Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education – Region III Central Luzon

DIVISION OF CITY OF SAN FERNANDO

Self-Instructional Packets (SIPacks)

Understanding Culture, Society and Politics
WEEK 1
A. Content Standards:
The learners demonstrate an understanding of:
1. human cultural variation, social differences, social change, and political identities;
2. the significance of studying culture, society, and politics; and
3. the rationale for studying anthropology, political science, and sociology

B. Performance Standards:
The learners:
1. acknowledge human cultural variation, social differences, social change, and political identities;
2. adopt an open and critical attitude toward different social, political, and cultural phenomena
through observation and reflection; and
3. appreciates the value of disciplines of Anthropology, Sociology, and Political Science as social
sciences.

C. Most Essential Learning Competencies:

MELC No.1: Discuss the nature, goals and perspectives in/of anthropology, sociology and political
science

Content/Topic: Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science

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D. Objectives
1. recognize the common concern for intersection of anthropology, political science and sociology;
2. identify the subject of inquiry and goals of anthropology, political science and sociology; and
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 3. appreciate the value of anthropology, political science and sociology as social science.

Procedure:
A. Reviewing previous lesson or presenting the new lesson
Sociology and anthropology involve the systematic study of social life and culture in order to understand
the causes and consequences of human action. Sociologists and anthropologists study the structure and
processes of traditional cultures and modern, industrial societies in both Western and non-Western
cultures. They examine how culture, social structures (groups, organizations and communities) and social
institutions (family, education, religion, etc.) affect human attitudes, actions and life-chances.

To provide students with communicative and interpretative skills that will allow them to understand the
meaning and consequences of human actions and relationships in society. Students will learn to use
theoretical and methodological tools to analyze culture, human behavior, and social institutions and to
understand the relationship between individual biographies and the functioning of institutions.

B. Establishing the purpose of the lesson

This lesson was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you master the definition of
anthropology, sociology and political science. The scope of this module permits it to be used in many
different learning situations. The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students. The
lessons are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But the order in which you read them
can be changed to correspond with the textbook you are now using.

Week 1 lesson is about Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science.

After going through this lesson, you are expected to:
1. recognize the common concern for intersection of anthropology, political science and sociology;
2. identify the subject of inquiry and goals of anthropology, political science and sociology; and
3. appreciate the value of anthropology, political science and sociology as social science.

C. Presenting examples/instances of the new lesson

Direction: Look at the picture below and describe the significant idea that it conveys?

D. Discussing new concepts and practicing new skills #1

Nature and Scope of Anthropology, Sociology, and Political Science

The study of human’s past and present is Anthropology. Anthropology’s goal is to describe and explain
human variation or the observed similarities and differences in people through time and across space.
Anthropology draws and builds upon knowledge from the social and biological sciences as well as the
humanities and physical sciences to understand the full sweep and complexity of cultures across all of
human history.

As a social science, Sociology deals with the study of society and social interactions taking place. It
also deals with the origin, evolution, and development of human society. It is focused on all kinds of social
interactions, social relationships, and social organization, structure and process.

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 Political science is a social science discipline that deals with the study of the state and government.
It is concerned about politics and policies of the government. Aristotle, in his Politics, defined political
science as the study of the state. It deals comprehensively with the theory and practice of politics. It also
focuses on the analysis of political systems, political behavior, and political culture.

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E. Discussing new concepts and practicing new skills #2

Goals of Anthropology, Sociology, and Political Science

Anthropology
Discover what all people have in common by studying commonalities (folklores, traditions, language,
etc.) in all humanity, we could understand more about the human’s nature. Produce new knowledge and
new theories about humankind and human behavior. This new knowledge is then applied in an attempt
to alleviate human challenges.

Determine what makes people different from one another in order to understand and preserve
diversity. Anthropology attempts to answer questions like, “What does it mean to be a Filipino and a
citizen of the world?” It is not enough that anthropologists find out the characteristics that make Filipinos
unique, it is also important to emphasize the Filipino traits that makes them “one” with the rest of the
world.

Look at one’s own culture more objectively like an outsider. It aims to make “the strange familiar and
the familiar strange.” Anthropology also challenges individuals to evaluate and criticize their own culture.
This is important so that people will be aware of the faults in their own culture and make necessary
changes for its betterment.

Sociology
Sociology is the science that deals with the study of the manifestations, systems and social relations,
a careful analytical and descriptive study through the pursuit of different research methods, in order to
reach the rules and laws governing the conduct of these phenomena and social relations.

