Understanding

Culture, Society
and Politics
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Culture and Society
Understanding Culture, Society and Politics – Grade 12
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Quarter 1 – Module 2: Culture and Society
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 Understanding
Culture, Society
and Politics
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Culture and Society
Introductory Message
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Welcome to the Understanding Culture, Society and Politics / Grade 12

Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Modules on Definition of Anthropology, Sociology
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 What I Need to Know

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read them can be changed to correspond with the textbook you are now using.

This module is about culture and society.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. describe the concept of culture and society;

2. identify aspects of culture and society; and
3. value the changes of culture and society.

What I Know

Part I. Jumbled Letters. Identify the following words by arranging the jumbled
letters to come up with the correct answer. Write your answer on the blank before
each number. Use separate answer sheet in answering.

_________________1. The group of people interacting with each other and having a
common culture; sharing common geographical or territorial
domain, and having relatively common aspirations. (OIESYTC)

_________________2. It is influenced by emotions, attitudes, values ideology and

religion. (SFEIBEL)

_________________3. Refers to all that man has made for himself through time,
material or non-material, still useful or not anymore, all to
provide benefits for his society. (UUERTCL)

_________________4. The tangible and concrete objects produced by main in the

process of social development. (TMRALAIE ERCULTU)

_________________5. It is based on ownership of land. (LDFEUA TYSCIEO)

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Part II. Matching Type. Match the terms in column A with their respective
meanings found in column B. Write the letter of the correct answer on a separate
sheet.
A B
a. Cannot be possible without going
________ 6. Society through the process of socialization.
________ 7. Industrial b. Capitalism, characterized by free
________ 8. Modern competition, free market and the right
________ 9. Post-industrial to acquire private property, emerged.
________ 10. Culture is adaptive c. More advanced societies, dominated
________ 11. Social relationship by information, services, and high
________12. Culture is transmitted technology, surfaced.
________ 13. Pre-industrial d. Highly industrialized characterized by
________ 14. Edward B. Taylor mass production of all essential
________ 15. Culture is learned products.
e. Changes in the environment are
caused by inventions and discoveries.
f. Culture within a social group is
transmitted to succeeding generations
through imitation, instruction and
example.
g. Different habits, skills, values and
knowledge are acquired or learned in
the course of a person’s life.
h. Culture is “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.”
i. Cannot exist without its population.
j. The main economic activity is food
production carried out through the
utilization of human and animal labor.
k. The main method of food production is
collection of wild plants and the
hunting of wild animals on a daily
basis.

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 Lesson

1 Culture and Society

What’s In

Fill in the blanks. What have you learned from the previous lesson? Fill in the
blanks with the correct words to complete the paragraph. Use separate answers
sheet in answering.

As a social science, (1) ___________________ deals with the study of society

and social interactions taking place. It also deals with the origin, evolution, and
development of human society. It is focused on all kinds of social interactions,
social relationships, and social organization, structure and process.

The study of human’s past and present is (2) _____________________.

Anthropology’s goal is to describe and explain human variation or the observed
similarities and differences in people through time and across space.

(3) __________________ as a social science discipline deals with the study of

the state and government. It is concerned about politics and policies of the
government. (4) ____________________, in his (5) ______________________, defined
political science as the study of the state. It deals comprehensively with the theory
and practice of politics.

Notes to the Teacher

This Alternative Delivery Mode has been developed to help
you facilitate the learners in analyzing the concept, aspects and
changes in culture and society.

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 What’s New

Concept Map. Surround with the appropriate words and phrases to explain your
understanding of the words culture and society by writing concepts related to
them. Use the separate answer sheet in answering.

_______

_______ _______

Culture

_______ _______

_______

_________ _______

Society

________ ________

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 Pandemic Alert!!!

