School: LIBACAO NATIONAL FORESTRY VOCATIONAL HIGH Grade: 11

SCHOOL
Name: JAN CLARIZZA B. VILLORENTE Subject: UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY, AND POLITICS
Date: October 4, 2023 Quarter: 1st

I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standard The learners demonstrate perspectives in/approaches to the study of
culture and society (i.e., comparative, historical, structural functional,
interpretive, critical)
B. Performance Standard The learners shall be able to exhibit values of cultural heritage and
express pride of place without being ethnocentric
.
C. Learning Competency Become aware of why and how cultural relativism mitigates
ethnocentrism.
UCSP11/12DCSId-10
D. Objectives At the end of the module, you should be able to:
Define cultural variation;
Compare and contrast the Ethnocentrism and Cultural
Relativism.
Value cultural relativism and ethnocentrism.
II. SUBJECT MATTER Module 3:
CULTURAL VARIATION
III. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
A. Reference Supplementary Learning Module for Senior High School Learners
• Quarter 1– Module 3: The importance of cultural relativism in
attaining cultural understanding, First Edition, 2020
B. Other Instructional Materials TV, laptop, graphic organizer, visual aids
IV. LEARNING ACTIVITIES
A. Prayer
B. Checking of attendance
C. Recapitulation of the past lesson Ask the learners the following questions:
1. Who can differentiate nationality from ethnicity? Give examples
of the two.
2. Compare and contrast sex and gender.
3. Cite examples of the different social differences.
D. Motivation Title: “Picto- Analysis”
Teacher will project pictures on screen and learners will try to analyze
and explain the said pictures.
 Guided Questions:
1. What can you infer on the first picture?
2. How about the second picture?
3. Do you think the pictures shown on screen simply reflects in
today’s society?
E. Presenting the Purpose of the lesson: Presenting of At the end of the module, you should be able to:
the Learning Objectives Define cultural variation;
Compare and contrast cultural relativism and ethnocentrism; and
Value cultural relativism and ethnocentrism.
F. Discussing new concepts and practice new skills Who has any idea what is Cultural Variation?
- The variation in human conditions promotes diversity and plurality in
cultural traditions.
- This could lead to discrimination and ostracism.
Environment and history are two of the primary factors that shape the
behavior of human groups.

Ethnocentrism is
- is perspective that promotes an individual’s culture as the most
efficient and superior hence the individual who exhibit ethnocentrism
feels that his or her culture is the most appropriate as compared to
other cultures.
- major reason for divisions amongst members of different ethnicities,
races, and religious groups in society.

Discrimination
- the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people,
especially on the grounds of ethnicity, age, sex, or disability.
Bias- prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared
with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
Ostracism- exclusion from a society or group.

Cultural relativism is
- promotes the perspective that cultures must be understood in the
context of their locality.
- based on the observation that different cultures seem to have different
values
- Using this perspective makes you tolerant of the differing attitudes and
practices of others.

William Graham Summers “said there are no universal moral standards of right
 and wrong and good and bad for evaluating cultural phenomena.” (on his
book, Folkways)

G. Developing Mastery (Leads to formative • The learners will be shown a news clip about how ethnocentrism
assessment) is being observed and practiced in today’s society.
Analysis: Picture Analysis • The learners will reflect and share their ideas about the video
clip.
H. Finding Practical Application of concepts and skills in The learners will try to reflect if there are chances in which they are
daily living. ethnocentric or cultural relativist based on the given circumstances
below:
• You visit France for the
first time, your parents
order escargot as an
appetizer. You look at
the snails in garlic
butter and lose your
appetite.

2. You visit friends of your family who are

I. Making generalizations and abstractions about the  The learners will give their insights about the lesson by answering the
lesson. following questions;
- is it ever okay to judge a culture if they are committing human rights
violation?
- how important is cultural relativism and ethnocentrism in the study of
culture?

J. Evaluating Learning.  15 items quiz

I. Multiple Choice
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer and write on the space provided before
the number.

______1. This refers to the two primary factors that shape the behavior of human groups.
a. Environment and Society c. Environment and History
b. History and Society d. Culture and Society
______2. It pertains to the variation in human conditions promotes diversity and plurality in
cultural traditions. This could lead to discrimination and ostracism.
a. Culture c. Societal variation
b. Cultural variation d. Historical variation
Choices for 3-5
a. Bias b. Ostracism c. Discrimination
______3. It refers to the unfair or disparate treatment of various groups of individuals,
particularly on the basis of race, age, sex, or handicap.
______4. Exclusion from a society/ group
______5. A preference for or against something, someone, or a group when compared to
another, frequently in a way that is thought to be unfair.
______6. According to him, there are no universal moral standards of right and wrong and
good and bad for evaluating cultural phenomena.”
a. Herodotus c. William Beethoven
b. William Graham Summer d. None of the above
______7. It refers to the rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex,
nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status.
a. Culture c. Cultural relativism
b. Ethnocentrism d. Human Rights

II. Identify whether the following definitions and instances pertains to practice
ETHNOCENTRISM or CULTURAL RELATIVISM.

_______________8. The viewpoint that champions a person's culture as the most effective
and superior among all.
_______________9. Calling someone illiterate just because he isn’t fluent in speaking
English.
_______________10. Public breastfeeding
_______________11. Preference for local products over foreign ones solely because they
are Filipino-made.
_______________12. Labelling people as wild and vain just because of the clothes they
wear.
_______________13. Same sex marriage
_______________14. advocates the idea that cultures must be understood in the context of
their own location.
 _______________15. Trying out different delicacies from every place that you visit.
K. Assignment Activity: Poster- slogan making
Instruction: Things to bring tomorrow:
- 1 short bond paper
- Coloring materials
Scoring Rubric

V.REMARKS

VI. REFLECTION

A. No. of learners who earned 80% on this formative assessment

Prepared by:
JAN CLARIZZA B. VILLORENTE
TEACHER II

Checked/Approved by:

AMELYN V. ZAUSA
HT-III, Related Subjects Department