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QUARTER 3: MODULE 3

VARIOUS SOCIAL, MORAL, AND

ECONOMIC ISSUES DISCUSSED IN A
TEXT

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ABOUT THE MODULE
This module is consist of the following:

Pre-Test
Lesson 1: Economic Issues in a Short Story
Lesson 2: Moral Issue in a Short Story
Lesson 3: Social and Moral Issues in a Poem
Post-Test

General Directions
In answering the activities for this module, use separate sheets of paper.

What I Need to Know

After going through the process of discovery with the learning tasks, you are
expected to:
1. identify social, moral and economic issues presented in different texts;
2. explain the importance of being socially, morally and economically aware; and
3. write an opinion essay on a social and moral issue.

DAY 1

Pre-Test
Directions: Read each item carefully and write the letter of your answer.

1. What do you call the issue that presents a problem which influences a considerable number
of individuals within a society?
A. social B. educational C. global D. environmental

2. Which of the following can be categorized as a social issue?

A. Girls’ Access to Education

B. Foreign Aids Budget
C. Gender Inequality
B. Climate Change

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3. Which set of issues can be considered as a social issue?
A. Race & Ethnicity, Employment Discrimination, Privacy and Confidentiality
B. Prospects for growth, Inflation, Energy and the Environment
C. Traffic Rules, Data Privacy Act, Child-Protection Policy
D. Civil Rights, Poverty, Prostitution

4. What do you call the issue that presents a problem on how to make the best use of limited, or
scarce resources?
A. social B. moral C. economic D. educational

5. Which set of issues is an example of economic issue?

A. Budget Allocation, Income and Expenses, Business Flow
B. Inflation, Labor Issues, Impacts of New Technologies
C. Overpopulation, Racial Discrimination, Civil Rights
D. Drug Abuse, Divorce, Teenage Pregnancy

6. What issue is presented as any issue with the potential to help or harm anyone, including
oneself?
A. social B. economic C. moral D. government

7. What is the importance of social awareness?

A. It enables us to consider the perspective of other people and understand their needs.
B. It is a tool to have a globalized society.
C. It does not affect the government.
D. It is a source of income.

For items 8-15, identify the issue being presented in each text. Choose the answer from
given choices.
CHOICES: A. social B. economic C. moral D. health

8.

9.
“Teacher! Look, I found some money! They were under Rodil’s chair.” Ina, the
girl sitting behind the two boys exclaimed and gave the bills to Ms. Ann.

10.
Makato was an orphan, for his father and mother had died when he was very
young. He had no brothers, sisters, cousins, or friends to take care of him, so he
had to make a living for himself. He did every kind of work—carrying heavy things,
clearing away the forest, or feeding pigs.

11.

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12.
Big national play power game
Small countries feel no shame
They involved in power play to claim
And keep areas under flame

(Blood For Economy by Hasmukh Amathalal)

13.

Death, rather than servitude, a revolt has broken out.

14.

As we all hope for a cure

A cure to end the pandemic of Covid 19
Which has killed a many like Ebola did in 15
Friends have journeyed to the land of the dead
Enemies have journeyed as well
(Poem:Covid 19)

15.
I wish I were free and could take part in enemy’s rout.

DAY 1

LESSON 1: ECONOMIC ISSUES IN A SHORT

STORY

What I Need to Know

After going through this lesson, you are expected to:

1. identify the issue presented in the selection; and

2. mention own ways to help resolve financial issues

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 What’s In
Instructions: Look at the pictures below

Four Pics One Word

S ___ ___ C ___ ___ S

Question: What are the pictures all about ?

What’s New
What does it take to reach one’s goals? Can one achieve his/her goals if
he/she doesn’t have the resources? On the table, you can see the difficult words on the
left and the corresponding meaning on the right. Study them closely.
Vocabulary
Difficult Words Meanings
idle not occupied or employed
sensible having good sense/reason
fertile producing crops in great quantities
scraped to remove from a surface by usually
repeated strokes of an edged instrument
clutching to hold with the hand or with claws usually
strongly, tightly, or suddenly

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 What Is It

Let’s read a story from Thailand and be inspired by a young boy who pursued
his dreams despite being an orphan and poor.
MAKATO AND THE COWRIE SHELL
Supannee Khanchanathiti

