The Park Geography Revision Schedule
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How to do your Geography Revision
Here are some simple steps to make sure you are fully ready for your GCSE exams.
1. Make sure you have completed your Controlled Assessment to the best of your
ability. This is worth 25% of your final mark. Simple.
2. Get yourself a revision folder or book for all of the notes and case study cards you
create. Watch the videos or find your own. It all helps!
3. Stick to this revision schedule. Really make sure that you are either staying on time or
getting ahead of it. Be disciplined.
4. Remember that any work you put in now will make the exam easier and therefore less
stressful.
5. Whenever you are writing answers think SEEP (Social, Economic, Environmental,
Places), PEE (Point, Evidence, Explain) and C3 (Because, Which Means That,
Therefore). Use these structures to frame your answers. Practice these with all of the
exam spotlight questions in the revision schedule.
6. Make full use of your PLCs. Find out which bits of the course you are struggling with
and work hard on them. Tell your teacher if something is red. We can help!
7. Attend any intervention sessions which you are invited to. They will help and might
give you the extra marks you need to improve your final grade.
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Park GCSE Geography revision timetable 2017
Complete this revision to ensure a grade A*-C grade- We will test you on it each week!
Week
Date
Topic
1
16th Jan
1. Water
2
23rd Jan
1. Water
Key information to check or Case
study to learn
ProcessesErosion/Transportation/Deposition
Drainage Basin
Waterfalls/Meanders/Ox Bow
Lakes/Deltas
Revision guide
pages to read
8-10
Tasks to complete
Podcast/Videos
1. Shorten definition
of processes to 3
words each.
2. Sketch and label
each feature
(Waterfalls/Meanders
/Ox Bow
Lakes/Deltas).
3. Add stages to each
diagram…
River Processes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3
l6lzR6R0tE
Hydrological Cylce
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
NKInYFOrtmc
Changes in a river’s features from
source to mouth.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit
esize/audio/geography/#
Clips and Guide
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit
esize/geography/video/water_rivers/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EST6rz09w8
Niagra Falls
Boscastle Floods
Bangladesh or LEDC Flood
Flood Hydrograph
River Management (Hard and Soft
engineering)
11-14
1. Complete mindmap
on page 12.
2. Complete Q’s on
page 13.
3. Answer exam Qs on
page 14.
4. Which
management is
where- make a list…
Changes in a river’s features from
source to mouth.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit
esize/audio/geography/#
Boscastle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8
m5CO1KlDgU
Bangladesh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X
5Tuh4PtqaM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
MAkz1AVZY_Y
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3
30th Jan
7. Coasts
ProcessesWaves
Erosion/Transportation/Deposition
Coastal landforms – Old Harry and
the Sandbanks
Coastlines – Dorset coastline
Coastal management – Thames
Gateway and Westward Ho!
51-57
1. Complete
questions 1 and 2 on
page 51.
2. Complete question
2 on page 53.
3. Complete revision
card task question 4
on page 53.
1. Write out the hard
and soft engineering
table but only use 3
words to describe
them.
2. Complete
questions in the
exams spotlight box.
3. List the sea
defences at Westward
Ho! Can you sketch
them on a sketch
map?
4
6th Feb
4. Population
Distribution and Density
29-30
Reasons for people to live where they
live…
Urbanisation and Counter
urbanisation
Push and Pull Factors
Rural-urban – LEDC-Brazil or India and
MEDC- UK
1. Complete active
box on page 29.
2. Explain why a
family in both a MEDC
and then a LEDC
would move from:
-an urban area to a
rural area
-a rural area to an
urban area
Processes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7
Wi8EL-kJH8
Long Shore Drift
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit
esize/audio/geography/#
Old Harry
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips
/zdmb4wx
Depositional Features
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips
/zp7vr82
Video Bank
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit
esize/geography/video/coasts/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v
ePBY6ebx7c
Coastal Management
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
UQEtawqBe3o
Managed Retreat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o
Q168HubwRQ
Video Bank
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit
esize/geography/video/population/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3
VxnYvI8nog
Urbanisation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit
esize/geography/video/urban_environ
ments/
Migration
4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit
esize/geography/video/migration/
Population growth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
VUTP93qWV7I
5
13th Feb
4. Population
Population Change
BR and DR
Population Pyramids
Nigeria Case Study
Future Changes
Ageing Population
Population controls- China and
Bangladesh
31-36
6
20th Feb
6.
