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Disciplines and Ideas

in the Social Sciences
Quarter 1: Week 4 - Module 4

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Discipline and Ideas in the Social Science
Grade 11 Quarter 1: Week 4 - Module 4
First Edition, 2020

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 Disciplines and Ideas
in the Social Sciences
Quarter 1: Week 4 - Module 4

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 Target

Hello there, it’s me again. How are you doing today? Welcome
back to Discipline and Ideas in the Social Sciences (DISS). In our previous
lesson, you were introduced to differentiate the nature and functions of
Social Science disciplines with the natural sciences and humanities. Today,
you will be able to identify what are the different Emergence of the Social
Science and the different disciplines. (HUMSS_DIS 11- IIId-4) (Department
of Education Curriculum Instruction Strand 2020)

At the end of this module, you will be able to:

1. Establish that study of Social Science includes disciplines like History,
Geography, Economics, Political Science and Sociology;
2. Appreciate that all these subject areas are interconnected and
together form the knowledge mass of Social Science;
3. Discuss the different stages through which human societies evolved;
and
4. Identify opportunities and challenges of our present day society.

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 Jumpstart

Let us begin!
Among the disciplines that formed the social sciences, two contrary,
for a time equally powerful, tendencies at first dominated them. The first
was the drive toward unification, toward a single, master social science,
whatever it might be called. The second tendency was toward specialization
of the individual social sciences. If, clearly, it is the second that has
triumphed, with the results to be seen in the disparate, sometimes jealous,
highly specialized disciplines seen today, the first was not without great
importance and must also be examined.
Let us recall some of the different disciplines in the Social Sciences

Activity 1: MULTIPLE CHOICES. Write the CAPITAL LETTER of the correct

answer on the line before the number
_____ 1. Which of the following best describes what social sciences have in
common?
A. An interest in studying human beings
B. The study of the human mind
C. A focus on material culture
D. Research that overlaps with genetics
_____ 2. Which of the following is NOT an example of a social science?
A. Anthropology B. Economics C. Physics D. Psychology
_____ 3. If you were to explore one group of people speak the way that the
do, which discipline would be the MOST relevant?
A. Chemistry C. Linguistics
B. Economics D. Psychology
____ 4. One would study this to learn about past events & how we are
affected by them.
A. Anthropology C. Political Science
B. History D. Social Sciences
_____ 5. With this Social Science one would study voting patterns, and the
formation of politically based groups?
A. economics C. Political Science
B. history D. Sociology

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 Discover

Let us have deeper knowledge what is it all about the Historical

Context of the emergence of each discipline. Try to analyse and familiarize
everything that you encounter on the next part.
Let us begin by travelling in time and unravelling the historical
context of the different disciplines of the social sciences.
Imagine that you owned a time machine and that you travelled back
to those days when your great grandparents were children. You found that
your home and the surroundings look very different. If you travel back
further, you will be even more surprised and fascinated by the food, clothes
and even the language that your ancestors were using. Wouldn’t it be
interesting to know what happened in the past?
Do you realize that we can relate with our past even today. Does it not
sound like a mystery that we must solve? In order to do this, we will use
sources to understand how human life progressed from pre-historic times
till today.
It is essential that you compare and contrasts the events and make
further conclusions about the emergence of each of the disciplines of the
social sciences. In this lesson, you will be able to trace the historical
foundations and social context of each discipline that lead to their
development (Tapel 2016).
Date Place Discipline of the Social Branches
Science
17- 18 th
Europe Anthropology A. Physical
Century - as the study of human life and Anthropology
culture, started during the 17th  Biological
and 18th century in Europe anthropology is
because of the European Age of its other name
Enlightenment, where people  Centers
based their thoughts on primarily on the
scientific and rational human
philosophical thoughts rather biological
than religious beliefs. origins and the
variations in
 The rise of Western human species
imperialism in 18th and B. Cultural
19th centuries prompted Anthropology
interest in the study of • Involves the
culture of the colonies study and

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 Key Personalities: comparative
- Franz Boas analysis of
- Bronislaw Malinowski literate
societies,
including all
aspects of
human
behaviour
• This includes
religion, ritual,
myth,
technology,
gender roles,
kinship forms,
economic and
political
structures;
music and
folklore
C. Archaeology
• Involves the
study of earlier
cultures and
ways of life by
the way of
retrieving and
examining the
material
remains of
previous human
societies

16th Europe Economics, Macroeconomics

Centur -is the study of the production, • Analyses how
y distribution and consumption of the economics
food and services started during functions as a
the 16th century in Europe whole or its
because of the need to establish basic
economic policy that encourage subdivisions
national self-sufficiency such as the
government or
 Became a separate the business
discipline with the sectors
publication of Adams • Also study
Smith’s The Wealth of inflation and
Nations in 1776 unemployment
why some
nations are well-

