August 15

BANTAYAN NHS-BARAS Grade
DAILY School: DIUTAY EXTENSION Level: 11

LESSON UNDERSTANDING
PLAN (DLP) DARYL SHAREN MAE D. Learning CULTURE, SOCIETY &
Teacher: SAUSE Area: POLITICS
Date/ August 15, 2024 / 1:00 –
Time: 2:00 Quarter: FIRST QUARTER
I. OBJECTIVES The learner can become aware of why and how cultural relativism mitigates
ethnocentrism.
II. SUBJECT
MATTER
A. TOPICS Defining Culture and Society from the Perspectives of Anthropology and Sociology
B. REFERENCES Understanding Culture, Society & Politics Module 7
C. CODE UCSP11/12SPU-Ic-10
D. VALUES
III. PROCEDURES
A. Reviewing Previous
Lesson or Presenting
the New Lesson
1. Establishing a Purpose  Introduction: It will be useful, at first, to define the concepts of cultural relativism and
for the Lesson ethnocentrism. Explain that cultural relativism encompasses valuing culture as an
essential factor while ethnocentrism means perceiving one’s culture as the best among
all the existing ones.
 Motivation: Describe the significance of culture in the rural community where people are
undergoing a shift from one cultural practice to the other. Emphasize that acknowledging
the differences and their appreciation may result in better societal recipience.
2. Presenting  Example 1: Prepare a story where one can decide that somebody’s food behavior is
Examples/Instances of strange not knowing that it is because of cultural differences. Demonstrate how cultural
the Lesson relativism would make the person do all that is possible to look at these practices from
the perspective of the other culture.
 For example, tell a story of a conflict within the community because of misunderstanding
caused by cultural diversity. Explain how cultural relativism may have helped prevent the
tension by attempting to understand the other person.
3. Discussing New  Concept Introduction: Explain cultural relativism as the necessary perspective and
Concepts and Practicing practice for appreciating and accepting other people’s cultures. This may be compared
New Skills #1 with ethnocentrism where one sees the standards of one’s own culture and perceives
that of another culture as inferior leading to prejudice and conflict.
 Skill Practice: Offer the students exercises to answer to various cultural practices as if
they understood the cultural relativism approach. Motivating them to be as least
prejudiced and actively try to understand others is a good idea.
4. Developing Mastery  Group Activity: I will divide the class into groups of 5 students each and each group will
(Leads to Formative be required to research a certain cultural practice assigned to them. They should seek to
Assessment 3) understand the past, present, and social and environmental factors conditioning this
practice.
 Presentation: Let the groups share their discoveries on these practices and explain why
cultural relativism can be useful in interpreting them. When looking for ethical ideas, one
must avoid slipping into ethnocentrism.
5. Finding Practical  Community Interaction: Students should be encouraged to be in contact with other
Applications of members of the community from different cultural levels. They should interrogate and
Concepts and Skills in demand reasons for some practices and cultures.
Daily Living  Reflection: Make students write an essay on what they realized by engaging in these
interactions and how cultural relativism allowed them to view the cultural diversity in the
community.
6. Making Generalizations  Class Discussion: Organise a debate in which the students will generalize how
and Abstractions about cultural relativism ultimately results in a better and more tolerant society. Explain
the Lesson the general implications of these ideas for the ways nations themselves and their
interactions and interdependencies.
 Abstraction: Challenges students to reflect on how far these concepts run at the
national or even international level.
IV. EVALUATION Instruction: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Which of the following concepts of "cultural relativism" refers to?
A. Viewing people’s behavior from the perspective of their own culture.
B. Judging another culture by its standards
C. Judging another culture by the standards of one's own culture
D. Taking pride in one’s ethnicity
2. Which perspective thus judges another culture solely by the values and standards
of one's own culture?
A. Racism C. Ethnocentrism
B. Egocentrism D. Relativism
3. Which of the following ways best describes understanding cultural differences,

?
A. Don’t stereotype C. Everyone is unique
B. Judging another’s culture D. Acceptance of one’s culture
4. It connotes the idea that in viewing a certain culture, one must understand the
culture in terms of its values and beliefs.
A. racism C. cultural relativism
B. Egocentrism D. Ethnocentrism
5. What is the rationale behind why the Karen tribe of Thailand follows a bizarre
tradition of wearing rings on their neck to get a large neck?
A. It symbolizes beauty and elegance and adds to their attractiveness.
B. Symbolize womanhood, and provide fertility and luck to the woman.
C. To cast out evil spirits
D. It’s a symbol of social classes in the society
A. No. of learners
who earned 75%
in the evaluation.
(ML)
B. INSTRUCTIONAL
DECISION (ID)
3. ENRICHMENT  Advanced Reading: Teach the students the concepts of cultural relativism and
ethnocentrism concepts and suggest reading articles or book chapters on the
topic by anthropologists like Franz Boas or Clifford Geertz.
PREPARED BY:
DARYL SHAREN MAE D. SAUSE

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