TOMAS CLAUDIO COLLEGES

MORONG, RIZAL
BASIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
S.Y. 2019-2020

SYLLABUS IN UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

SECOND SEMESTER
GRADE 12
 Tomas Claudio Colleges
Morong, Rizal
Basic Education Department
S.Y. 2019-2020

Syllabus in understanding culture, society and politics

First Semester
Grade 12

I. MISSION
To realize it’s aim, the TCC laboratory school will:
Provide basic instructions that will prepare them to succeed in today’s rapidly changing world
Develop citizens who are productive, God-loving, honest, self-reliant and committed to conserve the country’s natural resources

II. VISION
The TCC laboratory school envisions to be the best institution of learning empowered the youth to become responsible leaders of the community. To
instill in them the Claudian spirit and to maintain benchmark I the field of technology.

III. SUBJECT 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; and 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.
IV. LEARNING COMPETENCIES
The learners will:
 Articulate observations on human cultural variation, social differences, social change, and political identities
 Demonstrate curiosity and an openness to explore the origins and dynamics of culture and society, and political identities
 Analyze social, political, and cultural change
 Recognize the common concerns or intersections of anthropology, sociology, and political science with respect to the phenomenon of change
 Identify the subjects of inquiry and goals of anthropology, political science, and sociology
 Explain anthropological and sociological perspectives on culture and society
 Describe society and culture as a complex whole
 Identify aspects of culture and society
 Raise questions toward a holistic appreciation of cultures and societies
 Become aware of why and how cultural relativism mitigates ethnocentrism
 Identify forms of tangible and intangible heritage and the threats to these
 Trace the biological and cultural evolution of early to modern humans
 Explore the significance of human material remains and artefactual evidence in interpreting cultural and social, including political and economic, processes
 Recognize national, local, and specialized museums, and archaeological and historical sites as venues to appreciate and reflect on the complexities of
biocultural and social evolution as part of being and becoming human
 Explain the development of one’s self and others as a product of socialization and enculturation
 Identify the context, content, processes, and consequences of enculturation and socialization
 Identifies the social goals and the socially acceptable =means of achieving these goals
 Advocate inclusive citizenship
 Promote protection of human dignity, rights, and the common good
 traces kinship ties and social networks
 Describe the organized nature of social life and rules governing behavior
 Compare different social forms of social organization according to their manifest and latent functions
 Analyze social and political structures
  Analyze economic organization and its impacts on the lives of people in the society
 Differentiate functions of nonstate institutions in society
 Evaluate how functions of education affect the lives of people in society
 Promote primary education as a human right
 Conduct participant observation (e.g., attend, describe, and reflect on a religious ritual of a different group; observe elections practices)
 Recognize the practice of medical pluralism in light of cultural diversity and relativism
 Examine stratification from the functionalist and conflict perspectives
 Identify characteristics of the systems of stratification
 Suggest ways to address global inequalities
 Identify new challenges faced by human populations in contemporary societies
 Describe how human societies adapt to new challenges in the physical, social, and cultural environment
 Develop a plan of action for community-based response to change

V. TOPIC

TOPIC TARGET DATE OUTPUT OPTION

CHAPTER 1 : Starting points for
the understanding of culture, June 22- August 30 Activity:
society, and politics  Study Guide
 Nature of Man 
 Definition of anthropology,
political science, and
sociology
 Culture
 Politics and Its Dynamics
 Cultural variations
CHAPTER 2: Sociological and Activity:
Anthropological Perspectives of September 2- September 20  3-2-1
culture Society and Government  Illustration
 The Science of Sociology  Collage
 The Science of
Anthropology
 Political Science
 Biological Evolution of Man
 Cultural and Political
Evolution of Man

CHAPTER 3: Becoming a Activity:

Member of the Society September 23- October 4  Dramatic Interpretation
 Socialization and
Personality Development
 Conformity, Deviance and
Social Control
 Human Dignity, Rights and
the Common good
CHAPTER 4: Cultural, social and
Political Institutions October 7- October 31 Activity:
 Marriage, Family and  KWL Chart
Kinship  Study Guide
 Economic Institutions  Misconception Check
 Non-state Institutions
 Educational Institutions
 Religion and Belief
Systems

VI. INTERVENTION
 In case that student will fail in this chapter/unit, certain worksheet and activity must accomplished. They will also conduct special experiment task to
cover the topic where they fail

VII. REFERENCE
Understanding Culture, Society and Politics, San Juan- Centeno, Books atbp. Publishing Corp.

Prepared By: Checked By:

MR. MARK JOSEPH L. STA. ANA MS. MIRZI KASSANDRA T. NAZARENO

HUMSS- Coordinator
MS. MARY ROSE T. ARAGON

MR. JOHN KELVIN SL. PANTALEON MS. ROSE ANN G. HILAO

STEM- Coordinator
MS. AUREA DONICA DEAN D. GELUA
MS. CRISELDA C. PATAG
MS. MARA C. BARCELON ABM- Coordinator

MS. PRINCESS A. VICTORIO MS. LIVERTY SF. AREVALO

TVL- Coordinator
MS. RAZELLE MABUNGA Approved By:
UCSP Teachers
MR. DINDO C. PUNZALAN
Principal, Basic Education Department