Understanding Culture

Society and Politics

In your own word what is culture,
society, politics?
  Culture Society Politics
     
     
Ideas / Information
 
about the word    
 
 
   
 
     
Definition
(combination of
ideas / information
for each word)
 Culture (from the Latin term “colere” – to cultivate) - the
sum total of ideas, beliefs, values, material or non-
material aspects, which makes man as a member of
society.

 Society (from the Latin term “socius” – comrade,

associate) - group of people who share a culture and a
territory.

 Politics (from the Latin term “politicus”- of citizen or

state) - activities that relate to influencing the actions
and policies of a government or getting and keeping
power in a government.
 Culture is a way of life of a group of people - the behaviors,
beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept, generally
without thinking about them, and that are passed along by
communication and imitation from one generation to the next.
 Society refers to persons, collectively considered, who live in
any region or at any period; any community of individuals who
are united together by a common bond of nearness or
intercourse; those who recognize each other as associates,
friends, and acquaintances.
 Politics is the science of government; that part of ethics which
has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or
state, the preservation of its safety, peace, and prosperity,
the defense of its existence and rights against foreign control
or conquest, the augmentation of its strength and resources,
and the protection of its citizens in their rights, with the
preservation and improvement of their morals.
Read the adjectives written on each box. Look around the
classroom and try to find a classmate who you think fits a
description well. Introduce yourself and ask him/her to
write his/her name inside the box. “Bingo Challenge”
Looks Cute Look like an Actor/Actress Looks Sociable
 

Looks Handsome/ Beautiful Looks Kind Looks Smart

 

Looks Adventurous Looks Sophisticated Looks Friendly

 
POLITICS IS A DIRTY GAME…
Find a partner and interpret what is
written in the picture. Do you agree
with this? Yes or No? Write the answer in
4 – 5 sentences then discuss it with a
partner.
IDENTIFY THE PICTURES IF CULTURE,
SOCIETY OR POLITICS
Assessment
1. The sum total of ideas, beliefs, values, material or non-material aspects,
which makes man as a member of society is called _____________.
a. Society b. culture c. politics d. law
2. Which of the following words refer to persons, collectively considered, who
live in any region or at any period; any community of individuals who are united
together by a common bond of nearness or intercourse?
a. Culture b. society c. law d. politics
3. Which of the following words refer to the activities that relate to influencing
the actions and policies of a government or getting and keeping power in a
government?
a. Society b. culture c. politics d. laws
4. Which of these Latin terms literally mean “comrade” or “associate”?
a. Cultus b. lei c. politicus d. socius
A CULTURAL BACKGROUND can be
shaped at the family, societal or
organizational level. Cultural
background is an important way to
define an individual’s identity. The
following are the categories that
determine one’s culture background: