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WATCH
David Attenborough Box Sets – there are 9 amazing boxsets available on iPlayer from David Attenborough exploring our amazing world
READ
1. THE CONVERSATION.COM
We can highly recommend you use this! This you will find is really useful to support many of your A Levels.
It provides up-to-date articles from academics and specialists in the field written in a way that is accessible to all, summarising key points in short but insightful articles.
2. Prisoners of Geography (Marshall, T)
An insightful book which helps understand how physical geography impacts on political reality and really helps to understand how decisions of world leaders have been shaped by geography – a great introduction to geopolitics.
3. Factfulness:
Ten reasons we’re wrong about the world – and why things are better than you think (Rosling, H 2019)
This is a must-read book from a geography perspective – this takes a more realistic view of the world, presenting issues in fact-based context. It is a rational look at actually how far the world has measurably improved and what’s left to be done.
1. Costing the Earth – There are some great podcasts here to pick from on a wide variety of geographical issues (climate change, carbon, urban greening, deforestation, alternative power, plastics etc.)
LISTEN
2. Royal Geographical Society – “Ask the Geographer podcasts” a fantastic set of podcasts to keep A Level studies up-to-date with the latest geographical research – pick out some that interest you and give them a go!
DO
1. Watch a film! Hotel Rwanda (12) - the true story of hotel manager who houses and protects Tutsi refugees – this is a hard-hitting film based on the Rwandan Conflict of the 1990s.
2. Before the Flood (2016) (PG) – National Geographic
(Presented by Leonardo DiCaprio) exploring climate change and looking at what needs to be done today to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet.
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