Understanding Culture,

Society, and Politics

Course Orientation
 Today’s Objectives

Subject Culminating Nature of the Essential

Performance Subject Topics and
Description Standard Target Skills
Subject Description
This course uses insights from
Anthropology, Political Science, and
Sociology to develop students’
awareness of cultural, social and
political dynamics, and sensitivity to
cultural diversity; provide them with an
understanding of how culture, human
agency, society and politics work; and
engage them in the examination of the
country’s current human development
goals.
Culminating
Performance Standard
The learners shall be able to
advocate how human society
should adopt to socio-cultural,
political, and economic
changes.
Nature of the Subject
Understanding Culture, Society, and
Politics is one of the core subjects of
senior high school curriculum. The
subject requires the students to gain and
acquire ideas about human cultures,
human agency, society and politics;
recognize cultural relativism and social
inclusiveness to overcome prejudices;
and develop social and cultural
competence to guide their interactions
with groups, communities, networks, and
institutions.
Target Skills
• Critical Thinking Skills
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Leadership
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Productivity
• Social Skills
 Essential Topics

Culture and society as 01

anthropological and
sociological concepts 02 Human origins and the
capacity for culture
Individuals as part of a 03
political community
 Essential Topics

Cultural, social, and 04

political institutions
05 Social stratification

Cultural, social, and 06

political changes
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