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Disciplines and Ideas

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

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Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences

Grade 11 Quarter 1: Week 1, Module 1
First Edition, 2020

Copyright © 2020
La Union Schools Division
Region I

All rights reserved. No part of this module may be reproduced in any form without
written permission from the copyright owners.

Development Team of the Module

Author: Marinel S. Flora, T - I

Editor: SDO La Union, Learning Resource Quality Assurance Team
Illustrator: Ernesto F. Ramos Jr., P II

Management Team:

ATTY. Donato D. Balderas, Jr.

Schools Division Superintendent
Vivian Luz S. Pagatpatan, Ph.D
Assistant Schools Division Superintendent
German E. Flora, Ph.D, CID Chief
Virgilio C. Boado, Ph.D, EPS in Charge of LRMS
Mario B. Paneda, Ed.D, EPS in Charge of Araling Panlipunan
Michael Jason D. Morales, PDO II
Claire P. Toluyen, Librarian II

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Disciplines and Ideas

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

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Target

The meaning and nature of Social Science Discipline,

Natural Science and Humanities

Social Science is a generic term covering the scientific study of man.

It is a discipline or branch of science that deals with the socio-cultural
aspects of human behavior. The social sciences generally include cultural
anthropology, economics, political science, sociology, criminology, and social
psychology.
Natural science is a branch of science concerned with the description,
prediction, and understanding of natural phenomena, based on empirical
evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer
review and repeatability of findings are used to try to ensure the validity of
scientific advances.
Humanities, those branches of knowledge that concern themselves
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.
This learning material will provide you with knowledge about the
meaning and nature of Social Science disciplines with the natural sciences
and humanities.
After going through this module, you are expected to differentiate the
meaning and nature of Social Science disciplines with the natural sciences
and humanities. (HUMSS_DIS11-IIIa-2)

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

1.
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Jumpstart

For you to understand the lesson well, do the following activity.

Have fun!

Activity 1. Using the given box below, give your ideas about Social Science
disciplines along with the natural sciences and humanities.

Social Science Natural Science Humanities

After listing down your ideas, write a brief discussion about it.

1. Social Science disciplines

_____________________________________________________________________
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2. Natural Sciences
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3. Humanities
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A. Social Science

What are the seven social sciences?

The following are the seven social sciences:

 Anthropology,
 Economics,
 Geography,
 History,
 Political Science,
 Sociology, and
 Psychology

Definition of Terms:

Social Science
Social Science is defined as any scholastic discipline or scientific field
that investigates human society. According to James High, “Social Sciences
are those bodies of learning and study which recognizes the simultaneous
and mutual action of physical and no-physical stimuli which produce social
relation”. According to Charles Beard “Social Sciences are a body of
knowledge and thought pertaining to human affairs as distinguished from
sticks, stones, stars and physical objects”. Bining & Bining defines Social
Science as “the subject that relate to the origin, organization, and
development of human society, especially to man in his association with
other men”.

Social Studies:
Social Studies are a field of study which deals with man, his relation
with other men and his environment; its content is drawn from several
social sciences. It is a course of study including anthropology, history,
geography, economics, political science, sociology, law, civics, etc. According
to Michaelis, “the Social Studies are concerned with man and his interaction
with his social and physical environment; they deal with human
relationships; the central function of the social studies is identical with the
central purpose of education – the development of democratic citizenship”.

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National Council for the Social Studies defined Social Studies as “the
integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic
competence".

Nature of Social Science:

The real nature of this discipline can be well understood by analyzing the
above definitions.
1. A unique combination of various disciplines.
2. A study of human relationships.
3. A study of man’s development through ages.
4. A realistic course of study.
5. It forms an important part of the core-curriculum.
6. It includes commitment to action.
7. Aims at preparing the learner for wholesome social living.

Scope of Social Studies:

The scope of Social Studies is very vast and wide as wide as the world
itself and as lengthy as the history of man. According to Michaelis “the
breadth of social studies program should provide for a variety of experiences
so that the child’s learning will be well rounded and well balanced”.

