SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Community
Engagement, Solidarity
and Citizenship
Quarter 1 Module 5 Lesson 1
Purposes of Community Action

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Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship
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Quarter 1 Module 5 Lesson 1:
Purposes of Community Action
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 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Community
Engagement, Solidarity
and Citizenship
Quarter 1 Module 5 Lesson 1
Purposes of Community Action

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page No.

Cover page i
Copyright page ii
Table of Contents iv

Lesson1
What I Need to Know 2
Things to Remember to Get Through 2
What Should I Expect 3
What I Know 3
What’s In 4
What is it 5
What’s More 8
What I can Do 9
Assessment 10

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 WHAT I NEED TO KNOW

This lesson gives the learner a picture of how a community develops and
what virtues and initiatives are essential to fulfill its goals into reality. In community
development, demands and challenges must be faced and addressed. Reading
further will give the leaner how to do it. Establishing one's role in the community is
also discussed in this module. Without the people, community development
mechanism will not be possible.

THINGS TO REMEMBER TO
GET THROUGH

To learn the benefits from this module, follow the steps below:

1. Read the module title and the module introduction to get an idea of what the
module covers. Specifically, read the first two sections of this module
carefully. The first section tells you what this module is all about while the
second section tells you of what you are expected to learn.

2. Never move on to the next page unless you have done what you are expected
to do in the previous page. Before you start each lesson, read first the
INSTRUCTIONS.

3. Work on the activities. Take note of the skills that each activity is helping you
to develop.

4. Take the Post-Test after you are done with all the lessons and activities in the
module.

5. Meet with your teacher. Ask him/her about any difficulty or confusion you have
encountered in this module.

6. Finally, prepare and gather all your outputs and submit them to your teacher.

7. Please write all your answers of the tests, activities, exercises, and others in
your separate activity notepad.

GOOD LUCK AS YOU BEGIN THIS MODULE!

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 LESSON Interrelationship of Self and Community
1 in Undertaking Community Action

Competency 6: acknowledge interrelationship of self and community in

undertaking community action
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WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT

After studying this module, students will be able to:

1. grasp a picture of your role in your community;
2. identify community virtues and five-point community initiatives;
3. appreciate the importance of community participation; and
4. understand the mechanism of community development.

WHAT I KNOW

Instructions: Define the following words based on your understanding. Limit your
answers to 1 - 2 sentences in each number. Write the answers in your notepad.

1. Engage 6. Resilient
2. Plan 7. Accountable
3. Implement 8. Vigilant
4. Develop 9. Adaptable
5. Sustain 10. Progress

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 WHAT'S IN

It has been known from previous module that the three community action
modalities are Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship. One must be
able to understand these modalities as these are the ways for community members
to fully get themselves involve into making their community a harmonious and
progressive one. When one understands their role, he/she will definitely engage,
unite with members and be a responsible citizen.

There are a lot of ways to invite people to participate and one of that is to build
rapport with them first. Let them see the whole picture of where the community is
leading them. There is evidence that participation can lead to improvements in
neighborhood and community and stronger interpersonal relationships and social
fabric (Florin et al., 1990).

Service is the main core of a community and it is the people who will be
served. When understood, volunteerism would come into picture and here are some
self-involvement ways to be involved in community engagement listed by Chris
Hampton and Eric Wadud of Community Tool Box.

 Get involved in planning processes like creating goals or defining the problem
 Donate money or help out with a fundraising effort
 Volunteer to staff the office, answer phones, put together mass mailings, or
make phone calls
 Doing research, writing grant proposals, or handling correspondence
 Attend public events like rallies, community hearings, or fundraising events
 Serve on committees that focus on specific problems or activities
 Take leadership roles in a community partnership

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 V
WHAT IS IT

Defining Community Members' Roles

A community is expected to have diverse members. Each member is unique.
Everyone could bring anything on the table. Contacts and connections made in a
diverse, multi-sector group lead to new community relationships. And these
relationships can speak new community initiatives that might never have otherwise
existed. (Community Tool Box)

The basic component parts of a community is called community sectors.

Below is a list of sectors present in a community by Community Tool Box.

Social Institutions (five key sectors):

• Schools • Churches
• Media • Government - town or city
• Businesses
Other Common Organizations:

• Clinics • Housing authorities and housing groups

• Day Care Centers • Libraries
• Ethnic clubs or associations • Service associations (the Rotary, etc.)
• Hobby groups • Neighborhood groups
• Parent-Teacher organizations • Religious groups
• Professional Organizations • Social service agencies
• Professional Schools • Veterans groups
• Recreation groups
• Specialized groups

Sectors are important for identification. People with the same interest would
most likely form a group and that group could be a medium for actualizing any
possible potentialities set for community development. This categorization of talent
and interest will pave the way of those people who are unable to see their roles in
their own community. And once roles are established, people will become the
backbone of a harmonious and progressive community. They become obliged to
serve their fellowmen and that desire starts with their intention to be part of a
movement.

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 Dynamic Social Development Model

Delos Santos, D. Community Engagement, Solidarity, and Citizenship p.96

Community Virtues: Resilient, Vigilant, Progressive, Adaptable, and Accountable

Five-Point Initiative: Engagement, Planning, Implementation, Development,
and Sustainability

The figure above represents an ideal holistic development paradigm. Any

community that has these initiatives and embodied virtues of community members
would definitely succeed.

Community Virtues

1. Resilient Communities

Countless challenges are faced by almost everyone every day. Only resilient
people become successful after facing each challenge. As Filipinos are known to be
resilient people, it is also hoped that our communities should be resilient, as well.

