Objectives:

1. Define and Differentiate Ethnocentrism and

Cultural Relativism
2. Portray the culture of Blaan, Cebuano and Muslim
as the 3 dominant ethnic groups in our locality thru
role play, human frame and poster making.
3. Explain the importance of cultural relativism in
attaining cultural understanding.
Engagement Activity #1: Scenario Analysis!
Questions:
1. What idea or concept is being portrayed on
scenario no,1,2,4?
2. In your own words, what is Ethnocentrism
based on scenario 1,2 and 4?
3. What idea or concept is being presented in
scenario 3,5 and 6?
4. How are you going to define Cultural Relativism
based on scenario no.3,5 and 6?
 Engagement Activity #2: Spot the Difference!

Question!
* Based from the picture above differentiate Ethnocentrism from Cultural Relativism
1.During the Spanish period what are the cultures
of the Pilipino?
2.What was the reason why we Pilipino are
indolent according to Spaniards?
3. Why Ilocano are known for being thrifty?
4. Why are know n as “Aswang” ?
Activity # 3: Portray it Out!
Task:
1. Group 1 will portray the culture of Blaan through role play.
2. Group 2 will portray the culture of Cebuano through human
picture frame then someone will explain on what is being
portrayed all about.
3. Group 3 will portray the culture of Muslim through poster
making. The group will assign somebody to explain their
poster as their output.
The following questions will be answered by the other groups.

1. What have you learned from the presentation of

the group? What makes the culture of
Cebuano/Muslim/Blaan a unique one?
2. What additional information you can give about
the culture being portrayed by the group?
Activity # 4: Ipaglaban mo!
Questions:(To be given to a particular groups/individuals)
 
1.From the presentation of the group, what practices of
Cebuano, Blaan and Muslim that showed ethnocentrism?
Cultural Relativism? Why?
2. Why we have to learn to respect the culture of others?
Activity # 4: Ipaglaban mo!
Questions:(To be given to a particular groups/individuals)
 
1.From the presentation of the group, what practices of
Cebuano, Blaan and Muslim that showed ethnocentrism?
Cultural Relativism? Why?
2. Why we have to learn to respect the culture of others?
Cultural relativism refers to an objective analysis of one’s own culture- seeing
and understanding of one’s belief and tradition from his/her own point of view.
=It also entails not to judge the practices of others based on your own
culture;
Hence respecting it in their own cultural context.
 
According to James Rachel (2003) the following claims have all been made by
cultural relativists:
1. Each society has a diverse set of moral conducts.
2. The rightfulness of an action within a society is primarily determined by the
moral standard of that society.
3. There is no objective standard that can be used as a basis of comparison among
societies.
4. The moral code of our own society is just part of a larger body of morality and
ethical standard.
5. High tolerance among all culture must be exercised always.
Activity #6: Did You Know That….
Cultural relativism tries to counter ethnocentrism by promoting the understanding
of cultural practices that are unfamiliar to others such as:
1. Eating insects in Thailand, Mexico and other state of USA
2.Killing of newborn females in China and India
3.Female genital mutilation in many African nations
4. Same-sex friends walking in public while holding hands in India but in England
holding hands is largely limited to romantically involved couples and often
suggests a sexual relationship.
5. Family kills a woman family member who is raped in Somalia and Sudan.
6. The famahidana funeral tradition in Madagascar that includes bringing bodies
out from tombs once every seven years, wrapping them in cloth, and dancing with
them.
Activity #6: Did You Know That….
Cultural relativism tries to counter ethnocentrism by promoting the
understanding of cultural practices that are unfamiliar to others such
as:
1. Eating insects in Thailand, Mexico and other state of USA
2.Killing of newborn females in China and India
3.Female genital mutilation in many African nations
4. Same-sex friends walking in public while holding hands in India but
in England holding hands is largely limited to romantically
involved couples and often suggests a sexual relationship.
5. Family kills a woman family member who is raped in Somalia and
Sudan.
Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
 1. Which is the best definition of cultural relativism?
a. A guide explaining that one society cannot impose its view and standards on another.
b. The highest ranking for a group’s cherish customs and values.
c. A cultural group’s desire to pass on its values to the next generation
d. An anthropologies fanciest way of saying culture

2.Which of the following is FALSE regarding cultural relativism?

a.When studying another culture, you must convert to its religious beliefs to understand its customs.
b.Something that might be taboo in your own society might be perfectly acceptable in another society.
c.It's difficult or even impossible to force your own culture's rituals onto another group.
d.People tend to be more tolerant of another culture's customs when they learn the meaning behind them
 
3.Rachels claims that the story of the Greeks and the Callations illustrates that:
a. different societies have different moral codes
b. no moral code is absolutely better than
c. the idea of a universal moral truth is an illusion.
d. all of the above.
 
4.According to cultural relativism:
a. some moral codes are better than others.
b. there is no independent standard against which
c. it is objectively morally right to be tolerant of the moral views of other societies.
d. we have moral obligations only to members of our own culture.
 
5.According to Rachels, if cultural relativism is true, moral knowledge is:
a. an incoherent notion.
b. impossible to acquire.
c. very difficult to acquire.
d. very easy to acquire