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 Key personalities: off while some
- Adams Smith others under
- Karl Marx huge dept.
Microeconomics
 Focuses on the
behaviour of
individual
agents, like
household,
industries and
firms
Ancien China Geography, which deals with the
t times and distribution, and arrangement of
Egypt all the elements of the earth’s
surface started way back in the
ancient times in China and
Egypt because the earlier
geographers aims to explore
other areas and describe the
observable features of different
places

 Became academic
discipline in Europe while
many geographic societies
were founded

Key personalities:
- Immanuel Kant
- Alexader von Humboldt
- Carl Ritter

Ancien Europe Linguistics, the study of General Linguistics

t times language, started during the • Concepts and
early 20th century because early categories of
linguist aimed to study the language or
rapidly banishing unwritten languages;
languages theory of
language
 Modern linguistics started Micro Linguistics
to develop with philology • Structure of
reaching its zenith in. language
systems
Key personalities: • Phonetics –
- Ferdinand de Saussure study of correct
- Jacques Derrida pronunciations
- Hans Georg- Gadamer of words
- Jurgen Habermas • Phonology –
study of sounds

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 of the language
• Morphology –
study of
language form
• Syntax – study
of how words
form into
phrases
• Semantics – the
study of
meanings of
words or terms
Macro Linguistics
• External view of
language
600- Europe Political Science started during Country
300 BC the ancient times in Europe • People or Nation
because people in the early times • Government
aimed to exercise and resist • Territory
power imposed to them. • Sovereignty and
Psychology on one hand, started Jurisdiction
during 600 to 300 BC because • Independence
early philosophers were curious • Recognition
with the nature of knowledge. On from the other
the other hand, sociology is a country
newer discipline established Democracy
during the 19th century because • It is the
philosophers back then aimed to government of
examine nature of human the people, by
society the people and
for the people
 As an academic discipline.
Political Science is a
relatively new field that
was principally worked on
by American scholars in
the 19th and 20th
centuries

Key personalities:
- Plato
- Aristotle
- Augustine of Hippo
- Niccolo Machiavelli
- Thomas Hobbes
- John Locke

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 Let us have a Re- cap!
Activity 2: Examine the pictures provided below. Rank (1st , 2nd, 3rd, 4th )
each of the pictures representing the different disciplines of social sciences
according to when it has emerged as a discipline. Write your answers in the
blanks.

A. ______ B. _____

C. _____ D. _______

Activity 3: Complete the following statements by answering the question:

When it happened, where it happened? Whose personality it has by these
social science disciplines? Use a separate piece of paper to write your
answers.

When Where Who

1. Economics
2. Anthropology
3.Linguistics
4. Geography
5. Pol Sci

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 Explore

In Social Science, everyday life has gone beyond its usual definition
and usage: it has come to mean a pattern of activities of a group of people
within a society and thus a good source of information about the structures
of their lives worldview, and individual decisions and struggles.
Activity 4: From Column B, identify what branch of Anthropology it is.
Choose your answers from column C and write the correct answer on
column A.
A. B. C.
1. Beliefs of Voo doos, Vampires, Folkores,
mermaids, tikbalangs, dwarfs
2. Children will inherit certain genes to counsel A. Physical Anthropology
families about some medical conditions, like
heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer B. Cultural Anthropology
and others.
3 They implement excavation projects, C. Archaeology
informally known as digs, preserve
archaeological remains and collect data that
informs their understanding of the past.
4. They put their works and discoveries on the
museums and help to change what is in the
history.

From Column B, identify what branch of Economics it is. Choose your

answers from column C and write the correct answer on column A.
A B C
5. They observes and study the price levels of
the products
6. They explain what to expect if certain A. Macro economics
conditions change on the economy.
7. They watch the rate of employed and B. Micro economics
unemployed
8. They study incentives and behaviours of the
consumers

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From Column B, identify what branch of Linguistics it is. Choose your
answers from column C and write the correct answer on column A.
A B C
9. They study of the development of linguistic
ability in an individual, particularly the
acquisition of language in childhood A. General
10. Helps you to be effective Public Speakers, or to Linguistics
be a talented Host.
11. They believe that different languages came out B. Micro
when the Tower of Babel had collapsed. Linguistics
12. They went to different places and study the
languages of the remaining tribes and native C. Macro
languages from other countries Linguistics
From Column B, identify what branch of Political Science it is. Choose your
answers from column C and write the correct answer on column A.
A B C
13. People have the freedom to vote and fight for
what is right for the country. A. Country

14. “ Vox Populi, Vox Dei” or The voice of the people B. Democracy
is the voice of God.
15. They fight for the land they own and to their
territory
16. They compose a certain state or territory.

