Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas
Division of Bohol

UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

GRADE 11
Quarter : 1 Week : 8 Day : 1 Activity No. : 29
Competency: : Analyze the forms and functions of social organizations.
Objective : Explain what a social group is.
Topic : How society is organized
Reference/s Grade 11 Textbook
1. Understanding Culture, Society and Politics by Ederlina D. Balena,
Dolores M. Lucero & Arnel M. Peralta pages 50-53 (Non-
DepEd)
Copyrights : For classroom use only
Pending for permission

CONCEPT NOTES
 Societyis a social system that is composed of people assigned to perform a definite task
and function in a social system called social institution. People have a tendency to form a
group because of their societal personality and maybe because they badly need it.
 As Joan Baez sang in “No Man Is an Island,” man has a societal personality; he cannot
stand or live alone. He needs the company of other people. Even the richest person in the
universe who has everything needs other people to do some job for them.
 People need people to support their needs. A person has a diversity of needs like: social,
spiritual, political, biological and economic. People need love and be loved, foods to eat,
shelter, clothing, and the security to his life and his properties.
 These needs serve as motivating factors in the organization of a society. They want to
belong and to have security, or to uphold their political ambitions and gain recognition.
 A groupis constituted by two or more persons who interact together and are together
physically. It can be very intimate like a family or it can be formal like employees of a
business firm.
 The concept of group is one of the important concerns of sociological inquiry. To study
social behavior, one has to study the most common and most familiar of social units
which is the group. Many sociologists claim that social interaction of group members is
an important criterion in the concept. A group may be temporary, like people in a
basketball game, a rioting crowd or a panic crowd after an earthquake, or permanent and
organized. In very general sense, a group is composed of two or more persons who have
something in common, are interacting with each other, and are guided by set of norms.
Sociologists observe the regularity and uniformities in a group and analyze how the
behavior of individuals is affected by the patterned ways of the group. In doing so, they
are able to predict the individuals’ behavior.
 Members of a group interact repeatedly and take each other into account by their norms.
Once they interact with one another, their interactions become patterned. The pattern
becomes the guide and controlling element in their behavior once it has been established
and are being sustained over time and may continue as members come and go.
Interactions of the members of the group are the determinant factor.

ACTIVITY
Answer the following questions and give each question an example to prove your answer.

1. What is the importance of society in the development of a certain individual?

2. How is a group organized?
3. How are you influenced by a certain group?
4. Can a person live alone, not being a member of a certain group? Why?
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas
Division of Bohol

UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

Quarter : 1 Week : 8 Day : 2 Activity No. : 30

Competency: : Analyze the forms and functions of social organizations.
Objective : Identify the norms and values to be observed in interacting with others
in society and the consequences in ignoring the rules.
Topic : Social Organization / Social Institution
Reference/s Grade 11 Textbook
1. Understanding Culture, Society and Politics by Ederlina D. Balena,
Dolores M. Lucero & Arnel M. Peralta pages 53-57 (Non-
DepEd)
Copyrights : For classroom use only
Pending for permission

CONCEPT NOTES
o The aggregate, the social category and the collective are forms of human clusters that
sociologists consider important.
 Aggregates the people found in one place but they do not interact with each
other. Occasionally, they may glance at each other and leave a sign of objection,
but they are not worried about the opinions and attitudes of others. The important
characteristics of which is the common physical location. Example, people inside
a movie house and people waiting of a jeep or bus.
 Social category is anagglomeration where members possess common identifying
status characteristics but do not interact socially. We are talking of the males and
females in the society, the infants, children, youth, adults, aged, the middle class,
millionaires and others. These people may look similar in much important way
like biological features and so we can make distinctions on the basis of sex, age
and race or social class, occupation, religion, political beliefs or ethnicity. The
study of social categories makes possible the intelligent understanding of the
qualities and behavior of people who are similar.
 Collective – Crowds, masses, public and social movements are temporary groups.
They are clusters of people interacting with each other but the interaction is short-
lived. Leaders and symbols, such as slogans, flags and emblems can represent the
core of the members’ connection to each other.
 Factors That Influence Groups
 Motivation base shared by individuals. People find themselves together in a
related social situation that may have motivational implications for the
development of groups.
 Size of the group. The of the group may range from two to a million members.
As the group size increases, communication becomes formal and so are the
specific positions within the group.
 The of group goals.A group will determine or develop structural forms that will
facilitate the progress of the achievement of each goal and block structural forms
that will hinder the pursuit of its goal.
 The kind of group cohesion. This refers to the extent to which the members of a
group have the capability to function and interact collectively in the direction of
their goals. It is determined by the extent to which individuals’ needs and
interests are satisfied. For instance in the family, when the members’ needs for
affection/love, respect for each other and the physical and psychological well-
being are satisfied.
ACTIVITY
Answer the following questions and give each question an example to prove your answer.
1. How important are the forms of human clusters in the interaction in the society?
2. What will happen to a society when there is no unity within its own people?
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas
Division of Bohol
UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS
Quarter : 1 Week : 8 Day : 3 Activity No. : 31
Competency: : Analyze the forms and functions of social organizations.
Objective : Identify the ways on how to promote proper protection of human
dignity,rights, and the common goods.
Topic : Human Rights and Dignity
Reference/s Grade 11 Textbook
1. Understanding Culture, Society and Politics by Ederlina D. Balena,
Dolores M. Lucero & Arnel M. Peralta pages 44-45 (Non-
DepEd)
Copyrights : For classroom use only
Pending for permission

