For grade12 HUMSS Community Engagement Solidarity and Citizenship. Talks about community and importance to study community. community came from the Latin word, communis which means "common" or "share" There are two sense of place, geographical area and virtual space. There are two level of community, Micro-level community and Macro-level Community.

2. OBJECTIVES:
AT THE END OF THE LESSON, THE LEARNERS WILL BE ABLE TO:
• CITE THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY DYNAMIC.
• SHARE SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY-BASED ACTIVITIES DESCRIBING THE COMMUNITY
LIFE.
• IDENTIFY THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING THE COMMUNITY ACTION.
• EXPRESS IDEAS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING COMMUNITY ACTION.

3. WHAT IS COMMUNITY AND WHY IS
THERE A NEED IN STUDYING THIS?
INDIVIDUALS HAVING SIGNIFICANT INTERACTION
WITHIN A SPECIFIED AREA BECOMES ONE OF THE
CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS IN FORMING COMMUNITY. THE
WORD COMMUNITY WAS DERIVED FROM THE LATIN
WORD COMMUNIS WHICH MEANS “COMMON” OR
“SHARED”.
IT MAY SHARE A CERTAIN SENSE OF PLACE
WHETHER IT IS GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OR THROUGH A
VIRTUAL SPACE.

4. GEOGRAPHICAL COMMUNITY
AND NON GEOGRAPHICAL COMMUNITY
GEOGRAPHICAL COMMUNITY IS A COMMUNITY
WHERE MEMBERS SHARE THE SAME
GEOGRAPHICAL VICINITY SUCH AS A VILLAGE,
PROVINCE OR NEIGHBORHOOD.
NON-GEOGRAPHICAL COMMUNITY IS A COMMUNITY
FORMED BASED ON NEEDS, IDEAS, INTERESTS, IDENTITY,
PRACTICES, AND ROLES IN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SUCH
AS AT HOME, ALL WORK, IN GOVERNMENT, SOCIETY, OR
THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

5. TWO LEVEL OF COMMUNITY
oMICRO-LEVEL COMMUNITY
oMACRO LEVEL COMMUNITY

6. MICRO-LEVEL COMMUNITY
A GROUP IS FORMED BASED ON PERSONAL TIES.
EXAMPLE: FUND RAISING ACTIVITY SUCH AS CONCERTS

7. MACRO-LEVEL COMMUNITY
- LARGE GROUP AFFILIATION IS FORMED SUCH AS NATIONAL COMMUNITIES,
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES, AND VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES. COMPANIES AND
CORPORATIONS MAY DEVELOP VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT WOULD INCLUDE
DIFFERENT MEMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THEY WILL WORK ON MEETING
CERTAIN OBJECTIVES AND EXPAND ON THE ASPECT OF COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT.

8. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE
IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING COMMUNITY:
1. IT MOTIVATES PEOPLE TO WORK TOGETHER – PEOPLE FEEL A SENSE OF COMMUNITY
AND RECOGNIZE THE BENEFITS OF THEIR INVOLVEMENT.
2. IT ENCOURAGES SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS, OR TRADITIONAL OBLIGATIONS FOR MUTUAL
HELP.
3. PEOPLE SEE A GENUINE OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER THEIR OWN LIVES AND FOR THE
COMMUNITY.
4. IT UNDERSTANDS POLICIES PROMOTING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION THAT VALUES
SOCIAL CAPITAL.
5. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COULD BE UNDERSTOOD AS THE DIRECT INVOLVEMENT OF
CITIZENRY IN THE AFFAIRS OF PLANNING, GOVERNANCE, AND OVERALL DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS AT LOCAL OR GRASSROOT LEVELS.

9. WHAT IS COMMUNITY DYNAMICS?
UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITY LIFE MAKES US
VALUE THE THINGS WE HAVE ON A DAILY BASIS, SOCIAL
ENCOUNTER CONSTRUCTS REALITY AND AFFECTS SOME
CHANGES WITHIN – THIS IS COMMUNITY DYNAMICS.

10. HAVE YOU NOTICED SOME RECENT CHANGES IN
YOUR COMMUNITY?
THE CHANGES IN THE COMMUNITY ARE BROUGHT ABOUT BY SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERIENCES WHETHER IT IS POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENT
THAT
IMPACTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. PEOPLE ADOPT THE CHANGES AND IT HAS SHAPED
THEIR WAY
OF LIFE.

