Community dynamics is one of the topics in Community Engagement, Solidarity, and Citizenship specialized subject in Senior High School.

1. REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS
TOPIC

2. CHANGES IN THE WAY THE SOCIETY IS ORGANIZED, AND THE
BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN IT.
SOCIAL CHANGE

3. MOTIVATION

4. All societies are involved in a process of
social change, however this change may
be so subtle and slow that society is hardly
aware of it.

5. FACTORS of CHANGE

6. • Geography
This is when the natural lay
of the land has affected
the way societies have
developed.

7. 2. External Events
Events that occurred on a
large scale affecting the
entire nation or several
nations.

8. 3. Technology
Technology has affected
the way societies are
designed and how they
keep changing.

9. Communications Infrastructures

10. Other Causes of
Change

11. INVENTION
• Produce new products,
ideas, and social patterns.
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A. CULTURE AND CHANGE
DISCOVERY
DIFFUSION
• Finding something that has not been
there before, or finding something
new in something that already exist.
• Spreading of ideas and
objects to other societies.

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B. CONFLICT AND CHANGE
• Another reason of social change is
due to tension and conflict. Karl
Marx thought that especially CLASS
CONFLICT sparked change. He was
right, but also, race and gender also
cause conflicts.

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C. IDEAS AND CHANGE
• Max Weber thought that the expression of
ideas by CHARISMATIC INDIVIDUALS could
change the world.

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D. DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE
• Change occur from a
CHANGE OF
POPULATION.

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E. SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND CHANGE
• Change can
also occur from
people joining
together for a
social cause.
SOCIAL
MOVEMENT

16. APPLICATION

17. Make a poem, song, non-fiction
story, essay, or poster about...

20. QUIZ

21. Test I. Modified TRUE
or FALSE
Write TRUE if the statement is
correct. Write FALSE if the
statement is wrong and change the
word/phrase that makes it wrong.
Erasure means wrong.

22. 1. Changes in the way the society
is organized, and the beliefs and
practices of people who believe in
it is the definition of social
change.

23. 2. All societies are involved in a process
of social change, however this change
may be so subtle and fast that society
is hardly aware of it.

24. 3. Reforestation is one of the man-
made activities which causes shift in
the society in terms of geography.

25. 4. Technologies are events that
occurred on a large scale
affecting the entire nation or
several nations.

26. 5. Max Weber thought that the
expression of ideas by charismatic
individuals could change the
world.

27. Test II. Multiple
Choice
Read the statement/question
carefully. Write the letter and
the word/phrase in your paper.
Erasure means wrong.

28. 1. Demographic change occurs
because of the following functions,
except one
a. Birth control
b. Fertility
c. Mortality
d. Birth insecurity

29. 2. Change can also occur from people
joining together for a social cause.
a. Culture and change
b. Social movements and change
c. Ideas and change
d. Conflict and change

30. 3. Spreading of ideas and objects to
other societies is one of the reasons
why culture has changed
a. Invention
b. Discovery
c. Diffusion
d. Immigration

31. 4. What is the example for diffusion
a. Enculturation
b. Trading
c. Immigration
d. All of these

32. 4. What is the example for diffusion
a. Enculturation
b. Trading
c. Immigration
d. All of these

33. 1. TRUE
2. FALSE – SUBTLE and SLOW
3. TRUE
4. FALSE – EXTERNAL EVENTS
5. TRUE