PHILIPPINE WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY

JOSE ABAD SANTOS MEMORIAL SCHOOL

Manila

PAASCU ACCREDITED

UNDERSTANDING SOCIETY CULTURE

AND POLITICS
LEARNING TOOLKIT
FOR THE MONTH OF
AUGUST

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 2
LIST OF TOPICS......................................................................................................... 3

LESSON # 1: Human Variation ................................................................... 4

Pretest................................................................................................ 4
Learning Outcomes.......................................................................... 5
Learning Activities............................................................................ 5
Suggested Resources and References.......................................... 12
Posttest............................................................................................... 12

LESSON # 2: Biocultural Evolution.............................................................. 16

Pretest................................................................................................. 16
Learning Outcomes.......................................................................... 18
Learning Activities............................................................................. 18
Suggested Resources and References............................................ 24
Posttest................................................................................................ 25

SUMMATIVE OUTPUT/PERFORMANCE...................................................................... 26
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INTRODUCTION

In spite of their individual and cultural diversity, there are many subcultures and
countercultures; human beings are members of one species with a common
evolutionary heritage. Therefore, people everywhere must confront and resolve
certain common, basic problems such as maintaining group organization and
overcoming difficulties originating in their social and natural environments.

In order to function, every social group must have a culture of its own – its own
goals, norms, values, and ways of doing things. Sociologists use the term
subculture to refer to the distinctive lifestyles, values, norms, and beliefs of certain
segments of the population within a society.

LIST OF TOPICS

PERFORMANCE/
NO. LESSONS
PRODUCT
1 Human and Cultural
Variation
2 Biocultural Evolution

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LESSON # 1: Human Variations

PRETEST:

1. Our own personal physical characteristics are the result of:

A. genetic inheritance
B. environmental forces shaping our bodies as we grow to adulthood
C. genetic inheritance primarily but with some shaping by environmental forces
D. random chance or luck

2. Which of the following statements is true about human races as they are
commonly defined in North America?

A. They primarily reflect social rather than biological realities.

B. Physical traits (such as skin color) that we think of as characteristic of
particular races are usually unique to them.
C. Terms like Caucasoid and Negroid accurately describe distinct biological
races.

3. The increasing frequency of yellow-brown hair among Australian Aborigines as

one moves inland from the southwest coast of Australia is an example of:

A. Map Help
B. random variation
C. progressive gradation
D. discontinuous distribution

4. The isolated pockets of red-haired people in the British Isles is an example of

discontinuous distribution. This distribution pattern is most likely the result of:

A. migrations of red-haired people

B. natural selection favoring red hair
C. random mating

5. Evolutionary processes that may alter the frequency of genetically inherited

traits in modern human populations usually include:

A. natural selection
B. social selection (e.g., discrimination in choosing a mate)
C. migration
D. all of the above

6. Which of the following statements is true?

A. With the exception of identical twins, each of us is unique in terms of the

combination of tens of thousands of genetically determined characteristics
that we possess.
B. Dark brown skin is found only among Africans and people whose ancestors
came from Africa in recent centuries

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C. Non-African peoples with dark brown skin color share a close common
ancestry with Africans.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

After this lesson, you should be able to:

1. Demonstrate curiosity and an openness to explore the origins and dynamics

of culture, society and political identity
2. Value cultural relativism and ethnocentrism.
3. Understand the difference between every individual.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES:

Human Variation

Activity #1

Directions: Analyze the picture. Write down the things you observed in the picture,

1. _____________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________________________
5. _____________________________________________________________

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Environment and history are two of the primary factors that shape the behavior of
human groups. This behavior, which serves as an adaptive tool for the varied
stimuli projected by the environment, is influenced by beliefs, practices and
material possessions. Through constant practice, these sets of behavior form
human traditions, which are passed from one generation to the other.

Nationality and Ethnicity

➢ Nationality is the identity that is tied to being part of a nation or country – a

‘’group of people who share the same history, traditions and language’’
and who inhabit a particular territory delineated by a political border and
controlled by the government.
➢ Ethnic Groups within the nation are the smaller cultural groups that share
specific environments, traditions and histories that are not necessarily
subscribed by mainstream culture.

