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Lesson Plan Ucsp
Lesson Plan Ucsp
Learning Competences
MELC(s): Discuss the nature, goals and perspectives in/of anthropology, sociology and political science.
MELC(s): Analyze the concept, aspects and changes in/of culture and society.
MELC(s): Explain the importance of cultural relativism in attaining cultural understanding
MELC(s): Analyze the significance of cultural, social, political and economic symbols and practices.
I.Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students are able to:
III: PROCEDURE
PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES
PRAYER
GREETINGS
CLASSR OOM MANAGEMENT
MOTIVATION
4 pics 1 word
MOTIVATION
WEEK 3: Picture Analysis
The teacher will give a picture, then students will guess what the picture trying to portray.
MOTIVATION
WEEK 4: 4 pics 1 word
S C Y
S L
IV.LESSON PROPER
WEEK 1
1. ACTIVITY
You are a typical teenager. With a single description, how do you define yourself and how do you design your
successful “YOU” someday. You are about to create your narrative based on your social, cultural, and political
perspective. Make our journey creative by designing your own detailed journal. (Provide a big notebook to record your
answers).
Personal background
1. What is your age? Gender?
2. How do you describe yourself?( the color of your hair, skin, eyes: height and built, languages spoken, beliefs, and
religious faith, provide)
3. Parents (province and tribe)
4. Where do you live? Is your house big or small, owned or rented?)
5. Where do you go to school? Is it public or private school?
6. Do you wish to study and finish college? What course do you prefer?
Environment
1. What kind of neighborhood do you desire? Do you want to socialize with them? How many friends do you have?
2. Are you in a relationship? Describe it.
3. Do you live with extended family? How many friends do you have?
Success
1. Are you a smart leader or a humble follower?
2. What do you think is your future job? Greatest achievement?
3. What do you think is your greatest contribution to society? How do you help government officials? Is a political
dynasty present in your community/barangay?
1. ANALYSIS
What makes us human? How do our society, culture and politics shape our identities?
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B. As a Senior High School learner, and already part of the governance in your own community and school, it is
expected that you own a different understanding of your environment. In your big notebook, draw or illustrate your
perspective of what Culture, Society, and Politics are. (You can use cut-out pictures and letters or simply
draw and color with label your illustration)
2. ABSTRACTION
The teacher will discuss the following :
1. Why study Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science?
2. Culture and society
3. Political ideology
3. APPLICATION
Directions: Try to check your community. And list all the characteristics of the community you belong. Match from
Column A and B.
Column A Column B
1. Cultural parts and aspects are interconnected A. Culture is Integrated
when taken together, a way of life is manifested
2. Interaction of individuals in societies also leads B. Culture is shared
to sharing of beliefs, customs, ideals and practices. C. Ethnocentrism
3. The process of learning your own culture D. Culture is learned
4. Culture is manifested through behavior, habits, E. Culture is symbolic
mannerisms and activities.
5. Culture adapts to various environmental and F. Cultural Relativism
geographical conditions
6. Culture is not innate. It is acquired. G. Culture is abstract
7. A belief that your culture is above and superior H. Enculturation
over other culture.
8. Filipinos wear Barong Tagalog and Filipinyana I. Culture is dynamic
during special occasions.
9. It promotes the idea that no culture is superior over J. Acculturation
any other.
10. It is the process of adapting and modifying culture
WEEK 2
1. ACTIVITY 2
Draw Me A Culture!
Directions: What is your idea about culture and society? On a short-sized bond paper, draw a picture to
demonstrate your culture and how it affects society.
2.ANALYSIS
1. On your own idea, what is culture?
2. How its connect to society?
3.ABSTRACTION
The teacher will discuss the following to the class;
1. Culture and Cultural Change
As defined by the Center for Advance Research on Language Acquisition (2017), the word "culture" derives
from a French term, derived from the Latin "colere," which means to tend to the earth and grow, or
cultivation and nurture. It shares its etymology with several other words related to actively fostering growth.
Culture is a term that refers to a large and diverse set of mostly intangible aspects of social life. According to
sociologists, culture consists of the values, beliefs, systems of language, communication, and practices that
people share and that can be used to define them as a collective. Culture also includes the material objects
that are common to that group or society. On the other hand, cultural change is the modification or
discontinuance of existing ‘tried’ and ‘tested’ procedures transmitted to us from the culture of the past, as
well as the introduction of new procedures (Dressler and Carns, 1973).
Culture changes through developments in technology, political belief and religious ideas. External encounters
with diverse societies and environmental factors also change cultural beliefs. It sometimes causes a backlash
from those with more traditional social views. Cultural change occurs due to the diffusion of ideas from one
society to another.
