Reading Tasks
Reading Tasks
The Power of Geography by Tim Marshall. Available in the LRC.
The Age of Walls by Tim Marshall. Available in the LRC.
Worth Dying For by Time Marshall
Homo Sapiens by Yuval Noah Hurari. Available in the LRC.
Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Hurari. Available in the LRC.
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
Factfulness by Hans Rosling. Available in the LRC.
The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan
The New Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan. Available in the LRC.
A Line in the Sand by James Barr
The Almighty Dollar by Darshini David
The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier
10 Billion by Danny Dorling Available in the LRC.
World City by Dorine Massey
Orientalism by Edward Said Available in the LRC.
Underland by Robert Macfarlane Available in the LRC.
Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction by Klaus Dodds. Available in the LRC.
Connectography by Parag Khanna Available in the LRC.
Africa is NOT a Country by Dipo Faloyin
A Geography of Russia and its Neighbours by Mikhail Blinnikov
The Scramble for Africa by Thomas Pakenham Available in the LRC.
Globalization: A Very Short Introduction by Manfred Steger
Adventures in the Anthropocene by Gaia Vince. Available in the LRC.
The Human Planet: How we created the anthropocene by Simon Lewis, Mark A. Maslin et al. Available in the LRC.
There is no Planet B by Mike Berners-Lee
The Revenge of Geography by Robert Kaplan Available in the LRC.
This is the Way the World Ends by James Nesbit.
Why Geography Matters by Simon Garfield. Available in the LRC.
How to Lie with Maps by Mark Monmonier
The Earth: A Very Short Introduction by Martin Redfern. Available in the LRC.
Landscapes and Morphology: A Very Short Introduction by Andrew Goudie. Available in the LRC.
Rivers of Power: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World by Laurence C. Smith Available in the LRC.
Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction by Mark Maslin
Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction by Mark Maslin
Disaster by Choice by Ilan Kelman
Ghosts of the Tsunami by Richard Perry Available in the LRC.
Water: A Very Short Introduction by John Finney
The Pebbles on the Beach by Clarence Ellis
Writing Tasks
Literature Review
Write a review of one of the books (or a single chapter) you have read from the Geography reading list.
How does it link to your learning in class and/or the specification?
How has it enhanced your understanding of geographical issues?
Knowledge Update
Read either The Economist or National Geographic and create some summaries of case studies or geographical articles that relate to the course. This can help directly enhance subject knowledge.
Listening Tasks
Listen to the National Geographic podcast series for up-to-date exploration of geographical places and issues.
Listen to the 'Ask the Geographer' podcasts, which is great for improving case study knowledge for GCSE and A Level students.
Watching Tasks
Watch the 'Time for Geography' knowledge booster video clips to provide extra support for learning about managing food, water and energy resources.
Paper 2 - Section C - The challenge of Resource Management
Watch the BBC documentary series 'China: a New World Order' to explore Xi Jinping's economic and political reforms in the 21st century, and the implications for contemporary geopolitical power dynamics.
Watch the DW documentary 'The end of a superpower - the collapse off the Soviet Union' to enhance your understanding of Russia's place in the modern world.
Watch documentary series on climate change to enhance understanding for Units 5 and 6.
Student Led Tasks
Get a subscription to one of the key weeklies/periodicals that might enhance your contemporary geographical knowledge. This could include: