Diocese of Imus Catholic Educational System,

Inc. (DICES)
St. Jude Parish School, Inc.
Trece Martires City, Cavite
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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Name: ____________________________ Teacher: Joice Anne C. Novejas Quarter: 1 Act. No. _2
Grade & Section: ________________________Subject: Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences
Date: _______________
Activity Title: Social Science Disciplines
Type of Activity: Concept Notes
Reference/s: Dela Cruz, Arleigh Ross D. Ph.D. et al. (2016) “Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences”.
Quezon, City: Phoenix Publishing House Inc, Pages 5-16
Learning Target/Competency: The learners will be able to explain the major events and its contribution
that led to the emergence of the social science disciplines. (DepED-MELC)
Values/Graduate Attributes: The learners will become responsible and innovative individual who respect God’s
creation. (DICES)
Concept Notes:
1. Anthropology - It is the study of ancient societies and their culture and traditions. In studying culture,
anthropologists investigate the people’s language, their values, technologies, and even how they group
themselves.
Two Broad Fields of Anthropology:
Physical Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology

2. Economics - It is the study of the efficient allocation of scarce resources in order to satisfy unlimited
human needs and wants.
Classification of Economics
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics

3. Geography - It studies the interaction between the natural environment and the people living in it. It acts
as a bridge between natural science and social science. This social science discipline studies where things
are on Earth, explain why they are there, and their relationships to other people, places, and things.
Two Main Branches of Geography
Physical Geography
Human Geography

4. History - It is the study of recorded past.

5. Linguistics- It studies the nature of language through an examination of the formal properties of natural
language, grammar, and the process of language acquisition.
Phonetics
Phonology.
Morphology-
Syntax
Semantics
Pragmatics

6. Political Science - It is the study of politics, power, and government.

7. Psychology - It is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

Three Major Fields:

Clinical Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Experimental Psychology

8. Sociology- It is the systematic study of human society. It also studies how people relate to each other
and how they work as a whole in the larger society.
9. Demography - It is the study of human population. It also studies how people move from place to place.
Fertility
Mortality
Migration

Exercise 2: Identify the appropriate discipline applicable in the given situations.

Situation
1. An analysis of the consumption patterns among housewives in a middle-income community

2. A description of the different cultural practices of the Igorot

3. An investigation of areas or locations where the incidence of earthquakes ae most likely.

4. An inquiry on how colonial occupation has changed the values of the native population

5. Evaluation of the career path with respect to the qualifications of the individual employees in your company.

6. An analysis of the voting behavior among young adults.

7. An analysis on the causes of fraternity wars and gang violence.

8. A policy recommendation on how to raise the incidence of birth in countries that have aging population
9. A study on what causes severe depression which leads to suicide.

Post Assessment Test (Understanding 10 pts.)

Directions: Answer the following items. Be guided by the rubric for scoring.
1. Among the nine disciplines of Social Science, which discipline has caught your interest the most? Why?
Elaborate your answer.
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2. Give an example of a societal issue/problem and explain how the social science discipline can address
that certain issue/problem.
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