Disciplines and Ideas in

Social Sciences
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
Supplementary Learning Module
for Senior High School Learners
Disciplines and Ideas in Social Sciences - Grade 11
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Quarter 1 – Module 1: Supplementary Learning Module for SHS Learners

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Disciplines and Ideas in
Social Sciences
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
Supplementary Learning Module
for Senior High School Learners
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 What I Need to Know

What is social science? Is it synonymous to humanities and natural science? What

are its disciplines? To fully understand this field of study, this module will help you
identify the nature and functions of social science disciplines and differentiate it from
other fields like natural sciences and humanities.

It is therefore a “must” for you to know the basic knowledge of the different fields of
Social Sciences. Learning the importance of this field in your daily life can make you
a more productive citizen. Only through deeper understating of its concept and
application can make you learn best as a Senior High School student.
After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Differentiate the nature and functions of social science disciplines with the
natural sciences and humanities,

2. Compare and contrast the two branches of sciences (natural and social
sciences) based on given categories and realities; and

3. Appreciate the relevance of Social Sciences in our daily life.

 What I Know

Direction: Read each item carefully and write your answers on your notebook.

Test A. Read carefully the situations presented below. If it is a concept of social

science, write SS and if it is not, write NSS

1. Jack examined about how ants propagate and multiply.

2. Mario surveyed about how students of Himamaylan National High School take
care of the environment.
3. Anna decided to be exposed in one of the tribes in their community.
4. Ruffa examined his friend’s lungs and found out that the latter has lung cancer.
5. Christine managed his constituents well and became a good leader to them.

Test B. Analyse the situation below and decode the mystery that is enchanted within
the story. Answer the questions that follow.

Long time ago, three enchanted islands exist in a place called “WonderLake”:
A. Isla Humango, the biggest one, is full of stories and enchantments. Every creature
living in the island had his own unique experiences, with rich in art and music.
The island is given a unique language and writings, the other two islands were
not. Stories among WonderLake were all written in the stones of the island’s main
port. They also have their own unique ways to worship their God, a divine
creature named “Aba-ba”. The island also believed to be rich in enchantments
such as black magic as well.
B. Isla Nahango, the middle island, is home to millions of creatures. Every creature
is living on his own and is not controlled by any being, with each creature
independent from each other. There are many species that could be found in the
island alone, from their fauna to fiona. The middle of the island is a vast tropical
forest where these creatures lived. Humans who happened to visit the island had
seen vast array of creatures that is new to the human eye, hence became the talk
of the town.
C. Isla Pahango, is the youngest and farthest of the three, located at the southern
tip of the group. Every creature coexists with each other, and is influenced by
interactions made with every creature. Every creature living in the island
maintains their good relationship. The first community in WonderLake believed
to be in this island, and in which civilization begins. Diversity of creatures as well
as their behaviour and characteristics are found in the island, yet they are united
with a central. Their offices as well as agencies are on this island.
WonderLake now is in dilemma of what lies on every island. What is the mystery
behind each island?

1. Which of the said islands is inhabited by humans?

A. Isla Humango and Isla Pahango C. None of the Above
B. Isla Nahango and Isla Pahango D. All of the above

2. Which of the said islands is good as object of study about creatures and their
uniqueness?
A. Isla Nahango B. Isla Pahango C. Isla Humango

What island do you think focuses on the said realities? Choose among the three
islands above and write the letter of your answer on the space provided.

3. Human Experience _____________

4. Natural Creatures _____________
5. Human Interactions _____________

Lesson

1 Social Science is?

What is Social Science? This question leads us to a realization that we need to know
the basic of Social Science being a student of HUMSS. This module will present to
us the realities and characteristics of Social Science as a distinct study linked to
Humanities and Sciences, as well as the reasons why we cannot separate these
concepts.

What’s In

Task 1: The Magic Word is?