According to UNESCO (2020) governments, intergovernmental

organizations and civil society are mobilized to assess the scale of
disruption to the cultural sector. Often within the first days following
lockdown, civil society groups – particularly sector-specific associations
(such as music or film), professional networks or city-based
organizations – began monitoring the impact, often through online
surveys.
Empty UNESCO World Heritage sites, cultural events cancelled,
cultural institutions closed, community cultural practices suspended,
heightened risk of looting of cultural sites and poaching at natural sites,
artists unable to make ends meet and the cultural tourism sector greatly
affected. The impact of the COVID-19 on the cultural sector is being felt
around the world. This impact is social, economic and political it affects
the fundamental right of access to culture, the social rights of artists and
creative professionals, and the protection of a diversity of cultural
expressions. The unfolding crisis risks deepening inequalities and
rendering communities vulnerable (UNESCO, 2020).

According to Annis (2020), face ✓ Make sure you determine

masks are now part of daily lives which side is the top and
which is the front of the
Why wear a face mask? mask, so you can properly
wear the mask.
Wearing a face mask will help prevent
the spread of infection and prevent the
✓ Face masks with ear loops:
individual from contracting any hold by the ear loops and
airborne infectious germs. When put the loops around each
someone coughs, talks, sneezes they ear.
could release germs into the air that
may infect others nearby. Face masks ✓ Face masks with ties: bring
are part of an infection control strategy mask to your nose and
to eliminate cross-contamination. place the ties over your
head to secure with a tie.
How should your face mask be
worn? ✓ Face masks with bands:
hold mask to your nose
✓ Always wash your hands and pull the top strap over
with soap and water the crown of your head
before touching the face and pull the bottom strap
mask. over your head so it’s at
the nape of your neck.
✓ Remove mask from the
dispenser or box and ✓ Pull the mask over your
make sure the masks do mouth and chin.
not have any holes or
tears.

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True or False. Write TRUE is the statement is correct about wearing a mask and
FALSE if it is not. Use separate answer sheet in answering.

_____________ 1. Face masks are part of an infection control strategy.

_____________ 2. When someone coughs, talks, sneezes they could not release
germs into the air.

_____________ 3. Wearing a face mask will help prevent the spread of infection.

_____________ 4. Pull the mask over your mouth and chin.

_____________ 5. Remove your mask in crowded places.

What is It

Culture and Society

As stated by Banks et al. (2016), Society is a group of people interacting

with each other and having a common culture; sharing common geographical or
territorial domain, and having relatively common aspirations.

According to Banks et al. (2016), there are four types of societies that is
shown below.

TYPES OF SOCIETIES

A. PRE-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES

During the pre-industrial society, the main economic activity is food

production carried out through the utilization of human and animal labor.
Particularly, these societies are subdivided according to their level of technology
and their method of producing food. These are hunting and gathering societies,
pastoral societies, horticultural societies, agricultural societies, and feudal
societies.

In these societies main method of food production is

1. Hunting and gathering collection of wild plants and the hunting of wild
society animals on a daily basis. Human gather and hunt
around for foods as nomads.
The prevailing method food production during this
2. Pastoral society
period is through pastoralism, more efficient than

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 the subsistence method.
These societies have learned how to raise fruits and
3. Horticultural society vegetables grown in the garden plots that have
provided them their main source of food.
Societies which applied agricultural technological
4. Agrarian Society
advances to cultivate crops over a large area.
As an offshoot of increased food chain, several
groups become wealthy and able to acquire lands
5. Feudal Society
and declared these as their own domain. It is based
on ownership of land.

B. INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES

An economic system emerged between the 15th and 16th centuries began to
replace feudalism. This is capitalism, the predominant economic system of
industrial societies. Capitalism, characterized by free competition, free market and
the right to acquire private property, emerged. The introduction of foreign metals,
silk, and spices in the market stimulated greater commercial activity in European
societies.

C. POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES

More advanced societies, called post-industrial societies, dominated by

information, services, and high technology, surfaced. These hallmarks of these
societies were beyond the production of goods. Advanced industrial societies are
shifting toward an increase in service sectors over manufacturing and production.

