11 Disciplines and

Week 1 | Day 1 to Day 5

Ideas in the
Social Sciences
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
Definition of Social Science

SELF-LEARNING MODULE

DIVISION OF GENERAL SANTOS CITY

Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences – Grade 11
Self-Learning Module (SLM)
Quarter 1 – Module 1: Definition of Social Sciences
First Edition, 2020

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Week 1 | Day 1 to Day 5

Disciplines and
Ideas in the
Social Sciences
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
Definition of Social Science

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Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences - Grade 11 Self-Learning
Module (SLM) on Definition of Social Sciences!

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For the learner:

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Module (SLM) on Definition of Social Science!

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correct (100%), you may decide to skip this
module.

What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you link

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What is It This section provides a brief discussion of the

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What’s More This comprises activities for independent

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answers to the exercises using the Answer
Key at the end of the module.

What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank

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What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will

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 Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your
level of mastery in achieving the learning
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to you to enrich your knowledge or skill of the
lesson learned. This also tends retention of
learned concepts.

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module.

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References This is a list of all sources used in developing

this module.

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 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you master
the Definition of Social Science. The scope of this module permits it to be used in
many different learning situations. The language used recognizes the diverse
vocabulary level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard
sequence of the course. But the order in which you read them can be changed to
correspond with the textbook you are now using.

You are expected to differentiate the nature and functions Social Science disciplines
with the Natural Sciences and Humanities.

This module consist of only 1 lesson, namely:

• Lesson 1 – Definition of Social Science
After going through this module, you are expected to:
1. Define Social Science as a study of society.
2. Explain the importance of Social Science.
3. Compare and contrast social sciences, natural sciences and humanities .

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 What I Know

This module will help you learn about the definition of Social Sciences as the study
of society. But before we proceed to our discussion, let us assess your previous
knowledge by answering this test. Read the instruction below.

Multiple Choices: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Social Science and Natural Science are both scientific but differ in focus because?
a. Natural Science deals with spiritual values
b. Social Science deals with all aspects of the group life of humans
c. Social Science deals mostly with matter and energy
d. Natural Science does not deal with living things.

2. One difference between natural and social science is that social science tends to?
a. Be more empirical
b. Utilize scientific method more frequently
c. Use controlled experiments less often
d. Be more mathematical

3. It is the study of human society and of individual relationships in and to

society.
a. Social Sciences c. Natural Sciences
b. Humanities d. Sociology

4. It is concerned with the description, prediction and understanding of

natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and
experimentation.
a. Social Sciences c. Natural Sciences
b. Humanities d. Sociology

5. Why does social science different from natural sciences?

a. Because its primary interest lies in predicting and explaining
human behavior.
b. Because it aims to predict all natural phenomena and its studies
are based on experimentally controlled condition of material.
c. Because human reactions to events and the meaning humans
impose on experience as a function of culture, historical era, and
life history.
d. None of the above.

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6. __________is a branch of Science as it builds and organizes knowledge in the form
of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
a. Social Sciences c. Natural Sciences
b. Humanities d. Sociology

7. Seeks to human reactions to events and the meaning created by

experience.
a. Social Sciences c. Natural Sciences
b. Humanities d. Sociology

8. Do you agree that social sciences deals with human behavior in social
aspects?
a. Yes, because social sciences deals with people and society.
b. Yes, because geography is in social sciences.
c. No, because it is the natural science that deals human behavior
d. No, because humanities deals with humans.

9. Social Science covers a broad range of disciplines. The following are

social science disciplines except:
a. Geography c. Geology
b. History d. Sociology

10. ________ is a social science, while ________ is a natural science

a. Geology | Geography c. Astrology | Astronomy
b. Geography | Geology d. Agronomy | Horticulture

11. The following are true about social sciences except:

a. Social science deals with people and society.
b. Social Science focuses on biological aspects of human.
c. Social Science covers broad range of disciplines
d. Social Science can be said to be the study of human systems.

12. Psychology, Geography and Economics belongs to?

a. Social Sciences c. Natural Sciences
b. Humanities d. Sociology

13. Social Science is different from natural science and humanities because?
a. Its primary interest lies in predicting and explaining human
behavior
b. It aims to predict all natural phenomena and its studies.
c. All of the above
d. None of the above

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14. Linguistics is a discipline in the social sciences.
a. Agree c. Disagree
b. Both Natural and Social Science d. None of the above

15. Sociology is a discipline in the social sciences.

a. Agree c. Disagree
b. Both Natural and Social Science d. None of the above

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 Lesson
Definition of
1 Social Science
This course introduces you to basic concepts, subjects and methods of inquiry
in the disciplines that compromise the Social Sciences. It then discusses
influential thinkers and ideas in these disciplines, and relates these ideas to
the Philippine setting and current global trends.