Once upon a time there was a boy whose name was Makato. He was an orphan,
for his father and mother had died when he was very young. He had no brothers, sisters,
cousins, or friends to take care of him, so he had to make a living for himself. He did every
kind of work—carrying heavy things, clearing away the forest, or feeding pigs. He never
idled over his work, and although he was paid only a small wage, he was satisfied. He
knew that if he did not work he would starve. Wherever he went his employers praised
him for being sensible, hardworking, good-tempered, and cheerful.
One fine evening after he had finished chopping up a big pile of wood, he sat down
for a rest and thought of all he would like to do in the future. He wanted to try his luck in
far-off strange lands for he longed for exciting adventures. “What are you thinking about
so deeply, my boy?” asked his employer. “I would like to go on a journey for adventure,”
said Makato pointing to the northeast. “I’ve heard that the land over there is fertile and the
people are kind. I wish I could see that land for myself.” His eyes sparkled with excitement.
“The land you wish to go to is called Sukhothai,” said his employer. “They say Pra Ruang
of Sukhothai is a very kindhearted king. You might be lucky if you could go there.”
Some time later, Makato decided to try his fortune. He left his village and set out
into the wide world. He walked along cheerfully, enjoying new sights and talking to the
people he met on the way. After a month’s journey, he reached a village on the frontier of
the kingdom of Sukhothai. “Please can I have some water to drink?” Makato asked an old
woman with a big water pot on her head. “I’m so thirsty.” “Where did you come from? Why
are you here alone? You look as if you’d come a long way,” said the old woman, pouring
cold water from her pot into a small cup and handing it to Makato. “Thank you so much,”
said the boy. “Who are your father and mother? Haven’t you any family?” the old woman
asked again. “I have neither father nor mother. I come from the city of Mon over there,”
replied Makato. “Good heavens! Have you really come from Mon? How is it that you are
traveling alone, such a young boy as you are?” “I wanted to see Pra Ruang of Sukhothai,”
replied Makato. “They say he is a very kindhearted king.” “You are a determined boy!”
said the woman. “Come along with me. Who knows, you might see Pra Ruang someday.”
Makato was glad to go with her. If he could work for this kind woman, he would have a
place to sleep, some food to eat and, perhaps, someday he might be lucky enough to see
the king. The old woman’s husband was one of Pra Ruang’s mahouts, which meant that
he helped look after the hundreds of elephants that the king owned. Makato helped the
mahout find food for the elephants and clean out the elephant sheds. He worked hard
and well and the mahout and his wife were fond of him.

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 One day, the sky was so clear and the weather so fine that it seemed to Makato
that it must be a lucky day. As he worked in the elephant sheds, a tall young man in a
splendid costume, followed by attendants, came in. It was Pra Ruang himself. Makato
bowed low at once with his hands clasped together before him. His heart beat fast.
“Where did that boy come from?” The king asked the old mahout, who was attending him.
“He came all the way from the city of Mon,” said the old mahout, bowing. “He heard so
much about Your Majesty that he longed to see you.” “How old is he?” “Twelve years old,
Your Majesty.” “A good-looking and hard-working boy,” said the king. “Take good care of
him.” As the king walked away, Makato saw a little cowrie shell lying on the ground. He
ran to pick it up and held it out to the king, but the king said with a smile: “You may keep
it.” “How wonderful!” Makato thought. “The king has given me a cowrie shell.” At that time
the people of Sukhothai used cowrie shells as money. Although one cowrie shell had little
value, Makato wanted to make as much use of it as possible, for it was the king’s gift. For
a long time, he could not think of a way to use it so that it would earn more money for him.
One day, he passed by a stall in the market where the seeds of many different plants
were sold. He looked along the stall and caught sight of a basket full of lettuce seed.
Lettuce! He could grow small plants like that. He asked the jolly-looking woman at the
stall: “Can I buy some lettuce seed?” “Oh yes, my boy. How much do you want?” said the
woman. “I have one cowrie shell,” said Makato. “One cowrie shell!” said the woman
laughing. “That won’t buy anything. I can’t even measure that much.” “Look!” said Makato
eagerly. “I’ll dip my finger into a pile of seeds; then I’ll take the seeds that stick to it—that
must be about right for one cowrie shell.” “Well, why not?” said the woman amused at his
suggestion. “All right, boy. Help yourself.” Makato paid the woman his one cowrie shell.
Then he put his finger into his mouth and dipped it into a pile of seeds. When he pulled
his wet finger out, it was covered with seeds. He carefully scraped them off his finger into
the palm of his hand and went away happily, clutching the seeds. Now that he had seeds,
Makato broke the soil and sowed them at once. He watered the seed bed every day and
soon the young plants appeared. Day by day he cleared more ground and planted more
lettuce seedlings until the kitchen garden was covered with them. He was very proud of
himself because he had done so well. “I wish I could give the king some of my fine lettuce,”
he thought.
One day the king passed by the elephant sheds again. Makato waited his
opportunity, then knelt down and proudly presented his biggest bunches of lettuce to the
king. “Where did you get these?” the king asked, surprised. “I grew them from the cowrie
shell you gave me, Your Majesty,” answered Makato with a beaming smile. “How could
you do that?” asked the puzzled king. Makato told the king the whole story. The king was
impressed with his intelligence and industry. Later on, he gave Makato a job in the palace.
As the years passed, Makato grew tall and handsome. He mastered every grace and
served the king well. He was so loyal that the king trusted him absolutely. He was
promoted to higher and higher positions until he was given the title of Khun Wang, which
meant that he was the most important person in the king’s court. He was also happily
married to a beautiful young daughter of the king. After that, the king made him the ruler
of Mon. So it was that Makato, who had once been a poor orphan, became the king of
that prosperous kingdom.

