Social and Natural

Sciences and
Humanities
Module in Disciplines and Ideas in
the Social Sciences (DISS)
Grade 11
Quarter 1/ week 2

CLARES B. GUMINIGIN

Department of Education • Republic of the Philippines

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 What I need to Know

Hi Senior High School HUMSS students!

In this module, we will learn about Social and Natural Sciences and
Humanities, one of the approaches in the social sciences.

Through this module, it is expected that you will be able to demonstrate an

understanding of key concepts and approaches in the Social Sciences.

The following are the objectives of this module:

 determine Social Science from Natural Science and Humanities;
and
 Appreciate the importance and contributions of Social and Natural
Sciences and Humanities to society.

For the learners

1. Read and follow instructions carefully in each lesson.
2. Take note and record points for clarification.
3. Do the activities to fully understand each lesson.
4. Answer all the given tests and activities.
5. Write our answers in your paper.

For the Facilitators

1. Introduce the lesson. Engage learners to do the activities religiously, and let
the learners carry the tasks with ease and confidence.
2. Do the What I Know: Instruct the learners to answer the questions to test how
far they know about the topic.
3. Do the activity What’s New: Activate the learners' understanding of the topics
by letting them answer varied activities.
4. Allow students to read What is It. Let the learners fully discover and
comprehend all topics discussed in this module.
5. Let the learners answer the activities on What’s More. Check if they have
understood the topics. Deepen their understanding by completing the guided
questions on what I have learned section.
6. Assign the students to do What I can Do activities that shall transfer
knowledge /skills gained or learned into real life situation.

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 What I Know

Before we embark on our lesson, let’s try to find out what you know about
Social Science, Natural Science and Humanities. If you get a perfect score, no
need to go on with this module. If you commit one mistake, then you will go
through the module.

Pick the letter of the correct answer and let’s see if you need to proceed.

1. What Social science studies humans, past and present?

A. Anthropology B. Economics C. Sociology D. Anthropology
2. Which of the following is the study of scarcity, the study of how people use
resources, or the study of decision-making?
A. Economics B. Political Science C. Psychology D. Sociology
3. Which of the following is the study of places and the relationships between
people and their environments?
A. Anthropology B. Geography C. History D. Sociology
4. This is the study of the past as it is described in written documents. Events
occurring before written record are considered prehistory.
A. Demography B. Economics D. History D. Psychology
5. The scientific study of language and its structure is .
A. Anthology B. Linguistics C. Literature D. Economics
6. Which branch of Natural Sciences studies non-living systems?
A. Environmental Science B. Life Science
C. Physical Science D. Physical Science
7. What is the study of atomic matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also
including its properties, structure, composition, behavior and changes?
A. Chemistry B. Physics C. Quantum science D. Biology
8. Entomology studies insects while Ichthyology studies .
A. Amphibians B. Fish C. Reptiles D. Whales
9. Which science studies organisms and their environment?
A. Biology B. Ecology C. Life Science D. Chemistry
10. Microscopic organisms are important too thus studies the
important roles in life processes of single-celled organisms.
A. Biology B. Macrobiology C. Microbiology D. Ecology
11. These are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using
methods that are primarily analytical, critical or speculative.
A. Humanities B. Natural Sciences C. Social Sciences D. Linguistics
12. Which of the following does not study the expressions of human beings and
explore what it means to be human are:
A. art B. physiology C. philosophy D. psychology
13. Human is the natural inclination or tendency of a human.
A. behavior B. nature C. psyche D. condition
14. What do we call the disconnect between what we are and what we can be?
A. Human condition B. Human nature
C. Human struggle D. Human behavior
15.To make strenuous or violent efforts in the face of difficulties or opposition; to
proceed with difficulty or with great effort is called .
A. Human behavior B. Human condition
C. Human struggle Human nature

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 What’s In

In the previous lesson, we discussed about the definition of social sciences

as the study of society. As a form of review, please accomplish the semantic web
below showing the definitions and concepts of social science.

