Deconstructing Yo Fresh

Eli Davis, Special Education, Lincoln Heights Academy

Curriculum Units (pdf)

Synopsis

Students will analyze multiple forms of mediums through a critical literacy framework, which focuses on deconstructing power structures and their influences. This lesson will challenge students to unpack socially constructed ideas, their social functionality, and how media shapes individual identity, group perspectives regarding class, gender, and race. This unit will conduct analyzation and research regarding the concept of manufactured consumerism and the manipulation of purchased esteem.