SCHOOL OF SAINT JOSEPH (NAGUILIAN, ISABELA), INC.

QUEZON, NAGUILIAN, ISABELA

CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION DELIVERY ALIGNMENT MAP (CIDAM)

GRADE: 11 HUMSS Semester: FIRST
Subject Title: Understanding Culture, Society and Politics No. of Hours/Semester:

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:

Performance Task:

Highest Enabling
Strategy to Use in
Highest Thinking Skills
Performance standards Learning Competencies Developing the
to Assess
Highest Thinking
Skill to Assess
Content Standards
Content Assessment
Beyond KUD Beyond KUD Technique Enabling Teaching
Minimum Minimum RBT
Minimum Classification Minimum Classification WW QA PC Strategy Strategy

A. Starting points for the The learners The l earners: 1. articulate

understanding of culture, demons trate an observations on
society, and politics understanding of: human cultural
variation, social
1. human cultural 1. acknowledge differences,
1. Sharing of social and variation, social human cultural social change,
cultural backgrounds of differences, social variation, social and political
students as social actors differences, identities
(examples: gender, change, and social change,
socioeconomic class, political identities and political
ethnicity, religion, identities 2. demonstrate
exceptionality/non- 2. the significance curiosity and an
exceptionality, nationality) of studying culture, 2. adopt an open openness to
society, and politics and critical explore the
2. Observations about attitude toward origins and
social, political, and 3. the rationale for different social, dynamics of
cultural behavior and studying political, and culture and
phenomena (examples: anthropology, cultural society, and
food taboos, istambay, political science, phenomena political
political dynasties, and sociology through identities
elections ) observation and
reflection 3. 3. analyze social,
appreciate the political, and
3. Observations on social, value of cultural change
political,and cultural disciplines of
change (examples: txting , Anthropology, 4. recognize the
transnational families, Sociology, and common
local public services, youth Political Science concerns or
volunteerism) as social sciences intersections of
anthropology,
4. Definition of sociology, and
anthropology, political political science
science, and sociology with respect to
the phenomenon
of change

5. identify the
subjects of
inquiry and goals
of Anthropology,
Political Science,
and Sociology
B. Defining Culture, 1. The concepts of 1. appreciate the 1. explain
Society and Politics 1. culture, society and nature of culture anthropological
Society as a group of politics and society from and sociological
people sharing a common the perspectives perspectives on
culture 2. Culture as a 2. perspectives of anthropology culture and
“‘complex whole which in/approaches to the and sociology society
encompasses beliefs, study of culture,
practices, values, attitudes, society, and politics 2. demonstrate a 2. describe
laws, norms, artifacts, (i.e., comparative, holistic society and
symbols, knowledge, and historical, understanding of culture as a
everything that a person structuralfunctional, culture and complex whole
learns and shares as a interpretive, society
member of society.” (E.B. critical) 3. identify
Tylor 1920 [1871]), and is: 3. value cultural aspects of culture
a. Dynamic, Flexible, & heritage and and society
Adaptive b. Shared & express pride of
Contested (given the place without 4. raise questions
reality of social being toward a holistic
differentiation and ethnocentric appreciation of
competing interests) c. cultures and
Learned through societies
socialization or
enculturation d. Patterned 5. become aware
e. Integrated and at times of why and how
unstable f. Transmitted cultural
through relativism
socialization/enculturation mitigates
g. Requires language and ethnocentrism
other forms of
communication h. 6. identify forms
Ethnocentrism and of tangible and
Cultural Relativism as intangible
orientations 3. Politics as heritage and the
the art of government, threats to these
public affairs, compromise
and consensus, and power
C. Looking back at Human 1. human origins Analyze key 1. trace the
Biocultural and Social and the capacity for features of biological and
Evolution 1. Biological culture interrelationships cultural
and cultural evolution: 2. the role of of biological, evolution of
from Homo habilis (or culture in human cultural and early to modern
earlier) to Homo sapiens adaptation sociopolitical humans
sapiens processes in 2. explore the
in the fossil record 2. 3. processes of human evolution significance of
Cultural and sociopolitical cultural and that can still be human material
evolution: from hunting sociopolitical used and remains and
and gathering to the evolution developed artefactual
agricultural, industrial, and evidence in
post-industrial revolutions interpreting
a. The Neolithic cultural and
Revolution b. Early social, including
civilizations and the rise of political and
the state c. economic,
Democratization processes
3. recognize
national, local,
and specialized
museums, and
archaeological
and historical
sites as venues to
appreciate and
reflect on the
complexities of
biocultural and
social evolution
as part of being
and becoming
human
D. Becoming a member of 1. how individuals 3. recognize the 1. explain the
society 1. learn culture and value of human development of
Enculturation/Socialization rights and one’s self and
a. Identity formation become competent promote the others as a
(identities, disciplines, and members of society common good product of
aspirations) b. Norms and 2. how individuals socialization and
values c. Statuses and roles should behave as enculturation
(e.g. age, gender) 2. part of a political 2. identify the
Conformity and deviance community context, content,
a. Social control (gossip, processes, and
social ostracism, laws and consequences of
punishments) b. Forms of enculturation and
deviance (ritualism, socialization
retreatism, rebellion, and 3. Identifies the
innovation) 3. Human social goals and
dignity, rights, and the the socially
common good acceptable means
of achieving
these goals
4. advocate
inclusive
citizenship
5. promote
protection of
human dignity,
rights, and the
common good
E. How society is 1. cultural, social, 1. analyze 1. traces kinship
organized 1. Groups within and political aspects of social ties and social
society a. Primary and institutions as sets organization networks
secondary groups b. In- of norms and
groups and out-groups c. patterns of behavior 2. identify one’s 2. describe the
Reference group d. that relate to major role in social organized nature
Networks 2. Formal social interests groups and of social life and
organizations a. institutions rules governing
Bureaucracy b. 2. social behavior
"McDonaldization" of stratification as the 3. recognize
society ranking of other forms of 3. compare
individuals economic different social
F. Cultural, social and according to transaction such forms of social
political institutions 1. wealth, power, and as sharing, gift organization
Kinship, marriage, and the prestige exchange, and according to their
household redistribution in manifest and
a. Kinship by blood 3. social and his/her own latent functions
Descent systems political society
(matrilateral, patrilineal, inequalities as 4. analyze social
bilateral) features of societies and political
b. Kinship by marriage and the global structures
Marriage rules cross- community
culturally
(monogamy vs. polygamy,
post-marital
residency rules, preferred
marriage partners,
divorce) c. Kinship by
ritual (Compadrazgo) d.
Family and the household
Nuclear, extended, and
reconstituted
families (separated,
transnational) e. Politics
of kinship (political
dynasty, alliances)

