This document discusses the importance of understanding culture, society, and politics. It outlines content and performance standards for demonstrating an understanding of human cultural variation, social differences, social change, political identities, and the significance of studying anthropology, sociology, and political science. Key points covered include acknowledging cultural variation and differences, adopting an open attitude toward social and political phenomena, and appreciating these disciplines as social sciences. The document emphasizes that studying culture, society, and politics allows us to understand human adaptation and integration, patterns of social behavior, production of tools and technologies, and how culture contributes to human satisfaction. It also notes the importance of studying society in representing our identity, symbolizing political independence, and enabling economic interdependence. Politics

1. Understanding Culture,
Society and Politics

2. Content Standard
The learners demonstrate an understanding of:
1. human cultural variation, social
differences, social change, and
political identities,
2. the significance of studying culture,
society, and politics,
3. the rationale for studying
anthropology, political science, and
sociology.

3. Performance Standard
The learner shall be able to:
1. acknowledge human cultural variation,
social differences, social change, and
political identities,
2. adopt an open and critical attitude
toward different social, political, and
cultural phenomena through observation
and reflection,
3. appreciates the value of disciplines of
Anthropology, Sociology, and Political
Science as social science.

4. “Change is the only
permanent this in
this world”
-Heraclitus

5. Man’s Social and
Cultural Background

6. Have you ever wondered
why people are different
from each other?

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MACHINES COMPUTERS GENETIC ENGINEERING
Allowed us to
communicate with more
people faster.
Helped us produce disease
resistant plants.
Made our work easier.
In our society today, we can see a lot of changes and
developments that affect our life.

8. What is Nation-State?
 is a sovereign state whose citizens
or subjects have a common culture.
 they speak the same language, have
a common descent, and share
common history.
 citizens with common culture, the
nation-state is a major component of
personal identity.

9. Personal Identity
 the concept you develop about
yourself that evolves over the course
of your life.
 is both cultural and political which
is guided by our personal encounters
or experiences.

10. A naturalized Filipina in Japan,
may identify herself as a Filipina.
However, another Filipina may
identify herself as a Muslim
because of her Islamic tradition.
Having come from a nation-
state called the Philippines
and possessing the culture
of most Filipinos.
Her identification of herself as a
Muslim may be considered political
if her objective is to make a
statement that she belongs to a
different political group in our
nation-state
Example of Cultural and Political Identity

11. According to David Bohm, each
individual already contains the
whole information field of society.
People who need more will be
pushed more by their inner drives
to attain something. These drives
consist of biological and
psychological drives such as
cravings, wealth, power,
greatness, successes, and etc.
(Banaag, 2012, p.54)
As Schwartz pointed out, the
culture of any society represents
an adaptation or adjustment to
the various conditions of life,
including their physical, social,
and supernatural environment.
Personal experiences are created by man’s interaction
with his environment.

12. Significance of
Studying Culture

13. What is Culture
 refers to that complex whole which
includes knowledge, beliefs, arts
morals, laws, customs, and any other
capabilities and habits acquired by
man as a member of society.
(Edward B. Taylor)

14. SIGNIFICANCE
OF CULTURE
ADAPTATION
AND
INTEGRATION
PATTERNS OF
ACCEPTABLE
OF SOCIAL
BEHAVIOR
PRODUCTION
OF MAN-MADE
THINGS
HUMAN
SATISFACTION
CONVEYS
AND
FACILITATE
MEANING

15. ADAPTATION AND
INTEGRATION
Culture makes it possible for
man to adapt and integrate
himself to his environment by
being creative and resourceful
in coming up with ways and
means of survival.

16. PATTERNS OF ACCEPTANCE
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
Culture establishes patterns of
acceptable social behavior such as
etiquette, protocols, good
manners and right conduct, roles
and duties, etc. as established by
folkways, mores, and laws.

17. CONVEYS AND
FACILITATE MEANING
Culture conveys and facilitates
meanings through verbal and
non-verbal communication,
written and non-written
language, forms of expression,
and symbolisms.

18. PRODUCTION OF
MAN-MADE THINGS
Culture produces man-made
things such as clothing, tools,
instruments, machines,
equipment, structures, etc.
made possible by
technological know-how.

19. HUMAN
SATISFACTION
Contributes to overall human
satisfaction as we develop ways to
make life more enjoyable,
comfortable, easier, and more
rewarding such as recreational
activities, leisure, entertainment,
and arts.

20. WHY DO WE NEED TO STUDY
CULTURE?

21. Significance of
Studying Society

22. SOCIETY
 As individuals continued to
interact, societies were
formed.
 It is a product of human social
processes intended to meet
basic needs for survival.
 Society is important product
of human interaction and
interconnectedness.

23. SOCIETY
 Symbolizes the group within
which human beings can live a
total common life.
 Every society is organized in a
such way that there are rules
of conduct, customs,
traditions, folkways, and
mores. (Palispis 2007,p. 254)

24. SOCIETY
 Studying society provide us
an idea on its importance in
creating an equal, just, and
humane society.

25. Significance of
Studying Society
Representation
of our identity
Symbolic of
political
independence
Characterize
the totality of
a territory
Avenue for
economic
interdependen
ce
Schematic Diagram
for Studying Society

26. WHY DO WE NEED TO STUDY OUR
SOCIETY?

27. Significance of
Studying Politics

28. POLITICS
 People tend to associate politics
with power.
 The connotation was formed
through man’s relationship with
other people.
 According to Ricardo Lazo,
politics may be viewed in
different ways.

29. POLITICS
Consensus
Society
Academics
Public
Affair
Power and
distribution
of
government
Art of
government

30. In describing the characteristics
of politics, two important things
must be emphasized:
 First, all questions involving the
making of a common decision
for a group of people, that is, a
uniform decision applying in the
same way to all members of a
group. .

31. In describing the characteristics
of politics, two important things
must be emphasized:
Second, all involve the use
of force by one person or a
group of people to affect
the behavior of another
person or group of people.
(Lazo, 2009 p.7)

32. Haque defines politics in different ways but
whatever definition is attached to it, there
are four important points inherit to it:
Collective Activity
Initial Diversity of views
Reconciliation
Authoritative

33. Collective Activity
Involving people who accept
common membership at
least knowledge is shared.
Initial diversity of views
Politics presumes an initial
diversity of views, if not
about goals, then least
about means.

34. Reconciliation of difference
 Involves reconciling differences
through discussion and
persuasion.
Authoritative Policy
 Binding members to decisions
that are implemented by force if
necessary.

35. QUIZ
SIGNIFICANCE
OF CULTURE
1.

36. ACTIVITY
1.Why do we need a to understand the idea of
culture, society, and politics?