Advance Montessori Education Center of Isabela, Inc.

Maligaya, Tumauini, Isabela

E-mail Address: amecimontessori@gmail.com

BUDGET OF WORK
Understanding Culture, Society and Politics
Grade 11
S.Y. 2024 – 2025

LEARNING COMPETENCIES K to 12 MELCS DAYS OF

LESSON/TOPICS
A. Starting points for the
understanding of culture,
society, and politics
1. Sharing of social and
cultural backgrounds of
students as acting subjects
or social actors, agents,
persons; (examples:
gender, socioeconomic
class, ethnicity, religion,
exceptionality/non-
exceptionality, nationality)
2. Observations about
social, political, and
cultural behavior and
phenomena (examples:
food taboos, istambay,
political dynasties,
elections)
3. Observations on social,
political, and cultural
change (examples: texting,
transnational families,
local public services, youth
volunteerism)
4. Definition of
anthropology, political
science, and sociology
B. Defining Culture and
Society from the
perspectives of
anthropology and sociology
(MELCS) CODE ALLOTMENT
FIRST QUARTER
 Articulate observations on
human cultural variation,
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social differences, social
a-1
change, and political identities
 Demonstrate curiosity and an
openness to explore the origins
and dynamics of culture and
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society, and political identities
a-2
10 days
 Analyze social, political, and
cultural change
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b-3
 Recognize the common
concerns or intersections of
anthropology, sociology, and
political science with respect to
the phenomenon of change UCSP11/12SPUI
b-4
 Explain anthropological and UCSPC11DCS-
sociological perspectives on Ic6
culture and society

1. Society as a group of
people sharing a common
culture
2. Culture as a “‘that
complex whole which
encompasses beliefs, UCSPC11/12DC
practices, values,  Describe society and culture as SIc-7
attitudes, laws, norms, a complex whole
artifacts, symbols,
knowledge, and everything
that a person learns and
shares as a member of
society.” (E.B. Tylor 1920
[1871]).
3. Aspects of Culture
a. Dynamic, Flexible, &
Adaptive
b. Shared & Contested UCSP11/12DCSI
(given the reality of social  Identify aspects of culture and c-8
differentiation) society
c. Learned through
socialization or
enculturation 10 days
d. Patterned social
interactions
e. Integrated and at times
unstable
f. Transmitted through
socialization/enculturation
g. Requires language and
other forms of
communication
4. Ethnocentrism and  Become aware of why and how
Cultural Relativism as cultural relativism mitigates
orientations in viewing ethnocentrism UCSP11/12DCSI
other cultures d-10
C. Looking back at Human
Biocultural and Social
Evolution

