11 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Understanding Culture,
Society and Politics
Quarter 4 – Module 12: Changes,
Challenges in Contemporary Societies

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Understanding Culture, Society and Politics – Grade 11
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Quarter 4 – Module 12: Changes, Challenges in Contemporary Societies
Edition, 2020

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 What I Need to Know

MELC:
Examine human responses to emerging challenges in contemporary societies
USCP 11/12 CSC 11h -33-35 Week 12

At the end of the module, you should be able to:

1. Discuss the different changes/ challenges faced by man in a contemporary

society.

2. Identify and recognize the advantages and disadvantages of these

changes/challenges.

3. Recognize personal experience to connect and examine the importance of

community participation.
4. Analyze community needs and their personal role in addressing those
needs for a better change in their particular locality.

Begin!
The lesson discusses about the challenges faced in our modern societies.
Among these which include ethnic conflict, transmigration and global warming are also
tackled. According to research, the most salient problems in Philippine society today
are poverty, lack of education, drug abuse, vices, crime and unemployment.
Since we will be tackling different contemporary challenges, it is best for us to
know the different social movements that brought changes in our society including
how humans adapt to new challenges and respond to social, political and cultural
change.

What I Know

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

1. ________________refers to a collective or different communication tools use to

store and deliver variety of information and data.
2. _______________ it is a video game website or a favorable hobby website.

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3. _________________the example of this is You Tube where you can watch different types
of video.
4. ________________ It refers to new techniques to achieve the desired end.
5. ________________ It refers to the transmission of cultural characteristics or traits from
the common society to all other society.
6 .________________ It is a systematic cultural change of a particular society carried out
by a new or dominant society.
7.________________ It’s a form of conflict in which the objectives of at least one party are
defined in ethnic terms.
8. ________________ It is an open, armed clash between two or more parties that pursue
different issues.
9. ________________ This will happen to the animals if the ice melts?
10. _______________ It is a kind of weather we will have if the temperature of the sea /
ocean increases?
11. _______________ This will happen when the Co2 melt in the sea water?
12._______________ It is define as the status of being a citizen of a particular place.
13. _______________ It is the kind of governance theory which puts emphasis on
democratic engagement through deliberate practices.
14. _______________ The fundamental goal of most government institution.
15. _______________ define as the status of being a citizen of a particular place.

What’s In

Task 1: Search for pictures of the different new media available in the market. Paste them
in the boxes below and give few descriptions about the picture. Do this in your activity
notebook.

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Task 2: Venn Diagram:

Direction: Write the similarities and differences of the 2 sources of change. Do this in your
activity notebook.

Social change
Cultural change
Similarities

What’s New

1. How did you find activity 1?

2. Did you find it difficult to give description for each picture? why?
3. On the second Task, did you find it difficult to write the difference similarities
and the 2 sources of change? Why?
4. Is it important to know the changes/challenges faced by the human populations
in contemporary societies? Why?

What is It

Contemporary Emerging Changes/Challenges

1. Media - it is the plural form of the word medium, refers to the collective or
different communication tools used to store and deliver variety of information and
data.

Most media are associate with communications media such as print media, the
press, photography, advertising, creative arts, movies, broadcasting,

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 entertainment, industry and publishing. In short, media refers to all print digital and
electronic means of communication.

New Form of Media

From media to mass media, to electronic media to and now to the so- called
new media.
Ex. Facebook, Instagram, blogging, twitter

New media is a generic term for many different form of electronic communication
that are made possible.(new media includes: website, audio, and video streaming,
chat rooms, emails, online communities, web advertising, DVD, and CD-ROM media,
virtual reality environments, integration of digital data with the telephone, such as
internet, telephony, digicams, mobile computing and the likes).
Social Networking

Is a more casual form of social media (e.g. facebook- purpose of socializing

with friends, classmates and to meet new people. Social networking is just one of the
different forms or types of social media.

TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA

a video game website or favourable hobby

Forum
website.
Microblogging considered as the cousin of texting.
this is like saving in one place the URL
Bookmarking address and information, data and resources
so one can access it anytime needed.
Video Sites where you can watch different types of video
(e.g. You Tube)
Search Engines a lesser known type of social media where
you can type what you want top so to search
and several matching will appear.

Media comes in different form it might be written or it might be from the net or
even televise. Their purpose is it to provide information. As a person receiving
information from this media it is up to us either to accept or deny.

