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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

HUMSS
What COVID-19
Really Teaches Man
(COVID-19 Module)
HUMSS – Grade11
Alternative Delivery Mode
What COVID-19 Really Teaches Man (COVID-19 Module)

First Edition, 2020

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Published by the Department of Education

Secretary: Leonor Magtolis Briones
Undersecretary: Diosdado M. San Antonio

Development Team of the Module

Writers: Teresa May A. Mundiz

Editors: Lilifreda P. Almazan, Caryl Ivan L. Edulan, Edwin C. Salazar
Reviewers: Rosie R. Salazar, Mirasol C. Ellima, Analiza G. Doloricon,
Marino L. Pamogas, Leowenmar A. Corvera
Illustrator: Jovanie P. Bandiola
Layout Evaluators: Celeste Faith R. Almanon, Jay S. Ayap
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Maripaz F. Magno
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HUMSS
What COVID-19 really
Teaches Man
(COVID-19 Module)

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Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to Grade 11- HUMSS Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) COVID-

19 Module on What COVID-19 Really Teaches Man.

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by

educators both from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or
facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12
Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in
schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and
independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also
aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contain helpful tips or strategies that

will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them
to manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and
assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

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For the learner:

Welcome to Grade 11- HUMSS Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) COVID-

19 Module on What COVID-19 Really Teaches Man.

The hand is one of the most symbolized part of the human body. It is often
used to depict skill, action and purpose. Through our hands we may learn, create
and accomplish. Hence, the hand in this learning resource signifies that you as
a learner is capable and empowered to successfully achieve the relevant
competencies and skills at your own pace and time. Your academic success lies
in your own hands!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time.
You will be enabled to process the contents of the learning resource while being
an active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to This will give you an idea of the skills or

Know competencies you are expected to learn in the
module.

What I Know This part includes an activity that aims to check

what you already know about the lesson to
take.

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

current lesson with the previous one.

What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be

introduced to you in various ways such as a
story, a song, a poem, a problem opener, an
activity or a situation.

What is It This section provides a brief discussion of the

lesson. This aims to help you discover and
understand new concepts and skills.

What’s More This comprises activities for independent

practice to solidify your understanding and
skills of the topic. You may check the answers
to the exercises using the Answer Key at the end
of the module.
What I Have This includes questions or blank
Learned sentence/paragraph to be filled in to process
what you learned from the lesson.

What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will help

you transfer your new knowledge or skill into
real life situations or concerns.

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 Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your level
of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.
Additional In this portion, another activity will be given to
Activities you to enrich your knowledge or skill of the
lesson learned. This also tends retention of
learned concepts.

Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in the

module.
At the end of this module you will also find:

References This is a list of all sources used in developing this

module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of
the module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities
included in the module.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your
answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with
it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do
not hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that
you are not alone.

We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful

learning and gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can
do it!

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 What I Need to Know

Hello, dear senior high school

students! How are you all? I know
you are all excited to start this
school year. Hurray!

And I hope you have been taking

care of yourself. Yes, taking extra
care of yourself in this time of the
COVID-19 pandemic is a must.

So much have happened around

us, in our city, and even around
the world. And today, we will try
to relate how COVID-19 affect
much of what our lives have
been, and what this disease
teaches us. Alright?

Let’s read on.

Illustration by Jovanie P. Bandiola

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 What’s New

What COVID-19 really Teaches Man

Illustration by Jovanie P. Bandiola

“This would surely gain hearts!” Marie excitedly told herself as she fingered
through her social media. She posted an old picture of her while on nature
adventure in a bat cave. Multitudes of bats hanging upside down in the
background, creating a black velvet behind her. She was standing with
arms akimbo, I am batwoman. Her caption said.

Then, she logged out of her page to go to Jenny’s house to answer their
module. She fixed her face mask, and brought her things with her.

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Marie walked across the street toward Jenny’s house. A door opened, and
a pixie-cut girl of 18 stood by the door.

Illustration by Jovanie P. Bandiola

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 Illustration by Jovanie P. Bandiola

“Marie!!!” Jenny shouted even before Marie could say her hello.

“Look!” Jenny showed her phone with the recently posted picture of her
friend.

