Relevance of Teaching Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics (UCSP) Towards Social and Political Awareness: A Literature Review

— This literature review aimed to determine the relevance of teaching Understanding Culture, Society and Politics towards the awareness of the learners. This demonstrates how current events knowledge can lead to active participation in social studies, which aids students in improving their academic performance. Understanding politics enables individuals to become more strategic and accountable as citizens aware of their rights. The objective of this study aimed to create a mechanism that would measure and evaluate the enhancement of the curriculum development program. This study further showed that the influence of the teaching of UCSP in terms of subject relevance, attitude towards the subject, academic resources, political awareness, social awareness in terms of desires and judgment of others, personal social values, and civic attitudes was high. The findings of this study on the impact of teaching Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics on students' social and political awareness can be used as a foundation and guide for school administrators as they develop and implement new techniques and strategies to assess teachers' and students' integration of the subject in real-life situations