personal commentary on consumerism & the holidays

I recently taught a lesson on the personal commentary genre, using the inquiry method of teaching championed by Katie Wood Ray, among others. We used a great PC on consumerism and the holidays. The link to that is here, in case you'd like to check it out: http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2011/12/06/142890136/pepper-spraying-the-holidays-time-and-the-ethic-of-consumption?sc=emaf