UNDERSTANDING

CULTURE, SOCIETY,
AND POLITICS
SIR JEROME ALAN L. NATIVIDAD
ACTIVITY NO. 1: INTRODUCE
YOURSELF
• NAME
• GENDER
• SEXUALITY
• RELIGION
• NATIONALITY
• PLACE OF BIRTH
• ETHNICITY
• SOCIO-ECONOMIC CLASS
• INTERESTS/HOBBIES
• SOMETHING UNIQUE ABOUT YOU
• SOMETHING THAT OHERS HAVE BUT YOU DO NOT (ABSTRACT)
• SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE HATE ABOUT YOU
• How diverse is your classroom?
• What are the similarities and differences of every individual?
• How do you think will these similarities and differences will affect
your relationship with one another?
• Write a 15 sentence paragraph describing how your gender (male or female) may be the reason
for the kind of social person you are today. Highlight the significant opportunities afforded to
you, as well as the constraints you constantly encounter as you navigate the social world. In
addition, offer a personal assessment of the reasons for these opportunities and constraints.
• Date of Submission:
• Format:
• Century Gothic
• Font Size: 13
• Single Spacing, After: 3
• Short Bond Paper
• Justify
Gender
• The socially-constructed characteristics of being male or female.
• It refers to society’s division of humanity into two distinctive
categories based on sex.
• This serves as a guide on how males and females think and act about
themselves; the way they interact with others; and how they perform
their various roles in society.
• Centers on the culturally-learned difference between men and
women.
Socioeconomic Status
• Refers to the category of persons who have more or less the same
socioeconomic privileges in a society.
• These privileges are due to inherited wealth and/or the occupational
status of the breadwinner in the household.
THREE TYPES OF SOCIAL CLASS

UPPER CLASS

MIDDLE CLASS

LOWER CLASS
Upper Class
• Consists of elite families
• They are considered the most productive in terms of resource
generation and oftentimes very successful in their respective fields of
interests and endeavors.
• Two general type: the new rich (nouveau riche) and the traditional
upper class