ACTIVITIES FOR MIDTERM

TRENDS, NETWORKS, AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IN THE 21ST CENTURY 

ORIENTATION: ACTIVITY 1

NAME:
SECTION:

DIRECTION: Answer the following questions in five to ten sentences.

1. What are your expectations for TRENDS, NETWORKS, AND CRITICAL THINKING
SKILLS IN THE 21ST CENTURY subject?

2. What are your expectations for your subject teacher?

ACTIVITY 2

DIRECTION: Answer the following question in 3 – 5 sentences.

1. What is a trend?
 
2. On your own words, give the definition of trend.      

      
3. What are the characteristics of a trend?

4. What are the elements of a trend?

5. Give at least five examples of a trend.

TRENDS, NETWORKS, AND CRITICAL THINKING IN THE 21ST CENTURY 

TYPES OF TREND

Megatrends events that occur over a longer period of time and of which we can be sure about,
influencing all the aspects of life. Megatrends are the driving forces that define the world today
and that of tomorrow. In other words, they are what we know about a likely future. Megatrends
are characterized by being far-reaching, global patterns related to behavior, mobility and
environment. Examples of megatrends are: health, population growth, urbanization and
digitalization. Poverty, climate change, education, racism, demographic changes, advance in
technology
 
Macro-trends are the children of megatrends. They are more numerous and all of them related
to the “profession” of their parents. Take as example climate change – it comes in a package with
melting glaciers, natural disasters, rising level of the oceans and so on. Or another example
would be the megatrend “advances in technology” which comes with Internet of Things (IoT),
Big Data, Smart Homes, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and many more.

Micro-trends are the “nephews” of megatrends and “children” of Macro-trends. They are the
most active, diverse and appearing very fast one after another. It is the trend that reflected in our
everyday living.
ACTIVITY 3

NAME:
SECTION:
DIRECTION: Give an example of mega trend - macro trend - micro trend and make a flow chart
to show it

Example:
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ACTIVITY 4 – WRITTEN ACTIVITY

DIRECTION: Answer the following questions. ( 5 points each)
1. What are the bases for making decisions in strategic analysis?
 

2. What personal attitudes should a strategic thinker possess?

3. Enumerate three differences between intuitive thinking and analytical or strategic

analysis.

4. Which do you practice more often: strategic analysis or intuitive thinking? Explain your
answer.

5. What are the possible advantages when you combine intuitive thinking and strategic
thinking?
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USING INTUITIVE THINKING IN SOCIAL NETWORKS

Each person is engaged in a variety of networks associated with his or her multiple roles and interest in the
community. These can be, among others, political, economic, and sociocultural.
Your political networks are composed of relations with government officials, student government, and
community leaders, among others.
The economic networks you belong to cover the manufacturers, agents, and sellers of the goods you
consume such as those in stores, groceries, markets, and malls as well as money lenders.
Sociocultural or social networks are those belonging to your dance group, choir, reading club, band, arts
club, or theater company. Kinship ties, neighborhood associations, friendship clubs, and veterans’ associations also
belong to the social network wherein people constantly engage in close communication and interaction through
visits, phone calls, text messages, and activities in common interest.
Social networks appear as cluster and support groups of people who share similar interest, backgrounds,
and real-life connections. They are avenues for meeting new friends, reuniting with old or lost friends, exchanging
gifts and favors, and developing cooperation.
Social networks are likewise used for analyzing formal and informal connections, determining how
organizations interact with one another, how leaders and constituencies relate with each other, and how employees
and executives works together. The community is home to this web of interrelations and interconnections of people
and institutions. Community refers to a particular geographic location with people living under the same sets of laws
and recognizing common leaders. Studies of community linkages deal usually with who was seen interacting with
whom.
Salient to the study of social networks is the sociological concept of social capital, which is the value
attached to social relations and the role that cooperation and trust play to attain expected outcomes. People tend to
relate with other people whom they like, trust, and share common interest with.
Social capital is the value you can derive from your social connections which are characterized by trust,
cooperation, doing things for each other, and other beneficial relations. You can have access to or knowledge about
certain information, people, and services due to social capital. Social capital enables people to work together, assist
each other, and care for one another due to the trust and confidence they built between and among others.
To illustrate social capital, a student passed the college entrance exam in a prestige university but his slot
was waitlisted, meaning he would only get a slot once a student applies for dropped from enrolling degree. His
mother visited the college dean who happened to be the friend and former classmate. Because of the bond and trust
existing between his mother and the dean, the student was taken in.     

ACTIVITY 5: PERFORMANCE TASK

1. List down as many problems your community has.

 2. Draw a map or chart showing how social networks can be used to introduce creative
solutions to at least one of the problems and make an essay to explain your answer.

LESSON 3
Global Networks- Understanding Globalization
NAME: 
SECTION:
Activity 6

Exercise 1
II. Answer the following questions using three sentences.

1. What is globalization?

2. What has led to an increased globalization?

3. What are some positive effects of

globalization? 

3. What are some negative effects of globalization? 

5. What is the future of globalization? 

Exercise 2
III. Answer the following questions. Write at least two sentences in the blanks.

1. What are the different facets of globalization? How do they affect our daily lives?

2. Is globalization part of the world’s solution or part of the problem? Explain.

3. Why should globalization matter to you?

4. What does migration reveal about

globalization? 
5. How does globalization look from the perspective of labor?