Understanding culture society and politics

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1. UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

STARTING POINTS FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF CULTURE, SOCIETY AND
POLITICS.

Content Standard:
The learners demonstrate an understanding of:
1. Human cultural variation, social differences, social change,
and political identities
2. The significance of studying culture, society, and politics

Performance Standard:
The learners acknowledge human cultural variation, social differences,
social change, and political identities.

Learning Competencies:
The learners:
 articulate observations on human cultural variation, social
differences, social change, and political identities.
 demonstrate curiosity and an openness to explore the origins
and dynamics of culture and society, and political identities.

Specific Learning Outcomes

The learners will be able to:
1. identify their own family culture in terms of values, beliefs, religion,
ethnicity, class and behavior
2. observe the social political, cultural behavior and phenomena.
3. explain the changes in culture as an impact of changes in technology
and politics.
4. appreciate their own family culture.






LESSON OUTLINE TIME LIMIT


Introduction/- Before and After Activity
Review



Motivation

Think-Pair-Share

Instruction/Power Point Presentation, Activities,
Delivery



Practice

Compare and Contrast

Evaluation- E-Poster making


Enrichment
Venn Diagram


Materials : UCSP book, colored paper, notebook, pen and enveloped,
Screen



Resources: Saluba, D.J., et al. (2016). Understanding Culture, Society and
Politics for SHS, p. 2-24, Mutya Publishing House INC.


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2. UNDERSTANDING CULTURE SOCIETY AND POLITICS


INTRODUCTION
DAY 1
INTRODUCTION


The teacher will start the class with Before and After Activity
The students will write their thoughts about Culture, Society and Politics. They will be encouraged to write any of their thoughts, and make sure
that this activity is not graded and there will be no wrong answer. 2-3 students will be picked to share their thoughts in front of the class. After,
papers will be collected and sealed in brown envelope.


Follow up the activity by formally opening the topic with the learning competency.
1. articulate observations on human cultural variation, social differences, social change, and political identities.
2. demonstrate curiosity and an openness to explore the origins and dynamics of culture and society, and political identities.



MOTIVATION

MOTIVATION

Think Pair and Share

In this activity, students in diad form will share their family culture in terms of values, beliefs, traditions, religion, behavior, ethnicity, and class.
After the time allotment, some students will be called to share their insights in the big group.


(See illustration below)

3. INSTRUCTION/ DELIVERY
INSTRUCTION / DELIVERY (45 minutes)

Lesson Proper
 Observations about Social Political Cultural Behavior and Phenomena







Hess (1991) states that we all have our different institutional spheres. It might be social structure, cultural system and political
structure and economic system. But the content, the specific details of the institutional spheres, and the ways in which these traits are
linked together will be different from one society to another, shaped by our own geography and history. Our astonishing variety of
customs, beliefs, and artifacts that human have devised to meet universal needs.

4.  Activity: “Past Vs. Present” (Changes in Technology)

In this activity students will be group into five. The teacher will distribute set of pictures of past and present technology. Members
of the group will discuss the similarities and differences of each set of pictures. They will be guided with the following questions:

1. How do these technologies make an impact to human and society?
2. Do you think these changes in technology create changes in society?
3. How does it affect culture?

























After sharing each group will be asked to report their insights.

5.  Political Changes

Guide Questions:

1. What can you say about our politics?
2. Do you think political dynasty really change the political run in our society?

Values integration:
 Short Response Activity
In a piece of colored paper let the students answer the question

“How do I VALUE my own Family CULTURE?
 Assignment
1. Explain what Anthropology is.
2. What are the goals of Anthropology?

DAY 2 (60 minutes)
 Review
1. How technological and political change affect our culture and society?
2. What caused changes in our culture?

 Checking of Assignment

 Power Point Presentation

A. Overview of Anthropology
B. Goals of Anthropology
C. Relationships of Anthropology in other Disciplines
1. Anthropology and Sociology
2. Anthropology and Psychology
3. Anthropology and Education
4. Anthropology and Business
D. The Four Major Fields of Anthropology

6. 1. Biological Anthropology
a. Paleoanthropology
b. Primatology
2. Cultural Anthropology
a. Ethnography
b. Ethnology
3. Archaeology
a. Historical Archaeology
b. Cultural Resources Management
c. Applied Archaeology
4. Linguistics
a. Descriptive Linguistics
b. Historical Linguistics
E. Interdisciplinary Fields of Anthropology
1. Applied Anthropology.
2. Development Anthropology
3. Urban Anthropology
4. Medical Anthropology

7. PRACTICE
DAY 3 (Time allotment)
PRACTICE

 Compare and Contrast
Compare and contrast the culture of other countries from the culture of our own country in terms of technologies






























COUNTRIES PHILIPPINES
TECHNOLOGY POLITICS


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA





REPUBLIC OF CHINA





JAPAN





SINGAPORE

8. EVALUATION
 E-Poster Making

With the different changes in our society today, culture had been changed too. Beliefs, customs, traditions and even religion are in constant
change. Therefore, new face of society is formed.

If you want to see changes in your own community, what do you think are the necessary steps that you need to do in orders to start or create a
change. You may express your thoughts in making an E-poster.


ENRICHMENT / ASSIGNMENT

Using the Venn diagram the students will determine the differences and relationship of CULTURE, SOCIETY, and POLITICS






















culture society
politics