Subversive teaching of citation and the 5P

I was inspired to rough-out a unit/units based on a combination of our conversations/readings about the 5P, citations, and teaching writing skills/strategies in context AND readings from another class I'm taking about (among other things) corporate/political control and manipulation of media in general and text books in particular. This unit would include critical reading, critical writing and critical consideration of the functions of both in maintaining hierarchical and oppressive structures of power. What I like about this is that it manages to both teach the things we have to teach (citation, assessing credibility of sources, research, critical thinking, 5P), and engages them in critiquing these very things simultaneously. In my work as a scholar of education this is one of my goals - how can we both do what we are forced to do AND engage in the kinds of emancipatory education we firmly believe in. You all are much closer to the ground though in terms of what is actually possible in schools. What do you think of this possibility? Could this be mini-lessoned? Writer's workshopped? Could it also serve the needs of the machine? Here's my brainstorm (which has torn me away from the assigned work I "should" be doing.)

1) Teach about citation, not only the mechanics but the functions of citation including engaging in conversation with what you have read, respecting and recognizing the work of others and yourself AND upholding a system of credibility that favors those already in power who have the resources to produce what counts as credible

2) Have students bring in a textbook from another class and ask them "Who wrote this?" Pushing them to consider how this knowledge was produced, how credibility was established, who benefits from the production of the object of the book and its contents.

3) This seems like a pretty decent place for teaching the 5 paragraph essay, it components, utility, limitations, capacity to reinforce and contest hierarchies of power etc. Then they can write a 5P on some question of authorship, citation, textbook industry, the 5P itself etc.