Similarities between Social studies and Social Sciences:

 Social Science and Social Studies are not only related generically.
They also share common body of content.
 Both are related to society and have same aims and objectives.
 Both emphases on inculcating good qualities like truthfulness,
sincerity, etc. of human being.
 Both helps to understand the various aspects of the society and
utilize them.
 Both are must be accurate and reliable- only then can be useful.

Difference between Social Studies and Social Science:

1. The focus and emphasis of both are different. When a student
studies geography as a social science, he has to focus his attention on the
methods of geography, tools and concepts, etc. While studying geography as
a social studies, he should focus attention on using ideas and concepts from
geography, to understand man, how his efforts to control his environment
have led to a better life, how various geographical factors influence his life,
etc.

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2. Social Sciences represent an adult approach, while the social

studies represent a child-approach: Social sciences are to be taught at the
high school and college level. Social Studies are simplified portions of social
sciences to be taught at primary level.
3. Social sciences are the theory part of human affairs; social studies
are the practice part of human affairs: Social sciences are large bodies of
organized and authentic knowledge representing human affairs. While social
studies give an insight into various aspects of man and society.
4. The social sciences are far larger than the social studies: The
purpose of the social sciences is to find out new truth about human
relationships; the purpose of the social studies is to guide adolescents in
their learning of selected portions of what has been discovered in social
sciences.
5. In social sciences, social utility is the primary object; in social studies
instructional utility is the primary object.
6. Social sciences are the part of cultural of knowledge having direct
bearing on man’s activities in any field, Social studies offers learning
situation and insight into all knowledge.

Evolution of social science as a subject

History
The history of the social sciences has origin in the common stock of
Western philosophy and shares various precursors, but began most
intentionally in the early 19th century with the positivist philosophy of
science. Since the mid-20th century, the term "social science" has come to
refer more generally, not just to sociology, but to all those disciplines which
analyze society and culture; from anthropology to linguistics to media
studies.
The idea that society may be studied in a standardized and objective
manner, with scholarly rules and methodology, is comparatively recent.
While there is evidence of early sociology in medieval Islam, and while
philosophers such as Confucius had long since theorized on topics such
as social roles, the scientific analysis of "Man" is peculiar to the intellectual
break away from the Age of Enlightenment and toward the discourses
of Modernity. Social sciences came forth from the moral philosophy of the
time and was influenced by the Age of Revolutions, such as the Industrial
revolution and the French revolution. The beginnings of the social sciences
in the 18th century are reflected in the grand encyclopedia of Diderot, with
articles from Rousseau and other pioneers.

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As a subject
Social science can be described as all of the following:
Branch of science – systematic enterprise that builds and organizes
knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the
universe.

Major category of academic disciplines – an academic discipline is focused

study in one academic field or profession. A discipline incorporates expertise,
people, projects, communities, challenges, studies, inquiry, and research
areas that are strongly associated with academic areas of study or areas of
professional practice. For example, the branches of science are commonly
referred to as the scientific disciplines. For instance, gravitation is strongly
associated with the discipline of physics, and is considered to be part of that
disciplinary knowledge.

B. Natural Science

A system of the sciences of nature, or natural sciences, taken

interrelatedly and as a whole. Natural science is one of the three
fundamental fields of scientific knowledge of nature, society, and thought. It
is the theoretical basis of industrial and agricultural technology and
medicine, as well as the natural scientific foundation of philosophical
materialism and the dialectical understanding of nature.

Subject and goals. The subject of natural science consists of the various
forms of the motion of matter in nature: their material bearers (substratum),
forming a scale of successive levels in the structural organization of matter;
their interrelationships, inner structure, and genesis; the basic forms of all
existence—space and time; and the regular link between natural phenomena
both general (embracing a number of forms of motion) and specific (relating
only to individual aspects of various forms of motion, their substratum and
structure). “The subject of natural science is matter in motion…. The
knowledge of different forms of motion … is the chief subject of natural
science” (F. Engels; see K. Marx and F. Engels, Soch., 2nd ed., vol. 33, pp.
67–68).

