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UCSP Q2 W9 Social and Political Stratification
UCSP Q2 W9 Social and Political Stratification
Understanding
Culture, Society, and
Politics
Quarter 2 – Module 6
Social and Political
Stratification
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Senior High School
Understanding Culture,
Society, and Politics
Quarter 2 – Module 6
Social and Political
Stratification
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Table of Contents
COVER PAGE ............................................................................................................ i
COPYRIGHT PAGE .................................................................................................... ii
TITLE PAGE .............................................................................................................. iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................. iv
WHAT THIS MODULE IS ABOUT ............................................................................. v
WHAT I NEED TO KNOW .......................................................................................... v
HOW TO LEARN FROM THIS MODULE................................................................... vi
ICONS OF THIS MODULE ....................................................................................... vii
WHAT I KNOW ........................................................................................................ viii
Lesson 1: Social Desirables/Social Mobility System ............................................ 1
What’s In: .............................................................................................. 1
What’s New: It’s Me .............................................................................. 2
What is It: Social and Political Stratification ......................................... 2
What’s More: Status.............................................................................. 5
Jumbled Letters .............................................................. 5
What I Have Learned: Power of Three ................................................. 6
What I Can Do: From Rags to Riches ................................................... 7
Summary .................................................................................................................... 8
Assessment................................................................................................................ 9
Key to Answers ........................................................................................................ 11
References ............................................................................................................... 12
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What This Module is About
This learning material will help you understand the social categorization of
people in the society based on their characteristics. It describes the layering of these
categories into higher and lower position. Different social classes are also discussed
as well as the moving of people from one social status to another.
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How to Learn from this Module
The following are your guides for the proper use of this module:
To the Learner:
1. Follow closely to the instructions in every activity.
2. Answer the pre-test before going over the material to find out what you already
know.
3. Answer all the exercises at the end of every lesson.
4. Review the lesson that you find difficult to understand. Be resourceful.
5. All answers should be written in the module, unless, otherwise specified,
example: sheet of paper or bondpaper
6. All output should be placed in a folder which will serve as your portfolio. It
should be arranged in a sequential order.
7. Seek assistance from your teacher and parents/guardian.
To the Teacher:
1. Communicate with parents and learners regularly for updates and feedback.
2. Make sure that all activities are complied before accepting them.
3. You may contextualize or localize your activity as long as it is still within the
bound of the learning competency.
To the Parents/Guardian:
1. Closely monitor your child’s progress.
2. Do not answer the activities for your child. Just guide them in doing it.
3. Support your child. Talk to him/her about his/her journey with this module.
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Icons of this Module
This part contains learning objectives that
What I Need to Know
are set for you to learn as you go along the
Learning Objectives
module.
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What I Know
PRETEST
2. It is one in which people are born into their social standing and will remain in it
their whole lives.
a. caste and closed-class system c. middle class
b. open class system d. lower class
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9. The method of relating people in terms of certain social characteristics
and then classifying them into social categories based on their
characteristics.
a. social structure c. differentiation
b. social mobility d. political stratification
10. These are mostly professional people like lawyers, doctors, manager, owners
of small businesses, executives, etc.
a. upper class c. lower class
b. social class d. middle class
13. The movement of a person between social class levels or another class
a. horizontal mobility c. vertical mobility
b. upper class d. middle class
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Lesson Social Desirables/Social Mobility
System
Learning Competency: Examine stratification from the functionalist
What’s In
Before we move on the main topic of this module, please share below your
learning from the module about Education.
I learned that …
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What’s New
Activity 1: IT’S ME
Identify five (5) traits/characteristics/qualities that you possess and state which of
these you inherited from your parents and which of these you can change as you grow
up.
What Is It
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Three Social Classes
1. The upper class – consists of the elite or wealthy families who are the most
prolific (productive) in their respective areas. They value heritage most over
wealth.
2. The middle class – these are mostly professional people like lawyers, doctors,
manager, owners of small businesses, executives, etc. They value education
most since education to them is the most important measure of social status.
3. The lower class – these are the office and clerical workers, skilled and
unskilled craftsman, farm employees, underemployed, indigent families, etc.
They depend on their paycheck.