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Process Questions: Just choose any 2 questions to answer.
1.What was the dream of Makato?
2.What was the problem that Makato constantly faced?
3. What were the characteristics of Makato that made him realize his dream?
4. What was Makato’s economic status when he was young? And when he got older?

POINTS TO PONDER :

• Makato constantly faced economic issues which posed problems on how to make the
best use of his limited resources.
• Being aware of your economic situation makes you able to come up with your initiative
to think of probable solutions and become part of the solution rather than making the
problem worse.

What I Can Do
Directions: Write your possible actions if you were in these situations faced by
Makato. Complete the statement in Column 2.

In this situation….. I would….

1. Your parents died when you were
very young, and you have no brothers,
sisters, or cousins to take care of you.
2. The King has given you one cowrie
shell.
3. The vendor tried refusing to sell you
lettuce seeds because you only had
one cowrie shell.

What I Have Learned

Directions: Write the highlights that you have learned from the story, “Makato
and the Cowrie Shell” by completing the statement below.

From the story “Makato and the Cowrie Shell”, I have learned that the
characteristics that I need to have in order to succeed are_____________,
______________, and ______________.

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 What’s More
Directions: As a student, what can you do to help solve your family’s financial
problems specially at these times? Write a 2-3 sentence answer to this
question.

______________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.

DAY 3

LESSON 2: Moral Issue in a Story

What I Need to Know

After going through this lesson, you are expected to:

1. identify the moral issue presented in the given text; and

2. associate words with the the chosen topic.

What’s In

Question: If you were the boy in the picture, what would you do if you find a wallet with
lots of money along your way home? Why? Explain your answer.

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 What’s New
Motive Question: What would you do if you find money on the floor of your classroom?

VOCABULARY:

startled to frighten or surprise suddenly

reprimanded scolded
doubting distrusting

What Is It

Be Honest!
Zaida Marie A. Tambis (The Freeman) - November 25, 2018 - 12:00am
CEBU, Philippines — “Where did you get all that money?” Mike asked his seatmate Rodil, who
was holding two five-hundred-peso bills. “I found them on the stairs. No one else was there so I
took them so I could give them to the office later.” Rodil answered. “Can we just turnover one of
them? We can split the other P500 and buy toys. We can also buy some food to share with our
classmates!” Mike tried to convince his friend, but before Rodil could answer, their class adviser
Mrs. Magadapa came in and played a video that they needed to summarize.
When the bell rang, Rodil was getting ready to leave when he discovered that the money was
gone. He placed it in the outer pocket of his bag before the class started. He wanted to turn it over
during recess. “Give it back, Mike!” He pulled his friend to the side and demanded that he return
the money immediately. “Give what back?” For some reason, Mike seemed startled, but
understood what he meant. “I don’t have it. You think I took it?” He answered. “Of course, you
took the money. You wanted to have it for yourself. “, Rodil was almost in tears when he said this.
“I know what I told you, but I realized I was wrong. Spending that money would be like stealing,
so no, I don’t have it. I did not take it. Stealing is bad.” Mike reasoned out.
Some classmates overheard them talking and started to gather around them. The next teacher,
Ms. Ann, noticed this and asked them what the problem was. Both boys burst into tears. Rodil
didn’t know what to do. He was so convinced that Mike took the money. Mike was so scared that
he would be reprimanded or worse, his parents might be asked to come for a conference.
“Teacher! Look, I found some money! They were under Rodil’s chair.” Ina, the girl sitting behind
the two boys exclaimed and gave the bills to Ms. Ann. “Thank you, Ina. You are very kind to turn
this over.” “Boys, is this you’ve been looking for?” She asked both of them. They nodded, looked
at Ina and said “Thank you.”
“I’m so sorry, Mike for doubting you.” Rodil hugged Mike. “It’s my fault. It was bad to think the way
I did. I know we should never take anything that doesn’t belong to us. I’m sorry, too.” Mike hugged
him back.