D. MODERN SOCIETIES

Our highly industrialized modern society is characterized by mass

production of all essential products such that the subsistence level of food
production is now a thing of the past. Products are sold in markets in large
quantities. People nowadays typically do not need to subsist on their own and
instead buy items they cannot personally produce to live.

CULTURE

Culture is “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. Tylor) The Cambridge English Dictionary states
that culture is “the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a
particular group of people at a particular time.” Culture refers to all that man has
made for himself through time, material or non-material still useful or not
anymore, all to provide benefits for his society (Banks et al. 2016).

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 As described by Banks et al. (2016), the characteristics of culture are
the following.

CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURE

1. Culture is learned. The different habits, skills, values and knowledge are
acquired or learned in the course of a person’s life. This is what we call
enculturation, the acquisition of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values that
enable men to become active members of their communities.

2. Culture is transmitted. Culture within a social group is transmitted to

succeeding generations through imitation, instruction and example, in the form
of attitudes, values, beliefs and behavioral scripts are passed onto and taught to
individuals and groups.

3. Culture is adaptive. All culture is changes. Changes in the environment are

caused by inventions and discoveries. Man is capable of adjusting to his
environment. Adaption is the process of change in response to a new
environment. It is one component of acculturation, which relates to the change
in a group’s culture or the change in individual psychology in response to a new
environment.

4. Culture is gratifying. Culture provides satisfaction for man’s biological and

socio-cultural needs, foods, clothing, and shelter for various relationships with
other individuals and groups.

5. Culture is symbolic. Through culture man can communicate with other people
using language. Symbols must be understood by all to be an effective tool of
communication; to allow people to develop complex thoughts and to exchange
those thoughts with others.

As cited by Banks et al. (2016), the characteristics of culture are the

following.

MAIN TYPES OF CULTURE

Material culture deals with the physical culture including contemporary

technology, artifacts relics, fossils, and other tangible remains of cultural
development, past and present. Material culture refers to the tangible and concrete
objects produced by main in the process of social development.

Non-material culture deals with the intangibles including values, norms,

beliefs, traditions, and customs that collectively hold a society and shape
individuals are they interact within society.

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 As explained by Banks et al. (2016), the characteristics of culture are
the following.

ELEMENTS OF NON-MATERIAL CULTURE

Beliefs - are man’s perception about the reality of things and are shared
ideas about how the world his environment operates. They are reflective of highly
valued feelings about the world in which they live. Beliefs are influenced by
emotions, attitudes, values ideology and religion.

Values - refer to the broad preferences of person on the appropriate course

of action or decisions he has to take. Values are a reflection of a person’s sense of
right and wrong. A person’s values sociologically influence his attitudes and
behavior.

Norms - are society’s standard of morality, conduct, propriety, ethics and

legality. Norms vary according to age, gender, religion, politics, economics ethnicity
or race of the group.

Folkways - are fairly weak forms of norms, whose violation is generally not
considered serious within a particular culture. They are habits, customs, and
repetitive patterns of behavior.

Ideas - comprise man’s concepts of his physical, social and cultural world as
manifested in people’s beliefs and values.

Knowledge - can be natural, supernatural, magical or technical. These are

the body of facts and beliefs that people accumulate over time.

As stated by Bernardo (2016), characteristics of society are the following.

CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIETY

• Society consists of groups of people who share some likeness such as being
rational, free and bodily. They share similar needs such as food, shelter,
clothing, love, among other things.

• Society does not only consist of groups of people who share a likeness with
everyone but also need to exhibit some differences. These differences among the
people who are members of the same organization or group are simply made to
be different as individuals.

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• The self is not the other, and the other is not the other is not the self or me.
Jacques Derrida, a French philosopher, spoke of what he called the alterity of a
person or his otherness. The differences would also be beneficial and necessary
to society as different individuals can perform acts or tasks that the self may
not be capable.

• Different people are endowed with different gifts or talents distinct from others.
Some are good at carpentry, others are good at farming or in teaching, to name
some few professions or strengths. Imagine if everyone is a fisherman, who
would provide us with crops or who build our houses or who would sew our
clothes? Individual differences are not accidental but natural in the person of
every individual.