11. WHAT IS COMMUNITY
ACTION?
COMMUNITY ACTION
- IS ANY ACTIVITY THAT AIMS TO
INCREASE THE UNDERSTANDING,
ENGAGEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT OF
COMMUNITIES FOR THE INTENTION OF
GIVING SERVICES TO PEOPLE.

12. THERE ARE 3-KEY POINTS IN
GRASPING THE DEFINITION MORE
MEANINGFUL:
UNDERSTANDING –
RAISE AN AWARENESS ABOUT CERTAIN
COMMUNAL ISSUES THAT NEEDS TO BE
ADDRESSED. PEOPLE DEVELOP THE FEELING
OF INVOLVEMENT ONCE THEY TRULY
COMPREHEND THE SITUATION WITHIN. THEY
COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT ADVOCACIES
THAT WILL OVERCOME COMMUNITY NEEDS AND
DIFFICULTIES.

13. ENGAGEMENT –
ONCE ISSUES ARE ASSESSED PROPERLY
AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND
THE NEEDS, THEY WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO
ACT ON IT. THE MAIN GOAL OF ENGAGING IN THE
COMMUNITY IS TO IMPROVE THE PARTNERSHIP
AND COALITIONS AMONG THE COMMUNITY. IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT ENGAGEMENT OCCURS SO THAT
MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO INVOLVE
MEANINGFULLY IN THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY
HAVE CREATED.

14. EMPOWERMENT
ENABLE THE PEOPLE TO INDEPENDENTLY DECIDE, PLAN-
OUT AND TAKE ACTION TO CONTROL THE SITUATION THEY HAVE IN
THE COMMUNITY. THIS MEANS, INITIATIVE AND DECISIONS COME
FROM INTERNAL GROUP ORGANIZED FOR THE BENEFIT OF
EVERYONE. IT IS ALSO NECESSARY THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN
PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT NETWORKS AND LINKAGES THAT WILL
GENUINELY SERVE THE ADVOCACIES THAT THEY HAVE BUILT.

15. ACTIVITY: MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE
EXAMINE THE UNDERLINED WORD FROM THE GIVEN STATEMENTS BELOW.
WRITE T IF THE STATEMENT IS TRUE AND F IF THE STATEMENT IS FALSE.
IF FALSE, WRITE THE CORRECT WORD OR WORDS TO MAKE THE STATEMENT CORRECT.
________________ 1. ONE OF THE IMPORTANCE IN STUDYING THE COMMUNITY IS THAT
THE PEOPLE SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THE POLICIES WITHIN AND VALUES
CULTURAL CAPITAL.
________________ 2. THE INTERACTION TAKING PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY IS COMMUNITY
DYNAMICS ITSELF.

16. ________________ 3. CHANGES IN THE COMMUNITY CAN BE BROUGHT ABOUT BY SOCIAL,
CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL EXPERIENCES.
________________ 4. GEOGRAPHICAL COMMUNITIES ARE FORMED BASED ON NEEDS,
IDEAS, INTERESTS AND IDENTITY, PRACTICES AND ROLES IN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
________________ 5. MACRO-LEVEL PERSPECTIVES ARE FOCUSED ON PURSUING COMMON
INTERESTS OR GOALS LIKE FORMING A SMALL ORGANIZATION TO HOLD AN ADVOCACY.
________________ 6. EMPOWERMENT IS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT CERTAIN COMMUNAL
ISSUES THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
________________ 7. COMMUNITY ACTION IS ANY ACTIVITY THAT AIMS TO INCREASE THE
UNDERSTANDING, INVOLVEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT OF COMMUNITIES FOR THE INTENTION OF
GIVING SERVICES TO PEOPLE.
________________ 8. IT IS IMPORTANT TO IDENTIFY THE DIFFERENT NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY
THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.
________________ 9. PEOPLE IN A COMMUNITY SHARE SOMETHING IN COMMON.
________________ 10. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ENGAGEMENT OCCURS SO THAT MEMBERS WILL
BE ABLE TO INVOLVE MEANINGFULLY IN THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY HAVE CREATED.