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UNDERSTANDING
CULTURE, SOCIETY &
POLITICS
QUARTER 1

ACTIVITY SHEETS
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Understanding Culture, Society & Politics – Grade 12
Learning Activity Sheets
Quarter - 1

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 LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS
IN
UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY & POLITICS
Quarter 1 - Week 6
Grade 12
Name: ________________ Grade & Section: _________________
Learning Activity Sheet No. 6 Date Answered: _________________

QUARTER 1
WEEK 6
SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS

Performance Standard (PS): The learners demonstrate an understanding of the

analyze aspects of social organization.

MELC 6: Analyze the forms and functions of social organizations.

(UCSP11/12BMS-IIj-22)

Duration: 1 Week (4 hours)

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 “Let’s Kick It Off!”

Activity 1: PICTURE IDENTIFICATION: Identify the picture by completing the

missing letters in the box. Scrambled letters are provided as hint to this activity.
Write your answers in a yellow paper.

A. B.

SEPER ERLIONIG
C. D.

YAFLIM
DIAME

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 Are You Taking It?

Activity 2: CONNECTING THOUGHTS!

Briefly discuss your thoughts on the following questions.

1. What is the true essence of the existence of the organizations mentioned

above?
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2. How do you see the function/s of each organization?

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“Here’s How It Is!”

SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS/INSTITUTIONS
- are established sets of norms and subsystems that support each society’s survival.
Each sector carries out certain tasks and has different responsibilities that contribute
to the overall functioning and stability of a society. This helps to decrease chaos and
increase structure.
(https://www.slideshare.net/Kimjoonmyeon21/social-groups-and-social-organization)

PRIMARY INSTITUTIONS

 Family
 School
 Church/Religion
 Economy
 Government/Politics

OTHER INSTITUTIONS
 Mass Media
 Peer Group
 Health Sector
 Community/Neighborhood

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Family
-is the basic social institution in the society.

Important Roles/Functions of a Family

1. For biological reproduction;

2. The primary agent of socialization;
3. The institution for economic cooperation through division of labor &
4. To care for and nurture children to become responsible adults.

School
-is the social institution that has prevalent influence in shaping the minds of the
younger generation through education. Education refers to to the formal and informal
process of transmitting the knowledge, beliefs and skills from one generation to the
next.

Functions of Education

1. Transmitting culture;
2. Preparation for occupational roles;
3. Evaluating and selecting competent individuals &
4. Transmitting functional skills for functioning in society.

Church/Religion
-is the social institution entrusted with the task of teaching morality to individuals and
groups. Religion refers to a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature and purpose
of the universe. It gives individual believers an explanation of life, a guide for ethical
behavior, and an explanation for human problems that cannot be answered by
religion.

Functions of Church/Religion

1. Providing solutions for unexplained natural phenomena;

2. Supplying a means for controlling the natural world;
3. Religion tends to support the normative structure of the society;
4. Furnishing a psychological diversion from unwanted life situation;
5. Sustaining the existing class structure;
6. Religion serves as an instrument of socialization;
7. Religion may both promote and retard social change; &
8. Religion may both reduce and encourage conflict in groups.

Economy
-economic organization involves production, distribution and consumption of goods
and services.

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Functions of Economy

1. Provide methods for the production of goods and services;

2. Provide methods for the distribution of goods and services; &
3. Enable societies’ members to consume goods and services which are produced.
4.
Government/Politics
-individuals learn to obey laws and perform social functions in the community where
they belong with civic consciousness and commitment through the government.

Functions of Government/Politics

1. The institutionalization of norms (Laws);

2. The enforcement of laws;
3. The adjudication of conflict (Court);
4. Provide for the welfare of members of society; &
5. Protection of society from external threat.

Other Social Institutions

A. Mass Media
-this refers to media platforms made available to many people.

Functions of Mass Media

1. The effects of advertising on purchasing;

2. The effects of political campaigns on voting;
3. The effects of public service announcements;
4. The effects of propaganda on ideology; &
5. The effects of media ritual on social control.