CONCEPT NOTES
 Human rights are what make us human. They are the principles by which we create the sacred
home for human dignity. Human rights are what reason requires and conscience commands. —
Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General
 In an age of globalization, the recognition of human dignity and the struggle to protect human
rights has become even more complex and challenging. While protections for human rights are
increasingly enacted by governments and international bodies like the United Nations, grave
threats to and gross violations of human rights are also on the rise.
 Ending violence and wars, and checking impunity and disregard for international human rights
and humanitarian laws will require more than political will and moral courage. Concrete
programs and mechanisms are needed to realize the totality of human rights: civil, political,
social, economic, and cultural. We must offer peace by advocating for its concrete manifestations
in the availability of nutritious food to eat and clean water to drink, for decent work and living
wage for everyone, and health, housing and education for all.
 Human dignity is the foundation of all human rights. It is inherent and inborn. We do not legislate
human dignity; we only need to recognize and affirm each human being who bears it.
The seven pillars state that peace rooted in justice requires:
1. Increased political collaboration and accountability among governments within the United
Nations system, among regional bodies, governments, local authorities, people’s
organizations
2. Increased moral, ethical, and legal accountability at all levels from governments, financial
institutions, multilateral organizations, transnational corporations.
3. a comprehensive international legal system, capable of change as conditions require, in
order to prevent and resolve conflicts, to protect rights.
4. the participation of vulnerable and marginalized groups, seeking to promote justice and
peace, in those mechanisms capable of redressing the causes and consequences of
injustice.
5. the nurturing of a culture of peace in homes, communities, religious institutions, and
nations across the world, including the use of nonviolent means of resolving conflict.
6. respect for the inherent dignity of all persons and the recognition, protection, and
implementation of the principles of the International Bill of Human Rights.
7. a commitment to the long-term sustainability of the means of life, and profound
reorientation of economic systems and individual lifestyles to support ecological justice
for human communities in harmony with the whole of creation.

ACTIVITY
Answer the following questions and give each question an example to prove your answer.

1. As a student how can you promote human rights and dignity in your community?
2. Have we made any progress in reducing human rights violations? Prove your answer.
3. How can you defend your rights?
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas
Division of Bohol

UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

Quarter : 1 Week : 8 Day : 4 Activity No. : 32

 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas
Division of Bohol
Competency: : Analyze the forms and functions of social organizations.
Objective : Explain human rights.
Topic : Human Rights and Dignity
Reference/s Grade 11 Textbook
1.Understanding Culture, Society and Politics by Ederlina D. Balena,
Dolores M. Lucero & Arnel M. Peralta pages 44-46 (Non-
DepEd)
Copyrights : For classroom use only
Pending for permission

CONCEPT NOTES
Human Rights are natural rights of all human beings whatever their nationality, religion,
ethnicity, sex, language, and color. We are equality entitled to our human rights without
discrimination. (www.ohchr.org). Hence, human rights are inalienable rights that protect our
dignity as human beings. There are different kinds of rights people enjoy in a democratic society,
namely:

1. Natural Rights. These are rights inherent to man and given to him by God as human
being. Examples of these rights are the right to live, love and be happy.
2. Constitutional Rights. These are rights guaranteed under the fundamental charter of the
country. Examples of these rights are the rights against unreasonable searches and
seizures, the rights against bill of attainder, and the rights safeguarding the accused under
the Bill of Rights.
3. Statutory Rights. These are rights provided by the lawmaking body of a country or by
law, such as the right to receive a minimum wage and the right to preliminary
investigation.
4. Civil Rights. These are rights specified under the Bill of Rights, such as freedom of
speech, right to information. These are rights enjoyed by an individual by virtue of his
citizenship in a state or community.
5. Economic Rights. These are rights to property, whether personal, real or intellectual.
Some example of these rights include the following: right to use and dispose his property,
right to practice one’s profession, right to make a living.
6. Political Rights. These rights an individual enjoys as a consequence of being a member
of a body politic. Some examples of political rights are the following: right to vote and
right to be voted into public office.

The protection of different rights of human beings promotes the notion of human dignity.
Dignity of human being is an essential concept in the society as well as in morality, because
through it the quality and honor of the people can be determined, and from the sense of dignity
the concept of human rights can also be measured (http://www.crvp.org). The knowledge and
understanding of individuals of their basic human rights will help in identifying their duties and
responsibilities as members of society. Likewise, the role of the agents of socialization will help
each individual to become a productive member of society.

ACTIVITY
Answer the following questions and give each question an example to prove your answer.

1. What are human rights? Where do they come from?

2. Does anyone have a duty to protect your rights? Prove your answer
3. How do we protect our human rights? What are the important responsibilities that we
need to perform or play to contribute in the development of our country?