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CATAINGAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

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Name of Learner:
Teacher:

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Learning Area: Christina B.

Pimentel UCSP

Grade 11- HUMSS

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CATAINGAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

“Education is the most

POWERGUL
WEAPON
which you can
use to change
the
WORLD.”

What competencies you will gain from this

SIM?
LEARNING COMPETENCIES OBJECTIVE

In this package, Students should be able

to :
❖ Discuss the nature, goals and
1. Demonstrate an understanding of
perspectives in/of anthropology,
human cultural variation, social
sociology and political science
differences, social changes and political
identities.
2. the significance of studying culture,
society, and politics
3. Appreciate the value of disciplines of
Anthropology, Sociology, and Political
Science as social sciences.

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Lesson 1:

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY is a branch of anthropology focused on the study of

cultural variation among humans. It is in contrast to social anthropology, which perceives
cultural variation as a subset of a posited anthropological constant. The umbrella term
sociocultural anthropology includes both cultural and social anthropology traditions.

Anthropologists have pointed out that through culture people can adapt to their
environment in non-genetic ways, so people living in different cultures.

Cultural anthropology has a rich methodology, including participants observation (often

called fieldwork because it requires anthropologist spending an extended period of time at
the research location), interviews, and surveys.

SOCIOLOGY This field of study examines how people’s social locations as men and
 women affect the patterns of behavior that organize their interaction in groups that are
small enough to permit person-to-person contact among the members. Interaction is
distinctively important for gender because men and women interact at a high rate. For
cultural beliefs about the nature and social value of gender differences to persist, everyday
interactions must be organized to support them. Social role, expectation states, structural
identity, and two - cultures theories provide the dominant explanations for this process.
Small group interaction is an arena in which the appearance of gender differences is
continually constructed through power and status relations and by identity marking
through supportive, socioemotional behavior.

HUMAN VARIATION

Environment and history are the two of the primary factors that shape the
behaviour of human groups. This behavior, which serves as adaptive tool for the varied stimuli
projected by the environment, is influenced by beliefs, practices and material possessions.
Through constant practices, theses sets of behavior from human traditions, which are passed
from one generation to the other.
Nationality and Ethnicity
⮚ Nationality is the identity that is tied to being part of a nation or country- a ‘’ group of
people who share the same history, traditions and language” and who inhabits in a
particular territory delineated by a political border and controlled by the government.
⮚ Ethnic Groups within the nation these are the smaller cultural groups that share specific
environments, traditions and histories that are not necessarily subscribed by the
mainstream culture.

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SOCIAL DIFFERENCES
GENDER refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities and
attributes that a given society consider appropriate for men and women.
SEX biological characteristics of human such as male or female.
GENDER Roles refer to attitudes and behaviors that the society expects a person
to exhibit based on his or her sex.
TYPES OF GENDER
⮚ HETEROSEXUAL a person with this gender is inclined to be sexually attracted to a
person of the opposite sex.
⮚ HOMOSEXUAL person that is sexually attracted to the same sex.
GAY – romantically and sexually attracted to male.
LESBIAN – romantically and sexually attracted to female.
 ⮚ BISEXUAL individuals who are attracted to the opposite sex.
⮚ ASEXUAL totally incapable of being attracted to any sex.
⮚ POLYSEXUAL attracted to multiple types of gender identity.
⮚ PANSEXUAL accommodates all types of gender.

There are people whose gender identities do not match on their biological identity
as male or female. These people classify themselves as transgender. Their sexual
orientation is not related to their genetalia, which allow to identify with other type
of gender. Under this category are people who themselves as transsexual. These
individuals believe that the discord between their internal gender and the gender
role that they have to perform can be addressed through sexual reassignment.

SOCIOECONOMIC CLASS
GLOBAL SOUTH also known as developing countries that perceive poverty.
GLOBAL NORTH also known as developed countries and industrialized nations.

The typical determinants of ones social status includes income , value of assets
and savings, cultural interest and hobbies and economic status of his or her peers and
relatives.
POLITICAL IDENTITY
POLITICAL IDENTITY refers to the set of attitudes and practices that an individual
adheres to in relation to the political system and actors within his or her society.

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RELIGION

RELIGION the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power especially a

personal God or Gods.
MONOTHEISTIC believing in the existence of one God.
POLYTHEISTIC believing in the existence of multiple Gods.

CULTURAL VARIATIONS
 The variation in human conditions promotes diversity and plurality in cultural traditions.
This could lead to discrimination and ostracism.

ETHNOCENTRISM is perspective that promotes an individuals culture as the most efficient

and superior hence the individual who exhibit ethnocentrism feels that his or her culture is the
most appropriate as compared to other cultures.

CULTURAL RELATIVISM promotes the perspective that cultures must be understood in the
context of their locality. Using this makes you tolerant of the differing attitudes and practices of
others.

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Activity 1: Advantages and Disadvantages
of Gender In Equality?