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 This science also means understanding the nature of various social realities so that this society can
draw up strategic plans, set goals and programs that will work to increase progress and raise society. In
this article, we will inform you of the most important goals that this science means.

Political Science
The political science major aims to create educated citizens capable of organizing information,
thinking critically and communicating effectively. A solid foundational understanding of the critical
theoretical issues underlying political life: the individual and community; political obligation; stability,
revolution, and change; legitimacy and justice; and freedom and power. This is the focus of nature of
politics.

Perspective of Anthropology, Sociology, and Political Science

Anthropology
Derived from two Greek words Anthropos and logos, which intensively studies humans and the
respective cultures where they are born and actively belong to. The father of American anthropology,
Franz Boaz, who initially obtained a college degree in physics, strongly believed that the same method
and strategy could be applied in measuring culture and human behavior while conducting research
among humans including the uniqueness of their behavior.

Two early American anthropologist Alfred Kroeber and William Henry Morgan, became prominent
in the field since their specialization included the championing of indigenous rights like traditional cultural
preservation and ancestral domain of the American Indian tribes they intensively studied.

Sociology
Studying sociology is practical and useful. As social beings, we gain understanding of how the social
world operates and of our place in it. C. Wright Mills (1959) calls it the sociological imagination which he
defined as “the vivid awareness between private experiences and the wider society.”

Sociology’s point of view is distinct from other sciences. Peter Berger explains that the perspective
of sociology enables us to see “general patterns in particular events” (Macionis, 2010). This means
finding general patterns in particular events.

W.I. Thomas, an American sociologist, formulated a theorem in 1928 which states: “if people define
situations as real, they are real in their consequences.” Hence, if cult members consider their leader
powerful, then he can perform magic.

Political Science
The modern word ‘political’ derives from the Greek politikos, ‘of, or pertaining to, the ‘polis’. (The
Greek term polis will be translated here as ‘city state’. It is also translated as ‘city’ or ‘polis’, or simply
anglicized as ‘polis’. City states like Athens and Sparta were relatively small and cohesive units, in which
political, religious, and cultural concerns were intertwined. The extent of their similarity to modern nation-
states is controversial.)

In the Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle describes his subject matter as ‘political science’, which he
characterizes as the most authoritative science. It prescribes which sciences are to be studied in the city-
state, and the others such as military science, household management, and rhetoric fall under its
authority. Since it governs the other practical sciences, their ends serve as means to its end, which is
nothing less than the human good. “Even if the end is the same for an individual and for a city-state, that
of the city-state seems at any rate greater and more complete to attain and preserve. For although it is
worthy to attain it for only an individual, it is nobler and more divine to do so for a nation or city-state”.
Aristotle's political science thus encompasses the two fields which modern philosophers distinguish as
ethics and political philosophy. Political philosophy in the narrow sense is roughly speaking the subject
of his treatise called the Politics.

F. Developing mastery
Independent Activity 1
Word cloud. The word cloud below contains various branches of anthropology, sociology and political
science. Classify them to their respective groups by filling out the corresponding boxes to which it belongs.

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G. Finding practical application of concepts and skills in daily living
Performance Task
Poster Making. Based on what you have learned in this lesson, choose one of the fields of social
sciences which you remember the most, and make an illustrative interpretation. Use the separate answer
sheet in answering or short bond paper.
Your poster making will be checked using the criteria below:
Creativity - 20 points
Uniqueness - 20 points
Relatedness to the topic - 10 points

Total 50 points

H. Making generalizations and abstractions about the lesson

Fill in the blanks. Fill in the blanks with the correct word to complete the paragraph.
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 (1) ____________________ attempts to answer questions like, “What does it mean to be a Filipino and
a citizen of the world?” It is not enough that anthropologists find out the characteristics that make
(2)____________________ unique, it is also important to emphasize the Filipino traits that makes them
“one” with the rest of the world. (3)____________________ is the science that deals with the study of
the manifestations, systems and (4)____________________, a careful analytical and descriptive study
through the pursuit of different research methods, in order to reach the rules and
(5)____________________ governing the conduct of these phenomena and social relations.

I. Evaluating learning – Weekly Assessment (Written Work)

Evaluation A: Identification. Read the sentences carefully. Identify what is being asked and choose the
correct answer from the choices given below. Use the separate sheet in answering.

