Study planner

DD101-12B Introducing the Social Sciences

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Study
week

Start date

Study text

Audio visual
material

28 Jan

Learning
Companion:
Preparing for study

Audio-visual
material: Getting
ready to study

4 Feb

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 1

Audio-visual
material: Making
Social Lives DVD;
Reading and note
taking

Online Activity 1

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 1

Audio-visual
material: Making
Social Lives DVD

Online Activity 3

11 Feb

18 Feb

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 1

25 Feb

Making Social
Lives: Introduction
to 'Material lives';
Chapter 1 Consumer society?

Activity

Assessment

Cut-off date

Online Activity 2

Online Activity 4

Assignment:TMA
01

Audio-visual
material: Preparing
for assignments

Online Quiz:
Making Social
Lives, Chapter 1

TMA 01

28 Feb

Online Activity 5
Online Activity 6

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 2

3 Mar

Making Social
Lives: Chapter 2 One-stop shopping
Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 2

Online Activity 7
Online Activity 8

Audio-visual
material: Evidence
in the social
sciences

Online Quiz:
Making Social
Lives, Chapter 2
Online Activity 9
Online Activity 10
Online Activity 11
Online Activity 12

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10 Mar

Making Social
Lives: Chapter 3 Rubbish society
Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 2

17 Mar

Making Social
Lives: Conclusion
to 'Material lives'

Audio-visual
material: Rubbish
society; Economics
and Politics

Online Quiz:
Making Social
Lives, Chapter 3
Online Activity 13
Online Activity 14
Online Activity 15

Audio-visual
material:
Reflections on
'Material Lives'

Online Reflective
Quiz: Making
Social Lives,
'Material lives'

Assignment:TMA
02

Audio-visual
material: Studying
identities; Learning
from feedback

Online Quiz:
Making Social
Lives, Chapter 4

TMA 02

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 2

24 Mar

Making Social
Lives: Introduction
to 'Connected
lives'; Chapter 4 Who do we think
we are?

31 Mar

Making Social
Lives: Chapter 5 Connecting people
and places

Audio-visual
material: Case
studies in the social
sciences

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 2

10

7 Apr

EASTER

14 Apr

Making Social
Lives: Chapter 6 Living together,
living apart
Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 2

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Online Activity 16
Online Activity 17

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 2

27 Mar

Online Quiz:
Making Social
Lives, Chapter 5
Online Activity 18
Online Activity 19

Audio-visual
material:
Psychology and
Geography

Online Quiz:
Making Social
Lives, Chapter 6
Online Activity 20
Online Activity 21
Online Activity 21a

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21 Apr

Making Social
Lives: Conclusion
to 'Connected lives'

Audio-visual
material:
Reflections on
'Connected lives'

Online Reflective
Quiz: Making
Social Lives,
'Connected lives'

Assignment:TMA
03

Audio-visual
material: Making
and comparing
arguments

Online Quiz:
Making Social
Lives, Chapter 7

TMA 03

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 2

12

28 Apr

Making Social
Lives: Introduction
to 'Ordered lives';
Chapter 7 - Making
social order
Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 2

13

5 May

Making Social
Lives: Chapter 8 Making disorder on
the street

12 May

Making Social
Lives: Chapter 9 Making up
population

Audio-visual
material: The
making of order
and disorder

19 May

Making Social
Lives: Conclusion
to 'Ordered lives'

Online Quiz:
Making Social
Lives, Chapter 8
Online Activity 24
Online Activity 26

Audio-visual
material: Sociology
and Social Policy

Online Quiz:
Making Social
Lives, Chapter 9
Online Activity 27

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 2

15

Online Activity 22
Online Activity 23

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 2

14

1 May

Online Activity 28
Online Activity 29

Audio-visual
material:
Reflections on
'Ordered lives'

Online Reflective
Quiz: Making
Social Lives,
'Ordered live

Assignment:TMA
04

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 2

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26 May

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 2

Audio-visual
material: Reviewing
and reflecting on
skills

17

2 Jun

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 3

Audio-visual
material: Exploring
Social Lives DVD;
Studying the social
sciences

18

9 Jun

Exploring Social
Lives: Introduction
to 'Material lives';
Chapter 1 - The
changing UK
economy

Audio-visual
material: Economic
wealth and
happiness

16 Jun

Exploring Social
Lives: Chapter 2 Living with risk and
risky living
Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 3

20

23 Jun

Exploring Social
Lives: Chapter3 Living in a common
world

Audio-visual
material: A risky
world?; Different
types of academic
writing

30 Jun

Exploring Social
Lives: Conclusion
to 'Material lives'

29 May

Online Quiz:
Exploring Social
Lives, Chapter 1
Online Activity 31

Online Quiz:
Exploring Social
Lives, Chapter 2
Online Activity 33
Online Activity 34

Audio-visual
material:
Economics and
Geography

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 3

21

TMA 04

Online Activity 32

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 3

19

Online Activity 30

Online Quiz:
Exploring Social
Lives, Chapter 3
Online Activity 35
Online Activity 36
Online Activity 36a

Audio-visual
material:
Reflections on
'Material lives'

Online Reflective
Quiz: Exploring
Social Lives,
'Material lives'

Assignment:TMA
05

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 3

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7 Jul

Exploring Social
Lives: Introduction
to 'Connected
lives'; Chapter4 Migration

Audio-visual
material: Thinking
about migration

14 Jul

Exploring Social
Lives: Chapter5 Making national
identities

21 Jul

Exploring Social
Lives: Chapter6 Identity change and
identification

Audio-visual
Online Quiz:
material: Evaluating Exploring Social
arguments
Lives, Chapter 5
Online Activity 39

Audio-visual
material: Changing
identities

28 Jul

Exploring Social
Lives: Conclusion
to 'Connected lives'

Online Quiz:
Exploring Social
Lives, Chapter 6
Online Activity 40

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 3

25

10 Jul

Online Activity 38

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 3

24

TMA 05

Online Activity 37

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 3

23

Online Quiz:
Exploring Social
Lives, Chapter 4

Audio-visual
material:
Psychology and
Sociology

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 3

26

27

4 Aug

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 3

11 Aug

Summer break

18 Aug

Exploring Social
Lives: Introduction
to 'Ordered lives';
Chapter7 Governing
problems

Audio-visual
material:
Reflections on
'Connected lives'

Online Reflective
Quiz: Exploring
Social Lives,
'Connected lives'

Assignment:TMA
06

TMA 06

Audio-visual
material:
Integrating different
sources

14 Aug

Online Quiz:
Exploring Social
Lives, Chapter 7
Online Activity 41

Learning
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25 Aug

Companion:
Exploring Social
Learning
Lives: Chapter8 Companion 3
Political ordering

Audio-visual
material: Citizens
and the state

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 3

29

1 Sep

Exploring Social
Lives: Chapter9 Pirates and
predators

Online Activity 42

Audio-visual
material: POLIS
and Social Policy
and Criminology

Online Quiz:
Exploring Social
Lives, Chapter 9

Audio-visual
material:
Reflections on
'Ordered lives'

Online Reflective
Quiz: Exploring
Social Lives,
'Ordered lives'

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 3

30

8 Sep

Exploring Social
Lives:
Conclusionto
'Ordered lives'

Online Quiz:
Exploring Social
Lives, Chapter 8

Online Activity 43

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 3

31

15 Sep

Learning
Companion:
Learning
Companion 3

32

22 Sep

Assignment:TMA
07

33

29 Sep

TMA 07

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Audio-visual
material: Reviewing
and reflecting on
skills

1 Oct

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