Development
Measuring Development
HDI
NICs, RICs and BRICs
Brandt Line
43-45
5
1. What is natural
increase?
2. How are BRs
different in MEDCs
and LEDCs?
3. How are DRs
different in MEDCs
and LEDCs?
4. Draw and label the
three Population
pyramid shapes.
Complete question 2
on page 32.
5. Complete double
bubble diagram with
data on page 33.
6. Make a case study
card for UK’s Aging
population and
China’s Policy.
7. Complete exam
questions on page 36.
1. Rewrite the
indicators under SEE.
2. Explain what is
good about the HDI as
a measure of
Video Bank
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit
esize/geography/video/population/
Podcast- Aging Population
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit
esize/audio/geography/#
China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
mRBT70_RIWM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p
zdsc9ftVBs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
UW79AIbgufo
Aid
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit
esize/audio/geography/#
Development video bank
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit
Ghana
MDGs 1
AID 1
7
27th Feb
AID 2
MDGs 2
Large Scale Projects
Lestho Highland Water Project
Small Scale Projects
Wateraid in Ethiopia and India
46-50
6
development.
4. Draw the Brandt
line on a map (in your
contact book?) free
hand. Write some
statistics from the
pages above and
below the line linked
to countries.
5. Complete the go
active task on page 44.
6. Learn the
MDGs…write them out
and test yourself…a
lot…where is SSA
doing well, not so
well- what are the
impacts????
7. Write out the types
of aid and summarise
in 3 words.
1. Complete activities
on page 46.
2. What is the
Multiplier Effect? Use
a diagram to explain.
3. Create a case study
card for the Lestho
HWP or Narmada
Dam.
4. What is better
small or large scale
and why? Use
examples to make
your case.
5. Complete exam
esize/geography/video/development/
MDGs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
A5giOGjj5X8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y
7Nh8HP8TDE
Lesson from South Africa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
VNKk5zORry4
Wateraid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e
udZdeUn5rA
LHWP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f
21uPDGL1dA
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6th March
5.
Globalisation
Positives and Negatives
MNCs or TNCs
Coke, Tata, Nike…
37-39
9
13th March
5.
Globalisation
NICs and Globalisation
China Case study
Trade
Ghana Chickens
40-42
10
20th March
2. Climate
Causes
15-20
7
spotlight box and qs
on page 50.
1. Define
Globalisation and
Interdependence.
Give an example for
each.
2. What is an
MNC/TNC?
3. Complete go active
box on p38.
4. Make a case study
card for a MNC you
have studied.
5. What are the
impacts of
Globalisation on the
EU and UK?
6. Complete go active
box on p39.
1. Make a case study
card for China.
2. For the advantages
decide if they are SEE.
3. Learn and explain
all of the terms on
page 41 to your family
or pet…
4. Complete go active
task on page 42.
5. Complete exam
spotlight questions on
p42.
1. Draw a diagram to
Video Bank
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit
esize/geography/video/globalisation/
Definition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x
PD477FuqtY
TNCs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
miGm045YHzE
Nike
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b
0jG8jJCMfU
Coke in India
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R
WSjWWsFy9g
WTO and TNCs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q
S3awBsLfxU
Summary
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27th March
Change
Evidence
The Future
Reducing the impact
Technology and Renewables
3. Living in an
Active Zone
Structure of the Earth
Plate Boundaries
Primary and Secondary Hazards
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Sichuan Case Study
Tsunamis
21-24
8
explain the
greenhouse effectlabel and annotate it.
2. Draw a version of
the carbon cycle using
the circles on page 15.
3. Complete mindmap
of sources of
greenhouse gases on
page 16.
4. Summarise the
evidence in 5 bullet
points. Rank themwhich is the best and
why?