In this module, we will be able to define social sciences as the study of society
and explain its differences to Natural Sciences and Humanities.

What’s In

Take a look on the following pictures.

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Guide Question:

1. What are your observations about the pictures?

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2. Does the pictures represents your community? Why?
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3. Do you think that Social Science plays an important role in your daily life?
Why?
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 What’s New

Let’s now have this fun activity! We are going to learn the definition of Social
Science through a concept map. Let’s begin!

Activity 1: Concept Map

Instruction: From the pictures presented above, make a concept map about social
science.

CONCEPT MAP

2.
1.
SOCIAL
SCIENCE

3.

Guide Question:
1. What is Social Science based on the pictures shown?
2. Why does Social Science important?
3. How does Social Science plays an important role in your community and the
people living in it?

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 What is It

The pictures above speaks about social sciences as a whole. What is social
sciences?
Discussion:
What is Social Science?
These videos present the meaning of social science and its application to social
issues. It also show how the meaning of social science changes depending on the
field of specialization or the discipline used in studying and analyzing the subject.
However, this is optional. If you don’t have internet access, you may proceed to the
explanation on the lesson provided by this module.

1. What is Social Science? An animated overview (presented by the Economic and

Social Research Council)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiLj35g_cAU&zspfreload=10

2. An Animated Introduction to Social Science (presented by Soomo Publishing)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSIdaTSG2Gg

The meaning of Social Sciences

The disciplines of social sciences are viewed as those that deal with “human
society, societal groups, individuals in their relationships with others or
institutions of societies and material goods as expression of human
cohabitation” (Bayer, 1992). This definition shows the difficulty of grasping all
aspects of social sciences as opposed to natural sciences, which have a
common perspective rather than a common subject of study. (Disciplines and
Ideas in the Social Sciences published by DepEd, p. 4)
Social Science is the study of the historical, cultural, sociological,
psychological and the political forces that shape the actions of individuals and
its impact on society. Questions such as who is responsible to a certain events,
how does it happened, why does it happened may be answered by the different
disciplines under the social sciences, which look into the historical, cultural,
sociological, psychological and the political forces that shape the actions of
individuals and its impact on society. Simply put, Social Science is the study
of society. It is a useful instrument in understanding the complexities and
issues involved in the interrelationships of the different variables that produce
the state of affairs at every level in society. (The Padayon Series: Discipline
and Ideas in the Social Sciences, Phoenix Publishing House, p. 6)

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 What’s More

Did you have fun learning the definition of Social Science? The above
discussion made us realize that social science is present in our daily lives.
Now, let’s have another activity to improve your knowledge about our topic.

Activity 2: Compare and Contrast …

Fill up the table to differentiate Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and

Humanities.

Social Science Natural Sciences Humanities

1. Scope of
Discipline
2. Area of
focus

3. Covered
rules

4. Methods of
verification

5. Accuracy of
result

6. Degree of
importance

Discussion:

Social Science is different from natural science and humanities because its
primary interest lies in predicting and explaining human behavior. Natural
Science on the other hand, aims to predict all natural phenomena and its
studies are based on experimentally controlled condition of material entities.
Humanism seeks to understand “human interactions to events and the
meanings humans impose on experience as a function of culture, historical
era, and life history”. (Kagan, 2009, p. 4)

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 What I Have Learned

How was your previous activities? Have you enjoyed doing it? Let’s have another
activity to deepen your understanding about our topic. Let’s start!

Activity 3: News Writing

Instruction: Make a Newsletter about Social Science as a study of society. You

may draw or attach pictures from the old magazines or newspapers on
the box provided.

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CRITERIA:

CONTENT AND STYLE 50%

FORMAT 20%
CONVENTIONS AND EDITING 30%
TOTAL 100%

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Questions:

a. As you look into your community, what are the common problems that you
have observed?
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b. How can the social sciences perspective can be used to examine/address
said key issue or problem?
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What I Can Do

Now that you have learned the social science as the study of society, it is
time for you to apply your learning.

Activity 4: Slogan Making

Make a slogan that shows your understanding about Social Sciences.

