Mantilla - Kris - Lesson Plan Week 3
Mantilla - Kris - Lesson Plan Week 3
Mantilla - Kris - Lesson Plan Week 3
I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standard Perspectives in/approaches to the study of culture and society (i.e., comparative, historical,
structuralfunctional, interpretive, critical)
B. Performance Demonstrate a holistic understanding of culture and society.
Standard
C. Learning Competency
Explain the importance of cultural relativism in attaining cultural understanding.
based on MELCs:
D. Learning Objectives: At the end of this lesson, the students are expected to:
a) Discuss the concept of Ethnocentrism, Xenocentrism, and Cultural Relativism through a presentation.
b) Demonstrate the application of Cultural Relativism by means of role-playing.
c) Develop a sense of respect and understanding towards other cultures through Cultural Relativism
II. CONTENT
D. References:
E.21st Century Skills: Critical-Thinking, Collaboration, Problem Solving and Communication Skills
III. PROCEDURE
A. Routinary Act
1. Prayer
2. Greetings
3. Cleaning
4. Checking of Attendance
6. Review
B. Activity
Motivation – Brainstorming
Guided Question
Have you ever encountered a situation where understanding cultural differences helped you communicate
better with someone from a different background?"
D. Abstraction
Cultural differences are dominant than cultural universal, despite how much individuals have similarity. Cultural
Universals are traits that are parts of every known culture. These include bodily adornment, courtship, dancing,
education, food taboos, funeral rite, etc. Cultural Universals give rise to Ethnocentrism and Cultural
Relativity/Relativism
Cultural relativism is a principle that an individual person’s beliefs and activities should be understood by others in
terms of that individual’s own culture. It was established and accepted in anthropological research by Franz Boas in
the first few decades of the 20th century and later popularized by his students. It refers to not judging a culture to our
own standards of what is right or wrong, strange or normal. Instead, we should try to understand cultural practices of
other groups in its own cultural context. In other words, right and wrong are culturespecific. What is considered
moral in other society may be considered immoral in another, and since no universal standard of morality exist, no
one has the right to judge another society’s customs to be correct or incorrect.
Ethnocentrism, in contrast to cultural relativism, is judging another culture solely by the values and standards of
one’s own culture. According to William G. Sumner, ethnocentrism is defined as the “technical name for the view of
things in which one’s own group is the center of everything, and all others are scaled and rated with reference to it.”
E. Application – Debate
Time Management
Strictly adhere to the time limits for each segment to ensure fairness.
Use a timer or assign a timekeeper to signal when time is up.
Respectful Conduct
Rubrics
F. Generalization
The teacher will ask questions to the students about the studied topic.
Multiple Choice Instructions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer from the choices provided under each number. Read
and understand the statements thoroughly.
2. What is ethnocentrism?
a. judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one’s own culture.
b. judging another culture solely by the values and standards of another culture.
c. having no concept of right or wrong
d. both b and c
Research about… The early humans’ capacity and their determination to survive the elements of their environment and the
methods used by early humans in creating tools as well as their cultural and socio-political evolutions. Write it in your
notebook.