Would you still be you on a lonely island? No language, no affection, no rules would have grown. Civics says people and society cannot be pulled apart. This note shows what society is and why people build it.
1. What society is
Society is an organized population that gets together to fulfil some common objectives.
Put the definition to the test. Change the people, the living and the purpose: when does it become a society?
society or notchange three things
when it is a society
Society has two main characteristics: (a) a large number of people living together in an organized way, and (b) common purposes behind that organized living. Among its members you also find unity and mutual assistance, dependency, interaction, similarities and dissimilarities. Sort which are the main ones and which are further ones.
sort themtwo main ones
Main or further?
Pick up a chip, then drop it in a box. There are only two main characteristics.
Right. Next one.
Not yet. Ask: is this one of the two parts of the definition, or another trait seen among the members?
All in place. Living organized and having a common purpose are the main two; assistance, dependency and similarities and dissimilarities are further traits among members.
2. Why people form society
The relation between people and society is inseparable. Society meets people’s many needs and gives a developed and secure social life. Human qualities and social values grow within society. From the cradle to the grave, people live in society and develop themselves in its surroundings.
in orderneed comes first
Chain of reasons
Where does it begin? What comes first, that makes society necessary?
Yes. Then?
Not yet. The need comes first, then what society gives, then what people think, and last what they do.
Right order. People form society for their own need because they see it as the ideal place for a civilized life.
So society is not something forced on anyone. People see it as the ideal place for a civilized life, and they build it out of their own need.
3. What Aristotle said
The Greek philosopher Aristotle said that man is by nature a social being. One who does not live in society is either a beast or a god. Tap the cells of the grid.
grida Greek philosopher
Saying and speaker
who said it?
saying
Aristotle
Man is by nature a social being
Aristotle. He was a Greek philosopher.
A social being by nature. One who does not live in society is either a beast or a god.
4. Check yourself
The first question is about the definition of society.
check yourselfpick one answer
Question 1
Aristotle was a philosopher of which country?
That is not the answer: China. The book calls Aristotle a Greek philosopher.
Right. The book calls Aristotle a Greek philosopher.
That is not the answer: Russia. The book calls Aristotle a Greek philosopher.
That is not the answer: Germany. The book calls Aristotle a Greek philosopher.
The second is about the characteristics.
check yourselfpick one answer
Question 2
What characteristics are found among the members of a society?
i. i. dependency ii. ii. interaction iii. iii. mutual assistance
This combination does not match; the true statements are i, ii and iii. Dependency, interaction and mutual assistance are all characteristics the book lists for society.
This combination does not match; the true statements are i, ii and iii. Dependency, interaction and mutual assistance are all characteristics the book lists for society.
This combination does not match; the true statements are i, ii and iii. Dependency, interaction and mutual assistance are all characteristics the book lists for society.
Right. Dependency, interaction and mutual assistance are all characteristics the book lists for society.
Think a little before the last one.
check yourselfpick one answer
Question 3
Where do people live in an organized way?
Right. Society is an organized population living together in an organized way.
That is not the answer: In a tribe. Society is an organized population living together in an organized way.
That is not the answer: In the state. Society is an organized population living together in an organized way.
That is not the answer: In an organisation. Society is an organized population living together in an organized way.
The whole note on seven cards.
cut from the notetap to turn over
Seven cards
QuestionWhat is society?
AnswerAn organized population that gets together to fulfill some common objectives.
QuestionWhat are the two main characteristics of society?
AnswerA group of people living together in an organized way, and common purposes behind it.
QuestionBesides unity and mutual assistance, which characteristics are found among members of a society?
AnswerDependency, interaction, similarities and dissimilarities.
QuestionWhat is the relationship between people and society?
AnswerInseparable.
QuestionWhy do humans form society out of their own need?
AnswerBecause they perceive society as the ideal place for a civilized life.
QuestionWho said that man is by nature a social being?
AnswerThe Greek philosopher Aristotle.
QuestionAccording to Aristotle, what is one who does not live in society?
AnswerEither a beast or a God.
Source: Civics and Citizenship, Classes 9-10 (NCTB), Chapter 1 “Civics and Citizenship”, the “Society” part.