UNDERSTANDING CULTURE,

SOCIETY & POLITICS (UCSP)

TOPIC 1:STARTING POINTS IN UCSP

LESSON OBJECTIVES:

(A) 1. define culture, society and politics

(A) 2. discuss its interrelationship with one
another; and
(M) 3. give the importance of these conceptual
tools in dealing with social realities
 THE CONCEPTUAL TOOLS

CULTURE SOCIETY POLITICS

A set of beliefs, A group of Activities through
knowledge, ideas, which people make,
values, and shared individuals preserve, and amend
experiences, attitudes as sharing a the general rules under
well as material objects common culture; which they live;
and possessions involves the dynamics
accumulated over time geographical
of conflict resolution,
and shared by the location and cooperation as well as
members of the society social institutions the exercise of power
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 CONCEPTUAL TOOLS

SOCIAL REALITIES
which refer to the consensus of attitudes, behavior, values, opinions, and beliefs
held by members of a group or society.

Beliefs Values Behavior

THE SOCIAL DYNAMICS
CULTURAL CHANGE (TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE)

 a term used in public policy making that

emphasizes the influence of cultural
capital on individual and later on the
community behavior.
 sometimes called repositioning of culture,
which means the reconstruction of the
cultural concept of a society.
SOCIAL CHANGE
 is progress, evolution or transition
within a culture or society.
 refers to an alteration in the social
order of a society. Social change
may include changes
in nature, social institutions, social
behaviors, or social relations.
POLITICAL CHANGE

a significant disruption in a
government that leads to new or
modified leadership or policies
 occurs when the rulers in the country
lose power or the type of
governance changes.
 FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

 Classify the following concepts to which change

they belong to see the interplay of the social
dynamics.
Example: vegetarian-organic farms-Nutrition Month
 CLASSIFICATION OF CONCEPTS

Wattpad Kpop fanatic DEAR Time

Same sex marriage Ladlad Partylist Homosexuality
DepEd to Book Wizards Blackpink /BTS/
introduce Korean Club Twice
subjects
 ANSWER KEY
Cultural Social Political
Wattpad Book Wizards DEAR Time
Club
Kpop fanatic Blackpink /BTS/ DepEd to
Twice introduce Korean
subjects
Homosexuality Same sex marriage Ladlad Partylist
 TOPIC 1: STARTING POINTS IN UCSP

CONCEPTUAL TOOLS

Culture Society Politics

SOCIAL REALITIES
Behavior Beliefs Values

SOCIAL DYNAMICS
Culture Change Social Change Political Change
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