Lesson 2: Case Studies in Global Inequity & Media Representations
Duration of Days: 5
Lesson Objective
Students will trace the structural root causes of modern global wealth distribution patterns using multimedia data.
How do historical power dynamics influence present-day economic inequality? How does Western media portray global poverty?
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.1; MBL Standards 2C, 4C.
Day 11: Mapping global wealth distribution.
Day 12: Analyzing media framing of the "Global South."
Day 13: Assessing public health crises on a global scale.
Day 14: The digital divide and access to modern media literacy tools globally.
Day 15: Structuring arguments regarding global systemic inequality.
Students evaluate non-profit organizational media campaigns. They critique the imagery used, assessing if it promotes harmful stereotypes or structural explanations of poverty.
Purpose & DOK Level: Deconstruct media narratives and cultural frameworks; DOK Level 3 & 4.
Visual data charts instead of dense text blocks for data analysis; small group strategic scaffolding.
Written argumentative response analyzing whether a specific global media artifact contains systemic bias.