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Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics: Welcome to this module Philippine Politics and
Governance - Grade 11/12 Modular Distance Learning (MDL) Self Learning Module on the
Socialization. This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators
from public institution to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping the learners meet the
standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELCs) in the
“New Normal” situation while overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in
schooling. This module shall make the students take a deeper look about socialization, values
and values, and conformity to the society. It can help them analyze their personal values and
behavior towards society. For the learner: Welcome to this module Philippine Politics and
Governance - Grade 11/12 Modular Distance Learning (MDL) Self Learning Module on the
Socialization. This module was written to deliver you with meaningful opportunities and
realization for directed and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will enabled to
process the contents of the learning resource while being an active learner. This module has the
following parts and corresponding icons: What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the
skills or competencies you are expected to learn in the module. What I Know This part includes
an activity that aims to check what you already know about the lesson to take. If you get all the
answers correct (100%), you may decide to skip this module. What’s In This is a brief drill or
review to help you link the current lesson with the previous one. What’s New In this portion, the
new lesson will be introduced to you in various ways; a story, a song, a poem, a problem opener,
an activity or a situation. What is It This section provides a brief discussion of the lesson. This
aims to help you discover and understand new concepts and skills. v What’s More This
comprises activities for independent practice to solidify your understanding and skills of the
topic. You may check the answers to the exercises using the Answer Key at the end of the
module. What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank sentence/paragraph to be filled in
to process what you learned from the lesson. What I Can Do This section provides an activity
which will help you transfer your new knowledge or skill into real life situations or concerns.
Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your level of mastery in achieving the learning
competency. Additional Activities In this portion, another activity will be given to you to enrich
your knowledge or skill of the lesson learned. Answer Key This contains answers to all activities
in the module. The following are some reminders in using this module: 1. Use this module with
care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the module. Use a separate sheet of paper in
answering the exercises. 2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other
activities included in this module. 3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task. 4.
Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers. 5. Finish the task at
hand before proceeding to the next. 6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are
through with it. 7. If you encounter difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not
hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are not alone. We
hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and gain deep
understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it! vi What I need to know! This module
aims to: 1. explain the concept, relationship, and importance of politics, governance and
government. To better understand the concept, relationship, and importance of politics,
governance and government, we must first take the short pre-test. What I know! PRE-TEST In
your answer sheet, write TRUE if the statement below is True and FALSE if it is false. 1.
Politics is a group of activities or actions which formulates or make decision to achieve the goal
of the country or society using power. 2. Each government position or offices are set with
specific description of their functions. 3. Government came from the Greek word polis which
means city-states and politika which means the affair of the cities. 4. Government is the
principles and policies which the government follow on its general functions and practice of
power. 5. The set of individuals who continuously perform political authority or power in a well-
defined functions and geographical scope is known as a Government. 6. Politics are the
government positions. 7. Politics came from Greek word polis which means city-states and
politika which means the affair of the cities. 8. The direction of the nation is directed by
government policies and principles. 9. The President prioritize the fight against COVID19 in its
whole of the government effort is an example of governance. 10. The strategy of ruling a country
is an example of government. 11. An example of politics is the three branches of government.
12. Having a three branches of government is an example of government. 13. Politics is also
about the distribution of resources and wealth. 1 14. Government enables the society to maintain
its order while aspiring for its goal and direction. 15. Politics enables individuals to understand
what is going on in their society. It will allow people to understand the government procedures
and style. What’s In Activity: Jumbled Letters Instruction. Arrange the jumbled letters to form a
word. LIPOTICS SOLIP TASET GOMENTVER AURITHOTY GONANCEVER
TIONMIADNISTRA What’s New Reading Activity Politics Definition: A group of activities or
actions which formulates or make decision to achieve the goal of the country or society using
power. It came from Greek word polis which means city-states and politika which means the
affair of the cities. Importance: Politics enables individuals to understand what is going on in
their society. It will allow people to understand the government procedures and style. Example.
