MANUEL L.

TEVES MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL

Activity Sheets in Trends, Networks and Critical Thinking in 21 st Century
Quarter 1 Module 1 Week 1
Content Standard: The learner understands the emergence of trends and patterns.
Performance Standard: The learner will be able to derive an idea from instances and present this idea through a 100-
word essay, artwork, and other graphic representations.
Learning Competencies: Differentiate a trend from a fad; Explain the process on how to spot a trend; Point out the
elements that make up a trend; Describe the different characteristics of a trend
Content Standard: The learner understands the emergence of trends and patterns.
Performance Standard: The learner will be able to derive an idea from instances and present this idea through a 100-
word essay, artwork, and other graphic representations.
Learning Competencies: Differentiate a trend from a fad; Explain the process on how to spot a trend; Point out the
elements that make up a trend; Describe the different characteristics of a trend

Lesson 1
What I Know
Activity 1: Arrange Me!
Arrange the following letters to form a word. Write the correct answer on the space provided.

1. DNERT - _________________
2. DAF - ______________________
3. SDNERORCAM - ___________________
4. SDNERETAGEM - _________________
5. SDNERTAGIG - _________________
What is It
TRENDS
Trend is defined in various ways. In the field of arts, fashion, and music, it is prevailing style or preference such
as realism movement in art, emergence of the miniskirt, and popularity of jazz music. In economics, it is a general
movement registering statistical changes for a long period such as the increasing cost of living and rate of unemployment.
In politics, it refers to a tendency, drift, or bend toward a certain stance, thought, or policy as when democratic Southeast
Asian countries favored authoritarian governments at a certain point in their histories. Other areas also exhibit prevailing
preference such as in sports (wearable devices that monitor training performance), food (rise of oatmeal products,
inclusion of moringa or malunggay in food products), medicine (stem cell treatment), cosmetics (whitening supplements),
travel (paperless tickets and online check-in), manufacturing (3-D printing), environmental management (home solar
electric system). In other words, a trend is a pattern of behavior demonstrated by a big number of people within a
particular period.

Big Idea: A trend is a pattern of group of behavior that lasts for a long period of time. It can affect your life and
shape your
Sociologists view trend as a collective behavior future.
or mass involvement which is acceptable to society and
shows a “line of historical continuity” as it can be downplayed today but can resurface sometime in the future. The
tight pants, for instance, was the trend toward the end of the 1960’s, after which the bell-bottom pants relegated the former
to the side. Nowadays, tight pants have made a comeback, especially in the form of skinny jeans. Commerce as an
academic course became a trend for a long period of time in the past until new courses and degrees such as engineering,
nursing, and hotel and restaurant management became popular and in demand. It can be observed, however, that
commerce as a popular course has made a comeback due to heightened globalization where business and entrepreneurship
play a key role. The so-called line of historical continuity shows in a trend’s continuing existence although with varying
prominence or intensity over an expanded time frame.
Spotting a Trend
Trendsetter – a person who starts a trend. (Someone or something starts or cause as trend. The individual’s act of the
event has attracted attention, earned acceptance, and created strong interest and influence on people whose number keeps
snowballing as days go by. The act or event is something different from what is currently going on and it becomes “the
next big thing”. It demonstrates an accelerated spread among various sectors and areas and creates a deep and wide scope
of influence on people, sectors, and the environment. It leads to change.
Futurist- is the one who studies and predicts the future, especially on the basis of current trends. (Alf Rehn and Magnus
Lindkvist 2013).
Trendspotting – refers to the study of trends and the way they develop and affect society.
Cool-hunting – a hunt for those things that will become popular before they are popular.
Trend Analysis – based on trendspotting but it extends this into developing future scenarios.
The difference between cool-hunting can be understood as looking for things that are going to be popular, while
trendspotting is looking for future trends, generally including those that are less or not obvious, the ultimately affect
society and the way people live. Trendspotting is the basis for trend analysis, which has applications in several fields.

Big Idea: Looking at things with a beginner’s mind allows one to take in new information that is normally
filtered by one’s preferences.
Characteristics that a trendspotter possess:
1. Adopt a beginner’s mind – Know how to unlearn things.
2. Know why and what you are looking for – Ascertain first the reason why you are looking for trends. Only then
can you focus on what kinds of trends to spot and how to specifically look for them.
3. Move and search in many places – Look beyond what and where others are looking for and searching at.
4. Beware of the obvious – Do not join the bandwagon of the obvious – the flashy things. Remember that if
something is easy to spot, everyone most likely sees it, too. Things that are less visible effect changes in culture
and society.
5. Never judge something as good or bad – Set aside your biases and be objective in looking for trends.
6. Be sensitive in looking for signals – Study how trends gain momentum. Not all things new and novel can
become a trend, but they sometimes do.
7. Look for shifts rather than novelties – Observe for changes in how things are done or in people’s behaviors
when something new is introduced.
8. Spot for combinations of things – Do not think of trends as a singular evolution or development of things. For
example, the ease by which we can use social media today has been made possible due to a combination of the
following: Internet connection, smartphone technology, apps development, globalization, algorithms, and
emergence of netizens, to name a few.
9. Find the reason for something – By understanding the reasons behind things, behaviors, changes and shifts, you
can get a better understanding of an emerging trend. In order to detect a trend, you have to read and observe a lot..

Big Idea: Objectivity is important to see things without biases or to keep one’s biases at a
minimum
Trend Versus Fad - a trend lasts for a longer period of time than a fad. It may take a few weeks or months for a fad
to stay.

