Lourdes College

Integrated Basic Education Department

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Capistrano Street, Cagayan de Oro City
S.Y. 2018-2019

UNIT PLAN
Subject: Trends, Networks, & Critical Thinking Term: Final
Unit Topic: Democracy and ICT as a Neural and Social Network Unit: 3
Grade Level: 12 No. of Weeks: 8
Strand/s: HUMSS

STAGE 1: DESIRED RESULTS

CONTENT STANDARDS

(Statement/Lesson Topics)

The students will demonstrate their understanding on the different dimensions of

democracy, how ICT enslaves, emancipates, and empowers individuals to establish parallelism
between neural and social networks.

Lessons/Topics:
UNIT III – DEMOCRACY AND ICT AS A NEURAL AND SOCIAL NETWORK

11th Week – Practices of a Democratic Government: Positive and Negative

- Danger to Democracy: A Weak State

12th Week – A Seeming Deluge of Problems: Methodist Former Chief Justice Challenges University
Church in the Philippines

- Where Are You Democracy When the Rule of Law is Weak?

13th Week – The Technology-enhanced Learning Environment

- People Media

- Seven Media Trends in 2014

14th Week – Understanding Local Networks

- Social Network

- Top 20 Internet Countries By Users

15th Week – Our Connections and Relationships

- The Human Brain as the Neural Network

16th Week – Aren’t Medicine and Water More Important Than Telecommunications?
 - Interdependence and Teamwork

- Connectivity

17th Week – Energy and Oil

- The Power of Oil

18th Week – ADDITIONAL CONTENT FOR THSI WEEK AND 19TH WEEK 2TH WEEK FINAL
EXAMINATION

TRANSFER GOALS

The students in the long run and on their own will be able to critically evaluate,
comprehend, and apply to their lives how neural networks and social networks establish linkages,
roles, and relationships in the 21 st century world of a democratic country as witnesses to God’s
omnipotence and benevolence.

ESSENTIAL UNDERSTANDING ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

Learners will understand the beauty and 1. How does democracy work in a country
importance of democracy, ICT, neural and social that is plagued by massive poverty and
networks in building connections and by both natural and man-made
relationships in the world despite the deluge of disasters?
disadvantages it offers.
2. How can the 21st century learners be a
help in democratic issues in Philippine
context?

3. How and why are we connected?

4. How has the internet changed the

lifestyle of Filipino?

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS

The students will know: The students will be able to:

1. the positive and negative practices of
democracy;
2. the consequences of a weak state
3. the concept of participatory and
representative democracy;
4. the potential solutions of deluge problems
challenged to school universities;
5. the different dimensions of technology
that are enabling and not inhibiting;
6. the media trends in the 21st century
7. the benefits of technology to culture and
1. design a collage/murals depicting the ill
effects of undemocratic practices in the
country;
2. explain and analyze the reason for their
preferences (DepEd, HUMSS_MCT12-IIa-
c-2) ;
3. critically argue about participatory and
representative democracy in relation to
political and social institutions;
4. illustrate the benefits of democratic
participation (DepEd, HUMSS_MCT12-
IIa-c-3);
 to society; 5. identify dimensions of technology that
are enabling and not inhibiting (DepEd,
8. how modern computer applications take
HUMSS_MCT12-IId-f-1);
into account the features of human brains
6. recognize the trends that students spend
9. how internal compass works in the
most on medias;
person’s brain;
7. explain the benefits of technology
10. how to identify connections, relationships
(DepEd, HUMSS_MCT12-IId-f-2);
and networks;
8. create a poster about the influences of
11. the internet as one transformative and
technology in the 21st century world;
fast-growing technologies;
9. identify how internal compass affects
12. the roles and unique capacities in an
the person’s brain;
interdependent connections and
relationships; 10. illustrate the various roles of a student in
the community through social map
13. the difference between neural and social
making;
networks;
11. recognize the advantages and
14. the significant social roles students’ play
disadvantages of technology in the 21st
within the community;
century;
15. the differences in oil use among several
12. perform a play about how neural
countries, its causes and implications;
networks and social networks affect our
16. the effect of oil on oil-rich developing lives in the 21st century;
countries;
13. deliberate the difference of neural and
social networks;

14. evaluate the significant roles students’

play within the community.

15. discuss the importance of oil usage

globally;

16. recognize an interplay of domestic

politics, international relations,
economics, and environmental concerns;

STAGE 2: ASSESSMENT
PERFORMANCE TASK

Narrative form:

You are a conservative Bae or Datu of a tribal community. You are tasked to think and acquaint your
members who are hesitant to the changes being done in your community about the necessity and
benificiality of neural and social networks through a role play presentation emphasizing how it
establish linkages, roles and relationships in the 21 st century world to be presented in front of your
classmates.
G – To present a role play emphasizing how neural and social networks establish linkages, roles and
relationships in the 21st century world.