1. Biological and cultural  Trace the biological and

evolution: from Homo cultural evolution of early to UCSP11/12HBSI
habilis (or earlier) to Homo modern humans e-12
sapiens sapiens in the
fossil record
2. Cultural and
10 days
sociopolitical evolution:  Explore the significance of
from hunting and human material remains and
gathering to the art factual evidence in
agricultural, industrial, interpreting cultural and UCSP11/12HBSI
and post-industrial social, including political and f-13
revolutions economic, processes
a. The Neolithic Revolution
b. Early civilization and the
rise of the state
c. Democratization
D. Becoming a member of  Explain the development of UCSP11/12BMSI
society one’s self and others as a g-15
product of socialization and
1. Enculturation/ enculturation
Socialization
a. Identity formation
(identities, disciplines, and
aspirations)
b. Norms and values
c. Statuses and roles (e.g.
 Identifies the social goals and
age, gender) UCSP11/12BMSI
the socially acceptable means
2. Conformity and deviance h-17
of achieving these goals
a. Social control (gossip,
social ostracism, laws and
10 days
punishments)
 Promote protection of human
b. Forms of deviance UCSP11/12BMSI
dignity, rights, and the
(ritualism, retreatism, h-19
common good
rebellion, and innovation)
3. Human dignity, rights,
and the common good
Total Days 40 days
SECOND QUARTER
E. How society is organized  Traces kinship ties and social
networks
1. Groups within society:
Primary and Secondary UCSP11/12HSOI
3 days
2. In-groups and out- Ii-20
groups
3. Reference groups
4. Networks
F. Cultural, social and  Describe the organized nature
political institutions of social life and rules
governing behavior
1. Kinship, marriage, and
the household
a. Kinship by blood
Descent and marriage
(unilineal, matrilineal,
patrilineal, bilateral)
b. Kinship by marriage UCSP11/12HSOI
Marriage rules cross- Ii-21
culturally (monogamy vs.
polygamy, post-marital
residency rules, referred
marriage partners)
c. Kinship by ritual
(Compadrazgo)
d. Family and the
15 days
household Nuclear,
extended, and
reconstituted families
(separated, transnational)
e. Politics of kinship
(political dynasty,
alliances)
2. Political and leadership  Analyze social and political UCSP11/12HSOI
structures structures Ij-23
a. Political organization
i. Bands
ii. Tribes
iii. Chiefdoms
iv. States and nations
b. Authority and legitimacy
i. Traditional
ii. Charismatic
iii. Rational
3. Economic Institutions  Analyze economic organization
a. Reciprocity and its impacts on the lives of
b. Transfers people in the society UCSP11/12HSOI
3 days
c. Redistribution Ia-24
d. Market transactions
e. Markets and state
4. Non state institutions  Differentiate functions of
a. Banks and corporations nonstate institutions in society
b. Cooperatives and trade
unions
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c. Transnational advocacy 3 days
Ib-25
groups
d. Development agencies
e. International
organizations
5. Education  Evaluate how functions of
a. Functions of education education affect the lives of
in society (formal and people in society
nonformal) UCSP11/12HSO-
3 days
i. Productive citizenry - IIf-26
ii. Self-actualization
iii. Primary education as a
human right
6. Religion and belief  Conduct participant
systems observation (e.g., attend,
a. Animism describe, and reflect on a
b. Polytheism religious ritual of a different
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c. Monotheism group; observe elections 3 days
Ig-28
d. Institutionalized practices)
religions
e. Separation of church
and state
7. Health  Recognize the practice of
a. Culture-specific medical pluralism in light of
syndromes and illnesses cultural diversity and
(e.g., “bughat”, relativism
”usog”/”buyag”)
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b. Systems of diagnosis, 3 days
Ig-29
prevention and healing
(e.g., traditional, western,
alternative healing
systems)
c. Health as a human right
G. Social and political  Identify characteristics of the UCSP11/12HSOI 4 days
stratification systems of stratification Id-31

a. Social desirables
(wealth, power, prestige)
b. Social mobility system
i. Open (Class)
ii. Closed (Caste)
c. Social inequality
i. Access to social, political,
and symbolic capital
ii. Gender inequality
iii. Ethnic minorities
iv. Other minorities (e.g.,
persons with disabilities)
v. Global Inequality
(relationships between
states and nonstate actors
in the global community)
H. Cultural, Social, and  Identify new challenges faced
Political Change Sources of by human populations in
social, cultural, and contemporary societies
political change

1. Innovation
2. Diffusion
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3. Acculturation and 4 days
Ih-33
assimilation
4. Social contradictions
and tensions (e.g., Inter-
ethnic conflicts, class
struggle, armed conflict,
terrorism, protests, gender
issues
I. New challenges to  Describe how human societies
human adaptation and adapt to new challenges in the
social change physical, social, and cultural
environment
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1. Global warming and 3 days
Ii-34
climate change
2. Transnational migration
and Overseas Filipino
Workers (OFWs)
J. Responding to social,  Develop a plan of action for
political, and cultural community-based response to
change change

1. Inclusive Citizenship
and participatory UCSP11/12CSCI
3 days
governance Ij-35
2. New forms of media and
social networking
3. Social movements (e.g.,
environmentalism,
feminism)
Total Days 47 days
Total Days 87 days

Prepared by:

AMELYN I. PEDRO
Social Science Teacher