5. List positive and
negative impacts of
climate change. Who
wins MEDCs or LEDCs?
Why?
6. List the best 3 ways
to reduce climate
change.
7. Complete go active
task on page 19.
8. Complete Exam
spotlight on page 20.
1. Draw a diagram
and label it to learn
the structure of the
earth.
2. Learn the names of
the 7 main plates…
3. Complete the go
active activity on page
22.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z
tWHqUFJRTs
Video
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit
esize/geography/video/climate_chang
e/
Bill Nye Science Guy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E
tW2rrLHs08
Impacts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9
GjrS8QbHmY
Green House Effect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z
zCA60WnoMk
Video Bank
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit
esize/geography/video/natural_hazar
ds/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0
MkcazKL-5g
Earth’s Structure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q
uNNfccfK_8
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13
3rd April
10th April
Why do people live in active zonesInertia, etc
Montserrat Case Study
Reducing Risk- 3Ps
10. Tourism
25-28
Definitions
Brecon Beacons/Pembrokeshire Case
Study
9
4. Draw and label a
diagram of a volcano.
Add hazards…
5. Learn all bold terms
on p23 and explain
them to your family or
pet…
6. Make a case study
card for the Sichuan
Earthquake.
7. Make a mind map
for earthquakes and
tsunamis…include all
of the terms…
8. Complete go active
task on page 25. Label
them SEE.
1. For the reasons
that people live near
hazards…rank them
and list your top 5.
2. Complete a Case
Study card for
Montserrat (see go
active box)
3. Complete go active
task on page 27 or
make a giant mind
map for each P…
4. Complete exam
spotlight on page 28.
Plate boundaries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_
uWL7nbkb3A
Sichuan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7
8h-BpSkk1w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T
JBYxxQwTZo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F
1V4_RrSFX0
Tsunamis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
Wx9vPv-T51I
Montserrat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j
BQk2dzo9yM
Video Bank
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit
esize/geography/video/natural_hazar
ds/
Why live in hazardous area
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
NmD2AF8OO7g
Reducing the impact
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L
urM_z7jXwI
Video
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit
esize/geography/video/tourism/
Butler Model
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k
lGM8qV3BFE
Overview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t
_LiBkmYZWQ
Positives and negatives of tourism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L
70XuasfSBg
Ecotourism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e
7ldQ0Bm_a0
Ecotourism in Thailand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
OvDSTtp0ij4
Ecotourism in Costa Rica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
DNQw07Lt12E
Changes in Tourism
Butler Model and Life Cycle Model
Changes to British Sea Side Case
Study
Impacts of Tourism
Case Study MEDC- Westward Ho!
Case Study LEDC- Costa Rica
Honey pots
Ecotourism
Positive Mulitplier
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17th April
8. Weather
and Climate 1
The climates of the UK
Low Pressure
High Pressure
Rainfall types and patterns
Factors that affect climate
58-62
1. Complete mind
maps to summarise
low pressure systems,
high pressure systems
and rainfall.
2. List and explain the
factors which impact
the climate of the UK.
Video Bank
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit
esize/geography/video/weather_clima
te/
UK Climate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C
UDJ0L0Fvu0
Weather fronts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
G7Ewqm0YHUI&list=RDQeAp3CuGjk8
&index=17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t
3NAN6ZflJc
15
24th April
8. Weather
and Climate 2
Weather Hazards
Low Pressure- Flooding in UK
58-62
1. Case Study CardUk Floods.
Storm Desmond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
10
2. Case Study CardUpEReBBwVMw
UK Drought.
Katrina
3. Case study cardhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4
Hurricane Nargis.
Fhc0oWxF1Q
4. Case Study CardForecasting
Hurricane Katrina.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
5. Complete go active DOBSg4hVOfU
tasks on page 61.
8. Complete exam
spotlight box on page
62.
