K to 12 BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL – CORE SUBJECT

Marilou P. Otinguey

Grade: 12
Course Subject Title: Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics
No. of hours/semester: 80 hours
Course :
This course uses insights from Anthropology, Political Science, and Sociology to Develop
students’ awareness of cultural, social and political dynamics and sensitivity to cultural diversity;
provide them with an understanding of how culture, human agency society and politics work;
and engaged them in the examination of the country’s current human development goals. At the
end of the course, students should acquire ideas about human cultures, human agency, society
and politics; recognized cultural relativism and social inclusiveness to overcome prejudices; and
develop social and cultural competence to guide their interactions with groups, communities,
networks, and institutions.

CONTENT:

I. The Origin and Nature of Social Sciences: Anthropology, Sociology, and Political
Science
a. The Birth and Growth of Social Sciences
b. Social Sciences in Rationalization and Common Sense
II. The Society in the Individual
a. The Family Today: Declining or Changing
o Problems defining the Family
o Types of Families
o Marriage and the Family
o Romantic Love, Mate Selection, and the Family
o Emerging issues on Families
b. Religion and the Search for Ultimate Meaning
o Nature of Religion and its Meaning
o Types of Religious Organization
o Religion and Women
o Religion in the age of Globalization
c. Education and Reproduction of Inequality
o Education and Social Reproduction
o Women and Education
o Education and Globalization
d. Economy, Society, and Cultural Change
o The Economy as Foundation of Social Life
o System of Stratification as source of inequalities
o Economy and Globalization
o Economic Globalization and the Environment
o The Rise of Ukay-Ukay or Wagwagan Market
 o Economic Globalization and Managing Risk in Everyday Life
e. The Mass Media and Society
o Violence, Consumerism and Mass Media
o Mass Media and Knowledge Production
f. Politics, Power and Society
o Politics and Social Organization
o The Modern Principalia in Philippine History
o Branches and Function of State Power
III. The Individual In Society
a. Socialization Process and Self-Making
o Socialization as a process of Becoming a Human
o Social Roles and Identity
o Gender and Socialization
b. Socialization and Assertion of Agency
o Self- Making and Agency
o The Self in Age of Web 2.0 Technology
IV. Culture and Soceity
a. Dynamics of Culture and Human Evolution
o Problems of Defining the Culture
o Different Approaches to the Study of Culture
o Elements of Culture
o Characteristics of Culture
o Nature and Nurture Divide: The Interaction Between Biology and Culture
o Diversity of Cultures
b. Culture and Society in the Globalizing World
o Culture and Social Change
o Globalization and Culture