Cultural traits
The concept of culture embraces the culture of mankind. An understanding of human culture is facilitated, however,
by analysing "the complex whole" into component parts or categories. A trait may be an object (knife), a way of doing
something (weaving), a belief (in spirits), or an attitude (the so-called horror of incest). But, within the category of
culture, each trait is related to other traits. A distinguishable and relatively self-contained cluster of traits is
conventionally called a culture complex.
Cultural Areas
The relationship between an actual culture and its habitat is always an intimate one, and therefore one finds a close
correlation between kind of habitat and type of culture. This results in the concept of culture area. This conception
goes back at least as far as the early 19th century, but it was first brought into prominence by the U.S. anthropologist
Clark Wissler in The American Indian (1917) and Man and Culture (1923). He divided the Indian cultures (as they were
in the latter half of the 19th century) into geographic cultural regions.
Cultural Types
Appreciation of the relationship between culture and topographic area suggests the concept of culture type, such as
hunting and gathering or a special way of hunting.
Social Organization
A sociocultural system presents itself under two aspects: structure and function. As culture evolves, sociocultural
systems (like biologic systems) become more differentiated structurally and more specialized functionally, proceeding
from the simple to the complex. Systems on the lowest stage of development have only two significant kinds of parts:
the local territorial group and the family.
Economic Systems
One of the most important, as well as characteristic, features of the economic life of preliterate societies, as
contrasted with modern civilizations, is this: no individual and no class or group in tribal society was denied access to
the resources of nature; all were free to exploit them.
Education
In the human species individuals are equipped with fewer instincts than is the case in many nonhuman species. And,
as already noted, they are born cultureless. Therefore, an infant Homo sapiens must learn a very great deal and
acquire a vast number of conditioned reflexes and habit patterns in order to live effectively, not only in society but in
a particular kind of sociocultural system, be it Tibetan, Eskimo, or French. This process, taken as a whole, is called
socialization (occasionally, enculturation) --the making of a social being out of one that was at birth wholly
individualistic and egoistic.
4.APPLICATION
Directions List at least 5 Filipino customs, beliefs, practices and traditions that you are practicing at home in the first
column. In the next column, identify where does you get the customs, beliefs and traditions you practiced at home.
Write if said practices is Discovered, Invented, Diffused, Acculturated or Assimilated. Each number is worth 2 points.
5 Filipino customs, beliefs, practices and tradition Sources of cultural change
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Questions:
1. How did you acquire your customs, beliefs and traditions that you are practicing at home?
2. Having learned the concepts of culture? How do you explain the current fascination of Filipinos to K Pop and Korean
telenovelas?
WEEK 3
1. ACTIVITY
Ponder and try to imagine yourself on the situation below.
WHAT: At meals with his host family here in the Philippines, John decides to eat with western utensils he bought when
he went into town.
WHY: “ I actually grew up to like the fufu and stew we ate each night, but eating it with my bare hands was just messy,
and sort of primitive”
IMPACT: Though it seem insignificant to John, his purchase of a fork and knife can be seen as condescending,
intolerant, and even insulting to his hosts. Westerners should be wary of coming off as though they think their ways are
better. By disregarding local customs and norms, John is belittling the locals who were generously accommodating him.
A BETTER APPROACH: John should have simply told his hosts that he loves the food they cook for him, but he
doesn’t know how to eat it without making a mess. They would almost certainly take the time teach John how to use his
hands to eat local food. With a little patience, practice, and openness to learning, John would surely get the hang of it.
The inherent humor of the situation would also create a bonding experience with the host family.
2. ANALYSIS
1. If you were the host family, how will you react with the situation?
2. If you were John, what would you rather do? Would you understand why John behave that way? Or
if you were John, would you appreciate the authenticity of the culture of your host family?
3. ABSTRACTION
The teacher will discuss the following:
1. What are the functions of ethnocentrism?
The function of ethnocentrism (Contreras, 2016) are: 1. Ethnocentrism encourages the solidarity of the group.
Believing that one’s own ways are the best boosts a “we” feeling with companions and supports the idea that
loyalty to comrades and protection of the basis for superiority are significant values. POSITIVELY, it promotes
continuance of how things stand. NEGATIVELY, it discourages change. 2. Ethnocentrism hinders the
understanding of cooperation between groups. If the ways of one’s group are best, there is little incentive to
interact with “inferior groups”. Extreme ethnocentrism is likely to promote conflict, as the records of the past
wars and religious and racial conflicts reveal. 3. Ethnocentrism becomes a vehicle for promotion of social change
since conflict often leads to social change. It does so, however, through encouragement of its peaceful
evolution.
