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Understanding Culture,
Society, and Politics
First Quarter

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

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UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY
AND POLITICS
WEEK 5
Name: ____________________________ Grade Level: __________
Section: ___________________________ Date: ________________

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SOCIALIZATION

BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR LEARNERS

Socialization is a lifelong process where individuals develop a

selfconcept and prepare for roles, which in turn shape personality. It is the
lifelong process by which people learn the ways of the society in which they
live.
More specifically, it is the process by which humans:
1. acquire a sense of self or a social identity,
2. develop their human capacities,
3. learn the culture(s) of the society in which they live, and
4. learn expectations for behavior.
Socialization is a learning process that begins shortly after birth. Human
infants are born without any culture. They must be transformed by their
parents, teachers, and others into cultural and socially adept animals.
Moreover, early childhood is considered as the period of the most intense and
the most crucial socialization. It is then that we acquire language and learn the
fundamentals of our culture. It is also when much of our personality takes
shape. However, we continue to be socialized throughout our lives. We also
have experiences that teach us lessons and potentially lead us to alter our
expectations, beliefs, and personality.
Socialization is not a one-way process such that people simply absorb
these lessons. It is also a process by which people negotiate, resist, ignore,
and even challenge those lessons.

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 Various groups or institutions play a significant role in the socialization
of an individual and in shaping that person’s personality. Foremost among
them is the family. But as the child grows older, he or she is influenced by
other socializing agencies like friends, school, church, and mass media. The
following are the Agents of Socialization:
1) The Family is the basic unit of society, the primary social
institutions or social group where one is born. It serves as the
main
link between the child and society and is the first, the closest and
most influential social group in the child’s life.

2) The Peer Group is the informal grouping of two or more

members, more or less of the same age, the neighborhood, or
school is called peer group, friends, clique, gang, or barkada.
This is the only agency of socialization not controlled primarily by
adults.

3) The Church provides spiritual guidance, norms of conduct, and

rules of behavior. It helps the government to become honest, fair
and democratic. The basic principles and tenets of the Christian
religion centering God and His love for people are taught to the
children.

4) The School is a formal agency for weaning children from home

and introducing them to society.

5) Mass Media informs, educates, and entertains. It affects the

audience’s behavior and attitudes, positively or negatively.

6) The Workplace is where the individual gets socialized to its

norms and values and finds his or her place in its hierarchy of
statuses. The person also joins professional associations,
unions, or other groups. Should they find the workplace dull and
unfair or unrewarding, the employee can always look for another
job.
Socialization is the process by which children become participating and
functioning members of society and fit into an organized way of life as mere
adults. Through socialization, the culture of the group is transmitted, the
individual develops into a socially functioning person, and the members of the
group are encouraged to conform to the norms of the group. Socialization is
realized when children become productive adult members. However,
socialization is not simply molding an individual according to a standard social
pattern, as he or she is afforded some leeway in his or her action.

LEARNING COM PETENCY

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 Explain the context, content, processes, and consequences of socialization.
(Quarter 1, Week 5)

LEARNING ACTIVITY 1 Check Your Knowledge

Read the questions carefully. Choose and encircle your answer from
the choices given below.

1. When does socialization begin?

a. at the time when an individual is conceived or within the first few weeks
following conception
b. at birth or shortly thereafter
c. on entering nursery school or kindergarten
d. when children reach puberty and are able to understand the reasons for
society's rules
2. Which of the following is TRUE of socialization?
a. Early childhood is the period of the most intense and the most crucial
socialization.
b. Socialization continues until we are adults and then usually stops because
we have learned our culture by that time.
c. All cultures use the same techniques to socialize their children.
d. Socialization plays no part in personality formation in individuals
3. The general process of acquiring culture is referred to as _____________ a.
Socialization
b. Acculturation
c. Enculturation
d. none of the above
4. Which of the following is normally learned during the socialization process?
a. the roles we are to play in life
b. the culture's norms
c. the language of the people around us
d. all of the above
5. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. Unlike other animals, human infants are born with a culture.
b. Human infants come into the world ready to learn a culture but are not born
with one.
c. Socialization is another word for acculturation.
d. b and c

LEARNING ACTIVITY 2 You Complete Me

If you are to list the agents of socialization according to importance
(begin with the most important to least important) in your life,
how would your list look like? Why you came with that listing, write
your reasons in column B.
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 Write your answer beginning with the most important to least
important.
Example:
Agents of Socialization Reasons
Family Without family, I cannot be who I am
now. They love me, take care of me,
and show me what life is. I’ve learned a
lot from them. They play a big role in
molding me the way I am.

