S O C I E TY

Learning Objectives
After completion on the lesson on society, the student
should be able to
1, define society
2. give the characteristics of society
• 3. Identify and describe the classification of societies.
• 4. Compare pre-industrial society from industrial
society
 SOCIETY

• Composed of members sharing some mutual concerns

or interest , a common characteristic of objective.
• A network of relationships between social entities which
can be independent community.
• A self-reproducing grouping of individuals occupying a
particular territory.
 CHARACTERESITICS OF SOCIETY

• A social networks which are maps of relationships

between people. It features different structures such as

• proximity
• frequency of contact,
• type of relationship
•Criteria for membership are standards set by society
that a member must satisfy in order to become accepted
as part of the society.
•The organization of the society is according to a specific
patterns.
•The society is organized according to their political structure and the like.
THE TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETIES
 The time when humans survived primarily by hunting
animals and gather wild vegetation.

* Role members are usually determined by age and sex,

women stay in the house. The oldest member is the
* Head man, called it as Shaman acting as the spiritual
leader.
* Life is very simple since social organization evolves within
the family or clan.
HORTICULTURIST OR SIMPLE FARMING
SOCIETIES
• It is now cultural, the community was first realized in this era,
where people began to group and attain a common goals.
• People gather to perform crop rising or fishing and then later
establish community where the type of resource predominates
• Used tools like stones to pierce the body of animal and to curve
and de-skin animals.
 AGRARIAN SOCIETY

• Agrarian Society or Agriculture Society

• is a society where agriculture including both crop
production and animal breeding is the foundation of
both the economy and jobs
 INTENSIVE AGRICUTURAL SOCIETIES
OR CIVILIZATIONS
*Societies become more institutionalized society at is
maximum size, people worked together at a
compartmentalized level to support the big size of the
society. Classic example is the Sumerian Civilization where
a center community was established, the Ziggurat all the
harvest and other supplies were deposited and evenly
distributed to all members,
THE INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
The comparison between Pre-Industrial
Society and Industrial Society
POST INDUSTRIALZED SOCIETIES

• The time where people have transformed from farming

to the development and applications of inventions that

will make their lives easier
* Scientist focused on more technological
 ACTIVITY
• Answer the following briefly
• A. a. Identify the type of society that describes the following description
below:
• b. Explain your answer
1. The society which their subsistence strategy is slash and burning
2. The society that is rooted in information and services which a shift from
products to ideas and knowledge.
• 3. The society which demonstrated the strongest dependence on
environment of the various types of pre-industrial societies/
• 4. The society which utilized machines to assists people in adapting to
their environment
• 5. The society that utilized crop production and animal breeding to
improve
economy and create more jobs.
• B. Compare the pre-Industrial society from Industrial society according
to the
• 1. The organizational structure
• 2. The Division of Labor
• 3. The description of the people in the society
• 4. The relationship of the family
• C. Among the types of the societies given, what society do you appreciate
most? Why?
• References:
• Alar, Sherwin , Science , Technology and Society pages 10-15
• Cruz, Tita et al Science , Technology and Society pages 5-10