Below is a crossword puzzle consisting of terminologies that are known to be related
to the magic word in the middle. Decipher the magic word by answering the
questions. Choose your answer on the terms provided on the box and write your
choice on its corresponding box inside.

Politics Sociology Ego Scarcity

Landscape Institution Linguistics Core
Dysfunction Function Id Economics
Comte Sapiencia Scire Psychology
ACROSS
1. The scientific study of society 1
2. The art of government and power 2
3. Describes what is the main and
3
middle, as in values, principles, etc.
4
4. Social, political, and cultural
structures and practices, order and 5

governance that govern the 6

behaviour of an individual. 7
5. The basic problem arising from
8
unlimited wants of people with
9
limited resources.
6. Term referring to the appearance of 10

an area and to the items comprising 11

that appearance. 12

7. Pattern that disrupt the operation of 13

society.
8. The scientific study of behaviour and mental processes.
9. The scientific study of language and its structure.
10. Freudian structure of personality that deals with demand of reality.
11. Branch of knowledge that deals with the production, consumption and
distribution of goods and services.
12. Considered as the father of sociology.
13. Latin word which means “to study”.

DOWN (MAGIC WORD)

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 What’s New

Task 2: Match – Group – Decide

TEST A. Below are sets of items. Analyse first the information given to each item and
work out what goes together and why. After finding the right pairs, describe whether
the pairs are subjects of inquiry of Social Science, Natural Science or Humanities.
Write below each group your answer and a small rationale why you think so.

A. Experiment B. Observation C. Writing

(Scientific (Thru immersion/ (Stories about a
method) exposure) certain subject)

D. The culture
A. F. History of a
and tradition E. All colors of
place (eg of
of a leaves
Brgy Marikudo
community

___________________ __________________ __________________

Object 1 Object 3 Object 5

Object 2 Object 4 Object 6

TEST B. Write as many words as you can that you think are related to:

Social Sciences Natural Sciences Humanities

1. What are the similarities between Social Science and Humanities? Social
Science and Natural Science?
2. Can you say that Social Science is Natural Science or vice versa? Why?
3. Can you separate Social Sciences from Humanities? Explain briefly.
 What is It

SCIENCE
L. scientia, ‘to know’, ‘to study’

Science is generally understood as an endeavour to understand, explain and predict

the world we live in using distinctive methods of enquiry in an attempt to construct
theories. Traditionally, science is defined as an organized body of knowledge acquired
from careful study, observation or experimentation.

SOCIAL SCIENCE
L. socius, ‘ally’, ‘companion’ + L. scientia, ‘to study’

Refers to the systematic study of various aspects of human society. This is a major
classification of educational fields related with civilization and the interactions
among people in a society. According to ESRC (2015), the social sciences speaks of
matters concerning the world beyond our experience and aids in elucidating how our
society works. The term “social science” first appeared in the 1824 book An Inquiry
into the Principles of the distribution of Wealth Most Conducive to Human Happiness
by William Thompson (1775 - 1833).

NATURAL SCIENCE
L. natura, ‘nature’ + L. scientia, ‘to study’

Refers to the disciplines that deal only with natural events (i.e. independent and
dependent variables in nature) using scientific methods (ledoux, 2002, p. 34). While
the employment of scientific methods is generally regarded as typical but not
exclusive of natural sciences, it is the focus on natural events that distinguishes
natural from social science.

HUMANITIES
L. studia humanitatis, ‘study of humanity’

Refers to the study of the way humans manage and sort out and record their
experiences. According to Stanford (2015), to understand and record the world, we
have used philosophy, literature, religion, art, music, history and language.
REMEMBER THIS!

HUMANITES, the idea of examining and celebrating the human side of our
social existence, enters our discussion!