Definitions and
Concepts of
Social Sciences

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 What’s New

Have you been to a library? Before the advent of the internet, people go to
the library to read books to learn about topics they want to understand. Below are
the 10 branches of knowledge that books in the library are arranged accordingly.
Rank the 10 branches according to the number of books that you have read
through the years then answer the questions that follow.

10 BRANCHES OF KNOWLEDGE Number of Rank

Books Read

000-099 Generalities (Bibliographies, Encyclo-

pedia)
100-199 Philosophy

200-299 Religion

300-399 Social Sciences

400-499 Languages

500-599 Pure Science

600-699 Applied Sciences (Technology)

700-799 Arts and Recreation

800-899 Literature

900-999 Geography and History

1. Can you tell the classifications of the books that you have read?
2. What classification of books had you read most? How about the least number
of books?
3. Which branch of knowledge have helped you most as a human person?

Our next lesson will be about Social Science, Natural Science and
Humanities. Like the 10 Branches of Knowledge, these are classifications of
knowledge that humans need in order to understand himself and his environment.

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 What’s in it

Definition of Social Science

Social Science is the scientific study of human society and social

relationships. It is a major category of academic disciplines, concerned with
society and the relationships among individuals within a society.

The social sciences begin in the Age of Enlightenment after 1650. The
social sciences developed from the sciences (experimental and applied), or the
systematic knowledge-bases or prescriptive practices, relating to the social
improvement of a group of interacting entities.

Social science was influenced by positivism. Auguste Comte used the

term "science sociale" to describe the field, taken from the ideas of Charles
Fourier; Comte also referred to the field as social physics.

The term "social science" may refer either to the specific sciences of
society established by thinkers such as Comte, Durkheim, Marx, and Weber, or
more generally to all disciplines outside of "noble science" and arts.

Disciplines in the Social Sciences

ANTHROPOLOGY is the study of humans, past and present.

ECONOMICS is the study of scarcity, the study of how people use resources, or
the study of decision-making.

GEOGRAPHY is the study of places and the relationships between people and
their environments.

HISTORY is the study of the past as it is described in written documents. Events

occurring before written record are considered prehistory.

LINGUISTICS is the scientific study of language and its structure.

POLITICAL SCIENCE is the branch of knowledge that deals with systems of

government; the analysis of political activity and behavior.

PSYCHOLOGY is the science of behavior and mind.

SOCIOLOGY is the study of the development, structure, and functioning of

human society.

DEMOGRAPHY is the study of statistics such as births, deaths, or the incidence

of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.

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 What’s in it

Definition of Natural Science

Natural Science, on the other hand, is a branch of science that seeks to

explain the rules that govern the natural world by using the Empirical and
Scientific method. In natural science, hypothesis must be verified scientifically to
be regarded as scientific theory.

Branches of Natural Sciences

Natural science can be broken into two main branches: life science and
physical science.

Physical science studies non-living systems. Physical science includes:

 Astronomy which studies the universe beyond earth;

 Physics which studies matter and its motion through space-time, and related
concepts such as energy and force;

 Chemistry which studies atomic matter, especially its chemical reactions, but
also including its properties, structure, composition, behavior and changes;

 Earth science which studies the planet earth;

Life sciences on the other hand, study living organisms. Biology which
studies living things. Biology may be divided into:

 Botany, the study of plants;

 Ecology, the study of organisms and their environment;

 Entomology, the study of insects;

 Ichthyology, the study of fish;

 Zoology, the study of animals; and

 Microbiology, the study of the microscopic organisms, such as bacteria,

viruses, and fungi. Many single-celled organisms play important roles in life
processes and thus are important to more complex forms of life, including
plants and animals.

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 What’s in it

Definition of Humanities

Meanwhile, Humanities are academic discipline that study the human

condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical or speculative.

The disciplines that study the expressions of human beings and explore
what it means to be human are the following: philosophy, language, social
science, history, literature, religion and art. The humanities is a way of
thinking about and responding to the world, about human beings, their culture
and their intellectual achievements.

