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Understanding
Culture, Society and
Politics
Quarter 1 – Module 2
Concerns of Anthropology,
Sociology, and Political Science with
respect to the
Phenomenon of change

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Department of Education ● Republic of the Philippines

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Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics Grade 11
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Quarter 1 – Module 2: Common concerns of anthropology, sociology, and political
science with respect to the phenomenon of change
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Understanding Culture,
Society, and Politics
Quarter 1 – Module 2
Concerns of Anthropology, Sociology,
and Political Science with respect
to the phenomenon of change

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 Table of Contents

COVER PAGE............................................................................................................i
COPYRIGHT PAGE...................................................................................................ii
TITLE PAGE............................................................................................................. iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS............................................................................................ iv
WHAT THIS MODULE IS ABOUT ............................................................................v
WHAT I NEED TO KNOW ........................................................................................v
HOW TO LEARN FROM THIS MODULE..................................................................v
ICONS OF THIS MODULE ...................................................................................... vi
WHAT I KNOW ........................................................................................................ vii
Lesson 1: Concerns of Anthropology, Sociology, and Political
Science with respect to the phenomenon of change
What’s In 1
What’s New: 1
What Is It 1
What’s More: 2
What I Have Learned: Reflection of Learning 3
What Can I Do: Write an Essay 3
Summary 4
What I Know (Post-Test) 5
Key to Answers 7
References 8

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What This Module is About
It is said that society, culture and politics are related. There is an interplay or
link between the three disciplines. This lesson will highlight the common concerns or
intersections of anthropology, sociology, and political science concerning to the
phenomenon of change. Studying this module will help you realize how these
intersections of disciplines played an important role in our society as it embraces
changes.
Let the learning begin.

What I Need to Know

At the end of the lesson, the learners are expected to:

1. Recognize the common concerns or intersections of anthropology,
sociology, and political science with respect to the phenomenon of
change (UCSP11/12SPUIb-4)

How to Learn from this Module

To achieve the objectives cited above, you are to do the following:
1. Take your time to read and understand the concepts in this module.
2. Follow the instruction carefully in every given task.
3. Answers all the given test and exercise
4. Work on the activities in this module and every performance task given.
5. Take the Post-Test after you are done with all the lessons and activities in the
module
6. Familiarize yourself with the given terms.
7. Meet with your teacher. Ask him/her about any difficulty or confusion you have
encountered in this module.
8. Finally, prepare and gather all your outputs and submit them to your teacher.
9. Please write all your answers to the tests, activities, exercises, and others on
your separate activity notebook.

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 Icons of this Module

What I Need to Know This part contains learning objectives that

Learning are set for you to learn as you go along
Objectives the module.

This is an assessment as to your level of

What I Know? knowledge to the subject matter at hand,
Pre-Assessment meant specifically to gauge prior related
knowledge.

What’s In? This part connects previous lesson with

Review Activity that of the current one.

What’s New? An introduction of the new lesson through

Motivational various activities, before it will be
Activity presented to you.

These are discussions as a way to deepen

What Is It?
your discovery and understanding of the
Lesson Proper
concept.

These are follow-up activities that are

What’s More?
intended for you to practice further in order
Performance Task
to master the competencies.

What Have Learned? Activities designed to process what you

Generalization have learned from the lesson.

These are tasks that are designed to show

What Can I Do? case your skills and knowledge gained,
Application and applied to real-life concerns and
situations.
This evaluates your level of mastery in
Assessment achieving the learning objectives of the
Post-Assessment lesson.

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 What I Know
PRETEST

Multiple Choice. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. It focuses on relationships among humans and groups living together in

societies
A. Anthropology C. Psychology
B. Sociology D. Biology

2. Is the branch of knowledge which deals with the scientific study of man, his
works, his body, his behaviour and values, in time and space.
A. Anthropology C. Political Science
B. Microbiology D. Zoology

3. The use of power, interest, influence, and diplomacy is important in creating a

well-ordered society.
A. Anthropology C. Political Science
B. Archaeology D. Social Science

4. What are the common concerns of anthropology?

A. It analyzes human interaction, which is vital in understanding man’s
cultural make-up.
B. It analyzes how people attain a political position in society
C. Both A and B
D. It analyzes the history of evolution with the social aspect

5. The following are the three disciplines of social sciences that interlinked, and
therefore, you cannot separate one from another except.
A. Astronomy C. Political Science
B. Sociology D. Anthropology

