Choose among the following:

❑ Cultural Symbol
❑ Social Symbol
❑ Political Symbol
❑ Economic Symbol
❑ Cultural Practice
❑ Symbol is an object, word, or
action that stands for something
else, without natural relationship,
that is culturally defined.
❑ Symbols such as gestures, signs,
objects, signals, and words, help
people understand the world.
❑ Symbols provide clues to
understanding experiences.
❑ They relay recognizable meanings
that are shared by societies.
❑ Symbolism, on the other hand, is
when something represents abstract
ideas or concepts; it assigns names,
denominations, and defines relations
between various elements (actors,
actions, goals, means, objects,
values, etc.) articulated within a
narrative.
❑One of the most common
cultural symbols is
language.

EXAMPLE:
➢ the letters of an
ALPHABET symbolize the
sounds of a specific
spoken language.
CULTURAL SYMBOLS - are a
physical manifestation that signifies
the ideology of a particular culture
or that merely has meaning within
a culture.
❑ It doesn’t have to be actual
symbols or signs; they can also
be gestures such as handshakes
and hand signals.
Same symbol can mean different
things in different cultures.

EXAMPLE:
❑ Americans should be careful in
Greece.
❑ The thumbs up, which symbolizes
that everything is great in
American culture, is just like
giving the middle finger in Greek
culture.
❑ are relating to human society and
its modes of organization: social
classes; social problems or a
social issue.
❑ A symbol that something people
want to have or do because they
think other people will respect or
admire them for it such as
education, occupation, marital
status, accomplishments, or other
factors.
❑ are symbolism used to represent a
political standpoint.
❑ The symbolism can occur in various
media including banners, acronyms,
pictures, flags, mottos, and countless
more.
❑ seen in various media and forms such
as banners, flag, motto, etc.

Example: Red flags have traditionally been

flown by socialists, left-wing radicals, and
communist groups to represent the "blood
of the workers".
❑ Black flags have traditionally
been flown by anarchism, and
left-wing radicals to represent
the absence of all oppressive
structures.

❑ A combination of the two

colors in a black flag
represents social anarchism,
such as anarchist communism
and anarcho syndicalism.
❑ are symbols used in
production, distribution,
and consumption of goods
and services like currency,
market, labor, demands
and other economic
activities.
❑ Cultural Practices are the
manifestation of a culture or sub-
culture, especially concerning
the traditional and customary
practices of a particular ethnic
or other cultural group.
❑ Examples: religious and spiritual,
medical treatment, forms of
artistic expressions, culinary,
housing and child-rearing
practices.
 TRY THIS: Identify the pictures below, state if it is cultural, social,
political or economic symbol, and answer the guide questions given.
 TRY THIS: Identify the pictures below, state if it is cultural, social,
political or economic symbol, and answer the guide questions given.
 TRY THIS: Identify the pictures below, state if it is cultural, social,
political or economic symbol, and answer the guide questions given.
 TRY THIS: Identify the pictures below, state if it is cultural, social,
political or economic symbol, and answer the guide questions given.
 TRY THIS: Identify the pictures below, state if it is cultural, social,
political or economic symbol, and answer the guide questions given.
 Processing Questions

1. What are the symbols that you have

seen in the picture?

2. What are the uses of these symbols?

3. What are the significance of these

symbols in the society?
 WHAT HAVE YOU
LEARNED TO DAY?
Instruction: Cite the cultural, social, economic and political
practices in the different societies. Write your answers on your
activity notebook.