Nature, which is the subject of natural science, is viewed not abstractly,

outside of man’s activity, but concretely, under the influence of man, since
cognition of nature is achieved as a result not only of the theoretical but also
of the practical productive activities of individuals. Natural science, as a
reflection of nature in human consciousness, is perfected during the process
of its active transformation in the interests of society.

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The goals of natural science are twofold: (1) to discover the essence of
natural phenomena and their laws and, on this basis, to foresee or to create
new phenomena; and (2) to reveal the potential for utilizing in practice the
known laws, forces, and substances of nature. It may be said that the
cognition of truth (that is, of the laws of nature) is the direct or most
immediate goal of natural science and that facilitating the practical use of
such laws is the ultimate goal of natural science.
Thus, the goals of natural science coincide with the goals of human activity
itself. “The laws of the external world, of nature … are the basis for man’s
purposive activity” (V. I. Lenin, Poln. sobr. soch., 5th ed., vol. 29, p. 169).

Methods. In natural science it is possible to distinguish three aspects: the

empirical, the theoretical, and the applied. These aspects correspond to the
general course of the cognition of truth, which proceeds “from lively
perception to abstract thought and from this to practice” (V. I. Lenin, ibid.,
pp. 152–53). The empirical aspect of natural science includes the functions
of collection (establishing, registering, and accumulating facts) and of
description (summarizing and preliminarily systematizing the facts). The
functions of the theoretical aspect consist of explanation, generalization,
discovery (creating new theories, proposing new hypotheses and concepts,
accumulating new laws), and prediction (prognostication); these functions
are the reason that the theories of natural science are referred to as
“compasses” in scientific research.

C. Humanities

Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects

of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted
with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area
of secular study in universities at the time. Today, the humanities are more
frequently contrasted with natural, and sometimes social sciences, as well
as professional training.

The humanities use methods that are primarily critical, or speculative,

and have a significant historical element—as distinguished from the
mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences, yet, unlike the
sciences, it has no central discipline. The humanities include the study
of ancient and modern
languages, literature, philosophy, history, archaeology, anthropology, huma
n geography, law, politics, religion, and art.

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Scholars in the humanities are "humanity scholars"

or humanists. The term "humanist" also describes the philosophical position
of humanism, which some "antihumanist" scholars in the humanities reject.
The Renaissance scholars and artists were also called humanists.
Some secondary schools offer humanities classes usually consisting
of literature, global studies and art.

Human disciplines like history, folkloristics, and cultural

anthropology study subject matters that the manipulative experimental
method does not apply to and instead mainly use the comparative
method and comparative research.

Origin of the term

the word "humanities" is derived from the renaissance
latin expression studia humanitatis, or "study of humanitas" (a classical
latin word meaning—in addition to "humanity"—"culture, refinement,
education" and, specifically, an "education befitting a cultivated man"). in its
usage in the early 15th century, the studia humanitatis was a course of
studies that consisted of grammar, poetry, rhetoric, history, and moral
philosophy, primarily derived from the study of latin and greek classics. The
word humanitas also gave rise to the renaissance italian neologism umanisti,
whence "humanist", "renaissance humanism".

History
In the West, the history of the humanities, also the title of the
journal History of the Humanities, can be traced to ancient Greece, as the
basis of a broad education for citizens. During Roman times, the concept of
the seven liberal arts evolved,
involving grammar, rhetoric and logic (the trivium),alongwith arithmetic, geo
metry, astronomy and music (the quadrivium). These subjects formed the
bulk of medieval education, with the emphasis being on the humanities as
skills or "ways of doing".
A major shift occurred with the Renaissance humanism of the
fifteenth century, when the humanities began to be regarded as subjects to
study rather than practice, with a corresponding shift away from traditional
fields into areas such as literature and history. In the 20th century, this
view was in turn challenged by the postmodernist movement, which sought
to redefine the humanities in more egalitarian terms suitable for
a democratic society since the Greek and Roman societies in which the
humanities originated were not at all democratic.

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Fields of Humanities:

Anthropology - is the holistic "science of humans", a science of the totality

of human existence.

Archaeology - is the study of human activity through the recovery and

analysis of material culture.