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 Deepen

Activity 5: Complete the following timeline by determining which social

science discipline it is and give its branches. Write your answers in the
blanks.
Time Line

Ancient Times 600- 300 BC 600- 300 BC 600- 300 BC

1. _________________ 3. ________________ 4. _______________ 5. ________________

a. _______________ a. _____________ a. ______________
b. _______________ b. _____________ b. ______________
c. ______________

2. __________________

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Activity 6: Write 5 scientific effects that have changed your community.
Determine which of the disciplines of the social sciences is most affected by
these effects.

1. Effect: ______________________________________________

2. Effect: ______________________________________________

3. Effect: ________________________________________________

4. Effect: ________________________________________________

5. Effect: ________________________________________________

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 Gauge

MULTIPLE CHOICES Write the CAPITAL LETTER of the correct answer on

the line before the number

_____ 1. Social research that involves “Hanging out" with people in order to
study them is called?
A. Ethnographic research C. The historical method
B. The comparative method D. The cross-cultural method
_____ 2. Put the following historical periods in chronological order by
numbering them from 1 to 4. (1=earliest, 4=most recent)
A. Political Science, Anthropology, Economics, Linguistics
B. Anthropology, Economics, Linguistics, Political Science
C. Economics, Political Science, Linguistics, Anthropology
D. Linguistics, Economics, Anthropology, Political Science
_____ 3. The human species most probably originated five to seven million
years ago where?
A. Africa C. Europe
B. Asia D. South America
_____4. Which social science is most concerned with the distribution of
resources in society?
A. Anthropology C. Geography
B. Economics D. Psychology
_____ 5. They do the works on specific knowledge but their primary goal is to
understand the nature of language in general
A. Linguists C. Phonetics
B. Linguistics D. Phonology
_____ 6. The study of economy wide phenomena, including inflation,
unemployment, and economic growth
A. Entrepreneurship C. Macroeconomics
B. Demand Curves D. Microeconomics
_____ 7. Subfield Division of Anthropology that seek to understand human
behaviour human evolutionary
A. Biological Anthropology C. Economical Anthropology
B. Cultural Anthropology D. Ecological Anthropology
_____ 8. What branch of linguistics that the structure of language influences
how its speakers perceive the world around them?
A. General Linguistics C. Micro Linguistics
B. Major Linguistics D. Macro Linguistics
_____ 9. What gathers information about cultures in order to construct
theories about cultural patterns; uses ethnography and ethnology?
A. Anthropology C. Physical Anthropology
B. Cultural Anthropology D. Archaeology

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_____ 10. They preserve the remains and collect data that informs their
understanding of the past.
A. Anthropology C. Physical Anthropology
B. Cultural Anthropology D. Archaeology
_____ 11. Who among the personalities below does not belong to
Geographers?
A. Alexader von Humboldt C. Immanuel Kant
B. Carl Ritter D. Thomas Hobbes
_____ 12. When the rise of western imperialism did occurred and prompted
interest in the study of culture of the colonies?
A. 16th 17th century C. 600 B.C.
B. 18th and 19th century D. Ancient Times
_____ 13. With the publication of Adams Smith’s The Wealth of Nations,
When did it become a separate discipline?
A. 16th- 17th century C. 600 B.C.
B. 18th and 19th century D. Ancient Times
_____ 14. When did modern linguistics started to develop with philosophy
teaching its zenith in?
A. 16th 17th century C. 600 B.C.
B. 18th and 19th century D. Ancient Times
_____ 15. When Geography did became an academic discipline in Europe?
A. 16th 17th century C. 600 B.C.
B. 18th and 19 century
th
D. Ancient Times

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1. Economics 2. Anthropology 3. Linguistics 4. Geography 5. Pol Sci
When 16th 17th 18th Ancient Ancient Ancient
Where Europe Europe 600 – 300 BC China Europe
Franz Boas,
Ferdinand De Immanuel
Who Adam Smith Bronislaw Plato
Saucer Kant
Malinow
Answer Key
References:
Printed Materials
 Jose, Mary Dorothy et al. (2016) Disciplines and Ideas in the
Social Sciences: Quezon City, Philippines: Vibal Group, Inc.
 Tatel Jr., Carlos, P. (2016) Disciplines and Ideas in the
Social Sciences: Manila, Philippines: Rex Book Store, Inc.

Links
 https://www.slideshare.net/PeterMiles1/03-phenomenology
https://www.slideserve.com/sherri/phenomenology-and-
hermeneutics-in-literary-criticism

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