B. Peer Group
-is a social group whose members have interests, social positions, and age in
common.

Functions of Peer Groups

1. Assist in the transition to adult responsibilities;

2. Encourage young individual to follow pursuits that society considers admirable;
3. Helps a person to develop relationships with others in the social system; &
4. It serves as a venue for teaching members gender roles.

C. Health Sector
-one of the factors that affect socialization is health. It affects the way a person
behaves and interacts with others. A healthy person has the confidence to join social
functions and civic activities while a person suffering from illness limits his/her
function to social activities.

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 D. Community/Neighborhood
-is a group of interacting people, living in some proximity. Community usually
refers to a social unit - larger than a household - that shares common values and has
social cohesion.

“Now Do It!”

Activity 3. Completely fill in the table. Give the gist/summary of your lesson
today. Write your answer on a yellow paper

PRIMARY FEATURES/FUNCTIONS OTHER FEATURES/FUNCTIONS

INSTITUTIONS INSTITUTIONS
A. .
B. B.
C. C.
D. D.
E.

“ACE IT!”

Activity 4. ESSAY. In not less than 300 words, write your overall impression of
social organizations of our country. You may support your answers with evidence..

Activity 5. REFLECTION. Write your key takeaways today and share your
thoughts about the lesson.
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Activity 6. Multiple Choice. Read the statement carefully in each item and write
the letter only on your answer sheet.

____ 1. Which does not belong to the group?

A. Family
B. School
C. Media
D. Religion
____ 2.Its main function is to produce, distribute and consume goods & services.
A. Education
B. Economy
C. Health Care
D. Government
____ 3. This contribute to the overall functioning and stability of a society.
A. Other Institutions
B. Primary Group
C. Social Organizations/Institutions
D. Community
____ 4. This organization institutionalizes societal norms.
A. Health Care
B. Community
C. Government
D. Peers
____ 5. Which is an important function of education?
A. Transmit culture
B. Ensures the economic activities of the country.
C. Reduces conflict in groups
D. The basic social unit of the society.

1ST QUARTER PORTFOLIO PROJECT

Choose your project from among the list below regarding the different functions of
social organizations or institutions. Properly label your project with the subject name,
your name, grade level and section. Do not forget to include the competency of your
project with the competency code and provide a reflection of your output. This will
be submitted next week. Be neat and be artistic. You can choose any used
material/recycled paper or any size of illustration board covered with acetate after
you make your output.

1. Scrap book
2. Poem/Siday (English, Filipino or any language you are comfortable with).
3. Collage
4. Poster
5. Dayorama.
6. Comics (make your own illustration and conversation).

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 RUBRICS FOR ESSAY (REFLECTION)

Language
Score Content Organization Development
Used
Clear sense of
order. Begins with Uses technical
Answer is
a topic or scientific
appropriate to Develops each
sentence. terminology
the point with may
Supporting appropriately
9 question. specific details.
points are and correctly.
Content is Answers question
presented in a No major
factually correct. completely.
logical grammatical or
progression. spelling errors.

Answer is
Appropriate to May lack a topic Accurate word
Each point
the sentence, but choice. No
supported with
question. points are more
some details and
7 Content may presented in a than 2 major
evidence. All
have one or logical errors and a few
important points
two factual progression. minor errors.
included.
errors.

Logic of argument
Content relates
is
peripherally to Ordinary word
Minimally Sparse details or
the choice; Some
perceivable evidence.
question; serious errors
Points presented Question only
4 contains (but they don’t
in a partially
significant impair
Seemingly random answered.
factual communication).
fashion, but all
errors.
support argument.

20
pts.

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 KEY TO ANSWER

ACTIVITY 6
ACTIVITY 1 MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Peers 1. C
2. Religion 2. B
3. Family 3. C
4. Media 4. C
5. A

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