History - is systematically collected information about the past. When used

as the name of a field of study, history refers to the study and interpretation
of the record of humans, societies, institutions, and any topic that has
changed over time.

Law and politics

In common parlance, law means a rule that (unlike a rule of ethics) is
enforceable through institutions. The study of law crosses the boundaries
between the social sciences and humanities, depending on one's view of
research into its objectives and effects.

Literature - is a term that does not have a universally accepted definition,

but which has variably included all written work; writing that possesses
literary merit; and language that foregrounds literariness, as opposed to
ordinary language.

Philosophy - etymologically, the "love of wisdom"—is generally the study of

problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, justification,
truth, justice, right and wrong, beauty, validity, mind, and language.

Religion - Humans are inherently religious. Rituals are used to bound the
community together.

Performing arts
The performing arts differ from the visual arts in so far as the former
uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter
uses materials such as clay, metal, or paint, which can be molded or
transformed to create some art object.

Musicology
Musicology as an academic discipline can take a number of different
paths, including historical musicology, music literature, and
ethnomusicology and music theory.

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Theatre
Theatre (or theater) (Greek "theatron", θέατρον) is the branch of the
performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience
using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and
spectacle — indeed any one or more elements of the other performing arts.
In addition to the standard narrative dialogue style, theatre takes such
forms as opera, ballet, mime, kabuki, classical Indian dance, Chinese opera,
mummers' plays, and pantomime.

Dance
Dance (from Old French dancier, perhaps from Frankish) generally
refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented
in a social, spiritual or performance setting.

Visual arts
The great traditions in art have a foundation in the art of one of the
ancient civilizations, such as Ancient Japan, Greece and Rome, China, India,
Greater Nepal, Mesopotamia and Mesoamerica

Media types:

Drawing - is a means of making a picture, using any of a wide variety of

tools and techniques.

Painting – as taken literally is the practice of applying pigment suspended

in a carrier (or medium) and a binding agent (a glue) to a surface (support)
such as paper, canvas or a wall.

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Explore

Here are some enrichment activities for you to work on to master and
strengthen on what you have learned from this lesson.

Activity 1: Word Search.

Directions: Circle the words listed below. Words appear straight across,
backward straight across, up and down, down and up, and diagonally. (15
Points)

E L L I T E R A T U R E C V B N G Y J K E R T Y U
B P Q D M G S D F G R T H J F R R R H H M M T H K
H S W F B T R T E G E O G R A P H Y Y G P E R T J
R Y E G V H M A R I N E L F S T R A N G I E R H H
T C R L C J S D E R T Y Y V B A N R T G R E R N G
J H T A X S U B S T R A T U M R T Y U I I E R T F
I O Y C Z D E R T T Y U U I U I O S D D C R A T G
O L I I A T H E A T E R R T Y A S Y A R A T A Y D
P O O T Q Q Z X C V B N M M A S G S D F L D H D R
E G P E W W W G Q W E R T Y U O T Y U N N P A S T
Y Y L R D E A N T H R O P O L O G Y H J O D F H Y
W H K O R H W I E D F G H O S D F G H S F A R T U
Q G J E T N W W X C V B I S D F G H O W N E E Y U
A H H H Y O Y A M M R C S D E R T L R E R R E R K
B T G T G I U R E I O F E R T G I G M Q W E R O L
T W F F H G O D T S O R E R F H Q O S D E F G T K
R F D H J I T E H S T E E R P S N S R T Y Y Y S G
A H S G D L R R A T S T E R E E S D F G B N M I T
S G S H E E E M O T I O N S H E R T Q W E R E H H
X V B G R R R E O H J K O P P W Q W G T O P F I D

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ANTHROPOLOGY EMPIRICAL DRAWING

GEOGRAPHY MOTION LITERATURE
HISTORY PHENOMENA PHILOSOPHY
PSYCHOLOGY SUBSTRATUM RELIGION
SOCIOLOGY THEORETICAL THEATER

Activity 2:
Directions: As learners, differentiate the nature of social science discipline
with the natural science and humanities. Be in paragraph form. Use the
space provided for your answer. (15 points)

