Geography
Geography course content
This varied course investigates a range of social, physical, environmental, economic and cultural issues at a range of local, national and global scales.
Throughout the course students will develop a range of geographical skills which enable them to analyse a variety of issues and evaluate different viewpoints.
Units studied include:
Hazardous environments.
Coastal landscapes.
Water and energy issues.
Globalisation
Superpowers.
Population, migration and global governance.
This course also requires students to conduct their own independent piece of fieldwork research which is written up as a formal report and is a fantastic learning experience in preparation for higher study and the workplace.
Underpinning all of these topics are themes of interdependence, geopolitics, history and a sense of morality. This course helps learners understand just home complicated planet earth is but how we all play are part in shaping it, now and in the future.
Pearson-Edexcel-GCE-A-level-Geography-specification-issue-5-FINAL.pdfRGS-IBG-Guide-to-the-NEA.pdfRecommended Texts.pdfpaper 1 reading
Water:
Physics and Maths Tutor- Water Revision – A really good overview of what the course is about and some of the information you will learn next year.
- Physics and Maths Tutor- https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/geography-revision/a-level-edexcel/water-cycle-and-insecurity/- some good links to other reading for the subject.
An introduction in to the Water Cycle
Good Website looking at different competing demands for water – variety of videos and resources to use.
Paste this website into your web browser bar (for some reason the Hyperlink won’t work but going to the website does – this will take you to a Geo File on the 3 Gorges Dam - https://www.thegeographeronline.net/uploads/2/6/6/2/26629356/114_three_gorges_project.pdf - look at how China has attempted to solve its water security.
Carbon Cycle and Energy Security
- Physics and Maths Tutor – Carbon Cycle introduction - The Carbon Cycle and Energy Security – A really good overview
- Physics and Maths Tutor - https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/geography-revision/a-level-edexcel/carbon-cycle-and-energy-insecurity/ - Some good links to other reading for the subject.
- An introduction in to the Carbon Cycle
- Documentary on Climate change:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0009drg/panorama-climate-change-what-can-we-do
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00049b1/climate-change-the-facts
Coasts:
- Physics and Maths Tutor- Coastal-Landscapes-and-Change/Essential Notes – A really good overview of what the course is about and some of the information you will learn next year.
- Physics and Maths Tutor- https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/geography-revision/a-level-edexcel/coastal-landscapes-and-change/ - some good links to other reading for the subject.
- Geofile on Coastal Systems: waves, tides, sediments, cells – a good understanding of what the coastal system is made up of. If the hyperlink doesn’t work copy and paste this in to your web browser
https://www.thegeographeronline.net/uploads/2/6/6/2/26629356/geofile_575_coastal_systems.pdf
- Geofile on different Coastal processes- understanding the different processes that create different landforms. If the hyperlink doesn’t work copy and paste this in to your web browser https://www.thegeographeronline.net/uploads/2/6/6/2/26629356/landforms_and_coastal_erosion_examples_from_east_yorkshire.pdf
- Geofile on Holderness Coast – A good look at a case study of a shoreline management plan. If the hyperlink doesn’t work, copy and paste this in to your web browser https://www.thegeographeronline.net/uploads/2/6/6/2/26629356/coastal_managemtn_holderness_2.pdf
Tectonic Processes & Hazards:
- Physics and Maths Tutor- Tectonic-Processes-and-Hazards/Essential Notes – A really good overview of what the course is about and some of the information you will learn next year.
- Physics and Maths Tutor- https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/geography-revision/a-level-edexcel/tectonic-processes-and-hazards/ -some good links to other reading for the subject.
- Reading on Vulnerability – something that is different with the A Level is you need to be more aware of why people are vulnerable to Natural Hazards. haiti-earthquake-2010. If the hyperlink doesn’t work, copy and paste this in to your web browser: https://www.thegeographeronline.net/uploads/2/6/6/2/26629356/haiti-earthquake-2010.pdf
- Video: Power of the Planet (Volcanoes) https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5af4kg - a great introduction to the work on volcanoes we will be doing
- Reading: Plate Tectonics (The Geological Society) – This will be a good set up from your GCSE work to A Level and definitely worth navigating around the site https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/Plate-Tectonics
Paper 2 reading
Globalisation
Physics and Maths Tutor- Globalisation Essential Notes– A really good overview of what the course is about and some of the information you will learn next year.
- Physics and Maths Tutor- https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/geography-revision/a-level-edexcel/globalisation/ some good links to other reading for the subject.
The Effect of Globalisation on International Migration
Superpowers
Physics and Maths Tutor - Superpowers Essential Notes - A really good overview of what the course is about and some of the information you will learn next year
Geopolitics and Mackinder Heartland Theory:
Part 2
https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/the-heartland-theory---part-two/p071z6h1
Article from the Spectator around the impact of Corona virus on the world’s global superpowers: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/Britain-should-brace-itself-for-a-new-world-order-after-coronavirus
Shaping places - Diverse places
- Physics and Maths Tutor- Detailed Notes - Edexcel Geography A-level Diverse Places
– A really good overview of what the course is about and some of the information you will learn next year.
- Physics and Maths Tutor- Edexcel Geography A-level: Diverse Places Revision - PMT - some good links to other reading for the subject.
- A RGS summary of Places https://www.rgs.org/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?nodeguid=944f2503-af13-4c7f-b178-e4bbaffb38eb&lang=en-GB – A good overview of the course
2 interesting articles by Doreen Massey https://banmarchive.org.uk/marxism-today/june-1991/a-global-sense-of-place/ - A human geography looking at The Sense of Place
Migration, Identity and Sovereignty
- Physics and Maths Tutor - Migration-Identity-and-Sovereignty Essential Notes - A really good overview of what the course is about and some of the information you will learn next year.
- Physics and Maths Tutor - https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/geography-revision/a-level-edexcel/migration-identity-sovereignty/ - some good links to other reading for the subject.
- Interesting article from the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36130006 - Look at the data and feelings around the rise of Nationalist parties in Europe.
Article from the Guardian looking at nationalism post Covid-19 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/power-equality-nationalism-how-the-pandemic-will-reshape-the-world
Are we really prisoners of Geography - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/10/are-we-really-prisoners-of-geography-maps-geopolitics
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Recommended PodCasts
The geographical (You will need iTunes or Apple Music) https://geographical.co.uk/podcasts
The Royal Geographical Society: Ask the Geographer https://www.rgs.org/schools/teaching-resources/ask-the-expert-podcasts/
The Guardian: Today in Focus https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/todayinfocus
Oxford University Lectures (Can watch or listen to audio) https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/keywords/geography
The Geographical Association: GeogPod https://geography.org.uk/geogpod-the-gas-podcast/