Big Idea: In order to detect a trend, you have to read and observe.
 Fad is a temporary or short-lived pattern of group behavior
 Trend has a record of occurrence in the past and might continue to the present, something which is unseen in
a fad
 Trends can reflect or give the impression of wealth and status
 Trends can be considered as having implications on the social status of participants. Such as in food and
fashion

Big Idea: A fad is short term, while trend is long term. But both always confront us as our
life faces constant change.

Elements of a Trend
1. Number of participants – A trend may be started by an individual number of people who follow it becomes
bigger as time goes by. Ex. Follows what celebrities are wearing or what fashion designers offer.
2. Pattern of behavior – a trend is formed from repetitive actions of people. Ex. The simple act of selfie has now
become a cultural trend. Someone taking selfie in any place.
3. Long period of time – a trend has a long-time frame, sometimes running for decades. Ex. Newer technologies
allowed smartphones to include many applications and Internet connectivity.
4. Cause – A trend has starting point which can be an idea, technology, event, or person Ex. From portable audio
people to listen to recorded music (cassette tapes) through headphones or earphones. players were popularized
when Walkman was introduced in the 1980’s allowing po later it would evolve in the form of a portable CD
player then revolutionary trend with the advent of digital audio players then mobile phones and smartphones also
function as portable music player.
5. Consequence – A trend makes considerable influence or impact. Social networking has become an encompassing
trend that tends to influence behaviors of online users.
Characteristics of Trends
 Trends are difficult to study and analyze. Studying them is like predicting the future and determining what
changes may possibly last and thus have wide effects on society and the people.
Microtrends – are little things that happen all around us all the time, the tiny shifts that occur in everything from
clothes we were and the snacks we eat to the way we work, play and love. They offer a glimpse about the future
through the clues they possess. Ex. Apps on smartphones and popular games
Macrotrends – are aggregated microtrends or more sweeping changes that are affecting society. More stable than
microtrends which can quickly fizzle out. Ex. Social Media
Megatrends – are that have grown up and moved out. They are big and bold and affect the lives of great swathes of
the human race. They have become the prevailing condition that has become too normal. Ex. Smartphones
Gigatrends – are trends that are so general that they affect most areas of human life-or at least, more than one aspect
of life or more than one industry. Usually identified to define an era. Ex. Internet Connection
To illustrate the hierarchy of trends, study the following examples:
Internet connection is now considered sa gigatrend as it functions are now tied up to the everyday activities of
people all around the world. It has become too normal such that it is now the base of several vital activities like
banking, business, online communication, information gathering and dissemination, research, entertainment,
transactions, gaming, shopping, and more.
Smartphones can be considered a megatrend (if not bordering on being a gigatrend itself.) They have affected
many lives and industries. In fact, many check their smartphones first thing in the morning to read text or private
messages, surf the Net, and so on. Many human activities also depend on smartphones, whether directly or indirectly.
Texting, likewise, has changed how people communicate. In this past, communication was done through audio signals
care of the telephone with texting, which traces its roots to a mobile phone function, communication can now be done
through digitally written words sent instantly.
Social Media can be considered as a macrotrend, but it can arguably turn into a megatrend considering how
common it is nowadays. The continuous development of platforms and apps made the concept of social media
pervasive across computer and smartphone users. While social media would not have been a trend without the overall
influence of the internet it has, nonetheless, given many people a venue to be heard and to exchange thought,
opinions, and ideas.
Popular games and apps on smartphones are examples of microtrends. One game can create a mania that later
wanes to give way to another. A few games have attained a higher level in the trends hierarchy, like Super Mario,
which actually started in the 1980’s but has resurfaced through different gaming platforms. For some, this particular
game is a representation of an era to which they belong.
Trends can also refer to movements, ideologies, concepts, beliefs, and more. The important thing in studying
trends is to observe them closely for subtle and sudden shifts that ultimately affect people, cultures, and societies in
general.
Questions: Answer the following questions in a separate sheet of paper.
1. What is trend? Give a situation.
2. What is the concept of “line of historical continuity”?
3. Why is it important to spot a trend? How will it affect you?

What’s More
Activity 2: Complete Me!
1. Trend is define as
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2. A trendsetter is
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3. The characteristics of a trendspotter
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 4. The difference between trends and fad
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5. The elements of a trend are the
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6. The characteristics of Trends are
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What I can do
Activity 3: Which is which!
Identify which of the following items are trends and fads. Write T on the blank for trends and F for fad.
_______ 1. Online banking _______ 6. Animated films
_______ 2. Medical tourism _______ 7. Business process outsourcing
_______ 3. Puka shell necklace _______ 8. Platforms boots
_______ 4. “Gwiyomi” song _______ 9. Instagram
_______ 5. Denim jeans _______ 10. “Pen Pineapple Apple Pen” song

Assessment

Read each statement carefully and write the correct answer on the space provided.

_____________________1. A pattern of behavior demonstrated by a big number of people within a particular period.
_____________________2. Someone or something starts or cause as trend.
_____________________3. Refers to the study of trends and the way they develop and affect society.
_____________________4. Are trends that are so general that they affect most areas of human life-or at least, more than
one aspect of life or more than one industry.
_____________________5. They are big and bold and affect the lives of great swathes of the human race. They have
become the prevailing condition that has become too normal.

Additional Activity
Reflect Upon. Write your reflection in a separate sheet of paper and answer the questions.
1. Why is it important to spot a trend? How will it affect you?
2. How can the consequence of a trend affect your studies or family business?

Congratulations! You can now move to the next lesson.

Prepared by:

GIRLIE D. LIMBO
Subject Teacher