3. Reminders
Make sure that you have your module with you before the class starts
Make
Have a pen and paper ready
Have
Actively participate inside the class
Participate
Use class signals when necessary
Use
Keep your mic on mute, only unmute when called
Keep
Turn your camera on
Turn
Raise hand if you want to answer
Raise
Use ? if you want to ask a question
Use
Use ! if you need help
Use
4. CULTURAL, SOCIAL
AND POLITICAL
SYMBOLS
GOALS 4A
At the end of the lesson the students can:
A. Define the cultural, social and
political symbols in their own
words.
B. Analyse the differences of
cultural, social, and political
symbols.
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5. Walk thru
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IMPORTANT
There are 2 parts of week
4
• Week 4A
• Week 4B
6. CHECKLIST 4A
Activity Points Accomplished
Pretest (Activity 1) 5
Activity 2 (Looking Back) 5
Activity 3 5
Activity 4 9
Activity 5 (Checking for
understanding)
15
Post Test 5
8. LOOKING BACK
Activity no.2 (5 points)
In one statement how
does the picture speak to
you about Cultural
Relativism?
9. SYMBOLS
A symbol carries meaning to the people who share a
culture because it is created and maintained by the
members of the culture. Symbols such as gestures, signs,
objects, signals, and words—help people understand their
messages all over the world.
11. CULTURAL SYMBOL
It is something that carries meaning to people who share
a culture, is broadly understood and used so frequently
that it does not require explanation. Language, which is
both an element and a reflection of culture, is a system of
symbols that allows members of a culture to
communicate with one another. Words symbolize objects,
ideas, and actions.
12. Examples
In Language, “Hane” is an expression used in Tanay Rizal
everytime they made a statement like “kumain ka na ba
hane? The same in Batangas, they have “Ala eh!” and “ga”,
such as "ala eh! saan ka ga nang galing?”. This language
expressions give a unique identity to each culture in our
country particularly in Tanay and Batangas.
13. Examples
In gesture, it has also a symbol to express, kissing and
hugging in western countries and in our country is an
expression of affection, but in Middle East countries is a
form of honor and respect.
14. Examples
In visual. In some culture’s colors are associated with gender,
such as pink for girls and blue for boys. Another example is
traffic signage such as stop signs or symbols used on
highways to indicate where to stop for gas, food, or lodging.
16. Social
Symbols
Are relating to human society
and its modes of organization:
social classes; social
problems or a social issue.
17. Examples
Clothing and possession: in
commercial society having many
money and wealth and things that can
be bought by wealth such as car,
house and fine cloths are status
symbol. In the Philippines among the
youths, one of the obvious status
symbols is having an expensive
branded smart phone or gadgets.
Other are fine watch, imported bag
and shoes etc.
18. What
Makes
Up Your
Culture?
Societal recognition: Uniform
symbolizes membership of an
organization and display ranks,
specialty, and societal position within
organization. A good example of this are
military uniform with rank insignia over
the shoulder, doctor’s emblem written
their name, an engineer wearing a hard
hat, or a teacher known by the color-
coded uniform on daily schedule.
19. Example
Symbol of love, wedding and
friendship: Red heart shape is
symbolizing love, two golden or
silver rings for wedding and
friendship band to seal friendship.
Society finds way to create
symbols to convey their affections
and emotion.
20. Political
Symbols
Political symbols are used to
represent the political
standpoint. The symbols can
occur in various media,
banner, acronym, pictures,
flag, motto and many more.
21. Example
Red flags have traditionally been flown by socialist,
communist, left wing radical to present the “blood of
the workers”. Many groups used political colors
associated to their political philosophy.
Political color as symbol used around the
world:
Black – anarchism, fascism, Catholicism,
Christian democracy and black
Blue – conservatism, Judaism, men,
monarchism and liberalism
Brown – Nazism and Hispanic
Gold – capitalism and libertarianism
Green – conservatism, Islam and
agrarianism
Red – communism and socialism
22. Wrap up
A symbol carries meaning to the people who share a culture because it is created and
maintained by the members of the culture.
CULTURAL SYMBOL - It is something that carries meaning to people who share a culture, is
broadly understood and used so frequently that it does not require explanation.
SOCIAL SYMBOL - It is a perceived visible, external denotation of one’s special and
perceived indicator of social status
POLITICAL SYMBOLS - Political symbols are used to represent the political standpoint. The
symbols can occur in various media, banner, acronym, pictures, flag, motto and many more.
23. Activity 3 (5 points)
1. Which of the examples is NOT considered as a symbol?
A. Emotions C. Ideas
B. Objects D. Gestures
2. What kind of symbols carries meaning to people who share a culture, as broadly understood and used so frequently that it does not require explanation?
