Life After The Oasis - Homelessness in the Media

In this lesson, students will begin by assessing the impact that they think the media has on their view of people experiencing homelessness. They will read and summarise an article that uses evidence to argue that the media can impact people’s perspectives. Students will work in groups to read a mainstream media article about homelessness, and critically interpret it through a Chalk-Talk visible thinking routine. The class will then view one or more clips from Life After The Oasis documentary film and assert whether media representations of people experiencing homelessness have had an impact on the people featured. The lesson will conclude with students summarising whether their understanding of the impact of the media has changed.