DETAILED LESSON PLAN OF

UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

Grade
School 11/12
level
Date &
Quarter 2nd quarter
Time
Learning Understanding Culture,
Teacher CHERRY A. NACINO
Area Society & Politics
I. OBJECTIVES – At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
1. explain how animism is expressed in other religions of the world;
2. give examples of animism; and
3. share four personal experiences or situations wherein your actions
subscribed to the teachings of animism.
A. Content Standards
The learners demonstrate an understanding of cultural, social, and political
institutions as sets of norms and patterns of behavior that relate to major social
interests.
B. Performance Standards
The learners identify one’s role in social groups and institutions.
C. Learning Competencies
The learners conduct participant observation (e.g. attend, describe and reflect on a
religious ritual of a different group; observe election practices). (UCSP11/12HSO-
IIg-28)
II. CONTENT
Cultural, Social and Political Institutions – Religion and belief systems
- Animism
III. LEARNING RESOURCES
A. References
1. Teacher’s guide pages
2. Learner’s material pages
3. Textbook pages
4. Additional Materials from Learning Resource (LR) Portal
B. OTHER LEARNING RESOURCES
DIWA (Maria Carrines P. Alejandria-Gonzalez ) Senior High School series:
Understanding Culture, Society, & Politics 2016
Quipper School LINK Teacher’s Portal - https://link.quipper.com/

IV. PROCEDURES
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
4.1 Activity Activity: PHOTO ANALYSIS
(10 minutes) Instructions:
1. The teacher will present
this photo to the students The students will analyze
2. Let the students analyze the photo and describe
the photo and describe it what they
3. They will write one word
that describes it
 What do you call the religion that Possible answer:
believes that all-natural entities Animism
have spirits or souls?

Early inhabitants of traditional

hunting-gathering, agricultural, or
4.2 Analysis pastoral territories were believed
(5 minutes) to have practiced animism.

Before Christianity, ancient

Filipinos worshipped spirits in
nature to appease them and to
provide them with life-sustaining
resources.
4.3 Abstraction VIDEO ANALYSIS The students will watch the
(15 minutes) The teacher will present a video video about the origin of
presentation about the origin of animism.
animism.
https://youtu.be/MuIoo4AS1Mk

Animism
 is the belief that all-natural
entities have spirits or souls.
 It views all things like
animals, plants, and
inanimate objects as sacred
life forms.
 Animism is an act of respect
 In animism, all things are to
be honored. Our human
ancestors displayed this
through rites like offering
sacrifices, dancing, and
praying in dedication to
spirits, souls, nature, and
even rivers, mountains, the
sun, moon, and stars.

Is animism a religion or belief The students will justify

system? Why? their answer about
animism as a religion or a
 Very good! belief system.

- Religion is an organized
system of beliefs and
practices that explains the
cause, nature, and purpose
of the universe.
- Belief systems are sets of
principles that help interpret
natural and supernatural
occurrences that affect lives.

No religion exists without a belief

system. However, belief systems
may exist with or without religion
or an organized entity.
Possible answers:
What religions do you know that Shintoism, Hinduism,
practices animism? Jainism, etc.

Great job!

Shintoism, the native religion of

Japan, worships the existence of
natural objects such as
mountains, rivers, rocks, and
trees.

Hinduism, which originated in

India, believes that the earth is
an expression of their gods and
therefore must be preserved and
venerated.

Jainism, a traditional Indian

religion, observes non-violence
towards all creatures.
Possible answers:
What are the countries do you - Indonesia
think are practicing animism? - China
- Thailand
- India
That’s correct!

other Southeast Asian territories

were also the cradles of animism
in the olden times.

Activity: The students will share

Write four personal experiences their opinion about their
4.4 Application
or situations wherein your actions chosen animistic religion to
(15 minutes)
subscribed to the teachings of the class.
animism.
4.5 Assessment Read the following questions and Answers:
(10 minutes) write your answers in a ¼ sheet 1. Animism
 of paper. 2. Religion
1. What refers to the belief that 3. Hinduism
all-natural entities have spirits 4. Jainism
or souls? 5. Belief system
2. What is the organized system
of beliefs and practices that
explains the cause, nature,
and purpose of the universe?
3. What religion believes that
the earth is an expression of
their gods and must therefore
be preserved and venerated?
4. What is the traditional Indian
religion known for observing
non-violence towards all
creatures?
5. What refers to the set of
principles that helps interpret
natural and supernatural
occurrences that affect lives?
Research the 5 examples of The students will research
4.6 Agreement
monotheism and polytheism. 5 examples of monotheism
(5 minutes)
Write it in your activity notebook and polytheism.

V. REMARKS
A. No. of learners who
earned 80% in the
evaluation
B. No. of learners who
require additional
activities for
remediation
C. Did the remedial
lessons work? No. of
learners who have
caught up with the
lesson
D. No. of learners who
continue to require
remediation
E. Which of my
teaching strategies
worked well? Why did
these work?
F. What difficulties did I
encounter which my
principal or supervisor
can help me solve?
G. What innovation or
localized materials did I
use/discover which I
wish to share with
other teachers?
Prepared by:

CHERRY A. NACINO