DD101 Introducing the Social Sciences - Week 7

The suggested time table for Week 7

     Conclusion to Material Lives (30 mins)

     'Reflections on Material Lives' (Audio CD 45 mins) 
     OnLine Reflection Quiz - Making Social Lives, Material Lives

     Assignment 02

To be completed by 25th March.

The assignment question is,
'Consumer society gives people choice', Discuss this claim (1250 words),
plus
provide the Essay Plan & Self-Reflection (50 words)

The remainder of the reading and other work for the end of Week 7 was pretty easy to get done in one evening, so I am now about two weeks ahead of where I need to be, so plenty of time to concentrate on TMA02 and 'Consumer society gives people choice - discuss this claim'.

The first thing to sort out is what is required from the OU in terms of a discussion essay, which can be found here, http://www.open.ac.uk/skillsforstudy/discussion-essay.php.

The next thing is to concentrate on a concise definition of 'consumer society', then work in theories, concepts and evidence in a sensible way and then tie it all up in an evaluation and conclusion.

Sounds straight forward, but I think getting it all in with the word count being 1250 will be a challenge.