UNDERSTANDING CULTURE SOCIETY AND POLITICS FLEXIBLE INSTRUCTIONAL Grade 12 Core Subject Title: Understanding Culture, Society and Politics Semester: 1ST semester Core Subject 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. 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 Culminating Performance Standard: To advocate how human societies should adapt to socio-cultural, political, and economic changes. Performance Task: There are major socio-cultural and political problems/issues in your community (situation). As a member of a research and advocacy team (Role), you were tasked to identify one that needs immediate response and create a plan of action aimed at increasing awareness, raise consciousness, and provide recommendations to address the problems (goal). The plan of action shall be used as basis for initiating seminars and advocacy campaigns (i.e. exhibit, print and e-media (product) in your community (audience). Through your specific, manageable, achievable, realistic and tangible (SMART) (Standard) plan of action, the community will be able to respond to such concerns. Learning Competencies Performance Standards Content Content Standards Highest Thinking Skills to Assess Complete KUD Most Essential KUD Classification Most Essential Topic RBT Flexible Assessment Activities (FAA) Performance Check(s) Highest Enabling Strategy to Use in Developing the Highest Thinking Skill to Assess Enablin g General Strategy Flexible Learning Strategies (FLS) UNDERSTANDING CULTURE SOCIETY AND POLITICS FLEXIBLE INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT 1. Anthropol ogy Sociology 2. analyze social, political, and cultural change UCSP11/12SP UIb-3 UCSP11/12S PUIa-1 Create Learning Station Communication UCSP11/12SP UIa-2 1. articulate observations on human cultural variation, social differences, social change, and political identities Analyzing Political Science acknowled g e human cultural variation, social differences, social change, and political identities 1. demonstrate curiosity and an openness to explore the origins and dynamics of culture and society, and political identities Understanding The learners demonstrate an understandi ng of: 1. human cultural variation, social differences, social change, and political identities Sociology 2. the significance of studying culture, society, and politics 3. the rationale for studying anthropolog y, political science, and sociology MOST ESSENTIA L Knowing A. Starting points for the understandi ng of culture, society, and politics CONTENT STANDARDS UNDERSTANDING CULTURE SOCIETY AND POLITICS FLEXIBLE INSTRUCTIONAL Humaniza tion 1. trace the biological and cultural evolution of early to modern humans Describe the biological and cultural evolution of early to modern humans UCSP11/12HB SIe-12 Connection Knowing Analyze key features of interrelations hips of biological, cultural and socio-political processes in human evolution that can still be used and developed Representation Hominiza tion UCSPC11DCSIc6 Deriving anthropologic al and sociological perspectives on culture and society Creating Society & Culture 1. explain anthropological and sociological perspectives on culture and society Evaluating 1. the human origins and the capacity for culture Culture 1. appreciate the nature of culture and society from the perspectives of anthropology and sociology Doing C. Looking back at Human Bio cultural and Social Evolution Society Understanding 1. culture and society as anthropologi cal and sociological concepts Knowing B. Defining Culture and Society from the perspectives of anthropolog y and sociology Use Task Cards UNDERSTANDING CULTURE SOCIETY AND POLITICS FLEXIBLE INSTRUCTIONAL Social Control Control Conformit y and Deviance E. How society is organized Groups Groups Variations UCSP11/12HS OIIi-20 Knowing 1. cultural, social, and political institutions as sets of norms and patterns of behaviour that relate to major social interests Justify the organized nature of social life and rules governing behavior UNDERSTANDING CULTURE SOCIETY AND POLITICS FLEXIBLE INSTRUCTIONAL Representation 1. traces kinship ties and social networks UCSP11/12BM SIg-15 Target different senses within lessons Analyzing 1. analyze aspects of social organization Deriving the development of one’s self and others as a product of socialization and enculturation Understanding 1. explain the development of one’s self and others as a product of socialization and enculturation Representation Social Processes 1. identify norms and values to be observed in interacting with others in society, and the consequences of ignoring these rules Analyzing Identify and Personalit y Formatio n Understanding 1. how individuals learn culture and become competent members of society Knowing D. Becoming a member of society Share your own strengths Kinship 2. describe the organized nature of social life and rules governing behaviour Creating Connection Think-PairShare Evaluating Representation Three Types of Institutio n Justify the organized nature of social life and rules governing behavior Doing UCSP11/12HS OIIi-21 Recognize kinship ties and social networks Doing Political and Leadershi p Structure 2. identify one’s role in social groups and institutions Understanding F. Cultural, social and political institutions 2. social stratification as the ranking of individuals according to wealth, power, and prestige Journals Education 3. social and political inequalities as features of societies and the global community Stratificat ion Social Mobility 3. recognize other forms of economic transaction such as sharing, gift exchange, and redistribution in his/her own society 11. examine stratification from the functionalist and conflict perspectives UCSP11/12HS OIIIc-30 Understanding G. Social and political stratification Identify different social forms of social organization according to their manifest and latent functions UNDERSTANDING CULTURE SOCIETY AND POLITICS FLEXIBLE INSTRUCTIONAL 3. develop a plan of action for communitybased response to change UCSP11/12CS CIIj-35 Make a plan of action for communitybased response to change Different types of free study time. Doing Respondi ng to Social, Cultural and Political Change 2. advocate how human societies should adapt to such changes Run literature circles Connection Migration Representation UCSP11/12CS CIIi-34 Explain how human societies adapt to new challenges in the physical, social, and cultural environment Representation 2. describe how human societies adapt to new challenges in the physical, social, and cultural environment Creating 2. advocate how human societies should adapt to such changes Reflection and goalsetting exercises Analyzing Climate Change Evaluating UCSP11/12CS CIIh-33 Apply the new challenges faced by human populations in contemporary societies Understanding 1. identify new challenges faced by human populations in contemporary societies Doing the agents/ institutions, processes, and outcomes of cultural, political, and social change Theories of Social Change 1. evaluates factors causing social, political, and cultural change Doing J. Responding to social, political, and cultural change the agents/ institutions, processes, and outcomes of cultural, political, and social change Social Change Knowing I. New challenges to human adaptation and social change the agents/ institutions, processes, and outcomes of cultural, political, and social change Understanding H. Cultural, Social, and Political Change Sources of social, cultural, and political change