(For G11 to G12)

SCHOOLS DIVISION OF PARAÑAQUE CITY

Humanities and Social Sciences
Understanding Culture, Society and Politics
First Quarter

Second Week
Social, Political, and Cultural Change

Most Essential Learning Competencies

Analyze the concept, aspect, and changes in/of culture and society.

Objectives
At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

• define and explain social, cultural, and political changes,

• recognize common concerns or events within society on the phenomenon of
change,
• explain the concept of social and cultural change and highlight the
mechanisms, and
• analyze social, political, and cultural change within society.

What do you know?

• How do changes in society take place?

Learn about it!

Social and Cultural Changes

Social change is the transformation of social institutions over time. Cultural
change, on the other hand, is the transformation of culture or the way people live.

Communication
• Communication is a vital human process. Through communication, people
exchange information and thoughts.
• Nowadays, communication is made easier.
• Nowadays, people can share information in just a click. New media−social
networking, text messaging, e-mail, and the like−have defied time and
distance.
• While it makes the world seem borderless, this form of communication may
produce individuals who lack the basic understanding of direct and personal
connections.

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Transnational Families
• A transnational family is where one or both parents live and work in another
country while the children remain in their country of origin.
• While these families remain secured financially, their members are also
exposed to setbacks.
• Children who become overly unsupervised find themselves facing peer
pressure, too much independence, and lack of family orientation. These may
result in alcohol or drug abuse, unwanted pregnancy, mood swings, or early
marriage.

Political Changes
Political change happens when the rulers of a country lose power or when the
type of governance in the country changes. Governance is the kind of system or
ideology used to express authority in a country. It may be a democracy, monarchy,
oligarchy, and others.

Local Public Services

Local public services are provided by the government to people living within its
jurisdiction, either directly (through the public sector) or by financing the provision
of services.

Youth Volunteerism
Volunteerism is the use or involvement of a volunteer or free labor in community
services.

Mechanisms of Changes
There are different mechanisms or tools involved in social and cultural changes.

Transnational Families
• A transnational family is where one or both parents live and work in another
country while the children remain in their country of origin.
• While these families remain secured financially, their members are also
exposed to setbacks.
• Children who become overly unsupervised find themselves facing peer
pressure, too much independence, and lack of family orientation. These may
result in alcohol or drug abuse, unwanted pregnancy, mood swings, or early
marriage.

Political Changes
Political change happens when the rulers of a country lose power or when the
type of governance in the country changes. Governance is the kind of system or
ideology used to express authority in a country. It may be a democracy, monarchy,
oligarchy, and others.

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Local Public Services

Local public services are provided by the government to people living within its
jurisdiction, either directly (through the public sector) or by financing the provision
of services.

Youth Volunteerism
Volunteerism is the use or involvement of a volunteer or free labor in community
services.

Mechanisms of Changes
There are different mechanisms or tools involved in social and cultural changes.

Diffusion
Diffusion is the process through which the cultural traits of one society are
borrowed, transmitted, and adopted by another and considered as its own.

Examples:
Migration
Globalization

Invention
The invention is the process where new cultural elements are created to solve
social and cultural problems.

Example: Internet

Discovery
Discovery is the process where people recognize or gain a better understanding
of already existing elements present in the environment.

Example: Scientific research

Changes within Society

Change is said to be constant. It is inevitable. It is expected to happen. The big
question, however, is what makes it happen? Of course, there are many factors—
social, political, or cultural.

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Along with time, persons, environments, and ideologies change. People move in
and move out. People live and die. People's stories and experiences change.
People make discoveries and innovations.

The environment changes as well—nature, water, earth, minerals, climate,

seasons, sources of raw materials, and energy.

New knowledge replaces old ones. Slavery has been banned. Civil rights were
granted to those who were once deprived of them. Same-sex marriage is on its
way to worldwide recognition. Nothing is permanent but change, so they say.

All these contribute significantly to changes people experience socially, politically,

and culturally.

Explore!

How should a person react to changes within society? Is it with acceptance or with
reservation? Explain your answer.

Try it!
Cite three societal changes. Cite one for each: cultural, social, and political
changes. Identify their positive and adverse effects.

What do you think?

Is change constant? If yes, what makes it consistent in society?

Keypoints

• Social change is the transformation of social institutions over time.

• Cultural change is the transformation of culture or the way people live.
• Political change happens when the rulers of a country lose power or when the
type of governance in the country changes.
• Diffusion is the process through which the cultural traits of one society are
borrowed, transmitted, and adopted by another and considered as its own.
• An invention is a process where new cultural elements are created to solve
social and cultural problems.
• Discovery is the process where people recognize or gain a better
understanding of already existing elements present in the environment.
• Changes are inevitable. Therefore, all changes−socially, politically, and
culturally−must be for the benefit of all.

