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Nderstanding Ulture, Ociety, & Olitics: Prepared By: Ms. Mylene S. Pilongo, LPT

This document provides an overview of a course on understanding culture, society, and politics. The course uses insights from anthropology, political science, and sociology to help students develop cultural awareness and sensitivity. It defines key terms like culture, society, politics, gender, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, religion, exceptionality, and nationality. The document includes chapter and lesson outlines, as well as examples to illustrate the concepts. The overall aim is for students to understand how human cultures and societies work, recognize cultural diversity, and develop social and cultural competence.

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Nderstanding Ulture, Ociety, & Olitics: Prepared By: Ms. Mylene S. Pilongo, LPT

This document provides an overview of a course on understanding culture, society, and politics. The course uses insights from anthropology, political science, and sociology to help students develop cultural awareness and sensitivity. It defines key terms like culture, society, politics, gender, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, religion, exceptionality, and nationality. The document includes chapter and lesson outlines, as well as examples to illustrate the concepts. The overall aim is for students to understand how human cultures and societies work, recognize cultural diversity, and develop social and cultural competence.

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Understanding

Culture, Society, &


Politics

Prepared by: Ms. Mylene S. Pilongo , LP


Teacher: Ms. Mylene S. Pilongo
Class Time: 12:30-2:30 PM

Prepared by: Ms. Mylene S. Pilongo , LP


Core Subject Title: Understanding Culture,
Society and Politics

Course 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.
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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.

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CHAPTER 1
Understanding
Culture, Society, &
Politics
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Lesson 1
Defining Culture,
Society, and
Politics
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CULTURE
 Is generally defined as the sum of an
individual’s way of life

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SOCIETY
 Defined as organized group or groups of
interdependent people who share a common
territory, language and culture, and who act
together for collective survival and well-being.

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POLITICS
Refers to the “theory, art and practice of
government”
The political institution is a relatively
stable cluster of statuses, general norms,
and role behavior , which are involved in
the acquisition and exercise of power
and decision-making in society.

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POLITICS
 The government is
a concrete example
of a political
institution.
 The Phil. gov’t has 3
branches:
1. Executive
2. Legislative
3. judiciary

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POLITICS
Power is a status
granted to individuals
or institutions to
properly run the
government and
implement the rule of
POWER the law in the society.

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GENDER

Is the socially-constructed characteristics of being


male or female
Gender serves as a guide on how males and
females think and act about themselves ; the way
they interact with others , and how they perform
their roles in society
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GENDER
Gender also operates as a dimension of
inequality .

NOON
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GENDER NGAYON

COMBAT POSITION A female sniper from the Army’s 1st Infantry


Division looks for the enemy from her post.—ARMY PHOTO
“I was shaped into a better person, who is capable of doing things
beyond what was thought of me. I am now a more critical thinker,
more optimistic, more responsible and tough,” she said.
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SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
U
p
Refers to the pe
category of persons r
Cl
who have more or
as
less the same Middle
s
socioeconomic Class
privileges in a
society.
Lower Class

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SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
1. UPPER CLASS
 Composed of elite families
 They are considered the most productive
in terms of resource generation and
oftentimes very successful in their
respective fields of interests and
endeavors

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SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
2 types of Upper Class

A. New rich B. Traditional upper class


 Those who have humble  Made up of descendants of
beginnings and often powerful elite families who
experience rags-to-riches acquired their wealth thru
turn of fortunes inheritance
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SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
2. MIDDLE CLASS
 Is composed of small business and
industry operators mostly owners and
managers, professionals, office workers,
and farm owners with income sufficient
enough to provide a comfortable and
decent living.
 OFW are also included in this category.

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SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
3. LOWER CLASS
 Farm employees, skilled, and unskilled
artisans, service workers, and people who
may be unemployed or those who belong
to indigent families, or informal sectors
fall in this category.
 This group is the largest in terms of
number and relatively earns their living
through subsistence.

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ETHNICITY
 Is the expression of the set of cultural
ideas held by a distinct ethnic or
indigenous group
 An ethnic group refers to people who
collectively and publicly identify
themselves as distinct and unique based
on distinguishable cultural features that
set them apart from others

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ETHNICITY

The Ifugao People of The T’boli People from


Cordillera South Cotabato

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RELIGION
 Is an organized system of
ideas about the spiritual
sphere or the supernatural,
along with associated
ritualistic and ceremonial
practices by which people
try to interpret or influence
aspects of the universe
otherwise beyond human
control
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RELIGION

Christianity

Islam

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EXCEPTIONALITY
 refers to the state of being intellectually
gifted and/or having physically or
mentally challenged conditions

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EXCEPTIONALITY

ARNOLD BALAIS
Power Lifter, Swimmer, and Mountain Climber
Arnold has been able to achieve what few others can. Not only was he the first
amputee to scale Mount Apo, the highest mountain in the Philippines, but he is
also a decorated swimmer and body builder. Although he lost his right leg as a
teenager, he’s been competing in international competitions including the
Paralympics, ASEAN Para Games, and the Malaysian Paralympiad. He has won
multiple gold medals over the course of his career
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NATIONALITY(citizenship)
 Is the legal
relationship that
binds a person
and a country
 It allows the state
to protect and
have jurisdiction
over a person

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