contents About before you think
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the team 5 trend 1: praise you 7 trend 2: i'm coming out
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trend 3: i need a hero
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trend 4: teenage dirtbag
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the before you think “annual of 2015� has been designed to communicate our selected trends for 2015; with key research, activitY pages and colour boards. to be able to make the most out of your annual please use the materials provided to make it your own XX 3
about us THE BEFORE YOU THINK TEAM IS MADE UP OF allison, amy, matti and nat. based in london uk our aim is to create trends that bring together and inspire society, people and topics of the world we live in today. we want to project our ideas to industries who focus their businesses at the future; looking particularly at social patterns of youth in the past, present and future throughout british and international societies. we hope to inspire the savvy, people who want to know whats going to happen next. as you may have noticed; All of our trends are named after popular culture songs as we believe that music is an international language to be shared throughout the world
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THE TEAM Allison role: social
relations manager irish, loud, kind
Amy role: co-ordanations organised, worrier, blonde
nat role: creative media visual, giggly, creative
matti role: head analyst
busy, funny, determined
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trend one:
praise you
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garments
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song lyrics a c t i v i t y
cut out the song lyric cards (carefully!), then follow the website link to sing along to our trend soundtrack!
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make me! Red Wine RECIPE Ingredients 4 Kgs Dark Black Grapes 4 litres Water (Boiled & Cooled) 4 Kgs Sugar 2 Eggs / Whites only 2 Ounces of liquid Yeast or 2 tbspns of Dry Yeast granuals A handful of whole wheat Sugar for colouring 1/2 - 3/4 他 cup. How to make Grape Wine? Clean & wash grapes well removing stalks, crush nicely with hand until you get a good purple colour. Place the crushed grapes in a ceramic jar with half the quantity of sugar (i.e. 2 kgs Sugar) Add water, egg whites, yeast & wheat, mix well & keep airtight for 21 days, stirring well every alternative day. After 21 days strain away the grape pulp mixture, add the balance sugar to the wine mix well & keep airtight for another 21 days to ferment. Now filter the wine (you could use a muslin cloth & strain the wine) , keep aside. Take a wok add the sugar kept for colouring (1/2 to 3/4 Cup) place on fire & go on stirring till the sugar melts & becomes dark brown/black in colour - but do not allow it to burn, now add about 5-7 tbsps of hot water to this syrup little at a time & mix well, add this syrup to the wine & mix well , store the wine in a clean jar.
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Colour this in! a c t i v i t y
using our colour palette for this trend (given to you at the bottom of the page), colour in your "praise you" crown your own way!
wine red
aubergene
deep green
night blue
burnt orange
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trend two:
I’m coming out
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garments
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song lyrics a c t i v i t y
cut out the song lyric cards (carefully!), then follow the website link to sing along to our trend soundtrack!
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make me!
the perfect couple
cut out our homosexual couple and their clothes and dress them in their favourite outfit/ doing their favourite hobby. you may want to stick them on to card to be stronger.
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Colour this in! a c t i v i t y
using our colour palette for this trend (given to you at the bottom of the page), colour in your "i'm coming out" CIVIL PARTNERSHIP RING.
salmon pink
bright red
electric blue
lemon yellow
hot pink
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trend three:
i need a hero
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song lyrics a c t i v i t y
cut out the song lyric cards (carefully!), then follow the website link to sing along to our trend soundtrack!
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make me! AVENGERS BOOKMARKS
using a lollypop stick; copy the template onto the stick, then follow the colour key to colour in the sections. you can use pens, paint or pencils. when all the sections are coloured in put it in a book and you now have your own avengers bookmark!
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Colour this in! a using our colour palette c for this trend (given to you t at the bottom of the page), i colour in your "i need a v hero" hero, then stick your i face on it! t y
hot red
silver
royal blue
midnight blue
gold
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trend four:
teenage dirtbag
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song lyrics a c t i v i t y
cut out the song lyric cards (carefully!), then follow the website link to sing along to our trend soundtrack!
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make me! GINGER SPICE BOXHEAD
cut around the template then glue the tabs to make your geri boxhead, cut around the body and slot it into the bottom of the head. slot the arms into the side of the body. you can store things in her head If you leave the head (top) tabs unglued!
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Colour this in! a c t i v i t y
using our colour palette for this trend (given to you at the bottom of the page), colour in your "teenage dirtbag" coverse with your own touch of grunge!
denim
kahki
neon green
perri winkle
mustard yellow
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Summary see how much you have remembered about our 2015 trends by completing the crossword!
