WEEK 3 UCSP Lecture

Pre Activity

Change is inevitable because it is the law of nature. Similarly, society does

not remain static. It changes, as the world continues to change, most especially
with the advent of new discoveries in science and technology. It is not new to us
how our ways of life before is no longer the ways of life of today’s generation. People
should be open for changes. It is very important that we understand and accept the
challenges these changes are imposing on us and recognize all the factors that
brought these changes.

Since change is already happening at present, let us realize how social

change occurs because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Tell the changes on
some aspects of your life by completing the table below.

Before COVID-19 During COVID-19

We can travel the world we can Hard times our door is locked cant go
Way of life also talk to people so close without outside cant travel, avoid having contact
any masks or face shield to people
Many people outside, playing kids clen street, limited people outside, minor
View of
at the park having a great time with is not allowed to go out, clean places and
the
families also empty parks
world
Maintain food, travel, making Mental health, immune system, maintain
Priorities dreams come true, no health wories food, stay at home
in life

Can be that so close, happy, Avoiding having close contact to people

Relationship bonding together, nice, and frirndly always maintain 1 meter away from each
s with others other

Answer the following question:

1. Can we consider these changes as examples of social change? yes Why or
why not?
Because even our relationship with others change on how we communicate.
2. What are the roles of Government in protecting us from the harmful effects
of this pandemic?
First is that we need to ware face mask and face shields plus 1 meter
away from each other dont have to make any contact with each other no
gatherings and even minors cant go out
3. Aside from the government, how do you think other sectors of the
community like schools, churches, and industries, can cope with these
changes?
They make their places limitted and also stop face to face classes to
decrease covid 19 spreads the also help people follow the protocols
4. What are your fears related to this unexpected event in your life? How do
you deal with your worries during this time of COVID-19 pandemic?
Like how others did just pray, surrender to god our worries, and think
positive to prevent stress and overthinking, just pray to god so we can get back to
our normal situation
Lecture
In this part of your journey, we provide something for you to deepen your
understanding about culture.

Please continue reading with comprehension as you discover further

knowledge that will help you out in your quest on the remaining phases of this
lesson.
Since our course is Understanding Culture, Society and Politics, we can
deepen our understanding of ourselves as members of society by studying these
three specialized fields, namely: anthropology for culture, sociology for society and
political science for politics

A lot of us are likely confused with the difference between sociology and
anthropology. Confusion might come from their commonalities as the two are
dealing with society and culture. Both of them study human behavior and the
different factors that affect our social relations. Since these two fields are most
likely similar to each other, let us first draw out its differences

To find out the difference between anthropology and sociology, let us study
the similar and various concepts between each field below:

Anthropology Sociolo
gy
What does it mean to How do we study society?
be human? What are the things that you
Answers Who are you? think influence your life?
the Where do you come from? What is life to people living in
question. places with different culture
and
behavior?
Anthropology started as a Sociology emerged as an
science during the time of academic field right at the
exploration when European height of the Industrial
countries started to colonize Revolution in Europe which
what they considered as mobilized the entire population
primitive societies where in a way that had never been
people were believed to be before in human history. These
savages and barbaric. era had brought great changes
in the way people live in a
Where society.
did it Let it be clear that
start? anthropology started as the Sociology started as the study
study of non- European of European society by
people by European people European people (inward).
(outward).

