SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Community
Engagement, Solidarity
and Citizenship
Quarter 3 – Module 1
The Integration of Social Science Perspective and
Community Action Initiatives

Department of Education ● Flamer Christian University

Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship
Mode Quarter 3 – Module 1: Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship
First Edition, 2021

FILAMER CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

Roxas Avenue, Roxas City Philippines

Development Team of the Module

Prepared by: MS. CHERRY MAE C. DALIVA

Layout Artist: MR. L MARIUS P. ALAYON
Evaluators:
MINNIE P. CHAN, PhD
Vice President for Academic Affairs
EXEQUIEL A. CALIMUTAN, MAT
Quality Assurance Officer
SHEILA C. SURESCA, MAT
Principal, High School Department
SHIRLEY F. TIPON, PhD
Assistant Principal, Senior High School

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SHENILLYN B. BELUSO, EdD, Focal Person STEM; ELEONOR B. BECHAYDA,
EdD, Focal Person HUMSS; GLADYS T. RUFINO, MAT, Focal Person ABM; LILIBETH S.
BROCES, Focal Person TVL-ICT; JESSICA ESQUILLO, Focal Person TVL-HE

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 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Community
Engagement, Solidarity
and Citizenship
Quarter 3 – Module 1

The Integration of Social Science Perspective

and Community Action Initiatives

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 Department of Education ● Flamer Christian University

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page No.
OVERVIEW
What I Need To Know 1
What Should I Expect 1
Things to Remember To Get Through 2
Lesson 1- Importance of Understanding Community Dynamics and
Community Action
What I Need To Know 3
What I Know 4
What's New 5
What Is It 6
What's More 6
What I Can Do 7
What I Have Learned 8
Lesson 2 – Different Perspective on Community
What I Need To Know 9
What Is It 9
What's More 11
What I Can Do 12
Lesson 3 - Elements of Community
What I Need To Know 13
What's New 13
What Is It 14
What's More 15
What I Can Do 17
What I Have Learned 18

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Lesson 4 – Typologies of Community
What I Need To Know 19
What Is It 20
What's More 21
What I Can Do 22
Post Assessment 22
What I Have Learned 24
Lesson 5 – Forms of Community Action
What I Need To Know 25
What's New 25
What Is It 26
What's More 29
What I Can Do 30
What I Have Learned 31
References 32

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 WHAT I NEED TO KNOW

Senior high school is the key stage of Philippine basic

education system and a preparation for the tertiary level, as you
go alongin ths journey,
This Module in Englishyou will encounter
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skills and sharpen your cognitive capabilities
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with the nexessary skills and competencies for tertiary level, one
professional compositions. It is also designed to develop
of those specialized subjects focuses on community
your abilities to utilize appropriate language in academic
engagement, solidarity and citizenship.
writing from various disciplines using correct text
As a Senior High School student, part of your
structures.
responsibility is to increase your knowledge , widen your
awareness , and deepen your understanding about your own
community.
In this module, you will understand your roles as an individual in your
respective community. This will help you become more engaged in civic activities
and take action to respond community issues and needs. This module contains
activities which enrich your understanding and provide insights about the concepts
and perspectives, basic structures, and typologies of community. Are you ready to
take your proactive role in your community?
This module has four lessons:
Lesson 1 – Importance of Understanding Community Dynamics and Community Action
Lesson 2 – Definitions of Community
Lesson 3 – Elements of Community
Lessons 4 – Typologies of Community
Lesson 5 –Forms of Community Action

WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT

Learning Objectives: At the end of the module, the learners shall be able to:

1. Explain he importance of studying community dynamics and community

action in relation to applied social sciences and the learners’ future
career options.
2. Compare and contrast the definitions of community using various
perspective.
3. Analyze the functions of communities in terms of structure, dynamics
and processes.
4. Compare and contrast typologies of community

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 THINGS TO REMEMBER TO GET
THROUGH

For the learners

Now that you are holding this module, do the following:

1. Read and follow instructions carefully in each lesson.
2. Take note and record points for clarification.
3. Do the activities to fully understand each lesson.
4. Answer all the given tests and activities.
5. Write all your answers on the space and in the worksheet provided.
6. Submit all worksheet to the assigned subject teacher Email or Facebook
account on a specific date indicated. (Ask and access for an electronic
(Ecopy) or softcopy of worksheet to the subject teacher.)

GOOD LUCK AS YOU BEGIN MODULE 1!