SOCIAL DIFFERENCES

Sex Roles (Gender Socialization)

Sex refers to the biological or anatomical difference between males and females
while gender refers to the psychological, social and cultural differences between
males and females. Opinions vary on whether the difference between males and
females are biologically based or whatever they are as a result of social learning. It
may be pointed out that while biological factors contribute to the difference
between males and females, the ways the members in a society behave are
culturally defined.

TYPES OF GENDER

➢ HETEROSEXUAL a person with this gender is inclined to be sexually attracted

to a person of the opposite sex
➢ HOMOSEXUAL person that is sexually attracted to the same sex.
➢ GAY- romantically and sexually attracted to male.

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➢ LESBIAN - romantically and sexually attracted to female.

➢ BISEXUAL individuals who are attracted to the opposite sex.
➢ ASEXUAL totally incapable of being attracted to any sex.
➢ POLYSEXUAL is attracted to multiple types of gender identity.
➢ PANSEXUAL accommodates all types of gender.

There are people whose gender identities do not match on their biological identity
as male or female. These people classify themselves as transgender. Their sexual
orientation is not related to their genitals, which allow them to identify with other
types of gender. Under this category are people who allow themselves as
transsexual. These individuals believe that the discord between their internal
gender and the gender role that they have to perform can be addressed through
medical sexual reassignment.

Activity #2

Gender is one reason why we have uniqueness to each other and also the
reason why discrimination happens. In our country gender issues are one of the
most popular topics to be discussed. As a member of society, what are the things
you notice about gender issues in your everyday life?

1. __________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________

CULTURAL VARIATION

CONCEPT OF CULTURE

Culture is basically a blueprint for living in a particular society. In common speech,

people often refer to a “cultured person” as someone with an interest in the arts,

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literature or music, suggesting that an individual has a highly developed sense of

style or aesthetic appreciation of the “finer things”. To sociologists, however, every
human being is “cultured”. All human beings participate in a culture, whether they
are educated or illiterate and living in a primitive society. Culture is crucial to
human existence.

It is defined as all that human beings learn to do, to use, to produce, to know, and
to believe as they grow to maturity and live out their lives in the social groups to
which they belong. According to Edward Tylor, culture is “that whole complex
which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, customs and any other capabilities
and habits acquired by people as members of the society”.

Culture is unique to human persons and varies from society to society. It comprises
all the objects, ideas, beliefs, norms of a group of people and the meaning that
the group applies to each cultural element (Clark & Robley).

Culture Shock

Every social group has its own specific culture, its own way of seeing, doing and
making things, its own traditions. Some cultures are quite similar to one another;
others are very different. Sociologists use the term culture shock; to describe the
difficulty people have adjusting to a new culture that differs markedly from their
own. Culture shock can also be experienced within a person’s own society.

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Activity #3

Give scenarios where you experienced being culture shocked and what action
you did to resolve the culture shock you experienced.

Culture Action

1.

2.

3.

Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism

People often make judgments about other cultures according to the customs and
values of their own, a practice sociologists call ethnocentrism. Ethnocentrism can
lead to prejudice and discrimination and often results in the repression or
domination of one group by another.
Immigrants, for instance, often encounter hostility when their manners, dress,
eating habits, or religious beliefs differ markedly from those of their new neighbors.
Because of this hostility and because of their own ethnocentrism, immigrants often
establish their own communities in their adopted country.

To avoid ethnocentrism in their own research, sociologists are guided by the

concept of cultural relativism, the recognition that social groups and cultures must
be studied and understood on their own terms before valid comparisons can be

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made. Cultural relativism is an approach in doing objective cross-cultural research.

It does not require researchers to abdicate their personal standards.
Xenocentrism – the exact opposite of ethnocentrism or preference for anything
that is foreign. It is the conviction that what comes from far away has special
quality or charm which the local product can never equal. In contradiction to
Xenocentrism is xenophobia, which is a distrust of anything foreign and is equally
irrational.
Cultural lag - This concept was expounded first by William Ogburn which means
the dysfunctions in, or inability of a given society to adopt a culture immediately as
a result of the disparity in the rate of change between the material and
non-material elements of the culture.

