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Grade 12 Self-Learning Module (SLM) on Democratic Interventions and Undemocratic

Practices!
The module is divided into four lessons, namely:
Lesson 1 – Democratic Interventions in Political Institutions
Lesson 2 – Democratic Interventions in Social Institutions
Lesson 3 – Democratic and Undemocratic Practices
Lesson 4 – The Ill Effects of Undemocratic Practices

What is Political Democracy? It is a political power exercise in a nation which is fairly

contributed and shared by the people. The citizens have the right to legislate through
performing their rights of suffrage and delegate deserving representative for a certain
position. This means, the people carries exclusive rights to directly or indirectly participate
in political systems.
What is Political Institutions? Political Institutions are government organizations that
intend to establish, enforce, and implement laws in a state. Their function is to negotiate
conflicts, create political policies, uphold economic stabilities, and promote social and
cultural systems including population concerns.
What is Democratic Intervention? It is a political association being established to empower
and protect pro-government ideas that aims to uphold widely the democratization of the
country.

Four Democratic Interventions in Politics:

1. Political Corruption- one of the undemocratic practices that is present in the political
system. It can hibernate social ills that suddenly haunt societies in the world. The reason why
people are dissatisfied with their leadership is because they forgot to provide necessary needs of
the people including their safety, protection from fast growing economic change, and failure to
include them in their programs and other project implementations.
2. Basic Needs- poverty and hunger are two of the common complaint by most of the societies
if these unable to undertake and solve. The agony between the rich and poor is continuing
to grow and there is a mechanism that leads to create extra activities like prostitution,
robbery, human trafficking, and drug syndicate just to survive from the said problem.
3. Association- this includes democratic biases that weakens the traditional family bond
and kinship which were discouraged to exist by putting pressures of work, migration and
urbanization. There is a huge distance of government in providing assistance and concern to the
ordinary citizens that causes low amount of livelihood support and led leaders to a highly
corrupt, self-centered, and inefficient head of a state.
4. Participation- active participation of citizens is imperatively effective in promoting
democratic practices in the country. People’s engagement in various collective actions to
execute voluntary services can help tackle and solve problems. Exercising our
responsibility in political processes determines that we work together, collide to each other,
and ensure to one another that we have one common goal to achieve.
Activity 1: POSTER MAKING Make a poster that depicts the political democracy today. Use
your creativity to do this task.
MATERIALS: a. 1 long size bond paper b. Pencil c. Coloring materials

RUBRICS FOR POSTER MAKING

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Elements of Several elements of Most of the All elements The poster
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elements are present information very
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Attractiveness The poster is The poster is a The poster is The foster is
distractive and messy little bit messy fairly attractive exceptionally
or poorly designed and slightly in design and attractive in
attractive neat design and very
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Relevance All subjects in the Some subjects All subjects in All subjects in
poster do not relate in the poster the poster are the poster are
with the topic do not relate related to the related with the
with the topic topic but hard topic and very
to understand easy to
understand
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Lesson 2: Democratic Interventions in Social Institutions

What is Social Democracy? It is a political pattern adhering a continuous and peaceful

transition of capitalist and socialist practices by organizing democratic welfare. What is
Social Institutions? It characterizes gradual mechanisms to build up social order that
emphasizes on achieving societal needs and stabilities, like family, education, healthcare,
religion, economy, and government. Their function is to collaborate and unite in order to
come up with one purpose and goal. They also contribute a lot in making society and people
work together to attain democratic principles and practices. SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS
These are programs designed addressing social welfare and develop human status of living
to alleviate poverty, ensure public health, child protection, nutritional care, financial assistance,
literacy, and employment. Social Interventions can be any of the following;
1. Social Welfare- to equip the status of living and securing the earning stability of every
citizen.
2. Safety Net- to ensure and provide the best possible support among people in times of
hardship and other unpredictable crisis.
3. Social Protection- making a set of programs and projects to alleviate poverty and
vulnerability factors, promote efficiency of labor markets, avoid participation or engagement of
people to risks, developing their capability to safeguard or protect themselves against any
identified hazards including crimes, trafficking, discrimination, and even inadequate income.

Activity 1.1: I can! We can! Direction: Give your democratic participation in your community
from least thing to greatest thing you can do. Use the separate answer sheet provided.
Lesson 3: Democratic and Undemocratic Practices

Democratic Practices It is the interpretation on the things that happen every day in
communities. Citizens have prior concern to make these routine or event become open. However,
this doesn’t mean that people have to do anything. They just have to do the normal in different
ways. If the routine business of politics is done in ways that are open to citizens, the routines
can become democratic practices. These practices are reflected in the ordinary people asking
one another when something threatens their well-being. Examples of Democratic Practices
1. Freedom of Speech- the ability to express thoughts, opinions, ideas, and perceptions
freely.
2. Inclusiveness and Equality- the practice of embracing and accepting all types of people in
the society and treating them with fair and just.
3. Suffrage- this is the right of a citizen to exercise the process of voting to any
political elections. The foundation of every healthy democracy, ensuring that government
authority derives from the will of the people.
4. Citizen Participation- is a process that gives person a chance to make positive effects to
public decisions and can take initiative to improve quality of life, work, and relationship
between society and government.
5. Right to Life- the right to live harmoniously in the society, that no one has the right to
punish, kill, or destroy the sanctity of living.
6. Minority Rights- the rights subject to members of ethnic groups, religious groups, gender
and sexual circles.
7. Constitutional Government - is defined by the existence of a constitution which may be a
legal instrument or merely a set of fixed norms or principles generally accepted as the
fundamental law of the polity that effectively controls the exercise of political power.

Undemocratic Practices It is a complex decision and process that is being hold and manipulated
by one individual or few members of the society rather than by many. Examples of
Undemocratic Practices
1. Drug War
2. Extra Judicial Killing
3. Gender Inequality
4. Racial Discrimination
5. Vote Buying

Activity 1.2 Essay Task

Make a short reflection regarding the things that you have learned and realizations about
democratic practices and how it affects you as a student and as a member of the society. Write
your answer in the separate answer sheet provided.

RUBRICS FOR WRITING REFLECTION

Dimension Very Good Good Developing Beginning
(4) (3) (2) (1)
Summary of the Clear and Clear but there Unclear and Very Unclear
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missing details missing details incomplete
Proper sequence Information is There is Very few No information
of the idea. complete and information but information are found on the
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Lesson 4: The Ill Effects of Undemocratic Practices

There is a failure of community, government agencies, the family, and the absence of census
on merging honest principles and the loss of voluntary associations in the world today.
Democratic participation is the empowerment of people to effectively involve themselves
in creating structures, designing policies and programs that serve the interests of all. A
significant element of a good society is the demand for participation in the governance.
Democratic participation is built on the popular support and full participation of people.

The Ill Effects of Undemocratic Practices:

1. Poverty-the state of being insufficient in needs and shows inferiority in many manners.
2. Gender Biases –an unfair or unequal treatment of one gender to other. It shows
prejudice or preference towards a person identity.
3. Political Marginalization- a social exclusion or disadvantage to the growth and
development of the society.
4. Racial Inequality- it is a practice and belief that groups of people are identified as one is
superior and possess high standard of physical trait and appearance.
5. Cultural Domination- it means that culture dominating other culture by overtaking
its economy, policy, and behavioral aspects.
6. Crisis of representation- the co-occurrence of the financial crisis and the exposure
of a political class riddled with corruption reveals starkly the state we're in: a crisis of
representation
7. Politics of recognition - define our identity always in dialogue with, sometimes in struggle
against, the things our significant others want to see in us.