Ting. Ting. Ting.

A barrage of emoticons seemed to flood Marie’s page. Jenny ushered her

inside their house, handed Marie the rubbing alcohol, and told her to
check her phone too.

Marie’s post surely gained emojis, but not the hearts she expected. There
were a few, but mostly were angry, sad, and ‘wow’ emojis. Then came the
first of the many comments.

“COVID-19 must have begun with you!”

“Beautiful, but deadly virus. Ikaw na!”

“Safety first, deary! You shouldn’t be anywhere near those bats!”

“Has your LGU placed you on quarantine?”

“You must be patient-O!”

“Queen of COVID!”
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“Oh, my! What are they thinking?” Marie asked, suddenly tired after
reading those comments. “That is an old picture, you know!”

Marie slumped on the sofa. Her face mask, and bag strewn around her.

Illustration by Jovanie P. Bandiola

“How could I have started COVID-19 when that picture was taken in 2017!”
Marie voiced out her irritation. “Coronavirus is in 2019!”

Jenny sat at the other end of the sofa from where Marie was sitting.

Illustration by Jovanie P. Bandiola

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“Well, you’re right that COVID-19 is in 2019, hence, it’s name,” Jenny
began, putting her mobile phone beside her to face Marie. “But, there are
researches that point to the various reservoir hosts, or animals, which the
coronavirus originated. And one of them is the bat, like those in your
picture.”

“Yeah, I read that from somewhere too,” Marie calmly agreed. “But still,
that doesn’t mean I transmitted the virus. After all, I am still alive!”

Both friends laughed.

Jenny responded, “We know

that COVID-19 is highly
infectious, and can easily be
transmitted. In fact, reports
from the WHO indicate that
droplet transmission occurs
when a person is in in close
contact with someone who has
cough, and colds. This can be
potentially risky especially if
those droplets come from an
infected person.”

“Ohhh, so maybe this is the

reason why we are advised to
do social distancing to avoid
close and direct contact with
someone who has COVID,”
Marie inferred.

Illustration by Jovanie P. Bandiola

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 “Yup! Yet, we should still be
careful because there are
cases when surfaces or
objects in the immediate
environment of those infected
persons may transmit the
virus,” Jenny added.

“So, the transmission of

coronavirus, say, from bats,
is possible if one infected
person transmits the same
virus into more people?”

“Yes,” Jenny responded, but

took her cellphone and
rummaged through its
content. “But we shouldn’t
mistake airborne
transmission from droplet
transmission. COVID-19 is
respiratory droplet
transmission. Look at this
article from WHO.”

Jenny handed her cellphone

toward Marie.

Illustration by Jovanie P. Bandiola

“In the context of COVID-19, airborne transmission may be possible in

specific circumstances and settings in which procedures or support
medical treatments that generate aerosols are performed.”

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 Illustration by Jovanie P. Bandiola

“I see,” Marie said, returning Jenny’s phone. “Then this just proves that
since there is no known cure for COVID-19, frequent handwashing with
soap and water, or rubbing alcohol, using of face mask, observing social
distancing, and even staying at home are possible preventions of
transmission of the virus. Our new normal.”

Ting. Ting. Ting.

Tiny ringing filled Jenny’s living room. Marie took her cellphone out.

“Well, at least, COVID-19 will eventually find its cure,” Marie said with
resignation.

“Why is that?” Jenny asked, looking up from her mobile phone.

“Just look at the negativities of the people with my post. There will never
be a cure for that,” Marie pointed to her cellphone.

Jenny laughed. “You know what, aside from those scientific literature
about COVID-19 transmission, what we should really be transmitting is
kindness. Yes, we should normalize kindness, not hate.”

“Should I erase my post, then?” Marie asked. When Marie would have
removed her post, she saw another comment:

“Spread kindness, not COVID-19.”

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And another;

“More than ever, this pandemic is a lesson for us to take care of these
creatures.”

That was from Jenny.

“Aww…thank you,” Marie could only respond.

“Well, it’s just another day in this virtual space. Though I really hope people
start being kind. It’s the best kind of thing to transmit to the world,” Jenny
concluded.