Social Organization Archeology Cultural Anthropology

Linguistics Anthropology Public Administration Social Change
Political Methodology International Relation Political Economy
Population Studies W.I. Thomas Political Science
Anthropology Sociology Peter Berger

1. This study of political relations between nation-states. It includes the study of diplomacy, military conflict,
and conflict resolution, as well as the international political economy, international organizations, and
other processes that operate across the boundaries of nation-states.
2. Studies both the ancient and recent past of humans through the material remains, such as artifacts,
fossils and bone fragments.
3. Studies the relations between language and culture in relation to human biology, human reasoning and
human language.
4. Studies human cultures, beliefs, ideas, technologies, economies, practices, values, and other spheres
of social and rational organization.
5. This area includes size, growth, demographic characteristics, composition, migration, changes, and
quality vis-a-vis economic, political, and social systems.
6. It studies factors that cause social organization and social disorganization like calamity, drug abuse,
drastic and gradual social change, health and welfare problems, political instability, unemployment and
underemployment, child and women issue, etc.
7. Study of production and trade and their relations with law, custom and government; and with the
distribution of national income and wealth.
8. It is the implementation of government policy and also an academic discipline that studies this
implementation and prepares civil servants for working in the public service.
9. Focuses on the qualitative methods used in the study of politics combining statistics, mathematics, and
formal theory. It is often used in positive research, unlike normative research. It is related to econometric.
10. This includes the study of social institutions, social inequality, social mobility, religious groups,and
bureaucracy.
11. The modern word ‘political’ derives from the Greek politikos, ‘of, or pertaining to, the ‘polis’.
12. This science also means understanding the nature of various social realities so that this society can
draw up strategic plans, set goals and programs that will work to increase progress and raise society.
13. Also challenges individuals to evaluate and criticize their own culture.
14. Explains that the perspective of sociology enables us to see “general patterns in particular events.”
15. An American sociologist, formulated a theorem in 1928 which states: “if people define situations as real,
they are real in their consequences.”
Evaluation B: Modified True or False. Read the following statements. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and
change the underlined word or phrase if it is incorrect. Write your answer on the space provided before each
number. Use the separate answer sheet in answering.

________________ 16. Alfred Kroeber and William Henry Morgan, became prominent in the field since their
specialization included the championing of indigenous rights like traditional cultural
preservation and ancestral domain of the American Indian tribes they intensively studied.

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________________ 17. Max Weber who initially obtained a college degree in physics, strongly believed that the
same method and strategy could be applied in measuring culture and human behavior while
conducting research among humans including the uniqueness of their behavior.

________________ 18. Auguste Comte calls it the sociological imagination which he defined as “the vivid
awareness between private experiences and the wider society.”

________________ 19. W.I. Thomas formulated a theorem in 1928 which states: “if people define situations
as real, they are real in their consequences” Hence, if cult members consider their leader
powerful, then he can perform magic.

________________ 20. Sociological Theory and Research this is concerned with the specific intent of yielding
practical applications for human behavior and organizations.

Evaluation C: Multiple Choice. Read the sentences carefully and write the letter of the correct answer on the
space provided. Use the separate answer sheet in answering.

________ 21. Deals with biological and behavioral aspects of human beings. It focuses on their relationships to
non-human primates and their extinct hominid ancestors.
A. Archeology C. Linguistics Anthropology
B. Cultural Anthropology D. Physical Anthropology

________ 22. Is the oldest field in political science, finding its roots in the ancient theories of Aristotle and Plato,
this field integrates the timeless with timely questions about political ideology, fairness, justice, and
equity.

A. Comparative Politics C. Political Methodology

B. International Relations D. Political Theory

________ 23. This area focuses on the study of human nature and its emphasis on social processes as they affect
individual or responses which are called “social stimuli”.
A. Applied Sociology C. Population Studies
B. Human Ecology D. Social Psychology

________ 24. Is the study of production and trade and their relations with law, custom and government; and with
the distribution of national income and wealth.
A. Comparative Politics C. Political Methodology
B. Political Economy D. Public Administration
________ 25. This area includes size, growth, demographic characteristics, composition, migration, changes, and
quality vis-à-vis economic, political, and social systems.
A. Human Ecology C. Social Change
B. Population Studies D. Sociological Theory and Research

J. Additional activities for application or remediation

Completing the sentences
1. After reading the lesson, I learned that:______________________________________________
2. The topic that I like the most is ____________________________________________________
3. As a gen student, how will you respond and cope up in this trying times of pandemic?
_____________________________________________________________________________

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