion ➢ Recitation
on human cultural The learners demonstrate an
variation, social understanding of:
differences, social 1. human cultural variation,
change, and political social differences, social
identities. change, and political
➢ Demonstrate curiosity identities ➢ Individual and Group ➢ Role Playing
and an openness to 2. the significance of Activity
explore the origins and studying culture, society,
dynamics of culture and politics
and society, and 3. the rationale for studying
political identities. anthropology, political
➢ Socratic Questioning ➢ Peer Critiquing
➢ Analyze social, science, and sociology Activity
political, and cultural
change PERFORMANCE:
➢ Recognize the The learners… ➢ Journal Writing ➢ Essay
common concerns or 1. acknowledge human
intersections of cultural variation,
anthropology, social differences,
sociology, and political social change, and
science with respect to political identities
the phenomenon of 2. adopt an open and
change. 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.
Unit 2: The Society in the ➢ Explain the CONTENT:
Individual development of one’s The learners demonstrate an
self and others as a understanding of:
product of socialization 1. How individuals learn
and enculturation culture and become
➢ Identify the context, competent members of
content, processes, and society
consequences of 2. How individuals should
enculturation and behave as part of a
socialization political community
➢ Identify the social goals
and the socially PERFORMANCE:
acceptable means of The learners:
achieving these goals 1. Identify norms and
➢ Advocate inclusive values to be observed in
citizenship interacting with others in
➢ Promote protection of society, and the
human dignity, rights, consequences of
and the common good ignoring these rules
2. Assess the rules of
social interaction to
maintain stability of
everyday life and the
role of innovation in
response to problems
and challenges
3. Recognize the value of
human rights and
promote the common
good
Unit 3: The Individual in ➢ Distinguish the group/s CONTENT:
Society one is affiliated with The learners demonstrate an
➢ Compare different understanding of:
forms of social 1. Cultural, social, and
organization according political institutions as
to their manifest and sets of norms and
latent functions patterns of behavior that
➢ Recognize the networks relate to major social
one is connected with interests.
➢ Advocate the objectives
➢ Think- pair- repair ➢ Group Recitation
(Pose an open-ended
question to your class
and ask students to come
up with their best
answer)
➢ Lecture/ discussion ➢ Report writing and
feedback
➢ Brainwriting
(Students are given time ➢ Oral presentations
to come up with their
own ideas individually
before posting them to ➢ Reflective journal
an online whiteboard)
➢ Quescussion
(Only questions are
allowed)
➢ Journal writing
➢ Empathy mapping ➢ Individual essay
(Write down what a
person says, thinks, does
and feels)
➢ Peer review ➢ Group report
(Students swap drafts of
their essays, proposals
or lab reports, and then
 of the group/s one is PERFORMANCE: come up with comments
affiliated with The learners: and questions for each
1. Analyze aspects of other)
social organization
2. Identify one’s role in
social groups and
institutions
Unit 4: Culture and ➢ Demonstrate curiosity CONTENT: ➢ Idea line up ➢ Peer quizzes
Society and an openness to The learners demonstrate an
explore the origins and understanding of:
dynamics of culture and 1. Cultural, social, and ➢ Lecture/ discussion ➢ Oral Report
society and political political institutions
identities as sets of norms and
➢ Discuss cultural patterns of behavior ➢ Mystery Quotation ➢ Peer critiquing
diversity and human that relate to major (Students figure out the
differences social interests point of view of the
➢ Describe society and 2. Social stratification person behind the ➢ Quiz
culture as a complex as the ranking of quotation – and justify it
whole individuals to the class)
➢ Analyze the interaction according to wealth,
between culture, power, and prestige ➢ Home groups
society, and biological 3. Social and political
development of human inequalities as
beings features of societies
and the global
community
PERFORMANCE:
The learners:
1. Analyze aspects of
social organization
2. Identify one’s role in
social groups and
institutions
3. Recognize other
forms of economic
transaction such as
sharing, gift
exchange, and
redistribution in
his/her own society