This is all about the first lesson in Trends, Networks and Critical Thinking in the 21st century

1. TRENDS
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2. Objective/s:
•Define a trend.

3. •What are the
characteristics of the
21st Century?

4. Reflect
• Have you ever had you hair straightened?
• Have you ever used whitening cream?
• Have you done hip-hop? Rap?
• Do you have electronic gadgets?
• Who influenced your fashion and interests?
• Why do you think these have become part of
your lifestyle/culture/standards?

5. Say something about the
following pictures:

17. Processing Questions
• What have you noticed from the given
pictures?
• What could be the meaning of these changes,
trends?
• Based on your observations, what is your
concept of the word “TREND”?

18. Activity 1: Developing a Concept Map
• The teacher will divide the class into five
groups and will develop a concept map about
the definition of trends.

20. REVIEW

21. REVIEW
•Give examples of a trend in
the 21st century culture.

22. What is TREND?
• A trend is generally course of prevailing
tendency; drift; to tend to take particular
direction; be currently popular.
• Social trend can be defined as any activity
that is participated in by society as a whole.

23. Who create new trends?
• They crave changes from time to time
• They are very open to new innovative styles
and will be the first to take on what is new.
TRENDSETTERS
designers
artists
gay men

24. designers

25. artists

27. gay men

28. EVALUATION

29. TRUE or FALSE
1. A line of developments is called
trend.

30. TRUE or FALSE
2. One of the trends in technology
now is wireless wifi.

31. TRUE or FALSE
3. It is fine to follow the trend even
though you violate the rule in some
particular occasion.

32. TRUE or FALSE
4. Follow the trend as long as you are
happy.

33. TRUE or FALSE
5. The main objective of trend is for
the betterment of life and not to make
our life messy one.