 We have on one hand, an empirical and objective approach to human existence

and, on the other hand, an imaginative, creative and “humanist” side of social
analysis.
 Disciplines of Social Sciences related to humanities are: HISTORY,
ANTHROPOLOGY (including archaeology), and LINGUISTICS for it deals with the
human past and touch the meaning of being human, which makes the whole
exercise border abstraction and subjectivity.
 Social Sciences related to empirical research and aims are the following:
ECONOMICS, SOCIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, POLITICAL SCIENCE and
DEMOGRAPHY.
 Social Science, however, cannot be wholly categorized as exclusive to empirical
study or humanistic concerns because they can be both!

SOCIAL SCIENCE in CONTRAST with NATURAL SCIENCE and HUMANITIES

Below is a table of contrast between the said concepts:

Category Natural Science Social Science HUMANITIES
Origin Marked by changing Younger than the Started in the West
world views natural sciences. during Renaissance
introduced by Scientific studies of Period. It was con -
Renaissance thinkers social interactions ceived as a response
who questioned began as late 19th to the theology cen-
earlier explanations century, through the tered education of the
about the world and publications of Emile Middle Ages that
turned to more Durkheim’s “Suicide” focused on humans
systematic methods of and Auguste Comte’s apart from their socio
investigation. “Systeme de Politique historical context
Positive”.
Subject of To discover the laws Subjects of study are Focuses on art and
study that rule the world the phenomena of writings, it studies
(Buchel, 1992). The social interaction and the imaginative,
focus lies hereby on coexistence and creative side of
the natural world. through a specific human experience
subject of study.
Methods Scientific methods, Mainly uses Interpretative
characterizing observation, and is methodologies from
“natural science since more difficult than positivist and empi -
the 17th century, natural sciences rical of both natural
consisting in because of and social science and
systematic uncontrollability of imaginative
observation, social environments. endeavours of the arts
measurement and Other methods are (eg, literary criticism,
experiment.” interviews, surveys pheno -menology,
(American Oxford and case studies. ethnography)
Dictionary)
 Philosophic Karl Popper – a Positivist position – Ontological premise
al stances theory cannot be advocated by early of Cartesian Dualism
confirmed by social scientists, – humanities seems to
induction, but only Comte in particular provide an imagery of
falsified by a simple argued that the study the other side of
observation (Buchel, of social sciences human but
1992, p. 227 should apply same substitutes the role of
methods as natural material reductionism
sciences. and formal objectivity
Interpretivism – from rational thinking
social reality cannot to imaginative and
be measured by reflexive thinking.
natural events but at
grasping the
subjective meaning of
social actions.
Limitations Technical boundaries Factors including the The complexity
(related to the inability need to base findings requires humanities
to conduct precise on interpretations, the the time to expose in
measurements) and complexity of a field, different communities
financial boundaries ethical issues and and situations.
(employs expensive financial problems.
equipment as well as
other expenses).

What’s More

Direction: Read the story of Arnold and analyse the situations being presented in
the story.

Arnold is a social scientist in nature. He resides in a community that is highly

populated. However, he started to wonder how to resolve the dilemma that they
experience. COVID-19 virus become an epidemic in their town. The mayor, however,
divert health funds to industrial ones. His friend, Pedro, is the only doctor in their town,
and there was chaos in their community.
Complete the table below:

Social Science Discipline Situation manifested Propose Solution

related to the discipline

Political Science
Economics
Demography and Sociology
 What I Have Learned

Reflect:

I have learned that Social Science is

________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

I have realized that Social Science is

________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

I will apply Social Science in my life by

________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

What I Can Do

Case Analysis
Read the story below and analyse the situations being presented in the story.

The class of 2019 of Himamaylan National High School finally decided to take a trip to
Batanes. They have the mission to introduce the islands after the trip to the class.
However, during the trip, they had discovered that people in the island are less prone
to the virus as well as other communicable infections compared to the other places in
the country. As a matter of fact, they recorded zero case for more than two months.
With this, they choose to expose more to the island and immerse to the people and
write an article about this achievement of the province.
From the situation given above, answer the following questions:

A. Give at least one situation that can be resolved using Social Sciences.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

B. What do you think is the item above that is under the realm of
Humanities? How will the students made it?
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

C. What lies in the island that they can minimize the contraction of
diseases? What study can they employ in order to answer this issue?
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
 Assessment

Direction: Read each item carefully and use your notebook to write your answers.

