KS4 Subject: Geography

What topics will you study in KS4 Geography?

  • Paper 1 of GCSE Geography is about living in the physical environment, this consists of the challenge of natural hazards, the living world, and physical landscapes in the UK.
  • Paper 2 is about challenges in the human environment and this consists of urban issues and challenges, the changing economic world, and the challenge of resource management.
  • Paper 3 focuses on geographical applications including issue evaluation, skills and fieldwork.

Do you have a reading list for this subject?

Suggestions of books to read for every aspiring Geographer:

Human Geography:

  • Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
  • FactFullness by Hans Rosling
  • The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman
  • The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas Friedman
  • Dead Aid by Dambisa Moyo
  • The Almighty Dollar by Dharshini David
  • 50 things that made the modern economy by Tim Harford
  • Inequality and the 1% by Danny Dorling
  • Population 9 Billion by Danny Dorling
  • Divided: Why We're Living in an Age of Walls by Tim Marshall

Physical Geography:

  • Plate Tectonics Stewart, Iain (22 March 2018).
  • Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth by James Lovelock
  • Coastal Systems by Simon Haslett
  • The Holocene: An Environmental History by Neil Roberts
  • Living Earth: Outline of the Geology of Iceland by Ari Trausti Guðmundsson
  • Eruptions that shook the world by Clive Oppenheimer,
  • Let There Be Water : Israel's Solution for a Water-Starved World by Sth M. Siegel
  • The shock of the Anthropocene by Christophe Bonneuil and Fressoz

For something even more challenging, visit this website for a collection of more great books: https://www.internetgeography.net/wider-reading-in-geography/

How will you be assessed during the course?

  • Paper 1: Living in the physical environment
  • Paper 2: Challenges in the human environment
  • Paper 3: Geographical applications

How can you help your child excel in this subject?

Test your child on memorisation of key case studies and processes being learnt in Geography. Check they are completing their homework in a quiet and calm environment with no distractions.

Useful links:

https://www.internetgeography.net/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/zy3ptyc

https://senecalearning.com/en-GB/