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 LESSON 1
Importance of Understanding Community
Dynamics and Community Action

WHAT I NEED TO KNOW

Learning Competency 1:
 Explain the importance of studying community dynamics and
community action in relation to applied social sciences and the
learners’ future career option.

Learning Objectives: At the end of this lesson, the learners are expected to:
1. Clarify the relationship between the social sciences and the
applied social sciences;
2. Explain the different disciplines of the social sciences and the
applied social sciences;
3. Differentiate social sciences and applied social sciences through
graphic organizers.

General Instructions: Before starting the module, I want you to set aside other
tasks that will disturb you while enjoying the lessons. Read the simple
instructions below to successfully enjoy the objectives of this kit. Have fun!
1. Follow carefully all the contents and instructions indicated in every page of this
module.
2. Write on your notebook the concepts about the lessons. Writing enhances
learning, that is important to develop and keep in mind.
3. Perform all the provided activities in the module.
4. Let your facilitator/guardian assess your answers using the answer key card.
5. Analyze conceptually the posttest and apply what you have learned.
6. Enjoy studying!

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 WHAT I KNOW

Let’s Answer This!

Activity 1.
Directions: Read the following statements. Identify what is being asked in each
statement and encircle the correct answer.
1. It is defined geographically and by social identity.
a. town c. community
b. group d. community action
2. It is a natural phenomenon that happens in a community for development and
change.
a. community dynamics c. community
b. community action d. community service
3. It is an activity which motivates people to help other people.
a. community dynamics c. community
b. community action d. community development
4. Irenen and her group wanted to help the malnourished children in their
community. What did irene’s group want to do?
a. community dynamics c. community
b. community action d. community development
5. It is the institution that gives its citizens with freedom and rights.
a. family institution c. economic institution
b. government institution d. religious institution

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 WHAT'S NEW

Let’s Move On

Activity I. “My Community”

Instructions: Draw a picture of your community. Write something about it.

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 WHAT IS IT

A community is a socially operative whole. A body of people bond to a common

social structure which function as a specific entity and which is unique from each other.
The fact that they live in the same norms and within the same social organization, they
have the sense of belongingness.
Community dynamics is a natural phenomenon because community changes
and develops. The people living in the community stimulate growth, improvement, or
modification within a system or process. a community that is dynamic shows progress
and growth. But we must take note that communities have problems and the people
within the community are affected. It is through voluntary acts and community
participation that people can help each other.
Community action is an activity which motivates people to help other people
because of the understanding to be engaged and this is empowered through the
delivery and partnership of local services. It can be described as “social action” or
community engagement. It is helping out the community to move and develop its local
services. It involves the community resilience, capacity building, prevention, and
maintaining and creating wealth.
Your career is very important aspect for the development of your community. It
is where you spend your life working to help others and the community you are in. it is
very necessary for a person to seriously choose a career that is suitable for his skills
and talents to face the responsibilities given to him. Career needs a kind of balance to
keep with your life and your responsibilities. Some of the career options that can lead
to community actions are guidance and counseling, social work and communication.

WHAT'S MORE

Activity II. Do the Challenge!

Directions:Determine the changes that happened in your community by comparing
2019 and 2020 using the table below. Cite the differences and improvements.

2018 2020
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3.

4.

WHAT I CAN DO

Let’s Do It!

Activity III. “Let’s Dream!”

When you were a child you dream to become somebody in the future. What
was your dream and how do you see yourself in the future? Write your answer on
the blank and answer the guide questions below.

Michelle J. Upod
I, ___________________________ dream to become a/an
(full name)
succesful
_____________________________ Teacher
___________________ in
(adjective which describes your career) (dream)

the future.

Guide Questions
1. How do you feel when you were recalling your dream when you were a child?
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2. Why do you think this dream is important to you?

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 3. Do you believe that your dream is important to your community? Why?
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WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

Let’s Remember This!

Activity IV. “Wrap it Up”

Instructions: Answer the question below.

1. What is the difference between community dynamics and community action?

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Congratulations!

You successfully did it. Now, let’s move to lesson 2.