Characteristics of Culture

1. Culture is shared. Culture is transmitted in society by observing, listening and

interacting. For a thought or action to be considered cultural, it must
commonly be shared by some population or group of individuals.
2. Culture is learned. NOT all things shared generally by a population are
cultural. The hair color for instance is NOT cultural nor is eating. For something
to be considered cultural, it must be learned as well as shared. Humans eat
because they must, but what and when and how they eat are learned and
vary from culture to culture.
3. Culture is patterned. Much of the behavior of humans appears to be
culturally patterned by different sets of values and dominant personality
traits.
4. Culture is adaptive. Culture is the primary means by which human beings
adapt to the challenges of their environment. Adaptation is the process by
which human beings adjust to changes in their environment.
5. Culture is symbolic. A symbol is anything that represents something else and
carries a particular meaning recognized by members of a culture. Symbols
stand for things simply because people agree that they do. The meaning of
symbols are entirely arbitrary, a matter of cultural convention. Each culture
attaches its own meanings to things. Thus, culture may be said to consist of
shared patterns of meanings expressed in symbols.
6. Culture is dynamic. NO culture is ever in permanent state. It is constantly
changing. The changes may be imperceptible (small), but they are changes
nonetheless. The practices of today will never be the same tomorrow. A
culture is changing because new ideas and new techniques are added and
old ways are constantly being modified and discarded.

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Activity # 4
Directions: Give an example in each culture that show the characteristics of the
said culture

Culture is shared

Culture is Learned

Culture is patterned

Culture is adaptive

Culture is symbolic

Culture is dynamic

Components of Culture

Material Culture

Consists of human technology

Non-material Culture

Consists of the totality of knowledge, beliefs, values and rules for appropriate
behavior

A. Knowledge: refers to the total range of what has been learned or perceived
as true; body of information which are accumulated through experience,
study or investigation
B. Norms: what members of the group should do, ought to do or are
circumstances. Prescriptions or standards of behavior expected to be
followed. Your behavior in a certain situation/location
C. Mores: (more-ays) – special folkways which are important to the welfare of
the people and their cherished values which are based on ethical or moral
values. People usually attach moral significance to mores and they define
people who violate them as sinful, evil and wicked. It is rules that are not
written
D. Taboos: These are behaviors that are completely forbidden in any
circumstances. This is where the are severe disgust from the members of the
community from the people who violates the taboos, sample of violation are
Incest and Cannibalism.
E. Laws: formalized norms, enacted by people who are vested with
governmental power and enforced by political and legal authorities
designated by the government. It has a consistent consequences

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F. Beliefs: embody people’s perception of reality and include the primitive

ideas of the universe as well as the scientist’s empirical view of the world.
G. Values: These are broad ideas regarding what is desirable, correct and
good that most members of a society share or abstract concepts of what is
important or worthwhile; basis of our judgement what we consider good,
desirable and correct.

SUGGESTED RESOURCES AND REFERENCES:

https://www.eolss.net/Sample-Chapters/C04/E6-23.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/8209208_Conceptualizing_Human_Vari
ation

POSTTEST:
I. Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer.

1. ____ : When it comes to culture, it is the blueprint for living, which of the
following is NOT true about culture?
a. all that human beings learn to do, to use, to produce, to know, and to
believe as they grow to maturity and live out their lives in the social
groups to which they belong
b. Traditions and customs transmitted through learning
c. To sociologists, only people who are educated or illiterate and living in a
primitive society can participate in a cultural group.
d. Acquired by humans as members of a society.

2. ____ : Every social group has its own specific culture, its own way of seeing,
doing and making things, its own traditions, which of the following is NOT true
about culture shock?
a. Describes the difficulty people have adjusting to a new culture that differs
markedly from their own.
b. It’s a certain reaction of a person learning about a culture that is really
different from his/her own culture
c. It can lead to prejudice and discrimination and often results in the
repression or domination of one group by another.
d. It signifies that some cultures are quite similar to one another; others are
very different

3. ____ : Which is true about ethnocentrism?

a. Because of this hostility and because of their own ethnocentrism,
immigrants often establish their own communities outside of their
adopted country.
b. The preference for anything that is foreign
c. It’s one of the areas in anthropology which focuses on the different race
in a community

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d. It can lead to prejudice and discrimination and often results in the

repression or domination of one group by another

4. ____ : Which of the following is NOT true about cultural relativism?

a. The recognition that social groups and cultures must be studied and
understood on their own terms before valid comparisons can be made.
b. It is an approach in doing objective cross-cultural research
c. Which is a distrust of anything foreign and is equally irrational
d. Sociologists are guided by the concept of cultural relativism to address
ethnocentrism.

