Well luckily our friends at google have compiled a list of the 2012 top search trends as part of their Zeitgeist 2012. The list is broken down into images, athletes, events, people and a whole lot more. All of this is based on over 1.2 trillion searches. (If desired you can further break down these results by country).
I also recommend watching this 3-minute video Google put together on the year in review:
How to use in the Classroom:
I think your students would enjoy watching the above video while recounting the year that was. How many of the events on here can they recognize? You could also have students compare the search results in the U.S. to other countries, or to the world. What does it say about the U.S. society?
You might also ask your students to look at the interactive map that plots where certain events were the most popular. Why are certain searches more frequent in some countries than in others? Also how do the 2012 results compare to the 2011 results? Part of creating global citizens is to make students aware of the wider world that we live in, and this is a creative way to do that.
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