2. Political and leadership

structures a. Political
organization i. Bands ii.
Tribes iii. Chiefdoms iv.
States and nations b.
Authority and legitimacy
i. Traditional ii.
Charismatic iii. Rational
3. Economic Institutions a. 5. analyze
Reciprocity b. Transfers c. economic
Redistribution d. Market organization and
transactions e. Markets and its impacts on
state the lives of
people in the
society
4. Nonstate institutions a. 6. differentiate
Banks and corporations b. functions of
Cooperatives and trade nonstate
unions c. Transnational institutions in
advocacy groups d. society
Development agencies e.
International organizations
5. Education a. Functions 7. evaluate how
of education in society functions of
(formal and nonformal) i. education affect
Productive citizenry ii. the lives of
Self-actualization iii. people in society
Primary education as a
human right 8. promote
primary
education as a
human right
6. Religion and belief 9. conduct
systems a. Animism b. participant
Polytheism c. Monotheism observation (e.g.,
d. Institutionalized attend, describe,
religions e. Separation of and reflect on a
church and state religious ritual of
a different group;
observe elections
practices)
7. Health a. Culture- 10. recognize the
specific syndromes and practice of
illnesses (e.g., “bughat”, medical
”usog”/”buyag”) b. pluralism in light
Systems of diagnosis, of cultural
prevention and healing
(e.g., traditional, western, diversity and
alternative healing relativism
systems) c. Health as a
human right
G. Social stratification 1. 11. examine
Social desirables a. stratification
Wealth b. Power c. from the
Prestige 2. Social mobility functionalist and
system a. Open (Class) b. conflict
Closed (Caste) perspectives

H. Social inequality 1. 12. identify

Access to financial, social, characteristics of
political, and symbolic the systems of
capital 2. Gender stratification
inequality 3.
Marginalization of ethnic 13. suggest ways
and other minorities 4. to address global
Global stratification and inequalities
inequality (e.g.,
relationships between
states and nonstate actors
in the global community)
I. Social change and 1. agents/ 1. evaluate faced by human
human agency 1. Invention institutions, processes of populations in
(e.g., new of forms of processes, and social change contemporary
media and social outcomes of societies
networking, technological cultural, political, 2. assess options
change) 2. Diffusion, and social change and alternatives 2. describe how
acculturation, and for social action human societies
globalization 3. Social by individuals adapt to new
contradictions, conflict, and communities challenges in the
and change (e.g., inter- physical, social,
ethnic conflicts, class and cultural
struggle, armed conflict, environment
terrorism, protests, gender
issues) 4. Social 3. develop a plan
movements (e.g., of action for
indigenous people’s rights, community-
environmentalism, based response to
feminism, religious change
fundamentalism,
revitalization movements)
5. Demographic change
(e.g., transnational
migration, Overseas
Filipino Workers) 6. New
challenges to human
adaptation (e.g., climate
change 7. Inclusive
citizenship and
participatory governance