2. What is culture relativism?
Cultural relativism is the idea that all norms, beliefs, and values are dependent on their cultural context and
should be treated as such. This is also a belief that there are no moral standards to all people at all times
(Contreras, 2016). As an attitude, cultural relativism promotes greater appreciation of the culture one
encountered along the way. As a behavior, cultural relativism is a good way to rehearse the norms and values of
society, a requirement that one must subscribe to regardless of his or her cultural origin. Cultural relativism is
also a research. This is a method whereby different n societies or cultures are analyzed objectively without using
the values of one culture to judge the worth of another. Appreciation of other cultures may come about two
complimentary reasons (Contreras, 2016): 1. Acquisition of sufficient knowledge about the culture in question.
This may happen in indirect ways such as reading about the practices and rituals of other cultures. 2. Direct
exposure to other cultures. This may take place because of travel or immigration. In both cases, individuals
personally come in contact with the people representing another culture and they see the performance of a
different set of practices. In cultural relativism, ethical structures are needed for stability and order. So, follow
the norms of the culture in which you live. Here’s an example: “When in Davao, do as the Davaoeňos do” It is
important also that we should not impose our standards on outsiders. Here’s an example: “Same sex marriage is
wrong in the Philippines, but not everywhere” Advantages of Cultural Relativism (Contreras, 2016) 1. Promotes
tolerance by practicing the “live and let live”. 2. Recognizes differences but does not allow to judge them. 3.
Avoids problems with moral realism
3. Culture as Heritage
(Tangible and Intangible Heritage) Cultural heritage is the inheritance of physical artifacts and intangible
elements of a group or people that is passed from generation top generation. Not all legacies are considered
"heritage", relatively heritage is a product of selection by society. Culture heritage have tangible (visible) and
intangible (non-material) components. The tangible ones are those that are produced and created based on
specific and practical purposes and aesthetic values like historical sites, archaeological sites, historical
monuments and historical artifacts. Intangible heritage may include our national anthem, traditional skills and
literary creations such as music, dances, and other literary genre unique to the Philippines.
4. APPLICATION
Knowledge Check!
Directions: Describe cultural relativism by completing the sentence. Write your answer on the space provided.
1. Cultural relativism is the idea that all norms, beliefs, and values are
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2. One advantage of culture relativism is ________________________________________.
3. Cultural relativism mitigates ethnocentric behavior by____________________________.
WEEK 4
1. ACTIVITY
In My Own View
Instruction: Cite a family symbol or practice in your own home.
2. ANALYSIS
1. How this symbol or practice came about and why is it important?
3. ABSTRACTION
A symbol is an object, word or action that stands for something else and represents abstract ideas or concepts that
has meaning to people bound by common cultural, social and other organizational affiliation or ideology. The
Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines it as “an act, sound, or object having cultural significance and the capacity to
excite or objectify a response”. Language is one of the most common cultural symbols. The letters of the alphabet, for
example, symbolize the sounds of a specific spoken language.
TYPES OF SOCIETIES
1. Hunting and gathering societies
2. Pastoral societies
3. Horticultural societies a
4. Agricultural societies a
5. Feudal societies
6. Industrial Societies
7. Post-Industrial Societies
4. APPLICATION
V. EVALUATION
WEEK 1.
I have already designed it myself. Write your personal assessment with the following guide questions.
1. Who am I?
2. What culture I belong? (referring to your tribe, dialect, religion, beliefs and values)
3. How do I socialize? (referring to your community, neighborhood, type of family and house)
4. What kind of government I was born to? (who is your president, what is your experiences in the present condition
more so during pandemic period and your education condition)
5. Who do you vote in the coming elections? What are your qualifications of a good public servant?
WEEK 2
Directions:
1. Cultural differences are often expressed in the “generation gap”. List 10 the things that you and your parents
share and believe together (religion, education, and family values) as well as those you disagree with (music,
clothing, love and relationships). Each number is worth 2 points.
Cultural similarities between parents and children Cultural differences between parents and children
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Questions:
1. Why do you think that there are cultural similarities and differences between parents and children?
2. How will you explain these differences based on the lesson?
VI. ASSIGNMENT
WEEK 1: Directions: Summarize what you have learned in this lesson in three to five sentences.
Week 2: Directions: Summarize what you have learned in this lesson in three to five sentences.
Week 3: Directions:
Week 4: Directions: Make a reflective journal on your learnings and insight about the topic discussed.