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Rubrics:

5 4 3 2
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ship is is attractive is slogan
exceptionall in terms of acceptably is
y attractive neatness. attractive distracti
in terms of Good though it ngly
neatness. constructio may be a messy.
Well- n and not bit messy
constructed messy
and not
messy.
Creativity Slogan is Slogan is Slogan is The
exceptionall creative creative slogan
y creative. and a good and some does
Lot of amount of thought! As not
thoughts thought! As put into reflect
and effort as put into decorating any
used to decorating it. degree
make the it. of
banner creativit
y
Originality Exceptional Good use of Average use No use
use of new new ideas of new of new
ideas and and ideas and ideas
originality to originality originality and
create to create to create originali
slogan slogan slogan ty to
create
slogan

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 Assessment

Congratulations! You have completed all of the activities. Now, you will further
be tested about the concepts that you have learned in this module. Let’s begin!

Multiple Choices: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Social Science and Natural Science are both scientific but differ in focus
because?
a. Natural Science deals with spiritual values
b. Social Science deals with all aspects of the group life of humans
c. Social Science deals mostly with matter and energy
d. Natural Science does not deal with living things.

2. One difference between natural and social science is that social

science tends to?
a. Be more empirical
b. Utilize scientific method more frequently
c. Use controlled experiments less often
d. Be more mathematical

3. It is the study of human society and of individual

relationships in and to society.
a. Social Sciences c. Natural Sciences
b. Humanities d. Sociology

4. It is concerned with the description, prediction and

understanding of natural phenomena, based on empirical
evidence from observation and experimentation.
a. Social Sciences c. Natural Sciences
b. Humanities d. Sociology

5. Why does social science different from natural sciences?

a. Because its primary interest lies in predicting and
explaining human behavior.
b. Because it aims to predict all natural phenomena and its
studies are based on experimentally controlled condition
of material.
c. Because human reactions to events and the meaning
humans impose on experience as a function of culture,
historical era, and life history.
d. None of the above.

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6. __________is a branch of Science as it builds and organizes knowledge in
the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
a. Social Sciences c. Natural Sciences
b. Humanities d. Sociology

7. Seeks to human reactions to events and the meaning created by

experience.
a. Social Sciences c. Natural Sciences
b. Humanities d. Sociology

8. Do you agree that social sciences deals with human behavior in

social aspects?
a. Yes, because social sciences deals with people and society.
b. Yes, because geography is in social sciences.
c. No, because it is the natural science that deals human
behavior
d. No, because humanities deals with humans.

9. Social Science covers a broad range of disciplines. The following

are social science disciplines except:
a. Geography c. Geology
b. History d. Sociology

10. ________ is a social science, while ________ is a natural science

a. Geology | Geography c. Astrology | Astronomy
b. Geography | Geology d. Agronomy | Horticulture

11. The following are true about social sciences except:

a. Social science deals with people and society.
b. Social Science focuses on biological aspects of human.
c. Social Science covers broad range of disciplines
d. Social Science can be said to be the study of human
systems.

12. Psychology, Geography and Economics belongs to?

a. Social Sciences c. Natural Sciences
b. Humanities d. Sociology

13. Social Science is different from natural science and humanities

because?
a. Its primary interest lies in predicting and explaining
human behavior
b. It aims to predict all natural phenomena and its studies.
c. All of the above
d. None of the above

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 14. Linguistics is a discipline in the social sciences.
a. Agree c. Disagree
b. Both Natural and Social Science d. None of the above

15. Sociology is a discipline in the social sciences.

a. Agree c. Disagree
b. Both Natural and Social Science d. None of the above

Additional Activities

After you have learned the topic in this module, we are going to identify the
disciplines in the social sciences. Read the instruction below.
Instruction: On the space provided, identify the 9 disciplines of the Social Sciences
and draw a symbol or logo in each of the discipline.

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Assessment What I Know
1. B 1. B
2. C 2. C
3. A 3. A
4. C 4. C
5. A 5. A
6. C 6. C
7. B 7. B
8. A 8. A
9. C 9. C
10. B 10. B
11. B 11. B
12. A 12. A
13. A 13. A
14. A 14. A
15. A 15. A
Answer Key
References

Book Sources:

Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences published by the Department of

Education (2017), pp. 2-5

Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences by Dela Cruz, Fadrigon, Mendoza and
Mactal (2016), Phoenix Publishing House, pp. 1-16

Online Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/social-science
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/natural-science
https://www.britannica.com/topic/humanities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiLj35g_cAU&zspfreload=10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSIdaTSG2Gg

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This Self-learning Module (SLM) was developed by DepEd – Division of General
Santos City with the primary objective of preparing for and addressing the
new normal. Contents of this module were based on DepEd’s Most Essential
Learning Competencies (MELC). This is a supplementary material to be used
by all learners in General Santos City in all public schools beginning SY 2020-
2021. The process of LR development was observed in the production of this
module. This is version 1.0. We highly encourage feedback, comments, and
recommendations.

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