2. SOCIAL, CULTURAL and POLITICAL CHANGE

SOCIAL CHANGE – refers to any significant alteration over time in behaviour

patterns and cultural values and norms.
CULTURAL CHANGE – is a term used in public policy making that emphasizes the
influence of cultural capital on individual and community
behaviour

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POLITICAL CHANGE - occurs when the rulers in a country lose power or the type of
governance in the country changes.

Sources of Social, cultural and Political Change

Refers to the use of new techniques to achieve desired

Innovation ends.
Refers to the transmission of cultural characteristics or
Diffusion traits from the common society to all other societies.
Is the process of systematic cultural change of a
Acculturation particular society carried out by a new or another
dominant society.
The individual culture becomes integrated with the
Assimilation standard culture.
Social Contradictions Describe qualities specific to social and interest
and tensions groups, social classes, and human social structure.
It describes the way countries and people of the world
interact and integrate. Many things have become
Globalization globalized as people come into contact. Economic
globalization is how countries are coming together as
one big global economy , making international trade
easier.

3. Ethnic Conflict and theories of Ethnic Conflict

Ethnic Conflict – is an armed conflict between different ethnic group. Conflict is

usually not about ethnic differences but over political, economic, social, cultural or
territorial matters.
Theories of Ethnic Conflict

This theory relies on a concept of kinship between

members of an ethnic group and that kinship makes it
Primordialist possible for ethnic groups to think in terms of family
resemblances.

This theory tries to explain such persistence in what

Instrumentalist was supposed to have as effective melting pot.

This view stresses the importance of the socially

Constructivist constructed nature the ethnic group.

4. Armed Conflict - It is an open armed clash between two or more parties that
pursue different issues. (Philippine government against the rebel groups)

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5. SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

Social Movements –is a loosely organized effort by a large group of people to

achieved a particular goal typically a social or political one.

3 Major Elements of Social Movements

a sustained, organized public effort making collective

Campaigns claims of target authorities.
Employment combinations from among the following
forms of political actions; creation of special purpose
associations and coalitions, public meeting, solemn
Repertoire processions, vigils, rallies, demonstrations, petition,
drives, statements and in public media and
pamphleteering.
Participants concerted in public representation of
WUNC displays worthiness unity, number and communities on the part
of themselves and/or their constituencies

In response to these challenges, the Philippine government has passed the

Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act(IPRA) of 1997, which affirms Indigenous Peoples’
rights to ancestral domains, self-governance and empowerment, social justice
and human rights and rights to cultural identity.

Environmentalism - Is a social movement whose advocacies are in line with concerns

for the environment its protection and improvement and promotes lawful preservation
restoration and improvement of the natural environment.

Feminism - It is a simple term for the women’s liberation movement, which is a series
of political campaigns to push for reforms on issues involving women such as
reproductive rights, domestic violence, fair labor practices, political suffrage and
sexual harassment.

6. TRANSMIGRATION

Is define as the process of geographic mobility of the change of residence

of the person from one community to another with the intention of settling
temporarily or permanently.

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 THREE TYPES OF MIGRATION

International Is the permanent transfer of residence from one country to

migration another.
Refers to a change of residence with national boundaries,
Internal migration
such as between states, provinces, cities or municipalities.
Circulation Is a temporary movement of a person. The change of
migration residence is temporary due to work or study. But the
migrant will definitely return in his home community

Transnational Migration – are people who have migrated from one nation state to
another, live their life across borders, participating simultaneously in social relations
that embed them in more than one nation- state.

Overseas Filipino Workers - Filipino origin who works and lives outside of the
Philippines means Filipino who are abroad indefinitely as citizens or as permanent
residents of a different country and those who are abroad for a limited,
Definite period as workers or student.

Effects on family Migrants:

1. OFW are temporary workers it means not a steady income for the family
2. Trade off, emotional loss for material gain.

7. GLOBAL WARMING

Gradual increase in the average temperature the earth atmosphere and its
oceans that is believed to be permanently changing the Earth’s climate and
causes greenhouse effect.

Green House Effect

It is the process wherein radiation from the earth’s atmosphere warms it’s
surface to a temperature above what it would be in the absence of it’s
atmosphere.
Examples of Greenhouse effect:
1. Burning foils
2. Faming – animals produce large amount of methane. Some fertilizers
also releases nitrous oxide which is another greenhouse gas.
3. Improper waste disposal

As the Earth temperature rises everything or environment suffers. Effects would

be rise of sea levels, loss of habitat and extreme climate change, and ocean
acidification.

