Preliminary

A. Starting points for the understanding of culture, society, and politics

Time
Learning
Allotmen Learning Outcome Strategies Resources Assessment
Content
t
Week 1 Sharing of social and human articulate Textbooks acknowledg
cultural backgrounds of cultural observations Internet e human
students as acting variation, on human Activity Sheet cultural
subjects or social actors, social cultural variation,
agents, persons; differences, variation, social
(examples: gender, social change, social differences,
socioeconomic class, and political differences, social
ethnicity, religion, identities social change, change, and
exceptionality/non- and political political
exceptionality, nationality identities identities
Week 2 Observations about the demonstrate Textbooks adopt an
social, political, and significance of curiosity and Internet open and
cultural behavior and studying an openness Activity Sheet critical
phenomena (examples: culture, to explore the attitude
food taboos, istambay, society, and origins and toward
political dynasties, politics dynamics of different
elections) culture and social,
society, and political,
political and cultural
identities phenomena
through
observation
and
reflection
Week 3 Observations on social, The rationale analyze social, Through appreciates
political, and cultural for studying political, and research and the value of
change (examples: anthropology, cultural observation disciplines
texting, transnational political change of
families, local public science, and Anthropolog
services, youth sociology y,
volunteerism) Sociology,
and Political
Science as
social
sciences
through
reflection
Week 4 Identifying anthropology, Definition of analyze social, Through recognize
political science, and anthropology, political, and research and the
sociology political cultural observation common
science, and change concerns or
sociology intersection
s of
anthropolog
y,
sociology,
and political
science with
respect to
the
phenomeno
n of change
Through
observation
 and
reflection
B. Defining Culture and Society from the perspectives of anthropology and sociology
Week 5 Society as a group of culture and explain Textbooks appreciate
people sharing a common society as anthropologica Observation the nature
culture anthropologica l and Activity Sheet of culture
l and sociological and society
sociological perspectives from the
concepts on culture and perspective
society s of
anthropolog
y and
sociology
through
journal
Midterm
Week 6 Culture as a “‘that perspectives raise Textbooks demonstrat
complex whole which in/approaches questions e a holistic
encompasses beliefs, to the study of toward a understandi
practices, values, culture and holistic ng of
attitudes, laws, norms, society (i.e., appreciation of culture and
artifacts, symbols, comparative, cultures and society
knowledge, and historical, societies
everything that a person structural-
learns and shares as a functional,
member of society.” (E.B. interpretive,
Tylor 1920 [1871]). critical)
C. Looking back at Human Biocultural and Social Evolution
Week 7 Biological and cultural the human trace the Textbooks Analyze key
evolution: from Homo origins and biological and Internet features of
habilis (or earlier) to cultural interrelationshi
 Homo sapiens in the the capacity evolution of ps of
fossil record for culture early to biological,
modern cultural and
human sociopolitical
processes in
human
evolution that
can still be
used and
developed
Week 8 Cultural and sociopolitical the role of explore the Textbooks Analyze the
evolution: from hunting and culture in significance of Internet role of culture
gathering to the agricultural, human human through
industrial, and post-industrial adaptation material reflection
revolutions remains and
artefactual
evidence in
interpreting
cultural and
social,
including
political and
economic,
processes
D. Becoming a member of society
Week 9 Enculturation/Socializatio how explain the Textbooks identify norms
n individuals development internet and values to
a. Identity formation learn culture of one’s self be observed in
(identities, disciplines, and become and others as interacting
and aspirations) competent a product of with others in
b. Norms and values socialization society, and
 c. Statuses and roles members of and the
(e.g. age, gender) society enculturation consequences
of ignoring
these rule
through
reflection
Week 10 Human dignity, rights, how promote Research recognize the
and the common good individuals protection of Observatio value of
should behave human n human rights
as part of a dignity, rights, and promote
political and the the common
community common good good through
journal
Finals
E. How society is organized
Week 11 Groups within society: cultural, traces kinship Textbook identify one’s
Primary and Secondary social, and ties and social Research role in social
political network groups and
institutions as institutions
sets of norms
and patterns
of behavior
that relate to
major social
interest
F. Cultural, social and political institutions
Week 12 2.Political and leadership social describe the Textbook analyze
structures stratification organized Research aspects of
a. political organization as the ranking nature of social
i. Bands of individuals social life and organization
ii. Tribes according to rules
 iii. Chiefdoms wealth, power, governing
iv. States and nations and prestige behavior
b. authority and
legitimacy
i. Traditional
ii. Charismatic
iii. Rational
G. Social and political stratification
Week 13 a. Social desirables social and analyze social Textbook identify one’s
(wealth, power, prestige) political and political Internet role in social
b. Social mobility system inequalities as structures groups and
i. Open (Class) features of institutions
ii. Closed (Caste) societies and
c. Social inequality the global
i. Access to social, community
political, and symbolic
capital
ii. Gender inequality
iii. Ethnic minorities
iv. Other minorities (e.g.,
persons with disabilities)
v. Global Inequality
(relationships between
states and nonstate
actors in the global
community)
H. Cultural, Social, and Political Change Sources of social, cultural, and political change
Week 14 1.Innovation Process of identify new Textbooks evaluates
2.Diffusion cultural, social challenges Research factors causing
3.Acculturation and and political faced by Observatio social, political,
assimilation change human n
 4.Social contradictions populations in and cultural
and tensions (e.g., Inter- contemporary change
ethnic conflicts, class societies
struggle, armed conflict,
terrorism, protests,
gender issues)
I. New challenges to human adaptation and social change
Week 15 1.Global warming and The describe how Textbooks advocate how
climate change agent/intuitio human Research human
2.Transnational migration n societies adapt Observatio societies
and Overseas Filipino to new n should adapt
Workers (OFWs) challenges in to such
the physical, changes
social, and
cultural
environment

.J. Responding to social, political, and cultural change

Week 16 1.Inclusive Citizenship Outcome of develop a plan Research Reflect on the
and participatory cultural, social of action for Observatio response of
governance and political community- n the community
2. New forms of media change based
and social networking 3. response to
Social movements (e.g., change
environmentalism,
feminism)