This is Lesson 1 of the SHS core subject Understanding Culture, Society and Politics (DepEd MELC Based Curriculum)

1. UNDERSTANDING
CULTURE, SOCIETY
AND POLITICS
Renante A. Rogador
SeniorHighSchool(SHS)Teacher
09264178636/ rogador.renante@yahoo.com

2. Course 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;
engage them in the examination of the country’s current human
development goals. At the end of the course, students should 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.

3. HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT?

4. THE
HUMAN
MOSAIC

5. At the end of the lesson we must be
able to;.
articulate observations on
- human cultural variation
- social differences,-
- social change and
- political identities.
Objectives
Guide Questions
• What makes us different?
• Why we need to understand our
differences?
• What made cultures different?
• What are the examples of social
change?
• How to determine identities in
politics?

6. It refers to the differences in social
behaviors that different cultures exhibit
around the world. What maybe
considered good etiquette in one culture
may be considered bad etiquette in
another.
Human Cultural Variation

7. WHAT MADE CULTURES DIFFERENT?
Environment History

8. - your parents’ cultural
background
- what languges and dialects you
can speak
- your nationality and of your great
grandparents
THINK A LOT FOR A MOMENT

9. Cultural
Variation
Religion
An organizedsystemof
ideas about the spiritual
sphere or the supernatural.
Nationality
The identitythat is tiedto
beingof a part of a nationor
country.
Ethnicity
The expression of the set of cultural
ideas held by a distinct ethics or
indigenous group.
NATION
A group of people who share thesame
history, traditions and language.
Oftentimes inhabit a STATE
Acquisitionof Nationality
Natural born citizen
Jus soli Jus Sanguinis
Naturalization

10. Social Differences
One’ssense of self as
masculine or feminine
regardless of external
genitalia.
It refers to a
person’s basedon
their anatomy.
One’s sense of
self as masculine
or feminine
regardless of
external genitalia.
Gender
Gender
Sex vs
Lesbian – a woman who is
emotionally, romantically or sexually
attracted to another woman.
Gay – men attracted emotionally,
romantically and/or sexually to men.
Bisexual – a person who is attracted
to two sexes or two genders but not
necessarily simultaneously or equally.
Transgender – are people whose
psychological self differs from the
sexual expectations for the physical
sex they were born with.
Queer/Questioning – a person
who is attracted to multiple
genders.
Intersex – a set of medical conditions
that feature congenital anomaly of the
reproductive and sexual system.
The differences among in the individuals on the of social
characteristics and qualities.

11. Social Differences
Gender
Gender
Sex

12. It refers to a significant in social
behavior or a change in social
system rather than minor
changes within a small group.
Social Change

13. Type of Social Change:
Evolutionary Social Change
Evolutionary changes occur in
course of a long period slowly and
gradually and through
evolutionary process. Such
changes are not very drastic or
remarkable. They proceed
gradually like the process of
conditioning and people learn to
adjust with such changes
gradually.
Revolutionary Social Change
It is the opposite of evolutionary
change. When the changes in
various sectors of our social system
occur suddenly, drastically and
sufficiently so as to differentiate it
from gradual, slow change, it is
called revolutionary social change.

14. Characteristics of Social Change:
Observable changes take place in the social values, customs, traditions,
cultural heritage, age old beliefs, style of living, dress, attitude, superstitions
stereotype, way of conducting oneself in the society, process of socialization
and overall behavior of its members.

15. Factors
Influencing
Social Change:
Social change do not occur
automatically. Certain
factors do influence social
change.
● Social Movement and Social
Revolution
● Common Motivation
● Common Need
● Long Standing Suffering due to
Suppression and Oppression
● Impact of Communication
● Education
● Technological Changes

16. It refers to the set of attitudes
and practices that an individual
adheres to in relation to political
systems and actors within his or
her society.
Political Identity

17. Quotes for illustration purposes only

18. Identity politics is a term that describes
a political approach wherein people of a
particular religion, race, social
background, class or other identifying
factor develop political agendas and
organize based upon the interlocking
systems of oppression that affect their
lives and come from their various
identities.

19. Bye for now!
Stay safe and
healthy
always!