5. ____ : Which is true about Xenocentrism?

a. It is a complete distrust of anything that is foreign
b. It goes along with ethnocentrism where in it focuses on community giving
judgements on other culture that is different from them
c. An inability of a given society to adopt a culture immediately as a result
of the disparity in the rate of change between the material and
non-material elements of the culture.
d. It is the conviction that what comes from far away has special quality or
charm, which the local product can never equal.

6. ____ : This concept was expounded first by William Ogburn, which means the
dysfunctions in, or inability of a given society to adopt a culture immediately
because of the disparity in the rate of change between the material and
non-material elements of the culture?
a. Cultural relativism
b. Xenophobia
c. Ethnophobia
d. Cultural Lag

7. ____ : It refers to the total range of what has been learned or perceived as
true; body of information, which are accumulated through experience,
study or investigation?
a. Folk way
b. Mores
c. Knowledge
d. Law

8. ____ : This is a special folkways which are important to the welfare of the
people and their cherished values which are based on ethical or moral
values:
a. Special folkway

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b. Law
c. Mores (More-ays)
d. Norms

9. ____ : It embodies people’s perception of reality and includes the primitive

ideas of the universe as well as the scientist’s empirical view of the world?
a. Beliefs
b. Norm
c. Values
d. Folkway

10. ____ : In the characteristics of culture. Which of the following indicates that
Culture is transmitted in society by observing, listening, and interacting?
a. Culture is learned
b. Culture is shared
c. Culture is dynamic
d. Culture is symbolic

11. _____ : What aspect of culture indicates that each culture attaches its own
meanings to things?

a. Culture is Adaptive
b. Culture is Symbolic
c. Culture is Patterned
d. Culture is dynamic

12. _____ : The following indicates the difference of sex and gender, EXCEPT one

a. Sex is a biological concept based on biological characteristics such as

difference in genitalia in male and female. Gender on the other hand
primarily deals with personal, societal and cultural perceptions of
sexuality
b. Gender is based on the societal constructions and belief systems put in
place that deal with masculinity and femininity.
c. Gender is determined by nature, whereas Sex is determined by nurture,
but even that is too binary a classification.
d. The term sex refers to biological characteristics, namely chromosomes,
internal and external sex organs, and the hormonal activities within the
body. Essentially, when we use the term sex, what we are really
commenting on is “male” vs. “female”

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13. ____ : In social relationships, it is the process of blending with another

culture or changing to the ways of the dominant group as a result of
socialization or education.

a. Assimilation
b. Amalgamation
c. Acculturation
d. Enculturation

14. ____ : When it comes to the different types of social relationships, which is
true about Accommodation?

a. the creation of interests resulting in individuals or groups needing or

wanting different things or services rather than the same thing

b. refers to cultural fusion or interpenetration of norms, ideas, beliefs,

sentiments and memories so that individuals or groups become alike

c. Biological fusion, which comes about with the intermarriage of persons

coming from different cultures.

d. refers to the conscious efforts of people to develop working

arrangements to end conflict and make life more tolerable and less
wasteful of energy

II. Essay

15 - 17.
Why is it important for a person to learn and understand the different cultures of
other people?

18 - 20.
As a student how can you use the learning about culture in your daily life?

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LESSON # 2: BIOCULTURAL EVOLUTION

PRETEST:

I. Multiple Choice

Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer

1. What does prehistory mean?

A. The time before time.
B. The time period before writing/recording of events.
C. Previous history.
D.
2. What are three (3) characteristics of the Paleolithic Age? Choose the BEST
choice!
A. Hunting and gathering, Nomadic, uncivilized.
B. Hunters and gatherers.
C. Nomadic wanderers.
D. Farmers and herders.
3. Eugene Dubois was a Dutch physician who set out in the 1890s to find
remains of early hominids. He located the first examples of what he called
'Pithecanthropus erectus', also known as Homo erectus, on what island in
1891?
A. Borneo
B. Java
C. Celebes
D. New Guinea
4. What type(s) of evidence do historians have to verify that events in
prehistory actually occurred?
Discuss
A. Tools
B. Pictures
C. Fossils
D. All of the above

