Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region I
San Carlos City Division
TURAC NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
San Carlos City, Pangasinan
A Lesson Plan in
DISCIPLINES & IDEAS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
Content Standard: Key concepts and approaches in the Social Sciences
Performance Standard: Interpret personal and social experiences using relevant approaches in the Social
Sciences evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the approach
Learning Competencies: Hermeneutical Phenomenology: analyze significance of data (HUMSS_DIS 11IVd-9)
I. Specific Objectives
At the end of the lesson the students are expected to:
a. Understand the nature of Hermeneutics and Phenomenology
b. Define Hermeneutical Phenomenology as a combined discipline
c. Realize how Hermeneutical Phenomenology helps analyze data to generate meaning.
II. Subject Matter
Topic: Hermeneutical Phenomenology
Reference: DISCIPLINES & IDEAS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, Diwa Learning Systems
Inc., Makati, 2016
Materials: Laptop, T.V. Manila Paper, marker
Values Integration: Cooperation, Patience, & Creativity
III.
Procedure
A. Activity/Motivation(10 mins)
GROUP ACTIVITY. The class plays the game “guess what I see ”. The teacher divides the
class into 4 teams and explains to the students that they will play a game and must guess the
image inside the folder prepared by the teacher.
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Two representatives (male and female) from each of the 4 predetermined groups will
be chosen.
 Each team should have a student who would interpret the image through body
movements;
 The other would have to guess what the image is simply on the basis of interpreting
his group mate’s movements;
 The group to guess the image in the shortest period of time wins the game.
B. Analysis (10 mins)
After the activity, the following questions are to be asked to elucidate the activity.
 What did you think about the game?
 What are the reasons that makes it difficult to guess the image?
 Were they looking at the same image?
 But why do they see differently?
 Are what they are saying to be what they are seeing true?
C. Abstraction (10 mins)
The topic will be presented in class using PowerPoint presentation. The following are to be
discussed/demonstrated:
It is true that we can be seeing/reading the same material yet we may have different
interpretations for it. How could this happen? The answer can be attributed to the following
cocepts;
 Hermeneutics
 The Philosophical interpretation of text
 Interpreting text not literally but by seeking for a deeper meaning to the text
and basing ones interpretation to ones horizon or point of view.
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Hans Georg Gadamer
The meaning of the text for the writer maybe different from the reader and
other readers.
 by hermeneutics, there can be fusion of horizon/points of view by entering
into dialogue.
 Phenomenology
 The philosophical method of discovering truth by way of experience and
elimination of prejudices and psychologism.
 Founded by the German thinker by the name of Edmund Husserl
 Hermeneutical Phenomenology as a combined discipline
It is a way of interpreting/ defining things according to one’s “life-world”/
horizon/ point of view
 Life-world - these are human particular historical period, country,
background etc.
- it is where you are coming from.
 Practicing New Skill
LET US DEFINE SOME TERMS YOU HAVE LEARNED ACROSS FIELDS
 POLITICS
 LAW
 MATH
 INTEGERS
 SCIENCE
 MATTER
 ENGLISH
 NOUN
 FILIPINO
 -URI
D. Application/Synthesis (25 mins)
Differentiated Group Activity:
1. With the differentiated group, the students will be shown images/words that they would
attribute meaning to depending on the life-world assigned to them
2. Each group would be given the chance to present their work.
Output will be evaluated using the rubric below:
IV.
Creative play of words---------------------------20%
Clarity of words used----------------------------30%
Alignment with the given life-world ----------50%
100%
Evaluation (5 mins)
IDENTIFICATION: Write the correct answers on a ¼ sheet of paper.
1. What is the Philosophical interpretation of text?
2. It is the bracketing of prejudices.
3. These are human particular historical period, country, background etc.
4. What do we get by transcendental reduction?
5. What type of truth is it when the object agrees to what the mind is telling?
6-10. Create your own definition on the following based on your life-world.
a. Love b. Hate c. Faith
d. home
e. friend
Prepared by:
CRISTOPHER R. PAGDANGANAN
Demonstration Teacher
Checked by:
ANALYN D. TULAGAN
Master Teacher II / SHS Coordinator
ROGELIO C. DE GUZMAN, Ed. D.
Principal II