A. Political Symbol C. Cultural Symbol
B. Sociological symbol D. Philosophical symbol
3. What kind of symbols are used to represent the political standpoint?
A. Political Symbol C. Cultural Symbol
B. Sociological symbol D. Philosophical symbol
4. What color symbolize conservatism, Judaism, men, monarchism and liberalism?
A. Black C. Gold
B. Blue D. Red
5. What kind of sociological symbol that is common in commercial society using many money and wealth for status symbols?
A. Symbol of love and wedding C. Societal recognition
B. Clothing and possession D. Symbol of friendship
25. CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING (15
points)
Complete the sentence according to how you have
learned the lesson.
Cultural symbols helps me to value that…
Sociological symbols made me realize that…
Political symbols allow me to understand that…
27. GOALS
4B
A. Identify the importance of
Cultural, Sociological and Political
symbol in our society.
B. Value and respect the unique
Cultural, Sociological and Political
symbol in our society that are
different from them.
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29. Looking back
Cultural Symbol – It is something that carries
meaning to people who share a culture, is
broadly understood and used so frequent that it
does not require an explanation.
Everyone knows this gesture all around the
globe and its desire for peace not for war and
hate. This symbolized the culture of promoting
peace.
30. Looking back
SOCIAL SYMBOL - It is a
perceived visible, external
denotation of one’s special
and perceived indicator of
social status.
This symbol was used as a
password from early church
in Jerusalem to protect their
members from persecution and
imprisonment. At this time this
symbol speaks about a group
of people who follows Christ,
known as Christianity
31. Looking back
POLITICAL SYMBOLS - Political
symbols are used to represent the
political standpoint. The symbols
can occur in various media, banner,
acronym, pictures, flag, motto and
many more.
This political symbol, Nacionalista
Party is the oldest political party in
the Philippines and in Southeast
Asia, responsible for leading the
country throughout the majority of
the 20th century since its founding
in 1907.
33. Importance of Cultural, Sociological and Political Symbols
People group such as cultural group, sociological group and political group used symbols that convey meaning
and it is a tool for a communication. Communication is based upon the use of mutually understood symbols.
Symbols—such as gestures, signs, objects, signals, and words—help people understand that world. They
provide clues to understanding experiences by conveying recognizable meanings that are shared by societies
or people group. The used of symbols are helpful to provide clues to understanding experiences by conveying
recognizable meanings that are shared by Culture, Sociology and Politics.
People create and interpret the meaning of all symbols solely through shared cultural, sociological and political
understanding. Communication can occur only if people know how to use and interpret a shared set of symbols.
The ability to communicate is thus rooted in culture. A culture's shared set of symbols is
produced and maintained through shared cultural beliefs, sociological practices, and political expectations.
34. For Example
This is the universal cultural sign or gesture for peace,
all over the world used this to convey message of
harmony not war. It might look as simply as an
index and middle finger raised together to other
people but it means so much to places and people
living in terrorism, chaos and war. So this symbol is
very precious to them and Peace is all they want.
35. For Example
During the World War II and after, this symbol of Nazi
Party as political party in Germany, the “swastika” was
the most hated in the world due to his cruel and hostile
act of killing of millions of Europeans and of 6 million
Jewish race alone during Holocaust. But the swastika
was a symbol of “Aryan identity” and national pride in
Germany during those time. But not for the family and
victims of cruelty and hostility. Each race gave different
meaning on this symbol.
36. How others perceived symbols
I heard a story sometime ago regarding “NO ENTRY” symbol and how Filipino and American interpret it.
This is how the story goes on.
A symbol of “No Entry” was posted in the door for a purpose. When the American saw and read it, he
said to himself maybe this symbol was posted for my protection and safety and it will bring me to
harm if I insists to go inside and then he goes.
Later, a Filipino came and about to enter when he noticed a symbol “No Entry” posted in the door.
Furious because he can not go inside, shouted: Who put this symbol on this door? Why somebody
denying me the access to go inside? Do they know who I am?
(Disclaimer: this story was unvalidated not sure if this is true or not or just for humor).
Two human being has two different meaning to the same symbol. The one look at it as precaution while
the other one look at it as privilege or entitlement. Sounds strange and amusing that somebody will
demand his right for symbol that has no power to argue with.
This story remind us that symbols communicate messages to use and to interpret by its purpose not by
our own preference. It is important to understand that each cultural, sociological and political group used
symbols to communicate their ideas and admonition. It is vital to remind ourselves to carefully
understand, respect and give value to the symbols of each cultural, sociological and political group.
37. Wrap up
The used of symbols are helpful to provide clues to understanding
experiences by conveying recognizable meanings that are shared by
culture group, sociological group and political group.
It is important to understand that each cultural, sociological and political
group used symbols to communicate their ideas and admonition.
It is vital to remind ourselves to carefully understand, respect and give value
to the symbols of each cultural, sociological and political group. We may took
the meaning differently, nevertheless we ought to accept each other’s
perception.
