This document discusses various people, events, films, and technologies from the year 2000 and the beginning of the 21st century. It notes that 2000 marked the beginning of the 21st century and reality television with shows like Big Brother. Some influential figures at the time included singers Amy Winehouse, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, and Eminem. Popular films included Lord of the Rings, Shrek, Harry Potter, and Spiderman. Television shows like Friends and movies from Pixar like Toy Story and Finding Nemo were also popular. Additionally, the document discusses the launch of the first iPhone in 2007 and the rise of social media platforms like MySpace and YouTube.

1. BY RENAE DAWES

2. • 2000 WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE 21ST CENTURY.
• SOME WORLD EVENTS WHICH OCCURRED IN THIS YEAR
WERE: TATE MODERN OPENING, FIRST SERIES OF BIG
BROTHER AIRING ON CHANNEL 4- THIS REPRESENTS THE
BEGINNING OF REALITY TV SHOWS, THE FIRST RESIDENT
CREW ENTERS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
DISNEY’S PARADISE HOTEL OPENED AT THE DISNEYLAND
RESORT.

3. • THERE WERE MANY ROLE MODELS WHO WOULD HAVE INSPIRED YOUNG TEENAGERS AT
THIS TIME, THESE INCLUDE: ED SHEERAN IS A REALLY GOOD ROLE MODEL, THIS IS
BECAUSE HE USED TO BE HOMELESS SINGING IN THE STREETS ASKING FOR CHANGE FROM
PEOPLE AND NOW HE IS A VERY WELL KNOWN FMAOUS SINGER. THIS PROVES THAT YOU
REALLY CAN ACHIEVE SOMETHING WHEN YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO IT.
• ZOELLA- SHE IS A YOUTUBER WHO CREATES VIDEOS ON MAKEUP AND FASHION SHE HAS
HAD AN INFLUENCE ON MANY GIRLS DUE TO BUYING HER PRODUCTS AND WANTING TOI
LIVE A LIFE LIKE HER AS SHE IS JUST A GENUINE GIRL FROM ENGLAND.
ROLE
MODELS

4. SINGERS
• POPULAR MUSIC ARTISTS INCLUDED: AMY WHINEHOUSE, COLDPLAY, ED SHEERAN, EMINEM.
• AMY WHINEHOUSE BROKE INTO THE MUSIC BUSINESS WHEN SHE WAS16, A CLASSMATE PASSED ON HER DEMO
TAPE TO A RECORD LABEL. SHE SIGNED HER FIRST RECORD DEAL AS A JAZZ VOCALIST, AND HER MUSIC LATER
BLOSSOMED INTO AN ECLECTIC MIX OF JAZZ, POP, SOUL AND R&B.
• COLDPLAY ARE A BRITISH ROCK BAND THAT STARTED IN 1996, THE BAND WAS MADE BY LEAD SINGER: CHRIS
MARTIN AND LEAD GUITARIST JONNY BUCKLAND. COLDPLAY ACHIEVED WORLDWIDE FAME WITH THE RELEASE
OF THE SONG “YELLOW" IN 2000, FOLLOWED IN THE SAME YEAR BY THEIR DEBUT ALBUM PARACHUTES WHICH
WAS NOMINATED FOR THE MERCURY PRIZE.
• ED SHEERAN IS AN ENGLISH SINGER, SONGWRITER, GUITARIST AND RECORD PRODUCER. HE GAINED
ATTENTION FROM HIS YOUTUBE VIDEOS OF HIS ONLINE PERFORMANCES, HE HIT NO. 1 ON THE ITUNES CHART
BEFORE HE EVER SIGNED WITH A RECORD LABEL. SINCE SIGNING WITH ATLANTIC, HE HAS SOLD MILLIONS OF
RECORDS, HAD A SONG APPEAR IN THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF THE HOBBIT TRILOGY AND WON GRAMMYS
FOR HITS LIKE "THINKING OUT LOUD" (2014) AND "SHAPE OF YOU" (2017). ED SHEERAN HAS HAD A BIG EFFECT
ON THE BRITISH YOUTH AS HE WAS STILL A TEEN HIMSELF WHEN HE BEGAN HIS MUSIC CAREER, THIS GABE THE
YOUTH A LOT OF HOPE AND PUSHED THEM TO FOLLOW THEIR DREAMS.
• EMINEM IS AN AMERICAN RAPPER WHO HAD A BIG INFLUENCE ON YOUTH IN THE 200S, EH CREATED MANY
SONGS WHICH WERE VERY FAMOUS SUCH AS: ‘THE SLIM SHADY’ I’M SURE MANY OF YOU WILL KNOW THAT
SONG WELL.