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 Steps to adapt and change global warming

a. Recycle- help minimize waste

b. Using less air conditioning – helps lessen the amount of CO2
c. Drive less – help lessen carbon footprint
d. Use the off switch – save electricity
e. Plant a tree – helps absorb carbon dioxide

8. INCLUSIVE CITIZENSHIP AND PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE

Citizenship – status of being a citizen of a particular place, qualities that a person is

expected to have as a responsible member of a community.

It is also a status of a person recognized under the law as a member of a

country. And as a citizen you must have: fair justice, recognition, self-determination
and solidarity.

Inclusive Citizenship – It is a governing policy focused at giving all citizens a

Strong sense that they are members of the overall society. It’s policies include laws
that provide non-isolated access to all citizens, regardless of gender, race, religious
belief and socio-economic status. Effect of inclusive citizenship will be:
1. Citizen are more inclined to voice their grievance.
2. Motivate the citizens to participate in the government

Participatory Governance –It is the kind of governance theory which puts emphasis on
democratic engagement through deliberate practices.

Governance – pertains to the processes and institution that contribute to public

decision making.

Three Categories of Public Governance

1. Civic and Political – are those that deal with issues related to human
rights.
2. Developmental Governance – concerns about planning, budgeting,
monitoring and accountability of social and economic development policies
and programs.

Participation- The fundamental goal of most government institution. The right to

participate in society’s decision- making processes has been accepted by the world
community as a basic human right. Participation can help: deepen democracy,
strengthen social capital, facilitate efficiency, sustain growth, promote programs for
the poor.

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 RESPOND TO SOCIAL, POLITICAL and CULTURAL CHANGE
Inclusive Citizenship, and Participatory governance, New forms of Media and
Social Networking, Social Movements (e.g. environmentalism, feminism)

Action Plan

• It is a document that list what steps must be taken to achieve a specific goal.
• The purpose of an action plan is to clarify what resources are required.
• To reach the goal, formulate a timeline for when specific task need to be
completed and determine what resources are required.

It is important that you are able to process, affirm, and validate the authenticity of the
merit of your work using the Socratic method, thereby you are able to stablish the
genuineness of the product you have made.

What’s More

Activity 4: Show and explain the causes of social change and give example of each
using a cluster map.

Main Idea

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Activity 5: FEMINISM TABLE

Direction: Described the different waves of feminism movement. Write your description for
each wave in the quadrants. For the fourth quadrant, described feminism movement today.
Do this in your activity notebook.

FEMINISM

What I Have Learned

What have you learned in this module? Write your answer in your Activity Notebook.
Example:

I have learned that ________________ ________________ ______.

I have realized that ________________ _________________ _____.

I will apply _____________ _________________ _______________.

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 What I Can Do

Activity 6: ACTION PLAN MAKING. Create an action plan which focuses on the
positive changes that you want to happen in your life.

Title: ____________________________________________

Time Frame Persons Monetary Expected

Activity Objectives Involved Budget Results

Assessment

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

1. ________________refers to a collective or different communication tools use to

store and deliver variety of information and data.
2. ________________ it is a video game website or a favorable hobby website.

3.________________ the example of this is YouTube where you can watch different
types of video.
4. ________________ It refers to new techniques to achieve the desired end.
5. ________________ It refers to the transmission of cultural characteristics or traits from
the common society to all other society.
6.________________ It is a systematic cultural change of a particular society carried out
by a new or dominant society.
7.________________ It’s a form of conflict in which the objectives of at least one party are
defined in ethnic terms.
8. ________________ It is an open, armed clash between two or more parties that pursue
different issues.
9. ________________ This will happen to the animals if the ice melts?
10. _______________ It is a kind of weather we will have if the temperature of the sea /
ocean increases?
11. _______________ This will happen when the Co2 melt in the sea water?
12._______________ It is defined as the status of being a citizen of a particular place.
13. _______________ It is the kind of governance theory which puts emphasis on
democratic engagement through deliberate practices.
14. _______________ The fundamental goal of most government institution.
15. _______________ define as the status of being a citizen of a particular place.

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 Additional Activities

Activity 7: If you are given a chance to work outside of the country, are you going to
accept the chance despite the negative effects it might bring to your family? Explain
your reasons in one paragraph. Write it on your activity notebook.

Answer Key

10. a diffusion 5.
9. a innovation 4.
8. Armed conflict video sites 3.
7. Ethnic conflict forum 2.
6. acculturation media 1.

References
Understanding Culture, Society and Politics, DIWA Senior High School
Series

https://en.m.wikipedia.org>wiki

https://www.a-id.org>2016/11/12 Nine strategies to reduce inequality

https://www.tutor2u.net>reference Sociology

https://study.com > academy > lesson What is Social Inequality

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