Go over all of unit 1 topics again and revisit- 1. Water, 2 Climate Change, 3 Living in an Active Zone, 4 Population, 5 Globalisation and 6
Development. Use PLCs to assess final position…Unit 1 exam 22nd May…PM
Go over all of unit 2 topics again and revisit- 7. Coasts, 8. Weather and Climate and 10. Tourism. Use PLCs to assess final position…Unit 2 Exam
6th June…PM
High Pressure- Drought in UK
Tropical Storms
LEDC- Nargis
MEDC- Katrina
Management of weather hazards
16
8th May
17
15th May
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GEOGRAPHY GCSE Water Theme 1
Describe
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I can describe the river basin as a system of inputs, flows, stores and outputs
I can explain all the inputs, stores, flows and outputs of the water cycle (in rural and urban areas)
I can describe the processes of Erosion (hydraulic action, abrasion, attrition, solution)
I can describe the processes of Transportation (saltation, traction, solution, suspension)
I can describe the process Deposition
I can explain how velocity and load affect the type of processes that occurs
I can draw a labelled long profile diagram of a river course. (source to mouth with key features)
I can write a detailed step by step explanation (using a diagram) of how the following landforms are
created:
V shaped valleys and interlocking spurs
Rapids and waterfalls
Meanders and ox-bow lakes
Floodplains and levees
I can explain how a waterfall is managed for tourism
Case studies of development of tourism at major waterfall
I can explain at least two physical factors that increase the chance of a flood occurring
I can explain at least two human factors that increase the chance of a flood occurring
I can describe and explain how different factors when linked together increase the chances of a flood
I can describe in detail a flood hydrograph
I can explain the characteristics of a flood hydrograph and link them to river flooding
I can describe the primary and secondary effects of flooding
I can explain why the effects of flooding are different according to different factors (eg amount of
rain, level of preparation in affected area, level of development of affected area, gradient etc)
I can describe how rivers can be managed to reduce the risk and effect of flooding (hard engineering
and soft engineering)
Explain
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Case study
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Evaluation
Map skills
Case studies
I can explain how different management strategies will work in the future (SEEP)
I can locate and identify key landform features using O/S maps and 6 figure grid references
I know the name of a river valley and the landforms within it - River Lyn
I know the causes, effects and management of river flooding in an MEDC – EG River Valency Boscastle
I know the causes, effects and management of river flooding in an LEDC – EG River Ganges Bangladesh
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GEOGRAPHY GCSE Our Changing Coastline THEME 7
Describe
Explain
I can describe the difference between constructive and destructive waves
I can explain the difference between constructive and destructive waves
I can describe and explain the different types of erosion found at the coast (hydraulic action, abrasion, attrition,
solution) and their effects
I can explain in a step by step way how Longshore drift works (using a diagram)
I can explain how geology creates different landforms (concordant, discordant, resistance)
I can describe the features of beaches, bars, and spits
I can give a step by step explanation of the formation of beaches, bars, and spits
I can describe the features of caves, arches, stacks and stumps
I can give a step by step explanation of the formation of caves, arches, stacks and stumps (using a diagram)
I can describe the features of headlands and bays
I can give a step by step explanation of the formation of headlands and bays
Describe and explain
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Evaluate
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Map skills
Case studies
Case studies
Case studies
Case studies
I can explain how these landforms and processes affect the lives of people living along the coast?
I can explain how tourism impacts people who live on the coast, eg, Westward Ho!
I can describe the different types of hard engineering sea defences (walls, revetments, groynes, gabions,
breakwaters, rip rap)
I can explain how different types of hard engineering sea defences work (walls, revetments, groynes, gabions,
breakwaters, rip rap)
I can describe the different types of soft engineering sea defences (beach replenishment, sand dunes, managed
retreat, salt marshes)
I can explain how the different types of soft engineering sea defences work (beach replenishment, sand dunes,
managed retreat, salt marshes)
I can evaluate the best coastal management strategies for different places (cost benefit analysis)
I can evaluate the different types of sea defences and their level of sustainability (SEEL)
I can locate and identify key landform features using O/S maps and 6 figure grid references
I know the name of a coastal area and the can describe the landforms that are found there (EG Old Harry,
Westward Ho! Croyde)
I can describe and explain how a coastal area is protected and how sustainable this management is (EG
Westward Ho!)