Humanities stimulates intellectual inquiry and seeks answers to the central

questions of human life. It interprets answers to life as they emerge from products
of human experience. Products of human experience are the following: Religion,
Art, Music, Dance, Drama, Film and Literature. Humanities seeks the clarity of
wisdom gained through a disciplined engagement—art, religion, music, dance,
drama.

Through the humanities, we learn about ourselves and we learn about

others. The humanities are about what humans produced and why they produced
it. The humanities reveal the human psyche, human nature, human condition,
human behavior, and human struggle.

The human psyche is where your power is. The power of why you do
what you do. In your psyche lies the potential to overcome odds, and obstacles
big and small. The conscious “you” would never allow you to take on such a feat.
The human psyche is the force inside of a human that says “mind over matter.”
“If you think you can you will. If you think you can’t, you won’t.”

Human nature is the natural inclination of the human. The ultimate

tendency of a human. The basic makeup of a human. “I was born this way.”
Human nature is the set of psychological characteristics, including ways of
thinking and acting that all normal human beings have in common.

Human behavior is the collection of behaviors exhibited by human

beings and influenced by culture, emotions, attitudes and values.

Human condition is the disconnect between what we are and what we

can be.

Human struggle is to make strenuous or violent efforts in the face of

difficulties or opposition; to proceed with difficulty or with great effort; the
struggle for survival; to struggle to find the meaning of existence; the struggle to
have questions answered; and the struggle for rights.

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 What’s in it

Importance of Social Science, Natural Science and Humanities

To wrap it up, let us discuss the importance of Social Science, Natural

Science and Humanities.

Smith (2017) states that Social Science makes sense of the institutions
that shape our lives. Social Sciences are important because they create better
institutions and systems that affect peoples’ lives every day. Creating frameworks
for understanding the origins and effects of regime type, the purpose of political
parties, the reasons for polarization, the structure of social networks, the goals
and structures of government agencies or the challenges and opportunities faced
by the service providers and nonprofits are all attempts to make sense of
structures that have real and profound on-the-ground impacts. Social science
helps individuals better understand how to engage with these systems for their
own and society’s benefit.

Natural science—science and technology play increasingly important

roles in our lives. Advances in medicine, transportation, and communication s
have made life a lot easier. Our best chances for overcoming new problems like
pollution, habitat loss and dwindling resources may also lie in science and in an
improved understanding of our natural world. (O’neill, 2011)

We usually think of science as a means of generating knowledge in fields

like biology or physics, but the same processes can be applied to pretty much
anything in the natural realm.

Rice (2014) listed 9 reasons why Humanities matter: 1. Thu humanities

help us understand others through their languages, histories and cultures; 2.
They foster social justice and equality; 3. They reveal how people have tried to
make moral, spiritual and intellectual sense of the world; 4. The humanities teach
empathy; 5. They teach us to deal critically and logically with subjective, complex,
imperfect information; 6. They teach us to weigh evidence skeptically and
consider more that one side of every question; 7. Humanities students build skills
in writing and critical reading; 8. The humanities encourage us to think creatively.
They teach us to reason about being human and ask questions about our world;
and 9. The humanities developed informed and critical citizens. Without
humanities, democracy cannot flourish.

So learning about these things is not a waste of time.

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 What’s More

For you to remember what you have just learned, let’s have some activities
about the topics.

Activity 1: “Where do I belong?”

Assessment 1
Classify the following branches of sciences where they belong to. Write the
items in their respective boxes:

Anthropology Philosophy Astronomy Biology

Ichthyology Language Geography Earth Science
History Botany Social science Ecology
Zoology Political Science History Literature
Psychology Microbiology Art Chemistry
Sociology Entomology Economics Linguistics
Demography Physics Religion

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Activity 2: “Social vs Natural”

Assessment 2
Using a Venn Diagram, show the similarities and differences of Social
Sciences and Natural Sciences:

Social Sciences Natural Sciences

Similarities

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Activity 3: “Humanities in our Place”

Assessment 3
Humanities interpret answers to life as they emerge from products of
human experience. Fill in the graphic organizer with examples of local products of
human experience in our province or region.