R – You are a conservative Bae or a Datu of a tribal community.

A – Classmates

S – You are tasked to think and acquaint your members who are hesitant to the changes being done
in your community about the necessity and benificiality of neural and social networks

P – A Role Play Presentation

S – Accuracy and Believability of Role, Clarity of Speech, Expression and Body Language, Knowledge
Gained

RUBRIC FOR THE ROLE PLAY PRESENTATION:

Notes:

● This rubric is provided to evaluate the content of your role play. Please be guided on the
rubric as this will be one of the bases of your grade in Trends, Networks, and Critical
Thinking in the 21st Century especially in the component of the final performance task.

● Do your best!

CRITERIA EXEMPLARY (20) SATISFACTORY DEVELOPING BEGINNING (5)

(15) (10)

Accuracy and Point of view, Point of view, Point of view, Point of view,
Believability of arguments, and arguments, and arguments, and arguments, and
Role solutions solutions solutions solutions
proposed were proposed were proposed were proposed were
always realistic usually realistic often realistic rarely realistic
and consistently and in character. and in character. and in character.
in character.

Clarity of Speech Speech is always Speech is usually Speech is often Speech is rarely
clear and easy to clear and easy to always clear and clear and easy to
understand. understand. easy to understand.
understand.

Expression and Always expresses Usually expresses Often expresses Rarely expresses
Body Language emotion through emotion through emotion through emotion through
voice, facial voice, facial voice, facial voice, facial
expression, and expression, and expression, and expression, and
gestures. gestures. gestures. gestures.

Knowledge Can clearly Can clearly Can clearly one Cannot explain in
Gained explain several explain several way in which his any ways in
ways in which his ways in which his or her character which his or her
or her character or her character “saw” things character “saw”
 “saw” things “saw” things differently than things differently
differently than differently than other characters. than other
other characters other characters. characters.
and can explain
why.

Other Evidences:

Formative and Summative Quizzes

STAGE 3: LEARNING STRATEGIES

11th Week – Practices of a Democratic Government: Positive and Negative

- Danger to Democracy: A Weak State

1. Questions will be raised to jumpstart the lesson.

2. Think-Write-Share activity will be done to deepen the students understanding of democracy.

3. The students will have a circle talk about the weak points of democracy.

12th Week – A Seeming Deluge of Problems: Methodist Former Chief Justice Challenges University
Church in the Philippines

- Political and Leadership Structure

4. Think-Pair-Share Activity will be conducted to know the students’ common knowledge about
the Philippine Democracy

5. A Triad Sharing activity will be done for the students to discuss about the rule of law.

6. Socratic Method/Dialogue will be used in expounding the topic.

13th Week – The Technology-enhanced Learning Environment

- Seven Media Trends in 2014

- People Media

7. Small-Group-Sharing activity will be done for students to share their concerns about
technology.

8. Socratic Method will be used to elaborate the topic.

9. The students will have a triad sharing activity about the different media trends they are
adhering to.

14th Week – Understanding Local Network

- Social Network

- Our Connections and Relationships

 10. Socratic Method will be used to jumpstart the lesson.

11. Head Talk activity will be conducted to know the students ideal way of connecting with
others.

12. The students will have a small group sharing about how to make a difference in this world
with regards to climate change.

15th Week – Scientist Locate “Internal Compass” in the Brain

- The Human Brain as the Neural Network

13. Triad Sharing will be done for students to discuss their idea of an internal compass.

14. Think -Share activity will be done to know how students’ perceive neural networks.

15. Think-Write-Share activity will be done for students to write down their observations as to
how the different forms of relationships are being manage right now.

16th Week – Top 20 Internet Countries By Users

- Aren’t Medicine and Water More Important Than Telecommunications?

16. Small group sharing will be done for students to give their analysis on the countries who were
identified as top internet users.

17. Socratic Dialogue will be utilized to deepen and enrich the students’ learning of the topic.

18. Think-Share activity will be done for students to share the importance of telecommunication
in today’s world.

17th Week – Energy and Oil

- The Power of Oil

19. Socratic Dialogue will be utilized to jumpstart the lesson.

20. Circle Talk will be done for students to discuss the benefits that energy and oil are giving to
the people.

21. Triad Sharing will be done for students to discuss how the power of oil introduces war to
other countries.

18th Week – Final Examination

References Instructional Materials

✔ Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in ✔ Textbook

st
the 21 Century c.2016
✔ Chalk Board

✔ Power Point Presentation

Prepared by: Checked and Approved by:

MARY FRANCES M. EMANO DR. ALEXANDER F. SUAN

Teacher’s Name & Signature LC SHS Coordinator
Date: _____________
Date Submitted: _______________ Due Date: _______________