Ucsp LP A&b - January 3-6, 2022 & January 10-13, 2022

FOUNDATION PREPARATORY ACADEMY
Senior High School Department

Dr. V. Locsin Street, 6200 Dumaguete City
422-9167 (150/153)
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LESSON PLAN
Teacher: Genesis Gamaliel R. Montecino

Subject : UCSP
Sections : ABM 11/STEM 12.1
References : UCSP MODULE/UCSP (FOR SENIOR HIGH) BY C&E PUBLISHING
Topic : Aspects of Culture Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism
No. of Sessions: 1 week
Date: Week A and B, January 3-6, 2022/January 10-13, 2022
I. Objectives : Prepared by:

Genesis Gamaliel R. Montecino, LPT
Social Sciences Teacher
(0935) 444 3582
genesisgamaliel.montecino@foundationu.com
422-9167 (150/153)
At the end of the lesson the students will be able to:

a. Become aware of why and how cultural relativism mitigates ethnocentrism.
b. Identify forms of tangible and intangible heritage and the threats to these.
c. Value cultural heritage and express pride of place without being ethnocentric.
II. Explore
Detecting Ethnocentrism and Promoting Respect for Other Cultures
Teacher will present some pictures of food that is usually prepared in their community or
their region. The students will be asked to comment on the food on the picture.
III. Firm-up Prepared by:
(0935) 444 3582
422-9167 (150/153)
Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism
Ethnocentrism is the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one’s own culture. Part
of ethnocentrism is the belief that one’s own race, ethnic or cultural group is the most important or that some
or all aspects of its culture are superior to those of other groups. Some people will simply call it cultural
ignorance.
Ethnocentrism often leads to incorrect assumptions about others’ behavior based on your own norms,
values, and beliefs. In extreme cases, a group of individuals may see another culture as wrong or immoral
and because of this may try to convert, sometimes forcibly, the group to their own ways of living. War and
genocide could be the devastating result if a group is unwilling to change their ways of living or cultural
practices.
Prepared by:
(0935) 444 3582
422-9167 (150/153)
Ethnocentrism may not, in some circumstances, be avoidable. We often have involuntary reactions toward
another person or culture’s practices or beliefs but these reactions do not have to result in horrible events
such as genocide or war. In order to avoid conflict over culture practices and beliefs, we must all try to be
more culturally relative.
Cultural relativism is the principle of regarding and valuing the practices of a culture from the point of view
of that culture and to avoid making hasty judgments. Cultural relativism tries to counter ethnocentrism by
promoting the understanding of cultural practices that are unfamiliar to other cultures such as eating insects,
genocides or genital cutting. Take for example, the common practice of same-sex friends in India walking in
public while holding hands. This is a common behavior and a sign of connectedness between two people. In
England, by contrast, holding hands is largely limited to romantically involved couples, and often suggests a
sexual relationship. These are simply two different ways of understanding the meaning of holding hands.
Prepared by:
(0935) 444 3582
422-9167 (150/153)
Someone who does not take a relativistic view might be tempted to see their own understanding of this
behavior as superior and, perhaps, the foreign practice as being immoral.
Despite the fact that cultural relativism promotes the appreciation for cultural differences, it can also be
problematic. At its most extreme, cultural relativism leaves no room for criticism of other cultures, even if
certain cultural practices are horrific or harmful. Many practices have drawn criticism over the years. In
Madagascar, for example, the famahidana funeral tradition includes bringing bodies out from tombs once
every seven years, wrapping them in cloth, and dancing with them. Some people view this practice
disrespectful to the body of the deceased person. Today, a debate rages about the ritual cutting of genitals
of girls in several Middle Eastern and African cultures. To a lesser extent, this same debate arises around
the circumcision of baby boys in Western hospitals. When considering harmful cultural traditions, it can be
patronizing to use cultural relativism as an excuse for avoiding debate. To assume that people from other
Prepared by:
(0935) 444 3582
422-9167 (150/153)
cultures are neither mature enough nor responsible enough to consider criticism from the outside is
demeaning.
The concept of cross-cultural relationship is the idea that people from different cultures can have
relationships that acknowledge, respect and begin to understand each other’s diverse lives. People with
different backgrounds can help each other see possibilities that they never thought were there because of
limitations, or cultural proscriptions, posed by their own traditions. Becoming aware of these new possibilities
will ultimately change the people who are exposed to the new ideas. This cross-cultural relationship provides
hope that new opportunities will be discovered, but at the same time it is threatening. The threat is that once
the relationship occurs, one can no longer claim that any single culture is the absolute truth.
IV. Deepen
Prepared by:
Activity: Lights Camera Action! Genesis Gamaliel R. Montecino, LPT
(0935) 444 3582
422-9167 (150/153)
The class will be grouped into two. The first group will be assigned to do a short skit on ethnocentrism
while the other will do a short skit on cultural relativism.
The students will answer the following questions:
1. Is it right to pass judgment on cultures not our own as inferior, threatening, or

disturbing?
2. Should we expect societies around the world to practice the same set of cultural
values and traits?
3. How is it possible to recognize the uniqueness of each society’s cultural traits and
not from the standpoint of one’s own society?
V. Transfer
Reflection Paper about cultural blending Prepared by:
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422-9167 (150/153)
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422-9167 (150/153)
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FOUNDATION PREPARATORY ACADEMY

Senior High School Department

Teacher: Genesis Gamaliel R. Montecino

I. Objectives : Prepared by:

At the end of the lesson the students will be able to:

Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism

1. Is it right to pass judgment on cultures not our own as inferior, threatening, or

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