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Mod4 Significance
Mod4 Significance
Mod4 Significance
Quarter 1 – Module 4
Analyze the Significance of
Cultural, Social, Political and
Economic Symbols and Practices
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What I Need to Know
Module Content
My dear learner, welcome to the fourth module! Do you know that the world
is filled with symbols and practices? Sports uniforms, company logos, and traffic
signs are symbols. In some cultures, a gold ring is a symbol of marriage. Some
symbols are highly functional; stop signs, for instance, provide useful instruction.
Humans, consciously and subconsciously, are always striving to make sense of their
surrounding world. Symbols- such as gestures, signs, and words – help people
understand the world. Symbols provide clues to understand experiences. They
convey recognizable meanings that are shared by societies.
In this module, we will analyze the significance of cultural, social, political and
economic symbols of practices shared and played by members of society.
What I Know
In this part, let’s check your knowledge on cultural, social, political and
economic symbols of practices.
Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer in your activity
notebook.
2. An object, word, or action that stand for something else with no natural
relationship that is culturally defined.
a. Culture c. Practices
b. Symbols d. Belief
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3. What is the best known symbol used to represent Islam?
a. Cross c. Star and Crescent
b. Aum d. Pratik
7. Refer to everyday practices and the way these are typically and habitually
performed in a society.
a. Cultural practices c. Social practices
b. Economic practices d. Political practices
8. All human cultures evolve over time. Which of the following things is
responsible for this?
a. Culture is an adaptive mechanism
b. Culture is instinctive
c. Culture is cumulative
d. All of the above
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Lesson Significance of Cultural, Social,
What’s In
Activity: Review It
Direction: if the statement is true, write the word AGREE. If the statement is false,
write the word DISAGREE.
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What’s New
Activity: “I know that Symbol”
Direction: Identify the pictures below, state if it is cultural, social, political or
economic symbol, and answer the guided question given.
Process Questions:
1. What are the symbols that you have seen in the pictures?
2. What are the uses of these symbols?
3. What are the significance of these symbols in the society?
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What is It
Symbols often get noticed when they were used out of context. Used
unconventionally, symbols convey strong messages. A stop sign on the door of a
corporation makes a political statement, as does a camouflage military jacket worn
in an anti-war protest.
Symbols are the basis of culture. A symbol is an object, word, or action that
stands for something else with no natural relationship that is culturally defined.
Everything one does throughout their life is based and organized through cultural
symbolism. Symbolism is when something represents abstract ideas or concepts.
Symbols mean different things to different people, which is why it is impossible to
hypothesize how a specific culture will symbolize something. Some symbols are
gained from experience, while others are gained from culture. One of the most
common cultural symbols is language. For example, the letters of an alphabet
symbolize the sounds of a specific spoken language.
Social Symbols are relating to human society and its modes of organization:
social classes; social problems or a social issue. A symbol that something people
want to have or do because they think other people will respect or admire them for it
such as education, occupation, marital status, accomplishments, or other factors.
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What is sociocultural evolution?
Sociocultural evolution are theories of cultural and social evolution that
describe how cultures and societies change over time. Sociocultural evolution is "the
process by which structural reorganization is affected through time, eventually
producing a form or structure which is qualitatively different from the ancestral form.
Sociologist Gerhard Lenski (1924–) defined societies in terms of their technological
sophistication. As a society advances, so does its use of technology.
Sociologists have classified the different types of societies into six categories, each
of which possesses their own unique characteristics:
Earliest Societies
Hunting and gathering societies are the earliest form of society. The
members survive primarily by hunting, trapping, fishing, and gathering edible plants.
The majority of the members' time is spent looking for and gathering food. A hunting
and gathering society have five characteristics:
Pastoral
Pastoral societies rely on the domestication of animals as a resource for
survival. Pastoral groups were able to breed livestock for food, clothing, and
transportation, and they created a surplus of goods. Herding, or pastoral, societies
remained nomadic because they were forced to follow their animals to fresh feeding
grounds.
Horticultural
Agricultural
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This is also the age in which people had the time and comfort to engage in
more contemplative and thoughtful activities, such as music, poetry, and philosophy.
This period became referred to as the “dawn of civilization” by some because of the
development of leisure and humanities. Craftspeople were able to support themselves
through the production of creative, decorative, or thought-provoking aesthetic
objects and writings.
Feudal
Post-Industrial Society
Industrial Society
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Products such as paper and glass became available to the average person, and the
quality and accessibility of education and health care soared. Gas lights allowed
increased visibility in the dark, and towns and cities developed a nightlife.
Social Practices refer to everyday practices and the way these are typically
and habitually performed in a society. It shapes everyday life and are familiar to all
members of the community, even if not everybody participates in them. They are
relevant to community and help reinforce a sense of identity and continuity with the
past.
What’s More
Activity 1: “Practices that I remember”
Have you ever wondered what society was like before your lifetime? Maybe you
wonder in what ways has society transformed in the past few centuries? Human
beings have created and lived in several types of societies throughout history. In this
activity, you are going to cite the practices of the different societies in social, cultural,
economic and political.
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Direction: Cite the cultural, social, economic and political practices in the different
societies.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Processing Questions:
1. How does society emerged?
2. What type of society do we live in today?
3. Why do you think many different societies existed in the course of history?
4. Why these practices and symbols are important?
Direction: Identify at least three (3) on the social, economic, political and cultural
practices and symbols that you observed in your municipality and cite its importance
to the society as a whole.
Processing questions:
1. If given a chance to be born again biologically (after death), what type of society
would you like to live again? Why?
2. By the year 2050, what type of society we will have in this world? Describe the
life and practices of the people in this society.
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Good work! You have finished another task! Are you
excited to start a new one? Let us proceed now to the
next activity. Good luck and enjoy.
Great job! This time, it’s your turn to work on your own.
Activity: Reflection
I learned that
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I realized that
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If given a chance
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What I Can Do
Direction: From your responses from activity number 1 and 2. Write the
significance of these cultural, social, political and economic symbols and practices
in our time.
Symbols and Practices Significance
1.
The Philippine Eagle
3.
National Sport & Martial Arts
4.
Ifugao Rice Terraces
5.Metro Manila
You are almost done! We will try to evaluate your learning on this module.
Good luck! 😊
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Assessment
Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer in your activity
notebook.
Multiple Choice
2. Refer to everyday practices and the way these are typically and habitually
performed in a society.
a. Cultural practices c. Social practices
b. Economic practices d. Political practices
3. All human cultures evolve over time. Which of the following things is
responsible for this?
a. Culture is an adaptive mechanism
b. Culture is instinctive
c. Culture is cumulative
d. All of the above
5. An object, word, or action that stand for something else with no natural
relationship that is culturally defined.
a. Culture c. Practices
b. Symbols d. Belief
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10. What is the best-known symbol used to represent Islam?
a. Cross c. Star and Crescent
b. Aum d. Pratik
Additional Activities
Activity: “I CAN COMPARE”
Direction: Using the Venn diagram, compare and contrast the significance of
cultural, social, political and economic symbols and practices.
SYMBOLS PRACTICES
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1. C 1. AGREE 1. B
2. C 2. AGREE 2. B
3. C 3. AGREE 3. C
4. B 4. DISAGREE 4. B
5. B 5. AGREE 5. B
6. B 6. AGREE 6. C
7. B 7. AGREE 7. C
8. C 8. AGREE 8. C
9. A 9. AGREE 9. C
10.C 10.AGREE 10.A
Assessment What’s In What I Know
Answer Keys
References
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• https://study.com/academy/lesson/cultural-symbol-definition-
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