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Gender is one reason why we have uniqueness to each other and also the reason why
discrimination happens. In our country gender issues are one of the most popupar topics to be
discussed. As a member of society, what are the things you notice about gender issues in your
everyday life?
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Activity 2:JOB’S DISCRIPTION WITH GENDER
DISCRIMINATION AGREE OR DIS AGREE ?
▪ Ask five of your friends about their dream jobs. Does any of these jobs tend to be associated
with men or women? What do you think about your friend’s dream jobs?

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Activity 3: Self Reflection

▪ Think of an experience where you had observed differences, changes or identifying qualities
from another society or a group of people you have encountered before. Narrate this
experience and explain the ways how you handled it.
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Activity 4: Essay

⮚ Have you ever wondered why young children are often asked what they want to be
when they grow up? Most children choose to be a doctors, engineers, lawyers, or
any high-earning profession that often comes from along years of education. In
some cases, students will choose their college degrees based solely on their
socioeconomic capabilities.
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Activity 5:Ethnocentric is it
bad or Good?
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⮚ In your opinion what are the advantages and disadvantages of being ethnocentric?

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HUMAN CULTURAL VARIATION

It refers to the differences in social behaviors that different cultures exhibit around the
world. What may be considered good etiquette in one culture may be considered bad
etiquette in another.
SOCIAL DIFFERENCES
The differences among the individuals on the basis of social characteristics and qualities.
CULTURAL VARIATION
∙ RELIGION
∙ ETHNICITY
∙ NATIONALITY
RELIGION
❖ ‘religare’ a Latin word – ‘to bind together’
❖ Is a system of beliefs and practices as well as systems of actions directed
toward entities which are above men
❖ Is an organized system of ideas about the spiritual sphere or the supernatural

ENTHNICITY
❖ It is the expression of the set of cultural ideas held by a distinct ethics or
indigenous group.
❖ It is the legal relationship that binds a person and a country.
❖ It allows the state to protect and have jurisdiction over a person.
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SOCIAL DIFFERENCES

∙ GENDER
∙ SOCIO-ECONOMICS STATUS
∙ EXCEPTIONALITY
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 Address: Poblacion, Cataingan, Masbate
Telephone No.: (056) 578-3469

Republic of the Philippines

Department of
Education REGION V
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF MASBATE PROVINCE
CATAINGAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

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Activity 1: Making Words Meaningful

Directions: Give the meaning of the following word and write your answer on the
space provided.

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III. Directions: Write A if the statement is correct and B if it is not.

1. The nation-state as the main site of sovereignty is the basic feature of modernity and a
major constituent of personal identity.

2. Culture differ depending on the needs.

3. Culture resource management is an applied specialization in cultural anthropology.

4. An ethnic group may define themselves as different because of their language, religion,
geography, or social race.
 5. Discrimination involves acting in a away that causes deliberate harm against members
of another social group, where as prejudice is an attitude.

6. “anthro-“means human and “ethno-“ means culture.

7. Transgender women are more likely to experience physical violence and discrimination
within an intimate relationship.

8. Men in same-sex relationship are as likely to experience domestic abuse as

heterosexual women.

9. Collectivist culture are more ethnocentrism than individualist cultures.

10. This body of knowledge tries to account for the social and cultural variation in the
world, it also deals with conceptualizing and understanding similarities between social
systems and human relationships.

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QUESTIONS:

Fill in the Blanks. Write the correct letter of your answer in the space provided.
__________1. It refers to the totality of what man has learned as a member of society. a.
Sociology c. Culture
b. Anthropology d. Psychology
__________2. The branch of knowledge which deals with the scientific study of man, his
works, his body, his behavior and values, in time and space.
a. Science c. Psychology
b. Humanities d. Anthropology
__________3. It is the scientific study of patterned, shared human behavior.
a. Anthropology c. Sociology
b. Psychology d. History
__________4. It is the scientific study of the same and politics which deals with the
 nature, principles, and mechanics of rule, authority, power, and space.
a. Political Science c. Law
b. Social Science d. Humanities
__________5. What refers to social, cultural, and psychological characteristics or traits
related to males and females based on certain social contexts?
a. sex roles c. sex
b. gender d. gender roles
__________6. What is the category of people with shared cultural
attributes? a. race c. gender
b. ethnicity d. culture
__________7. What is the discrimination or prejudice against another’s race?
a. genocide c. bullying
b. ethnocentrism d. racism
__________8. Adolf Hitler persecuted the Jew’s based on their religion. They were
considered a minority in Germany at time. Which among the following concepts was
described in the example above?
a. ethnocentrism c. race
b. racism d. ethnicity
_________9. What do you call the set of practices and behavior that relate to a group of
people’s belief in a god or group of gods?
a. secular c. culture
b. religion d. spirituality
_________10. It deals with the system of government and the analysis of political activity
and political behavior.
a. public policy c. international relationship
b. political theory d. political Science

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ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY
Directions: Answer the following questions.

1. Discuss the relevance of politics in understanding the conditions of your society.

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2. Why are sociology, anthropology, and politics important in understanding the dynamics
of society?

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