Understanding Culture, Society and

Politics
Content Standards Performance Standards Most Essential Learning Duration
QUARTER
Competencies
QUARTER 1 The learners The learners *Discuss the nature,
demonstrate an 1. acknowledge human cultural goals and perspectives
understanding of: variation, social differences, in/of anthropology,
1. human cultural social sociology and political
variation, social change, and political identities science
differences, social 2. adopt an open and critical
change, and political attitude toward different social,
Week 1
identities political, and cultural phenomena
2. the significance of through observation and
studying culture, reflection
society, and politics 3. appreciates the value of
3. the rationale for disciplines of Anthropology,
studying Sociology, and Political Science as
anthropology, social sciences
political science, and 1. appreciate the nature of *Analyze the concept, Week 2
sociology culture and society from the aspects and changes
1. culture and society perspectives of anthropology and in/of culture and society
as anthropological sociology
and sociological
concepts 2. demonstrate a holistic *Explain the importance
2. perspectives understanding of culture and of cultural relativism in Week 3
in/approaches to the society attaining cultural
study of culture and 3. values cultural heritage and understanding
society (i.e.,
express pride of place without
comparative,
being ethnocentric
historical,
structural functional, *Analyze the significance
interpretive, critical) Analyze key features of of cultural, social,
1. the human origins interrelationships of biological, political and economic Week 4
and the capacity for cultural and sociopolitical symbols and practices
culture processes in human evolution
2. the role of culture that can still be used and
in human adaptation developed
3. processes of
cultural and
socio-political evolution * Explain the context,
content, processes, and
1. how individuals consequences of
1. identify norms and values to be
learn culture and Socialization Week 5
observed in interacting with
become competent others in society, and the
members of society consequences of ignoring
how individuals learn these
culture and become rules
 competent members *Analyze the forms and
of society functions of social
organizations
2. how individuals Week 6
should behave as part 2. assess the rules of social
of a political interaction to maintain stability
community of
everyday life and the role of
innovation in response to
problems and challenges
1. cultural, social, and 1. analyze aspects of social *Explain the forms and Week 7
political institutions Organization functions of state and
as sets of norms and non-state institutions
patterns of behavior 2. identify one’s role in social
that relate to major groups and institutions *Examine the functions
social interests and importance of Week 8
3. recognize other forms of education in the society
2. social stratification economic transaction such as
as the ranking of sharing, gift exchange, and *Examine the concept,
individuals according redistribution in his/her own characteristics and forms Week 9
to wealth, power, society of stratification systems
and prestige using sociological
perspectives

*Explain government
2nd 3. social and political programs and initiatives Week 10
Quarter inequalities as in addressing social
features of societies inequalities e.g. local,
and the global national, global
community the agents/
institutions, *Suggest ways to address Week 11
processes, and social inequalities (local,
outcomes of cultural, national and global)
political, and social
1. evaluates factors causing * Examine human
change
social, political, and cultural responses to emerging Week 12
change challenges in
2. advocate how human societies contemporary
should adapt to such changes societies
 Applied Economics
QUARTER Content Standards Performance Standards Most Essential Learning Competencies Duration
The learner The learners shall be *Differentiate economics as social Week 1
demonstrates an able to … science and applied science in terms
understanding of… analyze and propose of nature and scope
economics as an solution/s to
applied science and the economic problems *Examine the utility and application of
its utility in using theprinciples of applied economics to solve Week 2
addressing the applied economics economic issues and problems
economic problems
of the country *Analyze market demand, market Week 3
suppy and market equilibrium
the law of supply and conduct a survey of
demand, and factors current *Determine the impications of market Week 4
1st
affecting the economic situations pricing on economic decisionmaking
QUARTER
economic situation within the
vicinity *Differentiate various market
structures in terms of: Week 5
a. number of sellers
b. types of products
c. entry/exit to market
d. pricing power
e. others

*Analyze the effects of contemporary Week 6

economic issues affecting the
Filipino entrepreneur
2nd industry analysis, its apply tools and *Analyze different principles, tools, Week 7
QUARTER principles, tools, and techniques for and techniques in creating a
techniques leading to business opportunities Business
the identification of like the
business SWOT/TOWS analysis
opportunities
conduct a survey of *Apply business principles, tools, and Week 8-
macro and techniques in participating in 9
various micro environments various types of industries in the
socioeconomic affecting locality
impacts of business business in a locality
on the following
sectors: consumer, conduct a socioeconomic *Explain the effects of the various Week 10
supplier and impact socio-economic factors affecting
investors, study on consumers business and industry
 government, (new product
households, and and services); suppliers; * Evaluate the viability and impacts of Week
international trade investors business on the community 11-12
(capital, income)
government (tax
revenues, poverty
alleviation,
basic services);
households
(standard of living,
employment)
and international trade
(exports
and imports of goods
and services) leading to
options in
venturing into a business

Contemporary Arts
QUARTER Content Standards Performance Standards Most Essential Learning Competencies Duration
The learners The learners shall be * describes various contemporary Week 1
able to … art forms and their practices
from the various regions

*
Week 2

Week 3

3rd
Week 4
QUARTER

Week 5

Week 6
4th industry analysis, its apply tools and *Analyze different principles, tools, Week 7
QUARTER principles, tools, and techniques for and techniques in creating a
techniques leading to business opportunities Business
the identification of like the
business SWOT/TOWS analysis
opportunities
conduct a survey of *Apply business principles, tools, and Week 8-
macro and techniques in participating in 9
various micro environments various types of industries in the
socioeconomic affecting locality
impacts of business business in a locality
on the following
sectors: consumer, conduct a socioeconomic *Explain the effects of the various Week 10
supplier and impact socio-economic factors affecting
investors, study on consumers business and industry
government, (new product
households, and and services); suppliers; * Evaluate the viability and impacts of Week
international trade investors business on the community 11-12
(capital, income)
government (tax
revenues, poverty
alleviation,
basic services);
households
(standard of living,
employment)
and international trade
(exports
and imports of goods
and services) leading to
options in
venturing into a business