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KS5 Subject: Geography
What topics will you study in KS5 Gepgraphy?
- Paper 1 focuses on physical geography, including the topics of tectonic processes and hazards, landscapes, systems and change - coasts, the water cycle and water insecurity, the carbon cycle and energy security.
- Paper 2 focuses on human geography, including the topics of globalisation, shaping places - regeneration, superpowers, global development and connections - health, human rights and intervention.
- Paper 3 focuses on synoptic issues based, analysis based on a geographical issue within a place-based context.
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: Physical
- Paper 2: Human
- Paper 3: Synoptic paper
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/