“I agree,” Marie nodded, closing her mobile phone. “But I think we should
be answering our module now.”

“Alright! But let me just take a selfie.” And the two friends laughed.

Illustration by Jovanie P. Bandiola

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 What’s More

Activity 1. Compre-Check

Direction: Read the questions about the story and write your answers in
a separate sheet of paper.

1. What reactions did Marie’s post get?

2. Is it proper for the people react ‘negatively’ on Marie’s picture?
3. According to the story, what is said to be the source of the
coronavirus?
4. How is COVID-19 transmitted?
5. What are the ways to avoid acquiring the coronavirus?
6. What does “normalize kindness” mean?
7. What does COVID-19 teach man?

What I Can Do

Activity 2. The New Normal

Direction. What does the word inside the box mean? Cite some scenarios
which indicates this new normal. Write your answers in a
separate sheet of paper.

_____________ _____________

new normal

_____________ _____________

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 What I Have Learned

Generalization

COVID-19 is truly a game-changer. And surely, we all have our stories to

tell. But what is true right now is that 1) Coronavirus Disease 2019 or
COVID-19 is the name given to the airborne and infectious disease caused
by a new strain of coronavirus; 2) it got its name because of the spikes, or
crowns, “corona”, around the virus; 3) it affects the respiratory system of the
person; 4) a person affected may have mild to serious symptoms; and
5) there is still an increasing number of people affected by COVID-19.

Activity 3. Exit Slip

Direction: Give what is asked. Write your answers in a separate sheet of

paper.

3 Write 3 things you Have Learned in the Story

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2 Write 2 things You Want to Learn about the Topic
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1 IF you could ask a question, What would you ask about
today’s lesson?
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Activity 1. Compre-Check – answers may vary; suggested answers
1. Marie mostly got negative reactions from her post, instead of the ‘hearts’ she
expected.
2. No, the people’s reaction on Marie’s post are improper.
3. The source of the coronavirus is bats.
4. COVID-19 is transmitted through droplets. The transmission occurs when a
person is in in close contact with someone who has cough, and colds. This can
be potentially risky especially if those droplets come from an infected person.
5. To avoid coronavirus, one must always wash their hands with soap and water,
or rubbing alcohol, use face mask and face shield, observe social distance, and
stay at home if there are no important reasons to go out.
6. Normalize kindness means that we should all be kind even among strangers.
And in this time of the pandemic, normalizing kindness is a ways of dealing
with the setbacks that the coronavirus has brought into our environment, and
even mental health.
7. COVID-19 teach man to be kind.
Activity 2. The New Normal – answers may vary; suggested answers
New normal can mean that wearing face mask and face shield is part of our everyday
life.
New normal means taking care of ourselves seriously.
New normal means being aware of one’s mental health especially in bleak situations
like this pandemic.
New normal means life must go on amidst the COVID-19.
Activity 3. Exit Slip – answers may vary
- I have learned that there is nothing wrong being kind even to strangers, and
mostly, online.
- I have learned that people will always have something to say, good or bad.
- I have learned that this pandemic is not just a respiratory illness, but also an
illness that test man’s empathy toward another.
- I want to learn more about the actual incidence of COVID-19 in my place.
- I want to learn about ways to be more kind to other people.
- Why people react negatively?
Answer Key
 References
World Health Organization. (-). Coronavirus. Retrieved at
https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus#tab=tab_2
World Health Organization. (29 Mar 2020). Modes of transmission of virus
causing COVID-19: implications for IPC precaution recommendations.
Retrieved at https://www.who.int/news-
room/commentaries/detail/modes-of-transmission-of-virus-causing-covid-
19-implications-for-ipc-precaution-recommendations
World Health Organization. (10 May 2020). Contact tracing in the context of
COVID-19. Retrieved at https://www.who.int/publications-detail/contact-
tracing-in-the-context-of-covid-19
World Health Organization. (03 Aug 2020). Situation report – 196: Coronavirus
disease (COVID-19). Retrieved at https://www.who.int/docs/default-
source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200803-covid-19-sitrep-196-
cleared.pdf?sfvrsn=8a8a3ca4_6.

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