I can describe why sea levels are changing and how will these changes affect people (EG Bangladesh
vs UK)
I can give examples of places under threat and how they are managing them.
I can explain, with examples, ‘retreat the line’ or ‘do nothing’ and ‘hold the line’.
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GEOGRAPHY GCSE Weather and Climate Theme 8
I can describe the following factors which create the variations in weather and climate experienced within and
around the British Isles:
Altitude
Air Masses and Air Pressure (Low/High/Depression/Anti Cyclones)
Prevailing Wind
I can explain Relief, Convectional and Frontal Rainfall with clear steps on diagrams
I can describe weather patterns in Western UK and Eastern UK
I can explain differences in weather patterns between Western UK and Eastern UK.
I can describe the impact in the UK of:
Droughts
Floods
Storms/Gales
I can describe the global distribution of tropical storms (ocean names and latitude)
I can explain the global distribution of tropical storms (sea temperatures, trade winds)
I can give a step by step explanation of the conditions that lead to the formation of a hurricane
I can describe the hazards associated with hurricanes and explain their effects (wind, storm surges, rainfall,
flooding, landslides)
I can explain why the effects of hurricanes differ in the UK and an LEDC (economic and social effects)
I can explain why people still live in areas affected by these types of hazard (inertia, jobs, family, cost of
moving, poverty)
I can describe methods used to protect against hurricanes (Mangrove swamps, levees, storm shelters, houses
on stilts, strengthened buildings)
I can describe the methods used to predict the location of hurricanes and how powerful they will be (satellite
imagery, temperature/pressure buoys, tracking, hurricane watches, aeroplanes)
I can explain how people can be prepared for hurricanes (education, evacuation, warning, insurance, buildings)
I can explain how and why MEDC’s are more prepared for the effects of hurricanes than LEDC’s
I can use satellite imagery to map distributions and the track of hurricanes
I can use satellite imagery to describe key features of hurricanes
I can explain the varying effects of hazards using maps and data
I can describe the causes and impacts of a hurricane in an LEDC (SEEL) EG Hurricane Nargis - Myanmar
I can describe the causes and impacts of a hurricane in an MEDC (SEEL) EG Hurricane Katrina – New Orleans
USA
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GEOGRAPHY GCSE Changing Populations Theme 4
I can describe and explain the growth of population on a global scale
I can explain the global pattern of population and link it to physical factors
I can describe the shape and features of population pyramids for an LEDC and an MEDC
I can explain the shape and features of population pyramids for an LEDC and an MEDC
I can compare and contrast the pyramids of an LEDC and an MEDC (birth rate, death rate, life expectancy)
I can describe and explain how pyramids will change over time as a country develops
I can explain the link between a pyramids shape and the stage of development
I can describe the 5 stages of the demographic transition model (DTM)
I can describe how birth and death rates and population growth vary between countries at different stages on the DTM
I can define the terms, birth rate, death rate, life expectancy, infant mortality
I can explain at least two reasons why death rates differ at different stages on the DTM
I can explain at least two reasons why birth rates differ at different stages on the DTM
I can explain at least two reasons why life expectancy differs at different stages on the DTM
I can describe the effects of overpopulation on an LEDC
I can describe the characteristics of an ageing population - UK
I can explain the reasons why there is an ageing population
I can predict future trends or implications of an ageing population
I can define ‘pro-natalist policy’ and ‘anti-natalist’ policy.
I can explain how push and pull factors influence migration both nationally and internationally
I can apply push and pull factors to a MEDC and a LEDC
I can evaluate the positive and negative effects of migration on the sending and receiving areas
I can describe what urbanisation is
I can explain the causes and analyse the consequences of urbanisation
I can describe what counter urbanisation is
I can explain why some people wish to move away from cities and how others are affected by this
I can describe and explain the causes and effects of a population control policy – One child Policy China
I can describe and explain the causes, consequences and management of large scale international migration – EG Poland
to UK
I can describe and explain the causes, consequences and management of national migration - Rural to urban migration –
EG Catinga to Sao Paulo - Brazil
I can explain the differences in population pyramids and population structure for South Asia, Sub Saharan Africa and
Western Europe (EG Bangladesh, Burkina Faso and UK)
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GEOGRAPHY GCSE Globalisation Theme 5
Describe
I can describe the effects of changes in employment sectors from primary to tertiary as a country
develops.
