Disciplines and Ideas in the Social
Sciences Quarter I Lesson 1: Social
Science vs. Natural Science
BY: KATHRINE AVON C. SADERNAS
MA’AM YEN
Preliminaries
• Prayer
• Attendance
• Icebreaker
OBJECTIVES
1. Define Social Sciences as the study of Society;
2. Distinguish Social, Natural Sciences, and Humanities
Reference:
Printed Materials: Disciplines and Ideas in the Social
Sciences Reader, Arthur S. Abulencia, Jefferson
Sadera, Ma. Lorella C. Arabit-Zapatos, Wensley M.
Reyes, Nikolee Marie A. Serafico, Haus of Serah
Printing and Trading Corp.
PERFORMANCE TASK (AUGUST 31, 2021)
POST-IT POSTER! MAKE A POSTER SLOGAN ON HOW YOU APPLY SOCIAL
SCIENCE IN YOUR DAY TO DAY LIVING.
Use any size of bond paper in making your Poster- Slogan. Be creative and
resourceful. Take a photo of your output and post it in your Social Media
accounts. Don't forget to use the #DISSW1 #SocSciDayByDay
Criteria in Scoring of the Poster Slogan
Relevance to the theme ---------- 20 points
Creativity ----------- 10 points
Visual Impact ----------- 10 points
TOTAL ---------- 40 points
Pre – test1
Name: Section:
Activity 101: TRUE OR FALSE
Write TRUE if the statement is correct, then FALSE if it is incorrect.
Write your answer after the question.
1. Social Science can be used to study and understand society.
2. Social Sciences perspective can be used to address issue or problem.
3. Society refers to the group of people who share a culture and a territory.
4. Social Science is also called as the Laboratory of Life.
5. Human behavior can affect the society or vice versa.
Score:
Pre – test 2
Activity 102: Sorting Resources
Directions: Select resource word from the box below,
then write them into the columns they belong to:
Social Science Natural Science Humanities
Resources
1. ARTS 9. PHILOSOPHY
2. GEOGRAPHY 10. RELIGION
3. LITERATURE 11. HISTORY
4. LANGUAGE 12. ANIMALS
5. ECONOMICS 13. MUSIC
6. ENERGY 14. POLITICAL SCIENCE
7. ROCKS
8. PLANTS
What is Social Science?
• It is a complex study of society and human being and
how they affect and influence each other. It can be a
method to be used to draw connection from our
past, present and future. Social science can be an
instrument that will surely have an impact on our
lives. Social science can be link with History,
Geography, Economics, Political Science and
Sociology
What is Natural Science?
• Natural sciences are “disciplines that deal only with
natural events (i.e independent and dependent
variables in nature) using scientific methods”
(Ledoux, 2002 p.34)To simplify this one, it focuses on
the study of nature, plants, animals, matter, energy,
rocks and minerals and other biological and physical
aspects.
What is Humanities?
• Humanities are branches of knowledge that concerns
with human beings and their culture or with analytic
and critical methods of inquiry derived from an
appreciation of human values and of the unique
ability of the human spirit to express itself. It focuses
more on the material accomplishment of human
beings like language, religion, fine arts, music,
literature and history and philosophy.
ASSIGNMENT
• Read the material and answer the enrichment
activity for you to work on to master and strengthen
the basic concepts you have learned from this lesson.
• Make sure to attach it as a PDF format
• This will be our basis of our group activity on
Monday, Aug. 23, 2021
• The deadline of the assignment is Aug 23, 2021.
