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Government Recognition (R-VI) No. SR – 028, s. 2014
S. Y. 2020 - 2021

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 1

Second Semester (Midterm) – Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences

Name: ___________________________________________ Grade and Section: _____________________

Time Frame: December 14-17, 2020 Date Submitted: ________________________
Week 51

Topic: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL SCIENCE

Learning Target/s: At the end of this lesson, the student will be able to differentiate the nature and
functions of Social Science disciplines with the natural sciences and humanities

Welcome to Lesson 1! Here you will explore on the nature of Social Sciences and how does it
differ with the Applied Social Sciences. This lesson explains the nature of social sciences and its
different disciplines. In this lesson you will be dealing on questions such as: 1.What are the main
concerns of Social Sciences and Applied Social Sciences? 2. How do social scientists and
applied study society?
Day 1
ACTIVITY 1: Pre-Test
Directions: Read and understand the statements very carefully. Write TRUE if the statement is true and
FALSE if it is incorrect.
_____________1. Natural science is the study of society and the manner in which people behave and
influence the world around us.
_____________2. Social science is the study of how natural phenomena around us work which includes
biology, botany and zoology etc.
_____________3. Geography studies the allocation of scarce resources and how individuals interact with
social structure to address questions about production.
_____________4. Counseling is a a field of Applied Social Science.
_____________5. Demography studies the analysis of statistics of birth, human movement, morbidity, and
mortality.
_____________6. Applied Social Science is focused on the use and application of the different theories of
social science disciplines to understand society and solve social problems.
_____________7. Political Science is a main discipline of applied social science.
_____________8. Counseling is a field that focuses on providing guidance, help and support to individuals by
applying some psychological methods which involve processes such as case history
data, personal interviews and aptitude tests.
_____________9. Social work is a field of Applied Social Science where practitioners help families, groups and
communities enhance people’s skills and ability to help themselves in resolving their own
social and community problems.
_____________10. Engineering is a discipline of Social Science.
ACTIVITY 2: Venn Diagram
Directions: Read the notes send to your group chat and answer the question What is the relationship between
pure social sciences and applied social sciences? using a venn diagram.
Pure Social Science Applied Social Sciences

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Day 2
In the field of Pure social sciences, we consider in the study the different disciplines as we face the different
issues we try to solve in the society. For example, the problem of poverty, we consider these disciplines as to
how they see the problem.
ACTIVITY 3: Think about this...

Early Pregnancy
Environmental As a youth in the
Problems Out of society, how do
School Youth Poverty you look at these
Over-Population issues?
Computer Addiction

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ACTIVITY 4: FILL ME
Directions: Write your opinion on the PANTAWID PAMILYA PILIPINO PROGRAM (4P’S) of the government as
a solution to poverty in our country.
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ACTIVITY 5: ANONG MERON SIYA NA WALA AKO?

Directions: Accomplish the organizer by answering the question below. Inside the boxes write three statements
stating the similarities and differences of Pure Social Sciences and Applied Social Sciences.
1. What is the relationship between pure social sciences and applied social sciences?

Pure Social Sciences VS Applied Social Sciences

SIMILARITIES DIFFERENCES

1. 1.
2. 2.
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Reference:

 https://znnhs.zdnorte.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Discipline-and-ideas-Module-1.pdf

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