Unit Two: Celebrities and World Issues Overview Learning Outcomes Unit Timeline

As well, students will examine issues such as: Who sets the agenda for the public awareness and perception of the issues? How do the media, sponsoring organization and celebrities frame the issues in developing nations? Learning Outcomes Students will: demonstrate critical thinking in considering the impact of celebrity-based campaigns on our views of global development issues express. [...] What do their choices say about the concept of a celebrity, and about our culture? What is most likely to make someone a celebrity? Why do we celebrate the people we do, and what does that say about us? Reflection Ask the students to write a short response to the class discussion, considering the following points: What makes someone a celebrity in our culture? Do the students admire the peop. [...] Discuss as a class the following questions, comparing these two sites: How prominent is the celebrity in the media representation piece? How do her actions in the media representation piece reflect, demonstrate and support her commitment to the cause, issue, product, program, agency or organization? Who and what is around the celebrity? What type of language is used in the text to desc. [...] Celebrities and global development in the media Ask students to find a media representation piece about one of the celebrities in their chart who is actively involved with the cause, program or organization. [...] Have them include the following steps: choosing a medium for the campaign (TV, print, online, etc.) identifying possible audiences for the media campaign selecting an audience deciding whether to use a celebrity in the campaign and, if so, selecting the celebrity deciding what kinds of images they will use in promoting the campaign Evaluation Instruct students to produce a written o.