6. Sociology concentrates on society while anthropology focuses on _________

A. Culture C. Politics
B. Genetic make-up D. Social Structures

7. The natural process of biological change occurring in a population across

successive generations.
A. Zoology C. Botany
B. Sociology D. Evolution

8. Which of the following sciences studied in sociology except.

A. Anthropology C. History
B. Geography D. Metallurgy

9. The study of society and how people behave and influence the world around us
A. Social Science C. Archaeology
B. Social Stratification D. Psychology

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10. A science that seeks to answers about man’s existence and his social
experiences
A. Sociology C. Political Science
B. Anthropology D. Biology

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 Module Concerns of Anthropology,
Sociology, and Political Science
2 with Respect to the
Phenomenon of Change
(UCSP11/12SPUIb-4)

What’s In

The last meeting, we have discussed about the social, political, and cultural
change. This time, we will recognize the common concerns or intersections of
anthropology, sociology, and political science about the phenomenon of change.

What’s New

Instruction: Identify what field of sciences does the picture shown below. Write only
the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.

A. Anthropology B. Sociology C. political Science

____________ _____________ _____________

What Is It
There is a link between the three disciplines of social sciences which includes
sociology, anthropology and political science, since it all study human behaviour. Its
connection are interlinked and therefore, you cannot separate one from another. To
further know our lesson, we have to define first what anthropology, sociology, and
political science.

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 Anthropology is a social science that study the origins of humanity, past and
present human behavior. Through time, our social existence evolve with distinct
features and diverse identity. The human development and social experience
explains the phenomenon of changes in human life. The study of anthropology seeks
to answer about human distinct existence with its sociocultural background.

Sociology is a science that studies the development of social structure,

functions of human in the society and how people interact being a member of the
society. It analyzes how human behavior affects social interactions, processes, and
organization.
The human activities plays a vital role that concerns to the phenomenon of
change. Through interaction we learned new things, social orders, and problems
encountered in the society. Societies are always exposed in all forms of change. In
our history, context of changes were recorded through time and space.

Political Science is a systematic study of system of government and state. It

emphasizes the utilization of power, influence, impact, and discretion which is
imperative in making a well-ordered society. Political researchers analyze how
individuals accomplish political position in society, how they keep up their position,
and the results of policy implementation within their positive social domain

What’s More

Direction: Using the Venn diagram, identify the three social sciences mentioned
above. Write them inside the circles. Write down the commonalities/similarities
among the three (3) disciplines at the center.

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 What have I learn
Direction: In writing your reflection, you have to complete the sentence below.

I learned that________________________________________________________
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I realized that________________________________________________________
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If given a chance_____________________________________________________
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What Can I do

Direction: Write essay of how these three disciplines of social sciences played an
important role in our society as it embraces changes.

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Summary

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 What I Know

PRETEST

Multiple Choice. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. The use of power, interest, influence, and diplomacy which is important in

creating a well-ordered society.
A. Anthropology C. Political Science
B. Archaeology D. Social Science

. 2. A science that seeks to answers about man’s existence and his social
experiences
A. Sociology C. Political Science
B. Anthropology D. Biology

3. The following are the three disciplines of social sciences that interlinked and
therefore, you cannot separate one from another except.
A. Astronomy C. Political Science
B. Sociology D. Anthropology

4. Sociology concentrates on society while anthropology focuses on _________

A. Culture C. Politics
B. Genetic make-up D. Social Structures

5. The natural process of biological change occurring in a population across

successive generations.
A. Zoology C. Botany
B. Sociology D. Evolution

6. Is the branch of knowledge which deals with the scientific study of man, his
works, his body, his behaviour and values, in time and space.
A. Anthropology C. Political Science
B. Microbiology D. Zoology

7. The study of society and how people behave and influence the world around us.
A. Social Science C. Archaeology
B. Social Stratification D. Psychology

8 Which of the following sciences studied in sociology except.

A. Anthropology C. History
B. Geography D. Metallurgy

9. It focuses on relationships among humans and groups living together in

societies
C. Anthropology C. Psychology
D. Sociology D. Biology

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10. What are the common concerns of anthropology?
A. It analyzes human interaction which is essential in understanding
man’s cultural make-up.
B. It analyzes how people attain the political position in society
C. Both A and B
D. It analyzes the history of evolution with the social aspect

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