ST.

ALEXIUS COLLEGE
INTEGRATED SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
First Semester
School Year 2020-2021

Distribution of Topics
for Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics Grade 12

IDENTITY AND CORE PURPOSE

St. Alexius College is a duly recognized and accredited institution founded by Dr. Arturo P. Pingoy and Dr. Amparo Y. Pingoy in 1971 to provide
education and training for regional socio-economic development. Inspired by the founders’ belief that “education is the key to social mobility”, and enlivened
by the virtues of St. Alexius, the institution integrates theory, praxis, research and community service to form principled, competent and productive citizens
who make a difference in society.

VISION – MISSION STATEMENT

St. Alexius College is an educational prime mover in the region, particularly in Allied Health and Basic Education, forming ethical, competent and
development-oriented graduates for a meaningful life in a globalizing society.

CORE VALUES
o Humility
o Integrity
o Service
o Simplicity
o Excellence
GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF THE INTEGRATED SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

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 The Integrated School Department of St. Alexius College aims to provide high quality, learner centered, holistic and inclusive basic education where:
o Students are actively engaged and motivated to learn.
o Teachers are reflective designers and competent facilitators of instruction.
o Administrators and staff ensure a safe, healthy and nurturing school environment.
o Parents work in partnership with the school in developing mindful, well-rounded individuals.
o Community and other stakeholders provide opportunities for culture-based, relevant and meaningful learning.

SHS PROGRAM GOAL

To develop a positive character, healthy lifestyle, academic competence, a deep love for culture and learning and skills for future career.

COURSE / 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.

No. of Hours/Semester: 80 Hours

Prerequisites (if needed): __________________________

FIRST QUARTER

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PERFORMANCE STANDARD:
At the end of the quarter the students should be able to:

a. analyze aspects of social organization;

b. identify norms and values to be observed in interacting with others in society, and the consequences of ignoring these rules; and
c. acknowledge human cultural variation, social differences, social change, and political identities.
MONTH & WEEK NUMBER TOPIC/CONTENT OUTLINE LEARNING COMPETENCY
August Week 3 (W1) Orientation
August Week 4 (W2) Orientation (Diagnostic Test)
September Week 1 (W3) 1. Definition of anthropology, political a. Discuss the nature, goals and perspectives in/of anthropology, sociology
science, and sociology and political science
2. Defining Culture and Society from b. Explain the importance of cultural relativism in attaining cultural
the perspectives of anthropology and understanding
sociology
I. Society as a group of people sharing a
common culture
II. Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism as
orientations in viewing other cultures

September Week 2 (W4) I. Culture as a “‘that complex whole which a. Analyze the concept, aspects and changes in/of culture and
encompasses beliefs, practices, values, society
attitudes, laws, norms, artifacts, symbols,
knowledge, and everything that a person
learns and shares as a member of society.”
(E.B. Tylor 1920 [1871]).
Aspects of Culture
1. Dynamic, Flexible, & Adaptive
2. Shared & Contested (given the
reality of social differentiation)
3. Learned through socialization or
enculturation
4. Patterned social interactions
5. Integrated and at times unstable
6. Transmitted through

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 socialization/enculturation
7. Requires language and other forms
of communication
September Week 3(W5) Becoming a member of society a. Explain the context, content, processes, and consequences of
1. Enculturation/Socialization socialization
a. Identity formation (identities, disciplines,
and aspirations)
b. Norms and values
c. Statuses and roles (e.g. age, gender)
2. Conformity and deviance
a. Social control (gossip, social ostracism, laws
and punishments)
b. Forms of deviance (ritualism, retreatism,
rebellion, and innovation)
c. Human dignity, rights, and the common
good
September Week 4 (W6) Mastery Test
September Week 5 (W7) How society is organized a. Analyze the forms and functions of social organizations
1. Groups within society: Primary and
Secondary
2. In-groups and out-groups
3. Reference groups
4. Networks
Cultural, social and political institutions
a. Kinship, marriage, and the household
a. Kinship by blood
Descent and marriage
(unilineal, matrilineal, patrilineal, bilateral)
b. Kinship by marriage
Marriage rules cross-culturally
(monogamy vs. polygamy, post-marital
residency rules, referred marriage partners)
October Week 1 (W8) c. Kinship by ritual (Compadrazgo) a. compare different social forms of social organization according to
d. Family and the household their manifest and latent functions

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 Nuclear, extended, and reconstituted families
(separated, transnational) Politics of kinship
(political dynasty, alliances)

October Week 2 (W9) b. Political and leadership structures a. analyze social and political structures
Political organization
i. Bands
ii. Tribes
iii.Chiefdoms
iv.States and nations
Authority and legitimacy i.
Traditional
ii. Charismatic iii. Rational
October Week 3 (W10) Periodical/Authentic Assessment

SECOND QUARTER
PERFORMANCE STANDARD:
At the end of the quarter the students should be able to:
a. evaluates factors causing social, political, and cultural change; and
b. advocate how human societies should adapt to such changes.
MONTH & WEEK NUMBER TOPIC/CONTENT OUTLINE LEARNING COMPETENCY
October Week 4 (W1) Economic Institutions a. Explain the forms and functions of state and non-state institutions
1. Reciprocity
2. Transfers
3. Redistribution
4. Market transactions
5. Markets and state
Non-state institutions
1. Banks and corporations
2. Cooperatives and trade unions
3. Transnational advocacy groups
4. Development agencies
5. International organizations

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November Week 1 (W2) Education a. Examine the functions and importance of education in the society
a. Functions of education in society (formal and
non-formal)
a. Productive citizenry
b. Self-actualization
c. Primary education as a human right
November Week 2 (W3) Social and political stratification a. Examine the concept, characteristics and forms of stratification systems
a. Social desirables (wealth, power, using sociological perspectives
prestige)
b. Social mobility system
i. Open (Class)
ii. Closed (Caste)
November Week 3 (W4) Mastery Test
November Week 4 (W5) c. Social inequality a. Explain government programs and initiatives in addressing social
i. Access to social, political, and symbolic inequalities e.g. local, national, global
capital b. Suggest ways to address social inequalities (local, national and global)
ii. Gender inequality
iii. Ethnic minorities
iv. Other minorities (e.g., persons with
disabilities)
v. Global Inequality (relationships between
states and non-state actors in the global
community)
December Week 1 (W6) New challenges to human adaptation and social a. Describe how human societies adapt to new challenges in the physical,
change social, and cultural environment
1. Global warming and climate change
2. Transnational migration and Overseas
Filipino Workers (OFWs)

December Week 2 (W7) Responding to social, political, and cultural change a. Examine human responses to emerging challenges in contemporary
1. Inclusive Citizenship and participatory societies
governance
2. New forms of media and social networking
3. Social movements (e.g., environmentalism,

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 feminism)

December Week 3 (W8) Periodical/ Authentic Assessment

December Week 4 (W9)

Prepared by Subject Teacher

Checked by Catherine T. Deocades, LPT Academic Coordinator

Verified by Shiela F. Sabulao, LPT, PhDEd Principal

Approved by John Thomas C. Franco, RN, MAN Executive Vice President

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