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How far can you go?
How far can you go?
The 'explore further' section contains useful links to more advanced learning resources that will support the course and wider geography.
The 'explore further' section contains useful links to more advanced learning resources that will support the course and wider geography.
TEXTBOOK - 'STRETCH YOURSELF ACTIVITIES'
TEXTBOOK - 'STRETCH YOURSELF ACTIVITIES'
On each of the Unit web pages the title and number given to each lesson corresponds to the text book. You will be given one of these to support your lessons and to help you revise. If you want to push yourself further, use the textbook to support your learning, for each section it has exam style questions and 'stretch yourself' activities.
further reading
further reading
Tim Marshall does some great easy to read books which explores how geography shapes politics and vice-versa. Highly recommended if you're into geopolitics and international relations!
Interested in Climate Change? Keep up to date with the findings of the IPCC
Interested in Climate Change? Keep up to date with the findings of the IPCC
NEWS
NEWS
Keeping up with the news and current affairs is highly recommend. You will start to see the interconnected nature of the world and how geography is interdisciplinary - politics, economics, environmental events, history, human behaviour, public health, culture and technology all shapes the subject of geography. Having a deeper understanding of countries and events will give you a more intrinsic understanding of the GCSE course. Click on the links to news pages below.
Click on the image below to take you to the National Geographic website
WEBSITES AND VIDEOS
WEBSITES AND VIDEOS
Below is a great website ' Dollar Street' which will support you with the Changing Economic World Section of Unit 2 - you can compare pretty much anything from family size, to teeth, income, toilets, bikes, ceilings and clothes from households across the world. It gives you a great insight to how people live in different countries and the similarities and differences in each.
This video below is a documentary on Typhoon Haiyan - one of your case studies for The Challenge of Natural Hazards Unit. Watch it to get a better insight into the disaster - for your exam you need to know key info eg. number of deaths, cost of damage, the response to the disaster and size of storm surge for example.
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