Political parties, distribution of resources. Governance 2 Definition: The entire process of rule or
administration of a country or organization towards its direction or goal. This is the principles
and policies which the government follow on its general functions and practice of power.
Importance: It maintains the trust and confidence of the citizens to the direction of the
organization which leads to their cooperation and support to the state programs and policies.
Example. Execution of principles, policy, and strategies. Government Definition: The set of
individuals who continuously perform political authority or power in a well-defined functions
and geographical scope in a specific group of people. Each position or offices are set with
specific description of their functions. Importance: Government enables the society to maintain
its order while aspiring for its goal and direction. Example. The three branches of the
government. What is it The reading activity above define the three essential concepts. All
through the entire subject, these will be the fundamental concepts to bear in mind in each topic.
Politics is about the activities of the political groups, governance is the style of the exercise of
power, and government is the individuals holding offices and functions. Let us deduce the
information from the activity so that we can have a deeper understanding of these concepts. The
next activity will help you in the connecting your idea on the concept presented. 3 Deductive
Chart From the reading activity above, fill in the deductive chart below. Deductive Chart Area
Discipline/Study Politics Governance Government What’s More The activity below will enrich
your understanding of the reading activity above. Each of the sentences or phrase in Column A
are examples of the concepts in Column B. Answer the following by writing the letter of your
answer which matches Column A and Column B. Column A Column B Write the letter of your
answer below. 4 Politics Governance Government What I Have Learned What I Can Do In this
part, write your real life observations of the concepts we discussed. 1. Political parties are
organizing their line-up for the coming election. a. Politics b. Government 2. The municipal
mayor is in charge of c. Governance executing the laws in their municipalities and cities. 3. The
President prioritize the fight against COVID19 in its whole of the government effort. 4. During
election, each party are having their own platform of government which will be their guide once
they win the election. 5. The Senate, House of Representatives, and Barangay, Municipal, or city
Councils. 6. The Governor establishes programs to focus the direction of provincial government
towards Electrification, Environmental Protection, Livelihood and Tourism. In this activity, you
will generalize the learning you have in each concept by writing a keyword inside the oval of
each concept. What I learned from the lesson? 5 What are your real life observations of the
following concepts? Politics Government Governance 6 Assessment POST-TEST In your
answer sheet, write TRUE if the statement below is True and FALSE if it is false. 1. Politics is a
group of activities or actions which formulates or make decision to achieve the goal of the
country or society using power. 2. Each government position or offices are set with specific
description of their functions. 3. Government came from the Greek word polis which means city-
states and politika which means the affair of the cities. 4. Government is the principles and
policies which the government follow on its general functions and practice of power. 5. The set
of individuals who continuously perform political authority or power in a well-defined functions
and geographical scope is known as a Government. 6. Politics are the government positions. 7.
Politics came from Greek word polis which means city-states and politika which means the affair
of the cities. 8. The direction of the nation is directed by government policies and principles. 9.
The President prioritize the fight against COVID19 in its whole of the government effort is an
example of governance. 10. The strategy of ruling a country is an example of government. 11.
An example of politics is the three branches of government. 12. Having a three branches of
government is an example of government. 13. Politics is also about the distribution of resources
and wealth. 14. Government enables the society to maintain its order while aspiring for its goal
and direction. 15. Politics enables individuals to understand what is going on in their society. It
will allow people to understand the government procedures and style. 7 Additional Activities
NEWS ALERT! Listen or read to current news from TV, Radio, and internet. Select the news or
event related to the topic above then fill-in the chart below: Topic News Headlines News
Overview/Summary Source Politics Government Governance 8 For Pretest and Post Test
2.TRUE 1.TRUE 4. FALSE TRUE 3. 6. FALSE 5. TRUE TRUE 8. 7. TRUE 10. FALSE TRUE
9. TRUE 12. 11. FALSE TRUE 14. 13. TRUE 15. TRUE Key Answer References
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