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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

CULMINATING ACTIVITY
Humanities and Social Sciences

LEARNING EPISODE 2– BIG IDEAS AND ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

Semester: SECOND School Year: 2022-2023

Activity 1. Compare – Contrast Matrix

Directions: Compare and contrast the various disciplines based on different views on humans and
societies. Complete the chart to recall the big ideas of each discipline.
Views on Human
Field Discipline Goals of the Discipline
Behavior and Society
Humanities

Social Sciences

Applied Social
Sciences
 Activity 2. Integration
Directions: Use the diagram below to know the boundaries and intersections of the HUMSS discipline?
Write your insights and some significant remaining questions you have after taking all the disciplines.

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Humanities

Applied
Social
Social
Sciences
Sciences

Insights: Some Relevant Questions:

 Activity 3. Explore Resources to Discover Big Ideas (ASSIST,2015)

“An idea is ‘big’ if it helps us make sense of lots of confusing experiences and seemingly
isolated facts. It’s like the picture that connects the dots or a simple rule of thumb in complex field
(Wiggins, 2012).”

Textbooks and other resources frequently use big ideas or themes to organize units of study.
Pull topics from resources, HUMSS use and fill in the chart below.

Directions: Think about which ones tend to spark curiosity and which ones likely to sustain your
attention over several weeks. For those that need revision, try to think of central questions or issues
that would add interests as the topic is studied.

TOPIC Can this be topic Is this topic affects What interesting issues
relevant to HUMSS society? Why? can be associated with
student? Why or Why this topic? Why?
not?
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My Reflections/Insights

Based on your activity about Big Ideas, answer the following:

1. Do you have other strategies in identifying the key components of a course? Explain.
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2. From the different strategies discussed in HUMSS lesson, which one do you think could be the
most appropriate in drawing out the big ideas?
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