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 LESSON 2
Different Perspective on
Community

WHAT I NEED TO KNOW

Learning Objectives: At the end of the lesson, the learners are expected to:

1. Understand on how is community defined from various perspective.

2. Compare and contrast the definitions of community using various
perspective.

WHAT IS IT

Community has various meanings, it can be geographic and social identity. A

community can be a group of individuals living together in a specific place like your
barangay or your town. These are people with common interests living in a particular
area. Community is also a group of people bound together to have a common traits,
goals, aspirations, or duties as of organizations. This shows that community bind
individuals into a group. A community is a living unit that is active. It is composed of
people like you and I. People in a community moves in the same way that help each
other for the common good of everyone.
Community is similar to other living organisms, it comprises of different parts
which has different responsibilities and functions to work within specific limits to meet
community needs. Here are thedifferent perspectives on community.
A. Social Sciences Perspectives
Social sciences are academic disciplines concerned with the study of people
and societies and the relationships among individuals within society. A study in social
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sciences stresses a deeper understanding of people’s behaviors and processes in
relation to the system of societal order.
1. Anthropological Perspective
Anthropology is the study of people. It focuses on the understading of
human diversity. It discovers the entir view of the humana experince from human
origins to contemporary forms of culture and social life.
2. Sociological Perspective
The baic concept of sociology is that human behavior is shaped by the
groups to which people belong and by the social interaction that take place within those
groups.
Sociological perspective enables us to accept who we are through the
understanding that we ehave the way we do because we happen to live in a specific
space and time. It enables us to see society as a temporary social product, created by
human beings and capable of being changed by them as well.
3. Political Perspective
Political Science is a social science which deals with the system of
governance, and the analysis of political activities, thoughts and behavior. It is the
practice of politics which is commonly thought of as determining of the distribution of
power and resources.

B. Institutional Perspective
According to Giddens (1990) many aspects of social life may be institutionalized.
Institutionalized forms of social conduct refer to modes of belief and behaviour that
occur and recur or are socially reproduced.
1. Family Institutions
The family is the basic unit of society. It is the major social institution and a
center of much of person’s social activity. It is a social unit created by blood, marriage,
or adopion, and can be described as nuclear (parents and children) or exended (with
other relatives).
2. Government Institutions
The government as institution gives its citizen with freedom and rights in the
community. It is through government that peace and balance is achieved. The
overnment is also one of the institution that help the community to develop and
progress. On the other hand, the citizens have the freedom and obligation to give check
and balnce on the overnment and respond on any mismanagement.
3. Economic Institutions
Economic institutions cater to the survival needs of community, every socity
and community develops ways of coping with everyday situations of life.
Economist sees institutions as the mechanism in which goals, services and
money are distributed in the community we live in.
4. Religious Institutions
Man from the very beginning sought to find the meaning of his life, his purpose
and existence. As we looked for these pursuits in our instrospection of existence, we
have found faith. Religion is one of the pillars from which our civilization is built. Religion
has the big contribution in advancing civilizations, building morality and has been the
reason for the downfall of many.

5. Educational Institutions
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 Education is very significant in every human being for him to live and function
well in the community. The basic edcation in the Philippines is free, it is a great privilege
for every filipino to sudy and be educated as a good citizen f the country.

C. Civil Society
Civil society is cosidered as the third sector aside from government and
private sectors. It comprises of voluntary civic and social organizations and institutions
that act in group or individually that work outside from governmental institutions.
Community service is usually perated by the civil society. The emegence of the civil
society is from the spirit of voluntirism and altruism.
1. People’s organization or Non-Government Organizatio (NGO)
Non-gevernment organizatins are independent nits and are legally
established organization. This is created by the people or company for the benefit of
those who belong to marginalized citizens. Some of the examples are Philippine Red
Cross, Bantay Bata 163, HARIBON Foundation, and Habitat for Humanity Philippines.
2. Civic Organization
Civic organizations can be found in our local community. Some of the
exampes are the senior citizens, fraternal societies, and rescue groups. They usually
attend to the needs of the people especially those who are under priveleged
community.
3. Social Movements
Social movements are formed to bring awareness to thepeople and
government of their ideologies. Some movements in the Philippines started from he
colonial times up to present times. These movements aim for political and social
change.

WHAT'S MORE

Let’s Practice!

Activity 1. “Spot the Difference”

Instructions: Compare and contrast the meaning of community.
Geographical Similar Social Identity

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 WHAT I CAN DO

Let’s Do It!

Activity 2. Let’s help!

Instructions: On the first column below, write down the common problems you have
seen and experienced in your barangay. Then, write the possible institution (family
institution, government institution, economic institution, religious institution, and
educational institution) which can help solve the problems on the second column.
The last column is where you write your own initiatives on how to solve the problem.

Problems institutions My Initiatives

Congratulations!

You successfully did it. Now, let’s move to lesson 3.

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