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 What I Have Learned

From the readings and activities, continue the following statements:

1. Social Science is…

2. The Social science disciplines are…

3. Studying Social sciences is important because….

4. Natural sciences are…

5. Natural sciences are important because…

6. Humanities are…

7. Humanities are important because….

Make a slogan about appreciating the contributions of Social and Natural

What I Can Do

Sciences and Humanities to our society. If you have a social media account, you
are encouraged to post your slogan online also.

Please be guided by the following criteria:

 Content.Content should be about the contributions of Social and Natural

Sciences and Humanities in our society.

 Grammar. Subject verb agreement and use of punctuations should be

correct.

 Originality.
It should not be copied and plus points if you use local or
indigenous terms.

 Creativity. The slogan should be catchy and appealing.

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 Assessment

You are almost finished with this module, but first we have to assess your
learning. I hope you will get a perfect score.

1. What branch of knowledge deals with systems of government; the analysis of

political activity and behavior?
A. Demography B. Economics C. Political Science D. Sociology
2. Which is the science of behavior and mind?
A. History B. Political Science C. Psychology D. Economics
3. Sociologist is one who studies the .
A. development, structure, and functioning of human brain
B. development, structure, and functioning of education
C. development, structure, and functioning of human society
D. development, structure, and function of human desires
4.This is the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of
disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.
A. Demography B. Economics C. Psychology D. Sociology
5. In , hypothesis must be verified scientifically to be regarded
as scientific theory.
A. Humanities B. Natural Science C. Social Sciences D. Language
6. Which branch of natural science studies the planet earth?
A. Earth Science B. Life Science C. Physical Science D. Chemistry
7. This is the branch of natural sciences that study living organisms?
A. Biology B. Life Science C. Physical Science D. Physics
8. If Botany is the study of plants, which is the study of animals?
A. Biology B. Entomology C. Zoology D. Psychology
9. Which of the following studies the universe beyond earth?
A. Astrology B. Astronomy C. Quantum Physics D. Meteorologist
10. The study of studies matter and its motion through space-time, and related
concepts such as energy and force is called .
A. Astronomy B. Chemistry C. Physics D. Biology
11. This is a way of thinking about and responding to the world, about human
beings, their culture and their intellectual achievements.
A. Humanities B. Natural Science C. Social Science D. Political Science
12. Which of the following is not a product of human experience?
A. Art B. Literature C. Space D. Atmosphere
13. Through , we learn about ourselves and we learn about
others.
A. History B. Humanities C. Physiology D. Physics
14. The human is where your power is, the power of why you do what
you do.
A. behavior B. nature C. psyche D. behavior
15. Which of the following is the collection of behaviors exhibited by human
beings and influenced by culture, emotions, attitudes and values?
A. Human behavior B. Human nature
C. Human struggle D. Human Struggle

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 Additional Activities

Conduct an interview among five (5) people about the contributions of

Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and Humanities in your community. List them
in the table below:

Contributions to Society

Social Science Natural Science Humanities

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Answer Key

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Answer Key

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 References

Dela Cruz, Arleigh Ross D., Cecile C. Adrigon, and Diana J. Mendoza. “Discipline
and Ideas in the Social Sciences.” Quezon City. Phoenix Publishing
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Jose, Mary Dorothy DL, and Jerome A. Ong. “Discipline and Ideas in the Social
Sciences.” Quezon City.Vibal Group, Inc., 2016.

Burnie, David. "Science." Microsoft® Student 2009 [DVD]. Redmond, WA:

Microsoft Corporation, 2008.

https://www.isd622.org>lib07PDF List of Fields of Science

https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/lisawit/humanities-13601482

https://www.whysocialscience.com/blog/2017/7/17/because-social-science-
makes-sense-of-the-institutions-that-shape-our-lives

https://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2011/03/the-importance-of-
understanding-the-nature-of-science.html

https://curt-rice.com/2014/02/25/here-are-9-reasons-why-humanities-matter-
whats-your-number-10/

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