I can define industrialisation and deindustrialisation.
I can describe what globalisation means, using phrases such as ‘inter-dependence’, ‘connectedness’,
‘flows’, & ‘technology’.
I can explain, using an example (EG Greece), why the world is ‘inter-connected’ or ‘inter-dependent’.
I know what the acronyms TNC, WTO, IMF stand for.
I can outline the role of the IMF and the WTO, and some of the problems that these organisations cause.
I can describe, using examples, who the ‘winners’ (MEDCs) and who the ‘losers’ (women in LEDCs in
particular) of globalisation are.
Explain
I can explain how newly industrialised countries such as India and China have benefited from
globalisation.
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I can define the term ‘New Economy’.
I can define foreign direct investment (FDI) and describe how it has changed.
I can explain the reasons for the growth in international trade, because of the growth of TNCs
(consolidation & conglomeration), state-led investment, and lower transport costs.
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I can describe the social and economic impacts of the enlargement of the EU.
I can explain how patterns of trade hindered economic progress in the least economically
developed countries?
I can describe protectionist policies including tariffs, subsidies and quotas.
EG EU tomato and chicken dumping in West Africa or similar
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I can explain how a TNC in the tertiary sector operates, correctly using the term ‘out-sourcing’ and
describing the positive and negative economic, environmental and social effects. EG Apple or BT
I can explain how a TNC in the secondary sector operates, correctly using the term ‘off-shoring’ and
describing the positive and negative economic, environmental and social effects. EG Nike or Dyson
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GEOGRAPHY GCSE Living in an Active Zone Theme 3
I can label and describe the characteristics (thickness, temperature, liquid or solid) of the structure of the
earth. (continental and oceanic crust, plates, mantle core)
I can describe the global distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes in relation to the earths plate margins
I can explain how convection currents in the mantle cause the earths plates to move
I can name and describe all four plate margins with real examples (destructive, constructive, collision,
conservative) (Pacific ring of fire, Mid Atlantic Ridge, Alps/Himalayas, San Andreas Fault)
I can describe the main hazards or features at each plate margin (earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis)(Oceanic
Trench, Fold Mountains, Rift Valley)
I can draw a labelled diagram of all four types of plate margin including the direction of plate movement
I can explain in a step by step way how plate movements at each margin cause different hazards
I can explain in sequence the conditions that lead to the formation of an earthquake
I can describe the hazards associated with volcanoes (pyroclastic flow, lava, ash cloud, lahar)
I can describe the hazards associated with earthquakes (Tsunami, building collapse, fire, landslide)
I can explain at least two short term and two long term effects of tectonic hazards on people
I can explain how and why the effects of tectonic hazards vary between MEDC’s and LEDC’s
I can explain at least two reasons why people still live in areas affected by these types of hazard (inertia, jobs,
poverty, family)
Study of Iceland or Etna: tourism, geo-thermal power, mineral exploitation, highly fertile soils.
I can describe at least two methods used to predict the location of tectonic hazards (GPS, seismometers, tilt
metres, gas monitoring, animal behaviour, past activity patterns)
I can describe the methods used to prepare and protect people and buildings from tectonic hazards
(earthquake drills, family plans, emergency kits, evacuation plans, building regulations)
How the effects of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes be reduced (Shorter term - evacuation of people,
channelling lava flows, aerial bombing. Longer term - hazard mapping, new building technology, improved
emergency planning, e.g. Japan and California.)
