Subject Code SS6 Social Science 6: Leadership and Civic

Engagement
Module Code 1.0 The Nature of Human Person
Lesson Code 1.4 Political Science
Time Limit 30 minutes

TARGET
TA: 1 min

At the end of this module, the student should be able to:

1. cite the viewpoints of politics that you learned;
2. prove the political nature of a human person; and
3. summarize the importance of political science to a human person.

HOOK
TA: 5 min

In your Social Science 4, you have studied the Philippine

Government, Politics, and the 1987 Philippine Constitution and in
doing so you have learned the different viewpoints about politics by
the different political thinkers. Now, let us recall some of those
viewpoints using the graphic organizer below. Write the viewpoints
that you can still remember inside the circles provided. Add more
circles if needed. There is no incorrect answer for this activity.

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 Politics as the
art of
government

Politics as the
conduct and
management
of public affairs
POLITICS

Politics as the
resolution of
conflict
through debate
and
compromise

IGNITE
CAN WE AVOID POLITICS?
TA: 7 min

As you observed, politics may be viewed from various perspectives—as shown by our activity.
The question is, can we avoid politics? Politics may not be as exciting to some people especially those
who are not interested in competition and disagreement. Some people escape from politics as if it's
something that we can avoid. One cannot avoid politics (Department of Political Science, 2014).
Politics is everywhere, every decision we make in our life is politics. The conventional wisdom of
many areas of Political Science is that people act rationally to maximize their personal utility (Peters,
2004).

“MAN BY NATURE IS A POLITICAL ANIMAL”

Since we cannot avoid politics, it can be explained that naturally, politics is an important tool
that separates the human beings from other animals. There are certain characteristics unique to humans
that set them apart from the rest of the creations. (Unit-1 Introduction to the Philosophy of Human
Person, 2017). However, Aristotle, the Father of Political Science said that man naturally is a political
animal. It seems Aristotle believes the man is just like the animals in some ways but is above them in
one distinctive way - politics. Humans are unique in joining together to make deliberative and governing
bodies that seek to improve the ways of life. We weren't created to be loners; we are wired to make a

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community and work together. It takes the method of politics to stay society functioning so
that everyone can flourish the maximum amount as possible. Politics for Aristotle is, therefore,
the “master science” that refers to the activity through which humans try to improve their lives and
build the Great Society.

IMPORTANCE OF POLITICAL SCIENCE TO A HUMAN PERSON

Based on our previous discussion that man cannot avoid politics as it is a natural characteristic
of a human person, therefore, humans as we are, we tend to apply politics in our everyday lives. Whether
your concern is about convincing your parents for an additional allowance at school or trying to do
household chores over the weekend so that your parents will allow you to go out with your friends. It's
all about politics. On a larger scale, being able to participate in different issues in the country whether
political, social, or economic through protests or in any medium to gain something, is an exercise of
politics. In these cases, a lot of people with diverse opinions may not completely agree with what you
are fighting for. Thus, Political Science prepares the individual to think more clearly about oneself and
one's relationship with others, to be more careful in one's judgments of the unfamiliar, and to be more
tolerant of diverse opinions thrown in one's path. Political Science aims to educate and develop the
citizenry, the values of civic and political consciousness (Maguigad, 2005).

DID YOU KNOW?

There are many ways that you can use politics and participate in our country’s political
process. It includes voting, campaigning, giving contributions to the campaign of a
candidate, or working as a volunteer during political exercises. You can also do Lobbying
by influencing the formation and implementation of public policy through thorough visits,
telephone calls, letters, and other acts that bring some demands to political leaders. Another
way is by Organizing -by becoming a member or an officer of an organization that has
the goal of bringing up/voicing out concerns- for the government to consider in their
decisions.
How about you? How do you participate in or influence the decision-making of the
government? Share your thoughts……

LEARN MORE ABOUT POLITICAL SCIENCE

Click the link and share your thoughts about the

course:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hOfn0Xj8cs

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 NAVIGATE
TA: 13 min

GENERAL INSTRUCTION:
A. You are expected to answer these tests completely, honestly, and correctly.
B. Please wait for your teacher’s instructions about submissions and other important announcements.
C. For the essay part, refer to the scoring guide in answering the questions.

GRADED ASSESSMENT

Test 1. 10 POINTS. According to Aristotle, man by nature is a political animal. List at least 10
differences of human beings from other animals to support this claim. 1 point is given for each listed
difference.

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GRADED ASSESSMENT

Test 2. 40 POINTS. From the list of differences in Test 1, identify which are minor and which are
major. 1 point is given for each identified difference. On the second column, provide a short
explanation using the criteria below the table.

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 MINOR EXPLANATION MAJOR EXPLANATION

1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

4. 4.

5. 5.

Criteria 3 points 2 points 1 point 0 point

Explanation- Ideas are clear Ideas are clear Ideas are Ideas are not
argumentation/in and are well- but are not well- somewhat clear. clear.
sights provided supported by supported by
are sensible and detailed and detailed
well explained accurate information.
using information.
data/information/
evidence to
support the
claim/answer.

GRADED ASSESSMENT

Test 3. Short Response. 5 POINTS. In 5 to 10 sentences, explain the importance of Political Science
to a human person.

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 SCORING GUIDE FOR SHORT RESPONSE
INDICATORS 5 4 3 2 1
Content and Relevance- Answers the All of the Only 2 of Only one Two indicators One indicator
questions correctly, directly, completely, three the three indicator were provided but was provided
and logically. All the details written are indicators indicators was well lack coherence to but lacks
relevant to the topic being discussed. were well were well provided the overall idea of coherence to the
Argumentation- Arguments/insights provided or provided or the answer. overall idea of
provided are sensible and well explained observed or observed (example: the answer.
using data/information/evidence to support observed argumentation (example: use of
the claim/answer. and use of language is
Use of language- Uses clear transitions to language are observed but it
further elaborate the answer. There is/are observed but has no insights,
no errors in spelling. Supplemental these are not and ideas are not
sentences clearly support the main relevant to the relevant to the
idea/thought of the answer. topic) topic)

KNOT
TA: 4 min

In summary, we learned that:

▪ One cannot avoid politics. Politics is everywhere, every decision we make in our life is
politics;
▪ Man by nature is a political animal;
▪ Political Science aims to educate and develop the citizenry, the values of civic and political
consciousness;
▪ Political scientists study the relationship between the political events and the conditions; and
▪ There are many ways that you can use politics and participate in our country’s political
process.

Food for Thought:

“Man is the sole animal capable of working his way out of the merely animal state- his normal state is
one appropriate to his consciousness, one that has to be created by himself”.

Frederick Engels, Dialectics of Nature.

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References:

Atmosfera, B., Zabate, K., & Veridiano, F. (n.d). Civic Engagement and Leadership (p. 26).
Philippine Science High School.

Department of Political Science. (2014). Politics and Governance. Iligan: Ivory Printing Press.
Peters, B. G. (2004). Politics is About Governing. In A. Leftwich, What is Politics? (p. 23). Polity
PressLtd.
Maguigad, Rogelio B. (2005). Politics and Governance. Quezon City :Libro Filipino.

Unit-1 Introduction to the Philosophy of Human Person. (2017). IGNOU The People's University.
Retrieved from http://egyankosh.ac.in//handle/123456789/38475

Prepared by: CARL KELVIN S. SAPIO Reviewed by: JAY P. BASSIG

Position: Special Science Teacher III Position: Special Science Teacher V
Campus: PSHS-CMC Campus: PSHS-BRC

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