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Ms. Ann smiled and patted both their shoulders. She pointed to the wall and all the pupils read
the saying “Honesty is the best policy.”
Process Questions:
1. What was the plan of Rodil on the two five-hundred-peso bills that he found?
2. What was the suggestion of Mike that they should do with the found money?
3. What realization occurred in Mike after they found out that the money was gone?
4. Who turned over the money to the teacher?
5. What lesson did the students learn from the happenings that day?

THOUGHTS TO PONDER :
❖ The story deals with a moral issue on honesty. It is presented as any issue with
the potential to help or harm anyone, including oneself.
❖ Being aware of moral issues is important for a person to know the difference
between right and wrong and chooses right as moral. A person’s morality is
reflected in his willingness to do the right thing, even if it is difficult or
dangerous.

What I Can Do
Pick an issue from the choices given below. Using the graphic organizer, write
words that you can associate with the chosen moral issue.

1. Teenage Pregnancy
2. Drug Abuse

What I Have Learned

Directions: Write your learning on the importance of moral awareness by
completing the statement below.

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 I have learned that it is important to be aware of moral issues
because_______________________________________________________.

What’s More
Directions: Analyze your completed graphic organizer in WHAT I CAN DO.
Based on the words you wrote in the bubble map, compose a 3-
sentence paragraph discussing the moral issue you’ve chosen.

________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________.

DAY 4

LESSON 3: SOCIAL AND MORAL ISSUES IN A

POEM

What I Need to Know

Given a poem, you are expected to:

1. identify the issues implied in the poem; and

2. write a short composition on the social and moral issues suggested.

What’s In
Directions: Examine the poster and answer the question below.

Question: What social issue is presented in the poster?

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 What’s New
Before you read the poem , take note of the author’s background.
About the author:
In 1942, at age 52, Ho Chi Minh, now Chief of State of North Vietnam, was
arrested in South China, accused of being a spy. For fourteen months, bound in leg
irons, he was shifted from jail to jail. Throughout his imprisonment, he kept a diary
written in poetry.
Vocabulary

WORDS DEFINITIONS

upheaval extreme disorder, violent disturbance

revolt rise in rebellion
insurrection a violent uprising against an authority or government
rout a disorderly retreat of defeated troops
a condition in which one lacks freedom especially to determine one's
servitude
course of action or way of life

What Is It
Directions: Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.

UPHEAVAL IN VIETNAM
Ho Chi Minh’s Poetry
(Translation of Dang the Binh, Re-phrased by Fowpe Sharma)

Death, rather than servitude, a revolt has broken out,

In Vietnam flags of insurrection fly,
I feel so sad – I could cry.
I wish I were free and could take part in enemy’s rout.

Process questions: Choose only 3 questions to answer.

1. What is the poem all about? _______________________________________.
2. What did the poet prefer? Lack of freedom or death? ____________________
3. What happened to Vietnam after many had been imprisoned and denied of their
freedom? __________________________________________________.
4. What did the poet feel upon seeing what’s been happening in his country?
__________________________________________________________.
5. What did he desire he could do at that moment?
___________________________________________________________.

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 THOUGHTS TO PONDER :
Social issue is a problem that influences many citizens within a society
Social awareness enables us to consider the perspective of other people and
understand their needs.
Social global awareness is conceptual learning that helps an individual to gain pertinent
knowledge about cultural, political, ethical, economic, social, and environmental issues
revolving around the world.

What I Can Do
Answer the questions below:

A. What are the issues being implied in these lines of the poem-
social or moral?
1. Death, rather than servitude____________
2. a revolt has broken out_______________
3. I wish I were free and could take part in enemy’s rout._____________
B. Are these issues present in our country? Why do you say so?
___________________________________________________________.

What I Have Learned

Directions: Write a 3-sentence essay on your own opinion on the social and moral
issues suggested in the poem.

____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________

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 DAY 5

Post-Test
Directions: Read each item carefully and choose only the letter of the
answer.
For items 1-8, identify the issue being presented in each text.
CHOICES: A. social B. economic C. moral D. spiritual

1.