10 points Rubrics
 Introduction ------------------------------------- 3 points
 Body ---------------------------------------------- 6 points
 Conclusion ---------------------------------------6 points
15 points

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Deepen

Activity 1: Test your knowledge

A. Name the seven (7) social sciences.

1. ____________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________
6. ____________________________________________
7. ____________________________________________

B. Enumerate the three (3) aspect of natural science.

1. ____________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________

C. List down at least five (5) fields of humanities.

1. ____________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________

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Activity 2: Poster Making

Direction: Create a poster about “HUMANITIES” based in your own

understanding.
 The poster must be relevant to the topic.
 Originality must observe.
 Make it unique and eye catching.

Rubrics for Poster Making

 Relevance --------------------------------------------20%
 Originality ------------------------------------------- 30%
 Attractiveness ---------------------------------------35%
 Overall impact --------------------------------------15 %
100%

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Gauge

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read carefully the questions. Use a separate sheet of

paper for your answers. Write only the letter of the best answer.
1. He stated that the Social Studies are concerned with man and his
interaction with his social and physical environment.
A. F. Angels C. Michaelis
B. K. Marx D. V.I. Lenin
2. Who defines that Social Science as the subject that relate to the origin,
organization, and development of human society, especially to man in his
association with other men?
A. Bining and Bining C. James High
B. Charles Beard D. Michaelis
3. Who stated that Social Sciences as those bodies of learning and study
which recognizes the simultaneous and mutual action of physical and
no-physical stimuli which produce social relation?
A. Bining and Bining C. James High
B. Charles Beard D. Michaelis
4. He defines that Social Sciences are a body of knowledge and thought
pertaining to human affairs as distinguished from sticks, stones, stars
and physical objects.
A. Bining and Bining C. James High
B. Charles Beard D. Michaelis
5. When was the term "social science" has come to refer more generally, not
just to sociology, but to all those disciplines which analyze society and
culture; from anthropology to linguistics to media studies?
A. Mid-17th Century C. Mid-19th Century
B. Mid-18th Century D. Mid-20th Century
6. Which of the following is NOT a nature of social sciences?
A. A study of human relationships.
B. A study of man’s development through ages.
C. A unique combination of various disciplines.
D. Must be accurate and reliable- only then can be useful.
7. It consists of the various forms of the motion of matter in nature: their
material bearers (substratum).
A. Humanities C. Social Science
B. Natural Science D. Social Studies

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8. Which of the following is the goal of natural science?

A. Aims at preparing the learner for wholesome social living.
B. Deal with human relationships.
C. Methods that are primarily critical, or speculative, and have a
significant historical element.
D. To discover the essence of natural phenomena and their laws and, on
this basis, to foresee or to create new phenomena.
9. Which term that are referred to as the scholars in the humanities?
A. Anti -humanist C. Humanists
B. Humanitas D. Scholars
10. This is the holistic "science of humans", a science of the totality of
human existence.
A. Anthropology C. Biology
B. Archeology D. History
11. This is generally the study of problems concerning matters such as
existence, knowledge, justification, truth, justice, right and wrong,
beauty, validity, mind, and language.
A. History C. Literature
B. Law and Politics D. Philosophy
12. This is systematically collected information about the past.
A. History C. Literature
B. Law and Politics D. Philosophy
13. It crosses the boundaries between the social sciences and humanities,
depending on one's view of research into its objectives and effects.
A. History C. Literature
B. Law and Politics D. Philosophy
14. This is a term that does not have a universally accepted definition, but
which has variably included all written work; writing that possesses
literary merit; and language that foregrounds literariness, as opposed to
ordinary language.
A. History C. Literature
B. Law and Politics D. Philosophy
15. This is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis
of material culture.
A. Anthropology C. Biology
B. Archaeology D. History

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Answer Key

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References
Printed Materials:
Carlos Peña Tatel Jr., (2016) “Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences”,
Rex Bookstore, First Edition.
Websites:
1. https://www.slideshare.net/jwishart/social_science
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/natural_science
3. https://www.britannica.com/topic/humanities
4. https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/natural+science

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