UNDERSTANDING CULTURE,

SOCIETY AND POLITICS

Mr. Alfredo C. Santos
Social Science Instructor
 CHAPTER I: THE SOCIAL SCIENCE AND
THE THREE FACES OF THE SOCIAL

Lesson 1: Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics: Some

Key Observation

Lesson 2: The Social Science: Sociology, Anthropology, and

Political Science.
LESSON 1:
Understanding Culture, Society, and
Politics: Some Key Observation
MOTIVATION:

Speed Dating Activity

QUESTION:
1. If you could have lunch with anyone from the history, who
would it be?
2. If you could be granted one wish, want would it be?
3. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
4. If you could be any animal, what would you be?
5. Describe your perfect day.
6. If you could eat one type of food for the rest of your life, what
would it be?
7. If you were stranded on a deserted island, who are three people
you would want with you?
8. where’s the prettiest place you’ve ever been?
WHAT IS SOCIAL SCIENCE?
 The study of human society.
 A particular area of study that relates to human behavior
and society.

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 Are the fields or scholarship that study society.

 Is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a
plurality of fields outside of the natural science.
SOCIALITY
An instance of social intercourse
or sociability.

The tendency to associate in or form

social group.
 Sociology

Cultural Practices Social

Forces
Faces
of the Social
Anthropology Political
Power Science
Relation
SOCIOLOGY
Focuses on the external influences that
facilitate or constrain human actions

Merriam Webster

- The study of society, social institutions,

and social relationship
SOCIOLOGY

Was born in Europe, particularly in

Germany, England, and France during
the industrial revolution.
ANTHROPOLOGY
 Looksinto the role of cultural structures in
organizing human interactions.

Merriam Webster

- The study of human races, origins,

societies, and cultures.
ANTHROPOLOGY
Studies human diversity around the
world. It looks at cross-cultural
differences in social institutions,
cultural beliefs, and communication
styles.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
 Studiespower relations and how these
layered modalities of opportunities among
social actors.

Merriam Webster
 The study of Government and how they work.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Is the systematic study of government
and politics. It makes generalizations
and analyses about political system
and political behavior, and uses these
results to predict future behavior.
SOCIAL FORCES