Compilation of

Activities
in
Discipline and Ideas in
the Social Sciences

Submitted by:

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Submitted to:
 Mrs. Katherine T. Alcantara
Subject Teacher

ACTIVITY 1
Contextualizing Social Sciences Disciplines

Direction: Identify the appropriate discipline applicable in the given situation. Explain
your answer.

Situation Appropriate Social Sciences

Discipline
1. Evaluation of the career path with
respect to the qualifications of the
individual employees in your company.
2. An analysis of the consumption
patterns among housewives in a
middle-income community.
3. A description of the different cultural
practices of the Igorots.
4. An analysis of the voting behavior
among young adults.
5. An analysis on the causes of fraternity
wars and gang violence.
6. A policy recommendation on how to
raise the incidence of birth in countries
that have an aging population.
7. A study on what causes severe
depression which leads to suicide.
8. An injury on how colonial occupation
has changed the values of the native
population.
9. An investigation of areas or locations
where the incidence of earthquakes
are most likely to occur.
10. An inquiry on the causes of juvenile
delinquency among adolescents.
 ACTIVITY 2
Creating an Imaginary Nation

Instructions: Create a physical map of an imaginary nation. Write the name of the country on the top of
the map. You should include at least five different land or water forms in the map and give a unique name
(e.g., The Shadow Mountain). You should also include atleast five major cities, including a capital
designated by a star). The cities will be designated by a large black dot and these must be named. Neatly
color the maps with colored pencils or crayons. Explain how your imaginary nation is conducive to a
productive and develop society.

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ACTIVITY 3
Use of Historical Evidence: Personal History

Instructions: Describe yourself to the future generation by providing clues as to your personality, character,
values, and ideas. Paste five pieces of evidence that best represent you. Only one can be a description of
yourself and explain why the evidence provided describes you as a person.
Reflection Question: Explain the statement “You cannot change the past but you can
change history”

ACTIVITY 4
Crime and Punishment

If you have been a victim of the following crimes, state whether or not you will inform the police,
and why.

Crime Tell the Police Why

(Yes/No)

Vandalism

Robbery

Blackmail

Assault

Car theft
 Cyber bullying

ACTIVITY 5
Review of Knowledge and Skills

Chart Completion: Compare and contrast the different social sciences disciplines by completing the chart
below.

Social Sciences Definition Aims and Key Figures

Discipline Purpose

Anthropology

Economics

Geography

History

Linguistics

Political Science

Psychology

Sociology
 Demography

ACTIVITY 6
Under Pressure

Instruction: Read the scenario below and answer the questions that follow using the worksheet (Under
Pressure) provided.

Here is a scenario. You are on your way to an important job interview that is given only to shortlisted
applicants which include you. You have waited long for this job interview and prepared for it. To miss the
interview is to miss a very good chance at a job opportunity that you have dreamed of since you were a kid.
You are very excited and hopeful that you will get hired. You are on your way to the job interview when
suddenly you received a call from your younger sister/brother asking for your help Your sister/brother seems
confused and sounds unintelligible over the phone, and you are worried! To add to your dilemma, your
sister/brother is a person with disability (PWD).
Your questions: What will you do? Would you rush to your sister/brother and forget about the job
interview? Or would you ignore the distress call and proceed to the interview and pretend you never
received the call? Or do you have any other options?
To help you answer the questions, please fill out the worksheet (Under Pressure) below. Each
quadrant (A, B, C, and D) represents a situation wherein you need to assess your options (strategies and
alternatives) and make a choice or decision (action). Analyze and write the advantages (benefits) and
disadvantages (risks or cost) of each pair of options in each quadrant. Make sure that you also analyze the
implications of each option to your preferences, and ultimately, to your goal. Once you complete the table,
you should be able to make a choice or decision.

Worksheet 1 (Under Pressure)

Proceed to the Job Not Proceed to the

Interview Interview

Rush to your A B
sister/brother

To not rush to your C D

sister/brother
 Processing Questions Share your output to your classmates. Did you make the
same choice or decision? Why or why not?

ACTIVITY 7
Experiment 101

Instruction: You are required to do a simple experiment with three of your close friends. Ask them to help
you out with your school project. Once you are assembled as a group, start asking each one of them to
complete a part of your research project. Please make sure that you vary your approach to each of your
friends.
With Friend #1, you should appear and sound so warm and friendly. With Friend #2, you should
act like you are commanding her to do the task for you. With Friend #3, you pretend to ignore her after you
make your request. Observe your friends’ reactions or responses, and answer the following questions in
the following worksheet.

Worksheet 2 (Experiment 101)

How did your friends Who among your Who do you think your
react? (Single words or friends helped you out friend helped you out?
adjectives only) with your research or did not help you
project? Please put a out?
(√) or (x) mark.

Friend #1

Friend #2

Friend #3

Processing Questions: Do you think your manner of approaching each one of them, that is, your
way of asking/requesting for help mattered to each one of them? Please
explain your answer.
 Would you get the same results if you approach each one of them in the
same manner? Please elaborate answer.

ACTIVITY 8
I Swear

Instruction: Below lists a number of scenarios that put you in various “crisis” situations or dilemmas.
Each poses a temptation that you can either resist or give in to. The question is, what will you do when
faced with that dilemma? Please write and explain you answers in the worksheet provided below.

Dilemma What will you do? Why?

1. At the airport, you saw a
woman dropped her
passport while getting into
the taxi. You got the taxi’s
plate number.
2. You wanted to go home but
the queue for taxi is long and
it is raining. A stranger
offered you a ride home.
3. A friend told you a secret.
Another friend is asking you
to share with him/her the
secret.
4. You aren’t prepared for the
exam, but you cannot afford
to fail in the exam. A friend
offered you the answer key
to the exam.
5. Your parents will be away
from the weekend. You were
asked to stay home until
they are back.
6. You wanted a new cellphone
but your mother gave you
her old mobile unit.
7. You saw your friend cheat in
the exam. S/He helped you
in the previous school
project.
8. On campus, you witnessed
an older student bully a
younger student. The older
is as big as you.
9. You love dogs. You saw
someone hit a dog with a
stone.
10. You were served with pork
or beef, but you don’t eat
any kind of meat. You are
 hungry and you are the
guest.
Processing Questions: Did you hesitate for a moment in answering each item on the list?
Why or why not?

How did you feel while thinking about what will you do?

Has any of these situations happened already in the past? Did you
take the same action? Why or why not?

Do you believe in the inherent goodness of a person? Why or why

not?