During their colonial During that time, emerging

encounter with these people, institutions arose and replaced
Europeans started to make a the old ones such as how
written records about non- science was taking over
Europeans. religion, when the
They focus on reign of kings and queens
kinship, fell
 language, race, religion, down, and when the era of
cultural perceptions, and feudalism had ended. People
others. saw the importance of studying
these emerging institutions
and how they started and what
impact
they could make to an
individual and the new society
in general.
Franz Boas –considered as Auguste Comte – French
the father of modern philosopher and
American anthropology. His mathematician. He coined the
study led to the doctrine of term sociology. He saw the
Who “historical particularism,” need for a systematic science
started where he stated that each of studying society and in
this field? society is considered as dealing with the solution of its
having a unique form of basic problems.
culture that cannot be
understood under an overall
definition of general culture.
Anthropology is the study of Sociology is the study of
people and their culture. society, patterns of social
It uses a special research interactions, and culture of
method known as everyday life. Unlike
ethnography in which anthropology, the knowledge
Concept
anthropologists are required created by sociology is used to
to live with their subject of understand one’s own society.
study for a long period of Sociologists use
time in order to make their qualitative
writings more reliable and research methods in doing
credible. their
studies.
Biological anthropology Anything in a society that
refers to the study of human influences people’s lives can be
origins (genetics, race, subjects of inquiry, like
evolutions, fossils, primates). different social phenomena,
Cultural anthropology is the issues, and problems.
study of living people
(religion, social system, Sociologists can also look into
language, clothing, foods, things that influence life like
Subjects beliefs, traditions, etc). family background, socio-
of Inquiry Linguistics is the study of economic status, ethnicity,
language, its evolution, its social classes, religion, gender,
connection to other beliefs, traditions, norms,
languages, and others. among others. Some fields are
Archeology refers to the social organization, social
study of dead culture psychology, applied sociology,
(religion, social system, and human ecology.
language, how they
dress, foods, beliefs,
traditions, etc).
The goals of anthropology are The goals of Sociology are the
the following: following:
- See the commonalities - Obtain possible theories and
 among people (tradition, principles about society as
Goals language, kinship, etc). well as various aspects of
- Look at what makes us social life.
the same to understand
more
about human nature.
 - Discover what makes - Study the nature of
people different from each humanity to further
other in order to examine our roles within a
understand and preserve society.
diversity. - Appreciate that all things in
- Produce new knowledge society are interdependent.
and new theories about - Expose our minds to
mankind and behavior. different perspectives in
- Look at one’s own culture attaining truth.
more objectively.
After finding out the difference between anthropology and sociology, let us
now proceed with another discipline in social science that plays another important
role in our life.

Politics impacts our lives directly or indirectly, whether we are aware of its
effects or not. If there is a crime that took place, we call the police, and this scheme
is part of the government. If there was a fire that occurred, we call the fire
department, and that’s also a part of the government. Military is government as
well, let alone our civil liberty and our rights which have influences on us daily. In
school, you were asked to read by heart the Constitution. When you are
apprehended by an authority, you asked your violation and insisted on your legal
rights. Even inside your house, there are still set of rules that are being enforced
and followed. All these things are related to a field called Political Science.

Description/Explanati
on
- The study of political science was started by the ancient
Origin Greeks.
- Aristotle in his book “Politics” stated that Man is a political
animal. It means that it is our nature to live in a society and
to
have power over another.
- Political Science is the systematic study of government,
Concepts politics, and political power.
- It is often defined as who gets what, when, where and how.
- political theory, philosophy and different political ideologies
Subjects - public management
of Inquiry - human rights
- international relations and foreign policies
- Make people a better citizen.
- Keep social order and harmony among different groups of
Goals people.
- Protect the rights of an individual.
- Avoid conflict and promote cooperation.
 Activity 1. #MY PERSONAL SOCIAL MAP

Find your own social location by creating your own social map. Fill up every
important feature given on each box to understand yourself better.

Race Religion

Social class Type of community

(urban/rural)

Gender
Language/Dialect

Answer the following

question
1. What do you think is the importance of finding your social location in your
own society?

because it acknowledges that all people in a society don't think alike or

experience reality in the same way
2. How do the following features (race, gender, religion, class, etc.) affect you in
pursuing your present and future plans? Do they provide opportunities or
serve as constraints?
This is important because they are personal information of your identity so
they are qualified to your personal plans or even in your job

3. How does government respond to the needs of those people who belong to
the same social location where you are located right now?
We have our what we called kapitan where in they are going to monitor us,
so the government may know what is our needs

Activity 2
Archaeology is a branch of anthropology that studies the culture of dead
people. Archaeologists rely on the pieces of evidence that they exhumed from
discovered old cities and civilizations. We learn many things about our past based
on their findings.

Today, people can store information digitally and put it in formats that can
last for a long period. In relation, let us do an activity by describing yourself to the
future generation through clues about you and the present society where you live.

As a student of this generation, you are tasked to make a historical footprint

of your contemporary society so that people of future generations will understand
how people of today lived, and what their personality, values, set of beliefs, and
ideas
 were. You have to provide them with one written evidence that
describes your society and two objects with explanation that
represent your present society.

Description of your society

Our todays society is having a bad time because of COVID 19 we are facing the
struggles of this pandemic, but this pandemic shows how good our society is they are helping each other in
this situation especially those frontliners that sacrifice their life for us and those people who help other
people to have food in this kind of situation, helping each other to survive and making them laugh and
smile even if having bad times

Drawing or picture of two objects that represent your society with

explanation