Saturday, 1 April 2017

Overall revision planner

If you need some help planning your revision for geography I've broken it down into one session a day for you.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2lxhj0PIzSSQktJa1NCdlg1c0U


Friday, 3 March 2017

Next couple of weeks the blog will focus on Settlement and Population


Your place – Rainham, London
Location within the region, the UK and Europe.
What do you think of your place?
How do others view your place?

Why is Rainham like it is?
Physical and human geography
National links
International links.
Rainham’s economy.
Rainham’s culture and the links that have shaped that culture.

What big issues affect the UK and Rainham?
Crime.
The credit crunch and recession.
Migration.
Changing employment structure.

How is Rainham changing and how might it change in the future?


Your other place – Mumbai
Location within the region (Maharashtra), India and The world.
What do you think of Mumbai?
How do others view Mumbai?

How is Mumbai portrayed in news media and culture?

A place of poverty and conflict
Slumdog millionaire
Bollywood

Why is Mumbai like it is?
Physical and human geography.
National links.
International links.
Mumbai's economy.
Mumbai's culture and the links that have shaped that culture.
Mumbais impact on other places.

How is Mumbai changing and how might it change in the future?
The Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor
Slum clearance in Dharavi

How are Rainham and Mumbai similar and different?


Tuesday, 10 January 2017

Mock Resit Revision focus

To tailor your revision

Sand Dune and Mesa formation
How people use the desert (include MNCs)
Desertification (causes and management)
Causes of Haiti earthquake (diagram!)
Impacts of Earthquakes and how they differ between MEDCs and LEDCs

TNCs
Mobile phone case study
ethical consumers
Fracking and its impacts (pos and neg) on people and the environment

Land use
settlement models
advantages and disadvantages of living in different zones of the burgess model
Demographic transition model
climate of London and Mumbai
Similarities and differences between London and Mumbai.