Understanding Culture, 
Politics, and Society 
Quarter 3, LAS 2 
 
Culture and society as anthropological 
and sociological concepts 
 

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Understanding Culture, Society and Politics- Grade 12
Quarter 3 – LAS 2​: ​Culture and society as anthropological concepts
 
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Development Team of the Module

Writer : KRISZEL I. VILLAFUERTE, LPT

Editor : RONALIE A. ORDONA

Reviewer : DARCY GUY Y. MAŃEBO, EPS

Illustrator : KRISZEL I. VILLAFUERTE, TI

Layout Artist: KRISZEL I. VILLAFUERTE, TI 

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 LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET 2
Name of Student:​ __________________________________________________________

Learning Area: ​__________________________ Grade Level:​ _____________

Date:​ ​___________________________________________________________________

I. INTRODUCTORY CONCEPT
Holistically, culture includes everything made by man. Our identity and unique
differences reflect the kind of culture in our society. In this lesson, you will have a
glance on the understanding of culture, society, and politics. You will begin to realize
that you are connected to the social realities and phenomena based from your
actions, behavior, attitude within a society.
II. LEARNING SKILLS FROM THE MELCs
Analyze the concept, aspects and changes in/of culture and society.
UCSP11/12SPUIa-2
CULTURE
Refers to the complex whole which encompasses beliefs, practices, values, attitude,
laws, norms, artifacts, symbols, knowledge, and everything that a person learns and
shares as member of society.

● A set of practices and tradition that’s define the specific

society.
● Culture is everything that a person learns as a member of
society.

CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURE
1. Culture is Learned
2. Culture is Integrated
3. Culture is Adaptive
4. Culture is Dynamic
5. Culture is Shared
6. Culture is Symbol
7. Culture Changes

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 SOCIETY
● Describe a group of people who share a common
territory and culture, and has a common rules and
regulations.
● Is formally defined as constituting a fairly large
number of people who are living in the same territory, are relatively
independent of people outside their area, and participate in common culture.

3 SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

1. Structural functionalism – society as a complex whole composed of groups

working together to achieve stability.
● Argues that society is made possible by cooperation and independence.
● This view sees society as a system with parts, and these parts have their
respective function to perform.
2. Conflict theory​- society is composed of groups that compete for limited
resources.
● Instead of putting importance od social order, the conflict perspective sees
society as an arena.
● Conflict approach do not take the usual assumptions about nature ab\nd
ethos of conflict.
3. Symbolic interactionism – society is composed of people interacting
through the used of symbols.
● Symbolic interactionism does not deal with either order or conflict. Instead, it
explore the issue of meaning – making and why this is crucial in understanding order
or conflict as process that brought about society.
● The symbolic interactionist perspective would say symbols and meanings​.
III. ACTIVITIES
Activity 1. Fill Me In!
INSTRUCTIONS: Give the cultural elements of the Philippines. In the other column state
the country that you want to go and its elements.

Culture Philippines My Next country ____

Language
Religion

Food
Musical instrument

Dance

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 Song
Costume

Sports
Beliefs
Government

Activity 2
INSTRUCTION: Read the statements below and identify which characteristics of
culture is being defined.

1. Human infants come into the world with basic drives such as hunger and
thirst, but they do not possess instinctive patterns of behavior to satisfy them.
2. most city dwellers today do not have or need the skills required for survival in
a wilderness.
3. Culture is common between members of a group, meaning they all think and
behave the same way because they grew up in the same culture.
4. Culture is a complex system, made up of many parts that are interconnected
and related to each other integrated.
5. An organism adjusts to its environment. There is biological adaptation, which
involves biological changes.
IV. EVALUATION
. ​Identify the following words if it is defined as ​culture​ or ​society.
1. Habits 2. Group 3. Values 4. Organization 5. Symbols
6. Social class 7. Country 8. Norms 9. Tribe 10. Community
V. ANSWER KEY :
Activity 1
Answers may vary
Activity 2

1. Culture is learned 2. Culture changes 3​. ​Culture is shared

4. Culture is Integrated 5. Culture is adaptive
Evaluation:
1. Culture 2. Society 3. Culture 4. Society 5. Culture
6.Society 7. Society 8. Culture 9. Society 10. Society

VII. REFERENCES

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