UNDERSTANDING

CULTURE, SOCIETY
AND POLITICS
 CULTURE- the system
of knowledge, norms
and values more or less
shared by members of a
particular society
 SOCIETY –people
who interact in a
defined territory and
share a culture
 POLITICS- may be
defined as the art of
government, public
affairs, compromise and
consensus, and power
Learning Competency

1: Articulate observations on
human cultural variation, social
differences, social change and
political identities through an
introspective learning activity
 ACTIVITY 1
 Directions:
 1. Get one whole sheet of paper.
 2. Write your name inside the circle.
 3. Draw figure 1 on the sheet of paper.
Figure 1
 Write the following information
of yourself in the 4 spaces:
 a. gender
 b. place where you are
born
 c. ethnicity
 d. religion
Gender?
Sex?
 Ethnicity
 One’s identification with
social group that shares
cultural traditions,
language, social
experiences or ancestry
 Ethnic groups in the Philippines
The islands of the Philippines are inhabited by more than 175 Ethnolinguistic Nations, the majority of
whose own languages are Austronesian languages in origin. Many of these nations converted to Christianity
, particularly the lowland-coastal nations, and adopted many foreign elements of culture. Ethnolinguistic
nations include the Ivatan Ethnic Nation, Ilocano Ethnic Nation, Pangasinan Ethnic Nation, Kapampangan
Ethnic Nation, Tagalog Ethnic Nation, Bicolano Ethnic Nation, Visayans (Masbateño Ethnic Nation,
Ilonggo Ethnic Nation, Cebuano Ethnic Nation, Waray Ethnic Nation, Butuanon Ethnic Nation,
Romblomanon Ethnic Nation, Kamayo Ethnic Nation, Cuyunon Ethnic Nation and Surigaonon),
Zamboangueño Ethnic Nation, Subanon Ethnic Nation and a lot more.
 In western Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago, there are ethnolinguistic nations who practice Islam.
The Spanish called them Moros after the Moors (despite no resemblance or cultural ties to them apart
from their religion). In the Agusan Marsh and the highlands of Mindanao, there are native ethnic groups
collectively known as the Lumad. Unlike the Moros, these people do not practice Islam, and maintain
their animistic beliefs and traditions though some of them have converted to Christianity as well.
 The Negrito are a pre-Austronesian people who migrated from mainland Asia and were among the
earliest human beings to settle the Philippines. [citation needed] The first known were the people of the
Callao Man remains. The Negrito population was estimated in 2004 at around 31,000. [1] Their tribal
groups include the Ati, and the Aeta. Their ways of life remain mostly free from Western and Islamic
influences. Scholars study them to try to understand pre-Hispanic culture.
 Most Filipinos are Malayo-Polynesian, a major family within the Austronesian language family. Other
ethnolinguistic nations form a minority in the Philippine population. These include those of Spanish,
Latin American, Japanese, Chinese particularly the Hokkien Ethnic and Cantonese Ethnic, Indians
particularly the Punjabi Ethnic, Tamil Ethnic and Kerala Ethnic, English, Castilian, and other
ethnolinguistic nations from other countries. Mixed-race or mixed-ethnicity individuals are known as
mestizo.
Religion
 Beliefs
and behavior
concerned with
supernatural beings,
power and forces
 ACTIVITY 2

 Directions: The teacher will group

the students into 4. Each group will
choose
 a leader and a secretary to consolidate
their answers on a table similar to
 what is shown below.
Name Gend Place where Ethnicity Religion
er born
 ACTIVITY 3
 Directions: Based on the output from the previous
activity, the teacher will ask
 the students to discuss their observations based on the
following questions:

 1. What are the similarities and differences of

every individual?
 2. Do these similarities and differences affect
the life of the whole community?
 Why?

(Each group will be given a time frame of 2-5

minutes to present their answers group outputs. )