Grade: 12

Core Subject Title: Understanding Culture, Society and Politics

Course Description:
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 engage 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;
recognize cultural relativism and social inclusiveness to overcome prejudices; and develop social and cultural competence to guide their interactions with groups,
communities, networks, and institutions.

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A. Starting points for the understanding of The learners The learners: The learners:
culture, society, and politics demonstrate an
understanding of:
1. Sharing of social and cultural
backgrounds of students as acting 1. human cultural 1. articulate observations on
1. acknowledge human
subjects or social actors, agents, persons; variation, social human cultural variation,
cultural variation, social
(examples: gender, socioeconomic class, differences, social differences, social
differences, social change,
ethnicity, religion, exceptionality/non- social change, change, and political
and political identities Understanding
exceptionality, nationality) and political identities
identities Culture,
2. Observations about social, political, and 2. adopt an open and critical Society, and
cultural behavior and phenomena attitude toward different 2. demonstrate curiosity and an Politics for
2. the significance
(examples: food taboos, istambay, social, political, and openness to explore the 5 days Senior High
of studying
political dynasties, elections) cultural phenomena origins and dynamics of School, Baleña
culture, society,
3. Observations on social, and politics through observation and culture and society, and et. al.,
political,and cultural change reflection political identities Educational
(examples: txting, transnational 3. the rationale for 3. appreciates the value of Resources
families, local public services, studying disciplines of Corp. 2016
youth volunteerism) anthropology, Anthropology, Sociology,
political science, and Political Science as
4. Definition of anthropology, and sociology social sciences
3. analyze social, political, and
political science, and sociology cultural change
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4. recognize the common concerns
or intersections of
anthropology, sociology, and
political science with respect to
the phenomenon of change

