• Describe how social backgrounds shape views about society and the world • Analyze social, political, and cultural change WHAT IS IDENTITY? Is the distinctive characteristics that defines an individual or is shared by those belonging to a particular group. Example
• In a family one’s identity can be that of a
daughter, son, brother, or sister. • He or she may also be known as a football player, performance artist, et. • Identity can also be influenced by other factors such as sexual orientation and gender, nationality. Identities are not fixed. It is continuously shaped and reshaped by the passage of time, the person’s life experiences and his or her interaction with other people in society. Example
•Young people, identify themselves as
sons or daughter but would eventually become fathers and mothers when they start their own families. Identities are important because the shape individual and group behavior as well as the person’s views about other people and society. Example
•One of the food taboos among
Muslims. •Istambays •Reflecting on the variety of identities enables a person to appreciate his or her similarities and differences with other people, and avoid having misguided notions or prejudices about others. •A holistic knowledge and understanding of the characteristics and overall identities of one’s self, of other people, and of different groups in society can lead to a better world. One concrete way of achieving this is through constant dialogue and interaction with each other. SOCIAL, CULTURAL, and POLITICAL CHANGE are related to the formation of individual and group identities. •People’s individual and collective identities have oftentimes transformed social order and paved the way for lasting change. Example
• When Filipinos first held elections in the
1990s, only Filipino males could vote and participate in politics. • The phenomenon of international migration has also change Filipino identities and beliefs. When Filipino women became more educated, they were enlightened about their rights, particularly the right to vote. Consequently the framers of the 1935 Constitution allowed women to vote by virtue of a law The outcome forever changed the way women are regarded in society as well as how political and social changes have transformed Filipino women’s identities.