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5. The Stone Age is the prehistoric era in which historians believe that humans
began the practice of farming and agriculture. Within the Stone Age
classification of the three age system, there are various sub-groups that
classify the evolution of humans. Which of the following subgroups is most
closely associated with agricultural development?
A. Epi Paleolithic
B. Paleolithic
C. Neolithic
D. Mesolithic
6. What are modern humans called?
A. Homo erectus
B. Homo sapiens-sapiens
C. Cro-Magnon
D. Homo sapiens
7. What was the Neolithic Age?
A. New Copper Age
B. Old Copper Age
C. Old Stone Age
D. New Stone Age
8. What two (2) beings roamed the earth at the same time as Homo sapiens?
A. Homo habilis and Homo erectus.
B. Homo sapiens-sapiens and Homo erectus.
C. Cro-Magnons and Homo sapiens.
D. Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals.
9. The Paleolithic Period ended because the melting of the last sheet of ice
allowed for fertile lands which allowed societies to develop into/advance to
hunting and gathering societies that were nomadic. This would allow
civilization to begin!
A. True
B. False
10. What was it that allowed for the transition from the Paleolithic Age to the
Neolithic Age?
A. Industrial Revolution
B. American Revolution
C. Agricultural Revolution
D. None of the above

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LEARNING OUTCOMES:

After this lesson, you should be able to:

1. trace the biological and cultural evolution of early to modern humans
UCSP11/12HBSIe-12
2. explore the significance of human material remains and artifactual
evidence in interpreting cultural and social, including political and
economic, processes UCSP11/12HBSIf-13
3. recognize national, local, and specialized museums, and archaeological
and historical sites as venues to appreciate and reflect on the complexities
of biocultural and social evolution as part of being and becoming human
UCSP11/12HBSIf-14

LEARNING ACTIVITIES:

BIOCULTURAL EVOLUTION AND HUMAN GROUPS

Activity #1
Directions: Write the things you learned about the Human Evolution in your JHS
Social Studies subject

Stone Age Human Life Style Human and the

Environment

Concept of Evolution
➢ Astronomers estimated that the universe has been in existence for some 15
billion years.
➢ Some 70 million years ago, the first primates may have appeared. They are
believed to be ancestral to all living primates, including monkeys, apes and
humans.
➢ The early primates may or may not have lived in trees, but they had fingers
and could grasp things.
➢ Some 20 million years after the appearance of monkeys and apes, the
immediate apelike ancestors of humans probably emerged.
➢ At least 50,000 years ago, “modern” humans evolved.

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EVOLUTION OF CULTURE AND SOCIETY

➢ Humans are a product of the interaction of biological and cultural evolution.

Culturally, traits are transmitted by learning and imitation. Cultural evolution
is more subject to conscious human control and change than biological
evolution. Still, both types of evolution may be subject to natural selection.

Paleolithic Neolithic

Meaning Paleo=old; Lithic=stone. The Neo=new; Lithic=stone. The

Paleolithic era is also called Neolithic era is also called the New
the Old Stone age. Stone age.

Dwelling Mouths of caves, huts, skin Mud bricks supported by timber

tents

Lifestyle Nomadic; in groups of up to Sedentary....They farmed in

50; tribal society; hunters permanent settlements and
and gatherers raised/herded animals; agriculture
was discovered and became a
major source of food; families
evolved.

Tools Chipped stone, wooden polished stone tools made sharper

weapons, light stone tools by grinding
(not sharpened)

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Clothes Animal skins Animal skins, woven garments

Governance Tribal society. Clan Military and religious leaders had

controlled by elders or the authority. Monarchy emerged.
powerful (according to
age)

Economy There was no concept of The concept of private property

private property. and ownership emerged for things
such as land, livestock and tools.

Health Paleolithic people were Neolithic people were shorter and

taller and lived longer than had lower life expectancy.
Neolithic people. Diseases like tooth cavities and
typhoid emerged in the new stone
age. Neolithic women had more
children because the lifestyle was
no longer nomadic.