Status is the individual’s position in the social structure. The higher or lower
positions that come about through social stratification are called statuses. For
example, some people are high government officials while others are salesmen, utility
workers, etc. Statuses do not relate to the individual themselves but rather to the
position into which they have been placed.
Social Desirables
Any rational individual will always aspire for things that give wealth, power, and
prestige. The ability of an individual to realize such aspiration is constrained by
situations where one is born into.
Ascribed statuses are assigned or given by the society or group on the basis
of some fixed category. Examples are sex, family background, ethnicity, etc.
Prestige refers to the evaluation of status. You have prestige according to your
status. For example, being a senior student, you have the prestige of a senior student
at your school. The prestige does not apply directly to you as a person, but rather to
the social category to which you belong (senior class).
Esteem refers to the assessment of our role behaviour. The measure of esteem
we have depends on how well we carry out our role. If you perform well, get an
outstanding rating, you get and have a high esteem.
Political Stratification
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Political stratification is the extent to which inequalities are encapsulated in, or
influenced by political structures and processes regarding influence, power and
authority.
Social mobility is the act of moving from one social status to another.
Open class system means that individuals can change their social class in the
society. People are free to gain a different level of education or employment than their
parents. They can also socialize with members of other classes, which allow people
to move from one class to another.
Caste and closed-class system, people can do little or nothing to change their
social standing. People are born into their social standing and will remain in it. People
are assigned occupations regardless of their talents, interests, or potential.
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What’s More
Activity 2: STATUS
Based on the concepts in this lesson, list down your ascribed and achieved
status.
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
Answer the questions by arranging the jumbled letters. Place your answers at
the last column.
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What I Have Learned
Briefly explain what you have learned about the three (3) social classes mentioned
in the concept page.
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2. ______________________________________________________________
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3. ______________________________________________________________
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Criteria Rating
The answer relates entirely to the assigned topic. 5 4 3 2 1
The answer conveys a genuine personal view regarding the topic. 5 4 3 2 1
The work is original and does not contain plagiarized content. 5 4 3 2 1
Total points (15)
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WHAT I CAN DO?
1. Research one (1) male or female Filipino who has a “rags to riches” life story.
Include on your research his/her ascribed and achieved status in life. If
possible, attached picture/s of this person.
2. Use the space below or a long bondpaper for your answer.
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SUMMARY
Differentiation is the method of relating people in terms of certain social
characteristics and then classifying them into social categories based on their
characteristics; it does not involve ranking.
The three social classes are the upper class, middle class, lower class.
Ascribed status are assigned or given by the society or group on the basis of
some fixed category.
Prestige refers to the evaluation of status. You have prestige according to your
status.
Esteem refers to the assessment of our role behaviour. The measure of esteem
we have depends on how well we carry out our role.
Social mobility is the act of moving from one social status to another.
Open class system means that individuals can change their social class in the
society.
Caste and closed-class system, people can do little or nothing to change their
social standing.
Horizontal mobility is the movement of a person within a social class level.
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ASSESSMENT
POSTTEST
2. It is one in which people are born into their social standing and will remain in it
their whole lives.
a. caste and closed-class system c. middle class
b. open class system d. lower class
9. The method of relating people in terms of certain social characteristics and then
classifying them into social categories based on their characteristics.
a. social structure c. differentiation
b. social mobility d. political stratification
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10. These are mostly professional people like lawyers, doctors, manager, owners
of small businesses, executives, etc.
a. upper class c. lower class
b. social class d. middle class
13. The movement of a person between social class levels or another class
a. horizontal mobility c. vertical mobility
b. upper class d. middle class
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REFERENCE
KEY TO ANSWERS
PRETEST
1. b 6. a 11. a
2. a 7. b 12. c
3. c 8. b 13. c
4. d 9. c 14. d
5. b 10. d 15. b
POSTTEST
1. b 6. a 11. a
2. a 7. b 12. c
3. c 8. b 13. c
4. d 9. c 14. d
5. b 10. d 15. b
KEY TO ANSWERS
ACTIVITY 3 JUMBLED WORDS
1. status
2. vertical mobility
3. achieved status
4. caste system
5. open class system
Antonio P. Contreras, Arleigh Ross D. Dela Cruz, Dennis S. Erasga, Cecile C.
Fadrigon, Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics, Quezon
City: Phoenix Publishing House, Inc., 2016, 241-247.
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