• These differences among individuals would consequently lead to inter-

dependence which is the following characteristics of society as the case maybe.
This inter-independence is a vital cog in the survival and sustenance of society’s
existence. As we are naturally limited, we need others to fulfill some of our
inadequacies.

• Humans do not live alone, isolated from each other. Instead, individuals tend to
live in communities with other people to help one another not just along
economic needs but also in gaining knowledge or in learning some ways or
means of living happily and collectively.

• Society is its nature of being dynamic and changeable. No society is static.

Every society changes along in time and place. The change both from within
and without manifests in society.

As explained by to Baleña et al. (2016), changes in culture and society are

described below.

CHANGES IN CULTURE AND SOCIETY

Customs, traditions, folkways, mores, values and institutions go through

some changes as well where new customs and values take place. The present
generation, for instance, shows many changes inside out. The different gadgets like
cellphone of various labels, a variety of iPods, tablets, the proliferation of shopping
malls around the country, notwithstanding the moral permissiveness you observe
in the behaviors and lifestyles of the people especially the youth, largely define the
present society here and elsewhere.

Society cannot exist without its population. The people who constitute
society constitute society constantly engage in a social relationship that brings
them together in group endeavors or activities they do in every day of their lives.
Social relationship is inevitable in society.

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 The social relationship, however, cannot be possible without going through
the process of socialization.

What’s More

Independent Activity 1

Identify the following words if it is MATERIAL or NON-MATERIAL culture. Write

your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

TYPES OF CULTURE MATERIAL/ NON-MATERIAL

1. contemporary technology material
2. values
3. norms
4. artifacts
5. relics
6. customs
7. beliefs
8. fossils
9. traditions
10. knowledge

Independent Assessment 1
True or False. Write TRUE if the statement is true and FALSE if it is not. Use
separate answer sheet in answering.

______1. Culture is not ascribed or naturally embedded in the person’s being.

______2. Culture is just confined to knowing things, that is of their concepts and
meaning.
______3. Society consists of groups of people who share some likeness such as
being rational, free and bodily.
______4. In society they share similar needs such as food, shelter, clothing love
among other things.
______5. Culture is not different since there are social structures, beliefs values
and other practices.

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Independent Activity 2

Crossword Puzzle. Complete the puzzle by reading the clues. Use separate answer
sheet in answering.

Independent Assessment 2
Multiple Choice. Read the sentences carefully and write the letter of the correct
answer on the space provided. Use separate answer sheet in answering.

_________ 1. Type of societies that is the main method of food production is

collection of wild plants and the hunting of wild animals on a daily
basis
A. Agrarian Society C. Hunting and gathering society
B. Horticultural society D. Pastoral society
_________ 2. Type of culture that deals with the physical culture including
contemporary technology, artifacts relics, fossils, and other tangible
remains of cultural development, past and present
A. Formal culture C. Non-formal culture
B. Material culture D. Non-material culture

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_________ 3. Are fairly weak forms of norms, whose violation is generally not
considered serious within a particular culture, they are habits,
customs, and repetitive patterns of behavior
A. Folkways C. Knowledge
B. Ideas D. Norms
__________ 4. The different habits, skills, values and knowledge are acquired or
learned in the course of a person’s life. What kind of characteristics
of culture is this?
A. Culture is adaptive C. Culture is learned
B. Culture is changeable D. Culture is transmitted
__________ 5. Which of the following is characteristic of culture?
A. Society embodies certain characteristics to be what it is.
B. Society does not only consist of groups of people who share a
likeness with everyone but also need to exhibit some differences.
C. Society consists of groups of people who share some likeness
such as being rational, free and bodily.
D. All of the above.

Independent Activity 3
Fill in the Box. Read the following statements and complete the words inside the
box. Use separate answer sheet in answering.