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Enrichment Activities
Let’s Create
Goal Illustrate a holistic understanding of culture and society using
a paper collage.
Role As a collage maker illustrate your understanding of culture,
society, and politics.
Audience Students and parents who have a refine sensitivity towards the
beauties of art.
Situation Your view of culture and society may be different from other
people's perspectives. Let's build a holistic view of culture
and society using combined ideas.
Product Show a collage on the understanding of culture, and society.

Paper Collage
To create a paper collage, you will need:
1. Long bond paper 5. Pencils/markers/pens
2. Magazine Paper 6. Ruler
3. Glue 7. Scissors (optional)
4. Paintbrush 8. Paint and/or coloring pencils (optional)

Procedures:
1. Using a long bond paper, illustrate your understanding of culture, and society using a
paper collage.
2. To create your paper collage, visualize your idea about Philippine culture, and society.
3. When your idea is ready, you need to get some paper (preferably magazine paper).
4. Find pages out of magazines that match your idea and tear them up into small pieces.
5. You can now start sticking the pieces of paper into your bond paper.
6. When finished, write your explanation at your answer sheet before you submit it to your
teacher for checking.

Standard

Rubrics for Paper Collage

Criteria 10 8 5 3
Content The holistic The holistic The idea was Self-expression
view of culture view of culture expressed but was expressed
and its and its relation only focused on but cultural and
relevance to to society or neither culture social ties were
society or vice vice versa is nor society. not seen.
versa are well poorly
demonstrated portrayed
Artist Excellent Good statement A completed Missing
Statement addition to your but the more statement with

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work with a personal touch no personal

personal touch is needed touch
Neatness Cutouts are Cutouts are Cutouts are Lots of oozing
glued on very glued on with a glued on with glue and pieces
neatly without little glue quite a bit of hanging off of
glue leaking or leaking or glue leaking or edges; lots of
oozing out and oozing out oozing out and pieces falling
are not hanging and/or some many hanging off.
off the edge of pieces are off the edge of
the paper; hanging off the the paper;
nothing is falling edge of the several pieces
off. paper; some lose and falling
pieces falling off.
off.

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SCHOOLS DIVISION OF PARAÑAQUE CITY

Humanities and Social Sciences
Understanding Culture, Society and Politics
First Quarter

Second Week
The Study of Culture, Society, and Politics
Quiz No. 2
Multiple Choice

Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the correct letter on your answer sheet.
1. What vital process enables people to exchange ideas and information?
A. Government C. Society
B. Communication D. Transportation

2. What happens when the rules of a country lose power or when the type of governance in the
country changes?
A. Cultural change C. Social change
B. Historical change D. Political change

3. What is the process where new cultural elements are created to solve social and cultural
problems?
A. Invention C. Heritage
B. Discovery D. Diffusion

4. Which societal event is a manifestation of a mechanism of diffusion?

A. People play games offline through mobile phones.
B. People engage themselves in scientific research.
C. People fail to give foreigners a warm welcome in their community.
D. People exchange information through various social networking sites.

5. Which societal event is a manifestation of a mechanism on an invention?

A. A group of foreigners visited a cultural tribe in a far-flung area in the Philippines.
B. A new computer program is made available in the world market for everyone’s
consumption.
C. A new family structure is expected to be derived as a result of the rapid emergence of
transnational households.
D. An organization catering to the needs of teenagers initiated an activity taught its members
to abut ethnic songs.

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6. Which of the following illustrates a transnational family?

A. Mico, together with his parents, is vacationing abroad.
B. Both of Daniel’s parents work as teachers in their neighborhood’s high school.
C. Both of Esther’s parents work in Manila. They go home every week to be with their
daughter.
D. Nadine’s mother works abroad as an accountant while her father stays at home working
as an online teacher.

7. Which statement talks about a political change?

A. People voted not to amend their state’s constitution.
B. People nowadays prefer to give a call than to send a text.
C. A new president who campaigns for political reform has been elected.
D. The number of individuals living abroad significantly increased over time.

8. What causes cultural change within society?

A. National policies not enforced properly.
B. Lack of the public’s political education and training.
C. The absence of historical documents to prove local heritage.
D. Expose to different ways on how to act, speak, and think.

9. What statement negates the idea that change within society is constant?
A. Innovative gadgets are invented from time to time.
B. People make themselves exposed to different materials online.
C. Some groups of people contradict progress by refusing their influence.
D. New ideologies are developed as a result of studies conducted by scholars and
researches.

10. What is an adverse effect of social, political, and cultural change within society?
A. Heritage tends to be forgotten.
B. Complicated tasks are made easier.
C. The world seems borderless or easy to reach.
D. People are now more tolerant and accepting of others because they are easily exposed
to different cultures.