5. FILMS
• SOME OF THE BEST FILMS WERE RELEASED IN THIS DECADE WHICH MANY OF YOU WILL
REMEMBER: LORD OF THE RINGS- RETURN OF THE KING, SHREK, HARRY POTTER & THE
SORCERERS STONE, SPIDER-MAN 2 AND W-ALLE, ST . TRINIANS.
• SHREK WAS A GREAT FAMILY FILM WHICH WAS LOVED BY MANY. SHREK WAS AN INSPIRING
FILM AS IT WAS BASED ON AN OGRE FALLING IN LOVE WITH A PRETTY WOMAN, THIS SHOWED
TO THE WORLD THAT NOT ALL LOVE IS ABOUT LOOKS.
• HARRY POTTER WAS FIRST LOVED AS THE BOOKS AND IT WAS THEN CREATED INTO A SERIES
OF FILMS. THE FILMS WERE A BIG SUCCESS, HOWEVER SOME POLE BELIEVE THAT THE BOOKS
ARE A LOT BETTER DUE TO THEIR BEING A LOT MORE DETAIL WITHIN THEM. WHAT DO YOU
THINK?
• ST.TRININAS SHOWS BRITISH TEENAGERS, SHOWING PEOPLE WHAT THE STEREOTYPICAL
TEENAGE LIFE IS LIKE.

6. TV SERIES
& PIXAR
FILMS
• DUE TO THIS BEING THE MOST RECENT DECADE OTHER THAN THE ONE THAT
WE ARE IN NOW TV SERIES WERE AN UPCOMING THING. FRIENDS, PRISON BREAK
AND SUITE LIFE OF ZACK AND CODY WERE VERY POPULAR AND I’M SURE MANY
OF YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU HAVE SEEN ALL OF THESE.
• PIXAR WAS A BIG THING IN THIS DECADE, ALL OF THE TOY STORY FILMS WERE A
MAJOR SUCCESS AND LOVED BY NOT ONLY KIDS BUT ALSO TEENAGERS AND
SOME ADULTS. FINDING NEMO BEING ANOTHER GREAT SUCCESS, RATATOUILLE
WAS ANOTHER GREAT PIXAR FILM.

7. BIRTH OF THE IPHONE
• THE IPHONE 3GS WAS MADE BY APPLE INC. IT WAS INTRODUCED IN 2009. THIS
PHONE WAS THE FIRST APPLE SMARTPHONE, IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS FOR THE
APPLE COMPANY. SINCE THEN THEY HAVE CREATED MANY MORE SMARTPHONES
DUE TO THE SUCCESS THEY MADE FROM THIS ONE.
• IN 2010 THE IPHONE 4 WAS RELEASED, THE IPHONE 4 INTRODUCED A NEW
HARDWARE DESIGN TO THE IPHONE FAMILY, WHICH APPLE'S CEO STEVE JOBS
TOUTED AS THE THINNEST SMARTPHONE IN THE WORLD AT THE TIME; IT
CONSISTED OF A STAINLESS STEEL FRAME WHICH DOUBLES AS AN ANTENNA,
WITH INTERNAL COMPONENTS SITUATED BETWEEN ALUMINOSILICATE GLASS.

8. MYSPACE & YOUTUBE
• MYSPACE WAS THE VERY FIRST SOCIAL MEDIA WHICH PEOPLE STARTED TO USE
WHEN IT WAS CREATED IN 2005. ATRCTIC MONKEYS MARKETED THEMSELVES
ON THIS SOCIAL WEBSITE AND THIS WAS A GREAT SUCCESS FOR THEM.
• YOUTUBE WAS CREATED IN 2005 AND EVER SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN THE PLACE
WHERE PEOPLE WATCH AND UPLOAD VIDEO CONTENT OF LOTS OF DIFFERENT
THINGS. THIS IS THE MAIN PLACE WHERE FAMOUS SINGER’S OFFICIAL MUSIC
VIDEOS ARE POSTED.