1. Refers to the tangible and concrete objects produced by main in the process of
social development.

A T R L U R E

2. Are society’s standard of morality, conduct, propriety, ethics and legality.

O R

3. An economic system emerged between the 15th and 16th centuries began to
replace feudalism.

I S R C I T S

4. Are fairly weak forms of norms, whose violation is generally not considered
serious within a particular culture.

L K A S

5. Societies which applied agricultural technological advances to cultivate crops

over a large area.

A R R N O C Y

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6. Refer to the broad preferences of person on the appropriate course of action or
decisions he has to take.

A U S

7. Are man’s perception about the reality of things and are shared ideas about how
the world his environment operates.

B L I

8. A French philosopher, spoke of what he called the alterity of a person or his

otherness.

A C U E R R A

9. Can natural, supernatural, magical or technical. These are the body of facts and
beliefs that people accumulate over time.

N W L G

10. Is a group of people interacting with each other and having a common culture;
sharing common geographical or territorial domain.

O E T

Independent Assessment 3

Fill in the Blanks. Fill in the blanks to complete the statements. Use separate
answer sheet in answering.

1. Societies are subdivided according to their level of technology and their method
of producing food. These are hunting and gathering societies, pastoral societies,
______________________, ______________________, and ______________________.

2. An economic system emerged between the 15th and 16th centuries began to
replace ______________________.

3. More advanced societies, called ______________________, dominated by

information, services, and ______________________, surfaced.

4. Highly industrialized modern society is characterized ______________________ of

all essential products.

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5. Different habits, skills, values and knowledge are ______________________ or
learned in the course of a person’s life.

6. ______________________ are a reflection of a person’s sense of right and wrong.

7. Jacques Derrida, a French philosopher, spoke of what he called the _______

_______________of a person or his otherness.

8. Society is its nature of being ______________________ and ______________________.

9. ______________________ is a vital cog in the survival and sustenance of society’s

existence.

10.Customs, traditions, _____________________, _____________________, values and

institutions go through some changes as well where new customs and values
take place.

What I Have Learned

Sentence Completion. After reading this module, have a self-reflection on the

topics you’ve learned and complete the sentence below. Use separate answer sheet
in answering.

The topic that I like the most:

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________
What I value the most is:
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
______
_________________________________________________________

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_________________________________________________________

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 The topic that I like the most:

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

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What I Can Do
_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

Situation in a Box. Based on what you have learned in the characteristics of

______
culture; on what instances/situation can you use it during this time of pandemic?
How does it imply to you? Write your answer ---- to inside the box. Use separate
answer sheet in answering.
_________________________________________________________
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Culture is learned ______________________________

______________________________

______________________________

______________________________

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Culture is ______________________________
transmitted
______________________________

______________________________

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 ______________________________

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Culture is adaptive
______________________________

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Assessment

Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the correct answer and write on the space
before each number. Use separate answer sheet in answering.

_________ 1. An offshoot of increased food chain, several groups become wealthy

and able to acquire lands and declared these as their own domain. It
is based on ownership of land. What type of pre-industrial is this?
A. Agrarian Society C. Horticultural society
B. Feudal Society D. Pastoral society
_________ 2. More advanced societies, dominated by information, services, and
high technology, surfaced. What type of society is this?
A. Industrial societies C. Pre-industrial societies
B. Modern societies D. Post-industrial societies
_________ 3. Refers to all that man has made for himself through time, material or
non-material still useful or not anymore, all to provide benefits for his
society.
A. Culture C. Norms
B. Law D. Society
_________ 4. Elements of non-material culture.
A. Beliefs, values, norms, folkways, ideas, knowledge
B. Values, norms, tradition, ideas, beliefs, folkways
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
_________ 5. Which of the following is a NOT characteristic of society?
A. Another characteristics of society is its nature of being
dynamic and changeable.
B. Humans do not live alone, isolated from each other. Instead,
individuals tend to live in communities with other people to
help one another.
C. Society is static.
D. All of the above