TEST I. Analyze whether there are concepts of social science in the following
situations or not. Write SS if it has or NSS if it has not.

1. Juan, a doctor, examined how the deadly virus spreads.

2. Marie conducted a study by surveying the townsfolk about their stand against
modernization.
3. John wanted to immerse with the Mangyan tribe to study their ancestral culture.
4. Maria, after having scanned the brain of her friend, found out a cyst and
concluded that that an operation is needed.
5. Makisig, a barangay captain, makes sure of his constituents’ safety every night
by having night guards assigned in every street of the barangay.

TEST II. Venn Diagram

Using the diagram below, compare and contrast Social Science with Natural Science
and Humanities based on this discussion:

Natural
Sciences

Social
Humanities
Sciences
 Additional Activities

My SOCIAL SCIENCE Experience

Give at least one personal situation that you resolved using any Social Science
discipline or ideas. Indicate what Social Science principle did you employ and how
you apply it. Rubrics are as follows:

4 3 2 1
Focus and The writing is The writing is The writing is The writing is
Ideas about one mostly about not complete. not complete.
(4 points) main topic. All one main topic. Some of the The ideas are
of the ideas are Most of the ideas are not supported
supported with ideas are supported with with details.
strong details supported with details.
strong details.
Voice The writing Most of the Some of the The writing
(3 points) sounds like writing sounds writing sounds does not sound
how the writer like how the like how the like how the
thinks and writer thinks writer thinks writer thinks
talks and talks. and talks. and talks.
Word The writing The writing The writing The writing
Choice and includes vivid includes some includes includes only
Sentence verbs, strong vivid verbs, mostly simple simple nouns
Fluency adjectives and strong nouns and and verbs, and
(3 points) specific nouns. adjectives and verbs, and may some of them
The writing specific nouns. have some are incorrect.
uses different The writing adjectives. The The writing
kinds of uses different writing uses uses all of the
complete kinds of many of the same kinds of
sentences that sentences. same kinds of sentences.
flow together. They are sentences. Many
mostly Some sentences are
complete. sentences are not complete.
not complete.
Spelling No spelling,
Has 1 to 2 Has 3 to 5 Has more than
and punctuation spelling, spelling, 5 spelling,
Grammar and grammar punctuation punctuation punctuation
(3 points) errors. and grammar and grammar and grammar
errors. errors. errors.
Punctuality Submitted on Submitted a Submitted 2 to Submitted
(2 points) or before the day after the 3 days after the more than 3
deadline. deadline. deadline. days after the
deadline.
Glossary

The following terms used in this module are defined as follows:

1. HUMANITIES - study of the way humans manage and sort out and record their
experiences.

2. NATURAL SCIENCE - Refers to the disciplines that deal only with natural events
(i.e. independent and dependent variables in nature) using scientific methods
(ledoux, 2002, p. 34).

3. SCIENCE -generally understood as an endeavour to understand, explain and

predict the world we live in using distinctive methods of enquiry in an attempt to
construct theories.

4. SOCIAL SCIENCE - The systematic study of various aspects of human society.

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What’s More What I Can Do Assessment
SOCIAL SCIENCE –
A.
exposing in the island 1. NSS
and go with the people 2. SS
3. SS
HUMANITIES – Article
4. NSS
(but doing it requires fair
5. SS
and correct data, conduct
surveys and interviews. B. Venn diagram.
NATURAL SCIENCE – Answers vary but based
How they avoid the on table above (Social
spread of diseases. Science and Natural
Science/Humanities)
What I Know What's In What’s New
TEST A
1. NSS
2. SS
3. SS
4. NSS
5. SS
TEST B
1. A
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. C
Test II. Answers vary
Answer Key
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