Art Cave paintings Wall paintings

Sculpture Stone, mammoth ivory, Stone, clay (baked)

material reindeer horn

Main Fire; Rough stone tools Agriculture and tools with polished
Discovery stones, the plow

Food Hunted and gathered for They grew crops such as corn,
their food supply. wheat, beans, etc.

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Activity #1
Directions: Write the Lifestyle of the different the paleolithic age and identify the
similarities and differences from the living today

PALEOLITHIC AGE LIFE STYLE TODAY

PERIODIZATION OF THE WORLD

Paleolithic Period
1. Lower Paleolithic > woodlands and savannas
➔ Oldowan tool tradition – pebble tools, choppers & hand axes
➔ Homo habilis most probably lived in small bands and were scavengers
➔ Acheulian tool tradition

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2. Middle Paleolithic > Mousterian tool tradition

➢ Points were hafted to wooden spears

➢ Neandertals hunted big game (ex. wooly mammoth)
➢ Had mortuary practices
➢ Social organization included care of the infirmed and the aged

3. Upper Paleolithic > exs. Aurignacian, Solutrean, Magdalenian tool traditions

➢ greater population density
➢ greater stylistic component to stone artifacts
➢ differences may due to territorial/ social boundaries, rituals, ethnicity
➢ emphasis on use of bone and antler for tools
➢ broadening of subsistence base to include birds and fish
➢ use of personal ornaments like bone, antler, shell and stone
➢ materials were obtained from distant sources
➢ art boom – cave painting and sculpture

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4. Mesolithic Period > ex.

Maglemosian tool tradition

➢ warmer weather with forests

➢ development of fishing technology (exs. Hook, line and sinker; seine nets)
➢ increased use of wood in tools and weapons

5.Neolithic Period > ex. Jarmo (Iran) and Jericho (Israel)

➢ domestication of plants and animals

➢ settled life
➢ weaving with loom, pottery
➢ swidden cultivation, horticulture, pastoralism/transhumance
➢ characteristic tools: digging stick and hoe

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6. Civilization/ States > ex. writing, math, calendrical reckoning

➢ agricultural productivity
➢ division of labor
➢ trade and communication
➢ class stratification
➢ social control and taxation
➢ advances in knowledge
➢ monumental architecture

7. Industrial Revolution > ex. use of gadgets, telecommunications etc.

➢ use of electricity
➢ wage labor
➢ rise of factories
➢ information technology boom

SUGGESTED RESOURCES AND REFERENCES:

http://psych.colorado.edu/~carey/hgss/hgsschapters/HGSS_Chapter14.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270880542_Human_Evolution_Theory_a
nd_Progress

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POSTTEST:
I. Directions: Complete the chart with sentences about the peoples’ way of living in the stone Age and
the Modern Age.

II. Essay

1. Give two examples on how people interact with their environment?

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2. Give reasons on how the environment affects the people’s way of living?
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Generalize the following: ( 3 - 5 sentences)

3. Eastern Africa represents some of the most reliable dates, due to the use of radiocarbon dating on
volcanic ash deposits, as well as some of the earliest MSA sites. Faunal preservation, however, is
not spectacular, and standardization in site excavation and lithic classification was, until recently,
lacking. Unlike northern Africa, shifts between lithic technologies were not nearly as pronounced,
likely due to more favorable climatic conditions that would have allowed for more continuous
occupation of sites. Central Africa reflects similar patterning to eastern Africa, yet more
archaeological research of the region is certainly required. (5pts.)

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 UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY & POLITICS AUGUST 2020

SUMMATIVE OUTPUT/PERFORMANCE:

The National Museum of the Philippines, will conduct a webinar for grade
school students to understand the Philippine Culture with the theme ‘Culture,
Embrace It, Share It, Celebrate It’ . In line with this, the school of Philippine
Women's University was invited to be one of the speakers for the said webinar. As a
president of the cultural club in your school, you were tasked to create a
presentation that will help the grade school students to be hooked and
understand the diverse culture of the Philippines. The presentation should address
the importance of learning culture and how it can affect one's daily living. The
audience of the presentation will be the grade school students and the teachers.
The are also professionals in the field, they will evaluate the presentation using the
following criterion: focus, clarity, creativity, content, Organization of topic,
audience impact and the overall presentation.

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