LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS

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UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY & POLITICS
Quarter 2 - Week 10
Grade 12
Name: ________________ Grade & Section: _________________
Learning Activity Sheet No. 10 Date Answered: _________________

QUARTER2
Social Inequalities
WEEK10

Performance Standard (PS): The learners demonstrate an understanding of the social

stratification as the ranking of individuals according to wealth, power, and prestige

MELC 10:Explain government programs and initiatives in addressing social

inequalities e.g. local, national, global.

(UCSP11/12HSO-IIc-31)

Duration: 1 Week (4 hours)

“Let’s Kick It Off!”

Activity 1: Complete the piece of me. Fill the missing letter to

complete it.

1. G __ O __ A __ __ N E __ U A L I __ __

2. __Q U __ __ I T Y

3. S O __ __ __ L __NEQ U __ __ I T Y

4. G E N__E R I N _Q _ __L I T Y

5. __ __C A L INE__U A L _ T _

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 Are You Tak ing It?

Activity 2: Answer the following questions:

1. Can you guess our topic for today?

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2. What inequalities have you observed?

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3. Of the inequalities you have observed, what factor do you think has the greater
weight or gravity that affect us all? Explain.
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“Here’s How It Is!”

Social Inequalities

Equality
 is about making sure that everyone has an equal opportunity to make the most of
their desire to live.
 it is also the belief that no one should have poorer life chances because of the
way they were born, where they come from, what they believe, or whether they
have a disability.
Social Inequality
occurs when resources in each society are distributed unevenly, typically through
norms of allocation, that engender specific patterns along lines of socially
defined categories of persons.
(https://www.slideshare.net/jazibb/social-inequality-7928329)

Major Examples of Social Inequality

 Gender inequality - Philippine government recognizes the gender inequalities
and trying to solve the problem. And to address these issues there are some
laws to ensure the gender equally must be properly addressed.
 Health Care - some individuals receive better and more professional care
compared to others. They are also expected to pay more for these services.
 Social Class -

Proofs that the Philippine Government is trying to address Gender Equality:

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1. Philippine Law
 RA 7610 or also known as Women and Children rights or This Act shall be
known as the “Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation
and Discrimination Act.”
 The Philippines has finally enacted gender equality legislation after years of
lobbying from female rights campaigners. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
signed the country’s Magnacarta for Women in Manila, helping to define gender
discrimination and outlining approaches to eliminate it.
2. Allowing Top Government Position to be handled by women
Women nowadays taking top position both in private and government posts,
former President Corazon C. Aquino and Former President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo & the former Supreme Court Justice Maria Lourdes
Sereno.

Note:
The factors that contribute to social inequality consists of educational attainment,
wealth and poverty, power, & gender Inequality which lead to social inequality
between individuals and groups of people.

Factors that Affect Social Inequality

1. Educational Attainment
 Inequality and Educational Attainment is evidence from many instances. The
reality of rich can get better education in an easy way but poor hardly get their
diploma.
 Educational inequality is the unequal distribution of academic resources and still
needs policies that encourage educational attainment for men and women based
on merit rather than gender.
2. Wealth & Poverty
 Social inequality brought about by unequal distribution of wealth. The Covid19
pandemic teach us the advantages of the upper and the lower class.
 Evidently, the struggles get by middle and lower class compared to the upper
class.
 There’s a huge difference between the rich and the poor in terms of the
allocation of wealth.
3. Power
Power in the context of Social inequality connotes economic, cultural and social
positions. Thus, there’s symbolic with its reputation and certain position in
society.
4. Gender Inequality
 Acknowledges that men and women are not equal and that gender affects an
individual’s living experience.
 These differences arise from distinctions in biology, psychology and cultural
norms.
 Some of these distinctions are empirically grounded while others appear to be
socially constructed.

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 Studies show the different lived experience of genders across many domains
including education, life expectancy, personality, interests, family life, careers
and political affiliations.
Gender Inequality is experienced differently across different cultures.

Social Issues in the 21st Century

 A social issue in the contemporary times is essential topic when talking about
social inequality.
 Thus, government programs and initiatives in addressing social inequalities (ex.
local, national, global to address these issues is a continuous process).

Local Inequality

 Current state of the Indigenous Cultural communities.

 Ethnic group is involved in the local inequality.
 Sometimes, they are less fortunate whose right are violated with rich people.
 An ascribed status, a form of organization, a focus of identity and a subculture
are the characteristics of an ethnic group.

National Inequality

 Economic and Political current circumstances.

 Economic policy is a national interest, and it gives direction to the future.
 If national government fail to do its job effectively and candid way, the equilibrium
of the rich and the poor arises much.
 Thus, if political policies fail to give national interest for all with consideration of
better futures, then discrimination also take place.

Global Inequality

 International inequality refers to the idea of inequality between countries.

 This can be compared to global inequality which is inequality between people
across countries.
 This may refer to economic differences between countries. As well as medical
care and education differences.
 Inequality does not exist only in societies and states, but also among states.
 There are states that are wealthier and more powerful than other states, and the
former end up being more influential in the global community.
 This leads to a situation of global inequality where poorer and less powerful
states end up being controlled and influenced the richer and more powerful
states.
(https://www.slideshare.net/AamirShahzadAhmadSha/global-inequality)