2.
“Teacher! Look, I found some money! They were under Rodil’s chair.” Ina, the
girl sitting behind the two boys exclaimed and gave the bills to Ms. Ann.

3.
Makato was an orphan, for his father and mother had died when he was very young. He
had no brothers, sisters, cousins, or friends to take care of him, so he had to make a
living for himself. He did every kind of work—carrying heavy things, clearing away the
forest, or feeding pigs.

4.

5.
Big national play power game
Small countries feel no shame
They involved in power play to claim
And keep areas under flame

(Blood For Economy by Hasmukh Amathalal)

6.

Death, rather than servitude, a revolt has broken out.

7.

As we all hope for a cure

A cure to end the pandemic of Covid 19
Which has killed a many like Ebola did in 15
Friends have journeyed to the land of the dead
Enemies have journeyed as well
(Poem:Covid 19)

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8.
I wish I were free and could take part in enemy’s rout.

9. What do you call the issue that presents a problem which influences a considerable number
of individuals within a society?
A. social B. educational C. global D. environmental

10. Which of the following can be categorized as a social issue?

A. Girls’ Access to Education
B. Foreign Aids Budget
C. Gender Inequality
B. Climate Change
11. Which set shows examples of social issues?
A. Race & Ethnicity, Employment Discrimination, Privacy and Confidentiality
B. Prospects for growth, Inflation, Energy and the Environment
C. Traffic Rules, Data Privacy Act, Child-Protection Policy
D. Civil Rights, Poverty, Prostitution

12. What do you call the issue that presents a problem on how to make the best use of limited,
or scarce resources?
A. social B. moral C. economic D. educational

13. Which set is an example of economic issues?

A. Budget Allocation, Income and Expenses, Business Flow
B. Inflation, Labor Issues, Impacts of New Technologies
C. Overpopulation, Racial Discrimination, Civil Rights
D. Drug Abuse, Divorce, Teenage Pregnancy

14. What is presented as any issue with the potential to help or harm anyone, including
oneself?
A. social B. economic C. moral D. government

15. What is the importance of social awareness?

A. It enables us to consider the perspective of other people and understand their needs.
B. It is a tool to have a globalized society.
C. It does not affect the government.
D. It is a source of income.

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https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/cebu-lifestyle/2018/11/25/1871554/be-
https://borgenproject.org/4-poems-about-poverty/
https://www.poemhunter.com/search/?q=poems%20about%20morality
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46446/still-i-rise
https://www.poemhunter.com/poems/economic/
http://globalwords.edu.au/units/Neighbours_JSY7_html/documents/Makato.pdf
https://quizlet.com/60214559/makato-the-cowrie-shell-flash-cards/
https://www.scribd.com/document/324742688/Quiz-No-2
REFERENCES:
LESSON 1
What’s In-SUCCESS
What Is It
1. He wanted to try his luck in far-off strange lands for he longed for exciting adventures.
2 He had to make a living for himself (financial problem).
3. sensible, hardworking, good-tempered, and cheerful.
4. When he was young, he had to make a living for himself. When he got older, he became a successful King in a prosperous
kingdom.
What I Can Do-Answers may vary.
What I Have Learned-Answers may vary
What’s More-Answers may vary
LESSON 2
What’s In- Answers may vary
What Is It
1. Give the money to the office.
2. “Can we just turnover one of them? We can split the other P500 and buy toys. We can also buy some food to share with our
classmates!”
3. “Spending that money would be like stealing, so no, I don’t have it. I did not take it. Stealing is bad.”
4. Ina
5. “Honesty is the best policy.”
What I Can Do- Answers may vary
What I Have Learned- Answers may vary
What’s More- Answers may vary
LESSON 3
What’s In
• Cigarette Smoking
What Is It
1. disorder or rebellion in Vietnam
2. death
3. There was insurrection/uprising .
4. so sad
5. to be free
What I Can Do
A. 1. social
2. social
3. moral
B. Answers may vary
What I Have Learned- Answers may vary
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Development Team of the Module

Contextualizer: DEXIE S. ARDA, TI, Budla-an Integrated School

Evaluator: ELEANOR D. GALLARDO, Assistant Principal, Quiot NHS

Editor's Name: ELENA TUHOY, MT-II, Talamban National High School

ETHEL AGUANTA, MT-I, Pardo National High School

JEDIL C. ILANAN, T1, Ramon Duterte Memorial National High School

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