TRENDS,

NETWORKS AND
CRITICAL
THINKING IN
THE 21 ST

CENTURY
WHAT IS A
TREND?
 TREND
a general
direction in which
something is
developing or
Each trends has
roots that can be
traced
It is an important skill in
the 21 century affording
st

those inclined a portal

into the future. In
addition, trends allow for
pre-emptive judgements
and actions toward future
Due to interrelatedness
of things in the
universe, trends are a
complex fusion of past,
present, and future
information and
represent human’s best
WHAT ARE THE
PROCESSES ON
HOW TO SPOT
A TREND?
Identify the opportunity.
Look outside your business
Follow relevant website and
blogs.
Use and exploit social media.
Don’t believe everything you
read.
 FAD
an intense and widely
shared enthusiasm for
something, especially one
that is short-lived and
without basis in the
Is something, such as an interest
of fashion, that is very popular for
a short time. A fad is a product
that has little, if any, utility but is
characterized by a quick rise in
sales and popularity followed by a
quick decline in sales and
popularity. This quick up and down
in sales is because fad products
 EXAMPLE:
Yoyo
Hula hoop
loomband
WHAT ARE THE
DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A
TREND AND A
FAD?
 PAIR
AND
SHARE
 Direction:
Pair with classmate and share
your answers.
Discuss why do you like it most
and the least that you like.
Discuss to the class after
sharing your ideas to your
partner.
1.Have you ever had your hair
straightened? Why? And why not?
2.Have you ever use whitening cream?
Why and why not?
3.Have you done hip-hop? How about
Rap?
4.Do you have electronic gadgets?
Name them.
5.Who influenced your fashion and
interests?
 READ and UNDERSTAND

The Beauty Ideal: The

fashion Silhouette
Kirsten Anderberg
 EXERCISE 1
1.According to Kirsten Anderberg, what is
the basis of beauty standards and views?
2.“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
Who is the beholder? To what does the
beholder anchor his/her standard?
3.Explain in your own words “beauty” and
“standards”.
 GROUP
YOURSELVE
S INTO
TWO!
a.Why do men and women
adhere to certain standards of
beauty? Shall men and women
adhere to certain beauty
standards?
b.How powerful are created
trends to enforce certain
beauty standards? Do trends
become powerful when certain
UNDERSTANDI
NG
LOCAL
NETWORKS
FAST FACT:
ALS and Ice
Bucket
Challenge
What is ALS mean?
What does ALS do to our body?
What are the symptoms of ALS
What causes ALS?
Who gets ALS?
How is ALS treated?
What is the ALS Ice bucket Challenge?
How did the Ice Bucket Challenge
Begin?
How much fund has been Raised?
 WHAT DOES ALS MEAN?

• ALS – Amyotrophic Lateral

Sclerosis.
• A disease that affects nerve
cells in the brain and spinal
cord.
 WHAT DOES ALS DO TO THE
BODY?
• Causes the progressive degeneration of the
motor neurons which control muscle
movements.
• Dead motor neuron make the brain lose its
ability to initiate and control muscle
movement, affecting the muscles of
voluntary muscles which could lead into
paralysis.
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF
ALS
• 75% experience “limb onset” (difficulty
in arm or leg activity)
• 25% experience “bulbar onset”
(difficulty in speaking or swallowing)
• In later stages, lung and eye functions
may be affected.
 WHAT CAUSES ALS?

• 1993 scientists discover that

mutations in genes in one
factor.
• 90-95% of all ALS cases, the
disease occurs randomly,
with no clear factors or
 WHO GETS ALS

• 60-69 years, but younger or

older people can also
develop the disease.
• About 5-10% of all ALS
cases are inherited.
 HOW IS ALS TREATED?

• In 1995 FDA approved that

riluzole which is believed to
reduce damage to motor neurons.
This drugs prolongs survival for
several months, but does not
repair already-damaged motor
neurons.
 WHAT IS THE ALS ICE BUCKET
CHALLENGE?

• Participants who accept the

challenge will record
themselves pouring a Ice of
bucket on their head.
• Those who will not accept the
challenge will donate 100.
 HOW DID THE ICE BUCKET
CHALLENGE BEGIN?

• The video has began as early

as 2013, with most of them
being done just for fun.
• July 15, 2014 Golfer Chris
Kennedy posted a video.
 HOW MUCH HAS BEEN
RAISED?
• 41.8 million in donations between
July 29 and August 21, 2014.
• This is done by raising awareness
of ALS.
Who are we?
Where do we came
from?
Why are we here?
Where are we
going?
Why and how are
 HOW DO
CONNECTIONS,
RELATIONSHIPS
AND NETWORKS
WORK?
The human brain is a biological
network.
The human brains has the
capacity to adjust through the
21st century environment.
The human brain functions on
how connections, relationships
and networks work.
Create a social map that
traces the various roles
you play in community.
Compare neutral network
and social network.
 OUR
CONNECTION
S AND
RELATIONSHI
PS
Collaboration is a skill to survive in
the 21st Century world.
It is imperative to discover roles in
an interdependent connection.
The 21st century world brings
enormous challenges in the way
people see their connections to
others.
Group yourselves into 3
Present a dance drama
about connections/
relationship
Depict how connections
and relationships are
The Story Of The River
•Read the story and
analyze.
Id you were a villager in the
story, what would you do?
What is the root problem?
Are you brave enough to
find out? Are you willing to
take risk for your
neighbours?
 HARE and
TORTOISE
1.How did hare and tortoise come
up with a plan?
2.Why is it hard for people to come
together and combine their
efforts?
3.What are the elements needed for
 WHAT IS
BIODIVERSITY AND
WHY DOES IT
MATTER?