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_________ 6. The prevailing method food production during this period is through
pastoralism, more efficient than the subsistence method. What type of
pre-industrial societies?
A. Agrarian Society C. Horticultural society
B. Feudal Society D. Pastoral society
_________ 7. Is a group of people interacting with each other and having a common
culture; sharing common geographical or territorial domain, and
having relatively common aspirations.
A. Culture C. Norms
B. Law D. Society
_________ 8. Culture within a social group is transmitted to succeeding generations
through imitation, instruction. What kind of characteristics of culture
is this?
A. Culture is adaptive C. Culture is learned
B. Culture is changeable D. Culture is transmitted
_________ 9. Culture is “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.”
A. Alfred Kroeber C. Edward B. Tylor
B. C. Wright Mills D. Franz Boaz
_________10. What are the main types of culture?
A. Formal and non-formal culture
B. Material and non-material culture
C. State and non-state
D. All of the above
_________11. Is a group of people interacting with each other and having a common
culture; sharing common geographical or territorial domain, and
having relatively common aspirations.
A. Acculturalization C. Society
B. Culture D. Sociocultural
_________12. Which is NOT belong to the group?
A. Culture is adaptive C. Culture is learned
B. Culture is changeable D. Culture is transmitted
_________13. Humans do not live alone, isolated from each other. Instead,
individuals tend to live in communities with other people to help one
another.
A. Yes, it is absolutely true. C. Maybe, it is true.
B. No, humans can live alone. D. Either yes or no.
_________14. Habits, customs, and repetitive patterns of behavior, is an EXAMPLE
of?
A. Evidence Culture C. Non-based Culture
B. Material Culture D. Non-material Culture
_________15. Comprise man’s concepts of his physical, social and cultural world
as manifested in people’s beliefs and values.
A. Belief C. Folkways
B. Customs D. Ideas

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Situation. Different people are endowed with different gifts or talents distinct from
others. Some are good at carpentry, others good at farming or in teaching, to name
some few professions or strengths. Imagine if everyone is a fisherman, who would
provide us with crops or who build our houses or who would sew our clothes?
Individual differences are not accidental but natural in everyone of us. What is your
gift or talent that you can share to others and can help our society especially
during this time of pandemic? Write your answer on the space provided. Use
separate answer sheet in answering.

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Your answer will be checked using the criteria below:
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Content/ Relevance to the topic - 20%
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Organization of ideas - 20%
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Quality of writing - 10%
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What I know What’s In What’s New
1. SOCIETY 6. I 11. A 1. Sociology Answers may vary
2. BELIEFS 7. B 12. F 2. Anthropology Pandemic Alert
3. CULTURE 8. D 13. J 3. Political Science 1. True 4. True
4. MATERIAL 9. C 14. H 4. Aristotle 2. False 5. False
CULTURE
5. FEUDAL SOCIETY 10. E 15. G 5. Politics 3. True
What’s More
Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent
Activity 1 Assessment Assessment Activity 3 Assessment 3
1 2
1. Material 1. True 1. A 1. MATERIAL 1. Horticultural,
CULTURE Agricultural,
Feudal Societies
2. Non- 2. False 2. B 2. NORMS 2. Feudalism
Material
3. Non- 3. True 3. A 3. INDUSTRIAL 3. Post-Industrial
Material SOCIETIES Societies, High
Technology
4. Material 4. True 4. C 4. FOLKWAYS 4. Mass Production
5. Material 5. False 5. D 5. AGRARIAN 5. Acquired
SOCIETY
6. Non- Independent 6. VALUES 6. Values
Material Activity 2
7. Material 1. Society 7. BELIEFS 7. Alterity
8. Material 2. Fossils 8. JACQUES 8. Dynamic,
DERRIDA Changeable
9. Non- 3. Pre- 9. KNOWLEDGE 9. Interdependence
Material industrial
10. Non- 4. Norms 10. SOCIETY 10. Folkways,
Material 5. Folkways Mores
What I Have What I Can Do Assessment Additional
Learned Activities
Answers may Answers may 1. B 11. C Answers may
vary vary vary
2. D 12. B
3. A 13. A
4. A 14. D
5. C 15. D
6. D
7. D
8. D
9. C
10. B
Answer Key
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