ARRIESGAO COLLEGE FOUNDATION, INC.

Visayan Village, Tagum City

SYLLABUS IN POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Teachers: BOMIND C. SOLTES, KATHLEEN D. BONGGATO, JEREMY C. DAROY

Grade: GRADE 12

Month Quarter Topic(s) Objective(s) Reference(s) Page Remarks

 Definition of Politics  Define politics.

 Legitimacy, Sovereignty, and Authority  Talk about the context of politics in QUIPPER 4-9
 Different Views on Politics the Philippines.
AUGUST 1ST  Politics as the Art of Government  Analyze the different views on
 Politics as Public Affairs politics.
 Politics as Compromise and Consensus
 Politics as Power and Distribution of
Resources

SEPTEMBER 1st  Liberalism  Define liberalism and its key QUIPPER 5-20
principles.
 Explain the historical
development of liberalism.
 Identify key liberal thinkers.
 Compare the variations of
liberalism.
 Assess political systems
founded on liberal
principles.

 Conservatism QUIPPER 3-15

 Define conservatism as a
political ideology.
  Learn the historical
background of conservatism.
 Differentiate conservatism
from other ideologies.

QUIPPER 3-18
 Socialism
 Characterize socialism.
 Outline the historical
background that led to
socialism.
 Differentiate socialism from
liberalism and communism.
QUIPPER 4-19
 Communism
 Explain the tenets of
communism as an ideology.
 Identify the different
variants of communism.
 Differentiate communism
from socialism and other
political ideologies.
QUIPPER 4-32
 Populism

 Define populism as an
ideology.
 Explain the characteristics
and development of
populism.
 Differentiate populism from
other political ideologies.
QUIPPER 3-19
 Feminism

 Define feminism.
  Explain the origins of
feminism.
 Differentiate feminism from QUIPPER 5-26

 Ideologies and Political Communities other political ideologies.

 Understand the different

interpretations of a political
community.
 Analyze the relationship
between ideologies and
political communities.
 Evaluate competing ideas
about our affairs as a
political community.

OCTOBER 1st  Power in Politics  Define power in the political QUIPPER 3-14
aspect.
 Discuss the nature of power
in politics.
 Explain the role of power in
politics and governance.
QUIPPER 4-18

 Types and Dimensions of Power  Compare the types and

dimensions of power.
  Recognize the type and QUIPPER 4-21
dimension of power in a
situation.

 Deployments and Consequences  Illustrate how types of QUIPPER 4-21

of Power power operate in different
dimensions.
 Identify the different ways of
deploying power and the
consequences of power.
 Analyze the consequences of
deploying power across
various contexts in
contemporary politics.

 Define the concepts of a 2-23

QUIPPER
 States and Nations nation and a state.
 Differentiate a nation from a
state.
 Explain the importance of
nations and states in
understanding politics.

2-20
 Globalization QUIPPER
 Define globalization.
 Explain the different

NOVEMBER  The Government in the Precolonial
Philippines
 The Spanish Colonial Government in the
Philippines and the Malolos Government
 The American Colonial Government in
the Philippines
dimensions and historical
context of globalization.
 Analyze the impacts of
globalization on the politics
of states and nations.
QUIPPER 2-19
 Describe the precolonial
barangay system of
government.
 Explain the different
functions of a chieftain or
datu.
 Explain politics and QUIPPER 4-20
governance in the
Philippines during the
Spanish colonization and the
First Philippine Republic.
 Analyze the contribution of
the Spanish colonization and
the First Republic in the
evolution of Philippine
politics and governance.
QUIPPER
4-18
 Explain the history and
legacy of the American
 colonial government in the
Philippines.
 Explain the structure of the
government during this
period.
 Analyze the development of
Philippine politics and
 The Japanese Colonial Government in governance. QUIPPER 4-19
the Philippines and the Second Republic

 Describe how political

institutions evolved under
Japanese rule.
 Explain politics and
governance in the
Philippines during the
Japanese occupation.
 Analyze the characteristics
of the Second Republic
established under the
Japanese rule.

 The Contemporary Government of the

Philippines: Third, Fourth, and Fifth QUIPPER
Republics 3-24

 Explain politics and

governance during the Third,
Fourth, and Fifth Philippine
 Republics.
 Analyze the contribution of
the Third, Fourth, and Fifth
Republics in the evolution of
Philippine politics and
governance.

DECEMBER  The Executive Branch QUIPPER 3-24

 Explain the nature, roles,
and powers of the
Philippine presidency.
 Analyze contemporary
Philippine presidents and
how they fulfill their roles
and wield their powers.
 Identify the structure of
the executive branch and
its different agencies.
 Explain how the
Philippine president
manages the agencies of
the executive branch.

 The Legislative Branch QUIPPER 4-25

 Describe the Senate’s role
in the system of checks
and balances.
  Identify the scope and
limitations of the Senate's
power.
 Explain how the Senate
can deploy its powers in
specific political
situations.
 Identify the principles
behind the composition
and structure of the
Philippine Congress.
Compare the two
chambers of Congress.
 Assess the performance
of Congress based on a
specific situation.

 The Judicial Branch QUIPPER 4-25

 Explain the roles and

responsibilities of the
Supreme Court of the
Philippines.
 Explain the role of the
judiciary in upholding the
principle of checks and
balances.
 Identify the other judicial
courts in the Philippines.
 Differentiate the roles
and functions of other
judicial courts from one
another.