5. identify the subjects of

inquiry and goals of
Anthropology, Political
Science, and Sociology
B. Defining Culture and Society from the 1. culture and 1. appreciate the nature 1. explain anthropological and
perspectives of anthropology and society as of culture and society sociological perspectives on
sociology anthropological from the perspectives culture and society
1. Society as a group of people sharing and of anthropology and
a common culture sociological sociology 2. describe society and culture
2. Culture as a “‘that complex whole which concepts as a complex whole
encompasses beliefs, practices, values, 2. demonstrate a holistic
attitudes, laws, norms, artifacts, 2. perspectives understanding of 3. identify aspects of culture and
symbols, knowledge, and everything that in/approaches culture and society society
a person learns and shares as a member to the study of
4. raise questions toward a holistic
of culture and 6 days
3. values cultural heritage appreciation of cultures and
society.” (E.B. Tylor 1920 [1871]). society (i.e.,
and express pride of societies
3. Characteristics of Culture comparative,
place without being
a. Learned and acquired historical,
ethnocentric 4. become aware of why and
b. Shared and transmitted structural-
c. Adaptive or dynamic functional, how cultural relativism
d. Cumulative interpretive, mitigates ethnocentrism
e. Ideational critical)
f. Gratifies human needs 5. identify forms of tangible and
g. Social intangible heritage and the
4. Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism threats to these
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C. Looking back at Human Biocultural and
Social Evolution
1. Biological and cultural evolution: from
Homo habilis (or earlier) to Homo sapiens
sapiens in the fossil record
2. Cultural and sociopolitical evolution:
from hunting and gathering to the
agricultural, industrial , and post-
industrial revolutions
a. The Neolithic Revolution
b. Early civilization and the rise
of the state
c. Democratization
D. Becoming a member of society
1. Enculturation/Socialization
a. Identity formation
(identities, disciplines, and
aspirations)
b. Norms and values
c. Statuses and roles (e.g. age, gender)
2. Conformity and deviance
a. Social control (gossip, social
ostracism, laws and
punishments)
b. Forms of deviance (ritualism,
retreatism, rebellion, and
innovation)
3. Human dignity, rights, and the common
good
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1. the human Analyze key features of 1. trace the biological and
origins and interrelationships of biological, cultural evolution of early
the capacity cultural and sociopolitical to modern humans
for culture processes in human evolution that
2. the role of can still be used and developed 2. explore the significance of
culture in human material remains
human and artefactual evidence in
adaptation interpreting cultural and
3. processes of social, including political
cultural and and economic, processes
sociopolitical 3 days
3. recognize national, local,
evolution
and specialized museums,
and archaeological and
historical sites as venues
to appreciate and reflect
on the complexities of
biocultural and social
evolution as part of being
and becoming human
1. how individuals 1. identify norms and values to
learn culture and be observed in interacting 1. explain the development of
become with others in society, and the one’s self and others as a
competent consequences of ignoring product of socialization
members of these rules and enculturation
society
2. assess the rules of social
interaction to maintain 2. identify the context, 13 days
stability of everyday life and content, processes, and
the role of innovation in consequences of
response to problems and enculturation and
challenges socialization
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partners)
c. Kinship by ritual (Compadrazgo) 3. social and
d. Family and the household political 3. compare different social
Nuclear, extended, and reconstituted inequalities as forms of social
families (separated, transnational) features of organization according to
e. Politics of kinship (political societies and their manifest and latent
dynasty, alliances) the global functions
community
2. Political and leadership structures
a. Political organization
i. Bands
ii. Tribes
iii. Chiefdoms
iv. States and nations 4. analyze social and political
b. Authority and legitimacy structures
i. Traditional
ii. Charismatic
iii. Rational
3. Economic Institutions
a. Reciprocity 5. analyze economic
b. Transfers organization and its
c. Redistribution impacts on the lives of
d. Market transactions people in the society
e. Markets and state
4. Nonstate institutions
a. Banks and corporations
6. differentiate functions of
b. Cooperatives and trade unions
nonstate institutions in
c. Transnational advocacy groups
society
d. Development agencies
e. International organizations
5. Education
7. evaluate how functions of
a. Functions of education in
education affect the lives
society (formal and nonformal)
of people in society
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i. Productive citizenry
ii. Self-actualization 8. promote primary
iii. Primary education as a education as a human
human right right
6. Religion and belief systems 9. conduct participant
a. Animism observation (e.g., attend,
b. Polytheism describe, and reflect on a
c. Monotheism religious ritual of a
d. Institutionalized religions different group; observe
e. Separation of church and state elections practices)
7. Health
a. Culture-specific syndromes and
illnesses (e.g., “bughat”, 10. recognize the practice of
”usog”/”buyag”) medical pluralism in light of
b. Systems of diagnosis, prevention cultural diversity and
and healing (e.g., traditional, relativism
western, alternative healing
systems)
c. Health as a human right
G. Social and political stratification
a. Social desirables (wealth, 11. examine stratification from
power, prestige) the functionalist and
b. Social mobility system conflict perspectives
i. Open (Class)
ii. Closed (Caste)
c. Social inequality 12. identify characteristics of
i. Access to social, political, the systems of
and symbolic capital stratification
ii. Gender inequality
iii. Ethnic minorities
iv. Other minorities (e.g., persons
with disabilities) 13. suggest ways to
v. Global Inequality (relationships address global
between states and nonstate inequalities
actors in the global
community)
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H. Cultural, Social, and Political Change 1. identify new challenges
Sources of social, cultural, and faced by human
1. evaluates factors causing
political change populations in
social, political, and
1. Innovation contemporary societies
cultural change
2. Diffusion
3. Acculturation and assimilation
2. advocate how human
4. Social contradictions and tensions
societies should adapt to
(e.g., Inter-ethnic conflicts, class
such changes
struggle, armed conflict, terrorism,
protests, gender issues) 2. describe how human
the agents/
institutions, societies adapt to new
I. New challenges to human adaptation and challenges in the
processes, and
social change 3 days
outcomes of cultural, physical, social, and
1. Global warming and climate change cultural environment
political, and social
2. Transnational migration and Overseas
change
Filipino Workers (OFWs)

J. Responding to social, political, and

cultural change
1. Inclusive Citizenship and
participatory governance
2. New forms of media and social networking 3. develop a plan of action
3. Social movements (e.g., for community-based
environmentalism, response to change
feminism)