Column A Column B

Agents of Socialization Reasons

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY
AND POLITICS
Name: ____________________________ Grade Level: __________
Section: ___________________________ Date: ________________
WEEK 6
LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

FORMS AND FUNCTIONS OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR LEARNERS

A group refers to the people who have the chance to interact with others and
think of themselves as belonging together. The group exists as long as individuals
are interested to be connected among themselves. Each society is made up of
smaller groups and associations that are built on social class, personal interest, or
community goals.

Groups are prevalent in our social lives and provide a significant way to
understand and define ourselves—both through groups we feel a connection to and
those we do not. Groups also play an important role in society. As enduring social
units, they help foster shared value systems and are key to the structure of society
as we know it. There are four primary sociological perspectives for studying groups:
functionalist, critical, feminist, and symbolic interactionist. We can look at the Occupy
movement through the lenses of these methods to better understand the roles and
challenges that groups offer.

The functionalist perspective is a big-picture, macro-level view that looks at

how different aspects of society are intertwined. This perspective is based on the
idea that society is a well-balanced system with all parts necessary to the whole. It
studies the functions these parts play in the reproduction of the whole. In the case of
the Occupy movement, a functionalist might look at what macro-level needs the
movement serves. Structural functionalism recognizes that there are tensions or
conflicts between different structural elements of the system. The huge inequalities
generated by the economic system might function positively as part of the incentive
needed for people to commit themselves to risky economic ventures, but they conflict
with the normative structure of the political decision-making system based on
equality and democratic principles. The Occupy movement forces both haves and
have-nots to pay attention to the imbalances between the economic and political

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systems. Occupy emerges as an expression of the disjunction between these two
systems and functions as a means of initiating a resolution of the issues.

• Primary group – this typically a small social group whose members

share close personal and enduring relationships. This also includes
intimate relationships that are usually long lasting. Ex: Family,
Childhood friends
• Secondary group – This has the opposite characteristics of a primary
group. It can be small or large and they are mostly impersonal and
usually short term. These groups are typically found at work and
school. Ex: School mates, coworkers
• Reference group – This is a group which we compare ourselves such
us those college freshmen serves as a standard against which
behaviors and attitude are measured. It is use to guide our behavior
and attitudes to identify social norms. Ex: Parents, siblings, teachers
Social organization (division of labor) is a major influence on social behavior and is
the link between human nature reacting to environmental conditions (natural,
demographic, economic, cultural), and overt social behaviour patterns; and
consciousness.
In studying any society, we can observe various social groups and institutions,
each with its specific functions. It does not matter whether the institutions are related
to business, religion, the legal system, or families. They all have functions. For
instance, the primary function of a legal system is likely to be the maintenance of the
social order in society. The functions of different institutions may overlap and are
likely to be interrelated in complex ways. Complicating our understanding of them is
the fact that any institution is likely to have multiple functions, some of which are
more obvious than others. In trying to discover and understand them, it is useful to
think of some of the functions as being manifest and others latent. Manifest
functions are those that are obvious and easily discovered even by strangers. In
contrast, latent functions are those that are less apparent and more difficult to
uncover. If you ask people what the functions of their institutions are, most will
describe the manifest ones. They may not have even thought of all of the latent
ones. However, to get a full understanding of a society and its culture, it is essential
to comprehend the latent functions as well. In order to discover them, it is often
necessary to observe their effects because people are often unaware of them.

LEARNING COMPETENCY

Analyze the forms and functions of social organization (Quarter 1 Week 6)

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 LEARNING ACTIVITY 1: SAME FEATHER!
Write the words in their appropriate categories. Use the graphic
organizers below for your answers.

Feminist Group Project group

Farmer’s association Prayer group
Student council One direction band
Facebook group Lobby group
Protest rally Hiker’s Club
Philatelist Bikers

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LEARNING ACTIVITY 2: GUESS ME!

Identify the social organization revealed in each picture/image
whether Economic Organization, Educational Organization Financial
Organization Political Organization, and Religious organizations

A.___________________________ B. __________________________

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 C.___________________________________________

D.______________________________ E._____________________________

LEARNING ACTIVITY 3: GIVE ME! ( PERFORMANCE OUTPUT)

From the pictures in activity 2, give at least 1 (ONE) social function
of the identified organization.

Chosen Picture: ___________________________________________________

Explanation: ______________________________________________________

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 LEARNING ACTIVITY 4: I BELONG!
Based on the image below, give the importance of social
organization and its functions in our daily lives.

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