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1 a timeless and popular brand of shoes and clothing 2 same sex parents 3 a type of plant, and a colour associated with our "i' m Coming Out" trend 4 sexual attraction between members of the same sex 5 illegal substance 6 material often worn for exercising/fighting crime 7 a book about Jesus 8 your faith 12 a super hero's worst enemy 14 a subculture of young, recently settled urban middle class teens and adults 15 an extraordinary human 16 a popular type of hat among the youth 1 8 a gay icon, who enjoys wearing a leotard now and then 1 9 a derivative of happy
a place of worship a type of transport used by many cool youths a song by Weetus, and a trend of ours will the youth of today go on to attend this place to expand there learning in years to come? 13 a popular material, that after Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears matching outfit choice should never be worn as an entire outfit 17 international mutli-sport event, involving athletes with a range of physical and mental disabilities 2 0 first hit by the spice girls 21 a popular style of clothing and shopping nowadays based on garments from the past 22 a garment frequently worn by extraordinary humans 23 a state of mind/grunge band 24 a magazine made up of narrative and artwork
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Third of Britain’s elite universities still looking for students - Telegraph. 2012. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ education/universityeducation/9542312/Third-of-Britains-elite-universities-still-looking-for-students.html. Adolescent Smoking and Drinking at Historic Lows | National Institute on Drug Abuse. 2012. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www. drugabuse.gov/news-events/nida-notes/2012/07/adolescent-smoking-drinking-historic-lows. MinecraftCon-Minecraft Forum.2012. http://www.minecraftforum.net/minecraftcon/. Nintendo Wii U Consoles Sold Out, Already Selling For Over $500 On Ebay - Forbes. 2012. http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2012/11/18/nintendo-wii-u-consoles-sold-out-already-selling-for-over-500-on-ebay/. Nintendo on the Forbes List. 2012. http://www.forbes.com/companies/nintendo/ Maggie Hamilton,2009. What’s Happening to our Girls?. Edition. Penguin Group. Whats New at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). 2012. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.drugabuse.gov/list/2012/ public024.html. Teen Drug And Alcohol Abuse Reports By SAMHSA. 2012. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/247545.php. More teens seek help for cannabis use - Health News - NHS Choices. 2012. http://www.nhs.uk/news/2012/11November/Pages/ More-teens-seek-help-for-cannabis-use.aspx. http://apps.facebook.com/theguardian/education/2012/aug/09/tuition-fees-increase-15000-less-applicants. 50,000 fewer students apply for university as tuition fees soar to £9,000 - Telegraph. 2012. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/9386256/50000-fewer-students-apply-for-university-as-tuition-fees-soar-to-9000.html. Richard Dyer, 2002. The Culture of Queers. 1 Edition. Routledge. Unknown Journalist, Mayor’s £650,000 offer to keep gay pride in the pink - Mayor - News - London Evening Standard . 2012.. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/mayor/mayors-650000-offer-to-keep-gay-pride-in-the-pink-8225631. html. Joe Murphy, 20/08/2012, Boris Johnson backs gay marriage in new YouTube video - Politics - News - London Evening Standard . 2012. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnson-backs-gay-marriage-in-new-youtubevideo-8062847.html. Etan Smallman, 11/07/2012 ‘Yes! Yes! Yes! Boom in sales of Fifty shades beats record’ Metro. Ned Simons, 08/10/2012, Gay Marriage Could Turn Britain Into Nazi Germany, Lord Carey Tells Rally At Conservative Party Conference. 2012. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10/08/gay-marriage-lord-carey-nazigermany_n_1948250.html. How to Legally Add Copyrighted Music to Your YouTube Video With AudioSwap. 2012. How to Legally Add Copyrighted Music to Your YouTube Video With AudioSwap. [ONLINE] Available at: http://google.about.com/od/googleblogging/qt/audioswapqt.htm. Using Music in Advertising or In a Video Production? Secure the Necessary Rights - ASCAP, BMI and SESAC Licenses Are Not Enough : Broadcast Law Blog. 2012. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.broadcastlawblog.com/2010/03/articles/music-rights/ using-music-in-advertising-or-in-a-video-production-secure-the-necessary-rights-ascap-bmi-and-sesac-licenses-are-not-enough/.
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