COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SOLIDARITY, AND CITIZENSHIP

GRADE 12, QUARTER 1

Name of Learner : _________________________________ Grade Level : _____________________

Section : __________________________________________ Date : ____________________________

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 1

I. Introduction

This Learning Activity Sheet deals with the basic understanding of

community by dwelling into its definition, how a person realizes their sense of
community, and the structures of the community and its typologies.

II. Learning Competency

Explain the importance of studying community dynamics and community

action in relation to applied social sciences and the learners’ future career
options. (HUMSS_CSC12-IIIa-c-1)

III. Objectives

At the end of this learning activity sheet, you are expected to:

1. Compare and contrast the definitions of community using various

perspectives.
2. Recognize diversities in communities.
3. Examine the functions of communities in terms of structures and typologies.

IV. Discussion

Community
The definition of the term community may differ depending on the frame of
reference on how it is being used. A book by Hillary (1955) concluded that the
central link in in understanding community is by focusing on its people. There are
most common notions on defining community: (1) as shared political territory and
heritage; (2) as network of interpersonal ties based on common interest; or (3) as
profound sharing of spiritual and/or emotional connection.

Background Information for the Learners

When one wants to study a community, he should have a clear

understanding of what is a community, community dynamics and community
action. Communities are generally defined by their common cultural heritage,
language, beliefs and shared interests. Community dynamics is the change and
development involved in a community that includes all forms of living organisms,

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 whereas community action is putting communities as the center of service
development and service delivery. This initiative aims to cater the primary needs of
the communities before implementing it. In such way, community action will help
the community dynamics or the degree of improvement of the community. It is
important to understand these two because these will propel the success and
stability of the communities. They go hand in hand and are proportionally related.

The dynamics of a community is determined by its nature and structure and

how it reacts with external or internal forces. It is thus important to recognize the
characteristics and features of a community to understand why it acts and reacts
in a certain way. Here are the following features of community:

1. A community has a sociological construct or a set of interactions or

human behaviors that have meaning and expectations between its members.
2. A community has fuzzy or imprecise boundaries and has stayed that way
to this day people interact not only with fellows within their village but also
outside of it.
3. A community can exist within a larger community including districts,
regions, ethnic groups, nations, and other boundaries.
4. A community may move--move to find work for a living.4. A community
may move--move to find work for a living.

Moreover, a community, in order to have its dynamics at play, needs power

actors to bring about its needed change. These power actors should have the
capacity to influence the decision-making and distribution processes to get things
done in a community. This reality indicates that to work in a community or to
undertake community interventions is a challenging task. Finally, development
work requires understanding community dynamics and processes.

V. Activities

Activity A
Define Me
Direction: Tell what is being described in each statement. Write your answer on a
sheet of paper.
___________1. It is the change and development involved in a community that
includes all forms of living organisms.
___________2. It helps in the dynamics or the degree of improvement of a
community.
___________3. It is generally defined by its common cultural heritage, language,
beliefs and shared interests.
___________4. It is a feature of a community which pertains to the set of
interactions or human behaviors that have meaning to and expectations from its
members.
___________5. It refers to the community as the center of service development and
service delivery.

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Activity B
Let’s try Analogy!
Direction: Read each statement carefully.
Write A if the first statement is True and the second statement is False.
Write B if the first statement is False and the second statement is True.
Write C if both statements are True, and
Write D if both statements are False.
____1. A. A sense of belongingness among individuals is develop when one
becomes a part of a community.
B. We can see, touch and directly experience a community.
____2. A. A community in some senses may not even have a physical location but
be demarcated by a group of people with a common interest.
B. A community is not just about the people who are in it.
____3. A. Community dynamics is the capacity to influence that bring about
change.
B. The behavior of power actors can break or make community development
interventions.
____4. A. Power actors are powerful producers of relationships that connect people
to people.
B. A community will only exist when all its residents are born.
___ 5. A. A community may have members who have temporarily moved to other
locations.
B. The degree of improvement of a community relies on community dynamics.

Activity C
My Journey
Directions:
1. Take a mental tour in the community where you belong.
2. Close your eyes and imagine that you are travelling back to the things that
happened in your community 5-10 years ago or in the years that we were not yet
affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Be quiet and let your mind travel from the
previous happenings in your community until you reach the present year.

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 3. In your mental tour, determine the changes that had happened in your
community 5-10 years ago.
4. Make a comparison of your community then and now by presenting it through a
poster.
5. In your poster, identify the important community dynamics and community
actions that brought changes in your community.
*Draw your poster in any available writing materials you have at home like bond
paper, cartolina or illustration board.

VI. REFLECTION:
1. I learned that_______________________________________________________________
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2. I enjoyed most on____________________________________________________________
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3. I want to learn more________________________________________________________
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VII. Assessment
Direction: Make a mission statement on your community engagement as future
professionals. Consider the guide questions below. Write your answers in a sheet
of paper.
1. What can you do to help your community at this time of pandemic?
2. Are you willing to volunteer for missions/organizations/foundations that geared
towards helping others and your community? Why or Why not?
3. How can you help in nation building?

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VII. References

Abenir, M.A, et al., 2017 Community, Engagement, Solidarity, and Citizenship.

Danilo Lorenzo S. Delos Santos. Community Engagement, Solidarity and
Citizenship.
Melegrito,ML. & Mendoza D., (2016). Zeal of Action: Community , Engagement,
Solidarity and Citizenship, Quezon City. Phoenix Publishing House Inc.
Abenir, M., Alipao, F., & Urgel, E., (2017) Community, Solidarity & Citezenship.
DIWA Learning Systems Inc.

VIII. ANSWER KEY

Activity A: Activity B:
1. Community Dynamics 1. A 3. B
2. Community Action 2. C 4. D 5. C
3. Community
4. Sociological Construct Activity C&D (Answers may vary)
5. Community Action

Remo D. Angeles
Teacher I
JRLMHS-SHS