I can explain how and why the effectiveness of these methods varies between MEDC’s and LEDC’s
I can use satellite imagery to describe distributions and patterns of tectonic hazards
I can explain the varying effects of tectonic hazards using chloropleth maps and data
I can describe the causes and impacts of an earthquake and a volcano in an MEDC (SEEP) EG Mt St
Helens/Etna/Iceland eruption or Los Angeles/Italy earthquake, Kobe
I can describe the causes and impacts of an earthquake and a volcano in an LEDC (SEEP) EG Etna eruption,
Haiti earthquake, Boxing Day Tsunami, Chile EQ, Sichuan
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GEOGRAPHY GCSE Climate Change Theme 2
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I can describe the greenhouse effect
I can explain the impacts of human action on the greenhouse effect
I can explain the causes of climate change (industry, transport, energy use)
I can describe how industry can negatively affect the environment (oil spills, deforestation,
climate change)
I can describe at least three local and global effects of global warming :
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Short term effects such as increased incidence of storms, droughts and flood, changing
business opportunities including for agriculture.
Long term effects such as rising sea levels, changing patterns of insect borne disease, and
migration of environmental refugees
I can explain the positive of negative impacts on a local and global level of global warming
(rising sea levels, flooding, extreme weather, changing food production, spread of disease)
I can describe the responses to global warming (Kyoto, recycling, reducing carbon footprint,
carbon neutral technology, renewable energy, energy saving buildings/cities)
I can judge progress towards cutting CO2 targets for developed and developing countries
I can evaluate the sustainability of the responses to global warming EG RENEWABLES and
KYOTO
I can evaluate future scenarios and impacts of climate change with examples
I can describe and explain the effects on developing countries
I can describe and explain the effects on a developed country
I can evaluate the positive and negative impact of climate change on a range of countries
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GEOGRAPHY GCSE Development Theme 6
I can describe how levels of economic development are measured using statistical indicators
(GDP per capita, HDI, Life expectancy, Literacy rates)
I can explain how indicators show different levels of development
I can describe how quality of life is measured (economic, social, environmental, psychological)
I can explain at least three reasons why quality of life varies at different levels of development
I can explain how birth rate is linked to women being in education or contraception with
Examples of Places- Bangladesh and China
I can explain how death rate is linked to access to clean water and disease and how if lowered
it reduces population as people have less children.
I can explain at least two advantages and two disadvantages of using GDP to measure
development
I can explain at least two reasons why HDI is a good measure of development
I can describe the global distribution of development in the world using examples of continents
and countries
I can explain the regional patterns of social or economic development in ONE country GHANA
I can explain why countries are at different stages of development (resources, colonisation,
world trade, multinationals, government)
I can describe what happens as a country becomes more developed (economic, social,
environmental)
I can explain what happens as a country becomes more developed (economic, social,
environmental)
I can explain what the Brant line is and why the Brandt line is out of date
I can explain what the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are and how governments and
non-governmental organisations are addressing them?
I can compare South East Asia with Sub Saharan Africa in terms of progress towards the goals
and the impacts on people
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GEOGRAPHY GCSE Tourism Theme 10
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I can describe what tourism is
I can explain Physical factors which affect the nature of tourism (Landscape,
Climate, Flora and fauna)
I can explain Human factors which affect the nature of tourism (Accessibility,
Facillities, attractions, Entertainment, theme Parks)
I can describe the Butler Model of tourism change with examples for each stage
I can describe how tourism is changing over time in terms of:
Type of holiday (Eco Tourism, Long Haul, City Break, Cruises, etc)
Growth of tourism (Wealth, Economy Air lines, Internet, Choice, Variety)
Diversification of Destinations (Less beach/Spain, More LEDC- EG Costa
Rica/Mexico)
I can describe the impacts of tourism on;
Social and the economic- Jobs, Infrastructure, Farming, Culture, Values, Second
Homes
Environmental- Pollution, Carbon footprint, Water supply, Congestion
I can explain, with specific place examples, the multiplier effect
I can explain at least two advantages and two disadvantages of tourism for one
MEDC (EG the UK) and one LEDC (EG Mexico).
I can explain how tourism can become more sustainable (2 place specific examples
from- Ecotourism, Industrial heritage sites, National Parks or Walking Safaris)
An ecotourism project- how different and improved from previous models of
tourism.
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