Based in a tropical country, we are experiencing different seasons that could

harm our crops and livestock. Drought, floods, heat waves, earthquakes, forest fires,
and tsunamis are just a few of the challenges from Mother Nature that our
communities face (Delos Santos, D. 2017). Aside from that, challenges can be in the
form of corruption, red tape, crime, terrorism, and human rights abuses (Delos
Santos, D. 2017). It is expected that despite all these, people and communities
should rise from it all and continue to live and exist. As these challenges are already
expected, for they come on an annual basis or as a precedent from other
communities, contingency plans must be crafted.

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2. Vigilant Communities

As we take extra careful in securing our door locks at night, communities must
also be vigilant to possible threats. Securing the safety of its members is one of the
main focus of any community. Laws are already in existent to make sure that
everybody will get to enjoy their freedom in its utmost sense. It serves as a deterrent
but will be used when someone tries to break the status quo.
However, upholding dogma of the past might seem a standard, but
communities must also be ready to adapt if there are new trends that are beneficial
for the community's growth. Anything, also, that could be the cause of a community
to fall, be it its economy or the welfare of its people, must be eliminated. Being alert
and awake will always give a head start.

3. Progressive Communities

Change is the only constant in this world. One who is afraid of change can
never go to places. From what we have learned from the previous virtue,
safeguarding our belief system is important but so as keeping with development.
Protecting our culture and history will always be everybody's goal but our world right
now is advancing drastically and if we cannot keep up, we will be left at the bottom.
Progressive communities know when to change and when not to adapt. The
role of community leaders are very critical in this matter. Synergy is important for
ideas to flourish and take root. Ideas that are arbitrary made without the consultation
of the community will be hollow and will not connect to their target beneficiaries.
(Delos Santos, D. 2017). It will always be a risk in advancing to the current trends
but not trying to do so will result in not wanting to grow.

4. Adaptive Communities

Progressive community is more likely the same with Adaptive Community.

However, the former is more into looking for long-term changes. Its target is growth
from what is already present. The latter deals with the present condition. Innovative
and creativity are two of the requirements in order step up with the current trends.
Korean fashion is very trending now in the Philippines. Teenage girls are at
the peak of copying the way how Koreans dress. Even with Korea's skin care
products are always present in the Philippine cosmetics shops. This is one example
of trying to change a bit, to look trendier, to adapt. But an adaptive community is
more into the changes occurring in order to survive whenever our environment
demands it. With this Covid 19 pandemic, if our community won’t adapt to the new
normal guidelines, then it is expected that more people will get infected by the virus.

5. Accountable Communities

Accountable communities have the best people who knows their role in their
community. They have the sense of ownership. They know that they have to take
part in planning, execution, solution and sustaining community goals and programs.

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The sense of ownership empowers people and in result, gives people confidence
and will to act. People become committed and be more productive.

Beautiful ideas spring from people who are accountable. They study, research
and dissect information or proposals before putting it on the table, for fear that it will
result in failure if not looked into thoroughly. Accountable people do not just look
after their own advantage but the benefit of all the members of the community.

Five-Point Community Initiatives

The five-point community initiatives are the processes or mechanisms that a

community undergoes in order to develop and realize its goals.

1. Engagement - connecting to the community and its people

2. Planning - converting ideas into blueprints through meetings and discussion
3. Implementation - action and realization of the set plans
4. Development - enhancing process for continuous implementation
5. Sustainability - meeting needs of stakeholders; pursued as a goal

WHAT’S MORE

INSTRUCTIONS: From the list of Self-Involvement Ways for Community

Engagement in page 3, pick one that you have done and identify your role in
that activity. Use the template below applying SWOT analysis. Give a short
description for each area:
Strength - how well you did your part
Weaknesses - what part did you not get involved in
Opportunity - what have you learned from the activity
Threat - what harmed you in the process

Copy the template below in your notepad and start answering.

Name: Date:

1. Activity:

2. Scenario (3-5 sentences):

3. Role (specific):

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4. SWOT Analysis:
Area Description
Strength
Weakness
Opportunity
Threat

Note to the teacher:

Have your own assessment on the above What's More activity. Also, you
decide the scoring of this activity. Thank you.

WHAT I CAN DO

INSTRUCTIONS: In your notepad, do the activity below.

Present Virtues
Identify what community virtues your barangay have. Discuss each virtue in 3 - 5
sentences by giving factual scenarios.

Missing Virtues
Identify what community virtues your barangay do not have. Discuss your solution for
each virtue in 3 - 5 sentences.

Note to the teacher:

Have your own assessment on the above What's More activity. Also, you decide the
scoring of this activity. Thank you.

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 ASSESSMENT

INSTRUCTIONS: Choose a word in the box that corresponds to each of the

following statements below. Write the letter of your answer in your notepad.
For items 1 - 5, refer to the choices inside the box below

a. Resilient b. Adaptable c. Accountable d. Vigilant e. Progressive

1. A kind of community that easily gets back on its feet after a calamity and
continue with its existence
2. A kind of community that is awake and alert in order to avoid dangers or
problems to happen in a community
3. A kind of community that acts on ideas and change the status qou by
anticipating future trends
4. A kind of community that adapts, go beyond their confines and conquer all
threats to the community
5. A kind of community that accepts the reality of ownership and thus making
its members responsible of their own actions

For items 6 - 10, refer to the choices inside the box below

a. Planning b. Implementation c. Engagement d. Development e. Sustainability

6. An initiative that connects to the community and its people

7. An initiative that hold rounds of discussions and meetings with community
members
8.An initiative that acts and realizes the set plans and the chosen viable
options among many
9. An initiative that aspires for improvement of the project using current tools
and methods
10. An initiative that is pursued as a goal and when achieved, it means that it
passed the rigorous standards if the public
For items 11 - 15, enumerate the 5 key community sectors.

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CONGRATULATIONS!

YOU SUCCESSFULLY DID IT!

OUR SALUTE TO YOU!

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