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2. Preparing for the Summer Key Dates: Tuesday 13 th May: Unit 1 Physical Geography Exam (37.5% of GCSE) 1 hr and 30 Mins Thursday 22 nd May: Unit 2 Human Geography Exam (37.5% of GCSE) 1 hr and 30 Mins

3. Preparing for the Summer Monday 24 th Feb Time: 1.10-2.10 FOUNDATION Restless Earth Tuesday 25 th Feb Time: 1.10-2.10 HIGHER Restless Earth Wednesday 26 th Feb Time: 3.10-4.15 STEP-Controlled Assessment 11A2 Thursday 27 th Feb Home Revision Restless Earth Friday 28 th Feb Home Revision Restless Earth Saturday 1 st March Home Revision Restless Earth Sunday 2 nd March Home Revision Restless Earth Monday 3 rd March Time: 1.10-2.10 FOUNDATION Restless Earth Tuesday 4 th March Time: 1.10-2.10 HIGHER Restless Earth Wednesday 5 th March Time: 3.10-4.15 STEP-Controlled Assessment 11A2 Thursday 6 th March Home Revision Restless Earth Friday 7 th March Home Revision Restless Earth Saturday 8 th March Home Revision Restless Earth Sunday 9 th March Home Revision Restless Earth Monday 10 th March Time: 1.10-2.10 FOUNDATION Coastal Landscapes Tuesday 11 th March Time: 1.10-2.10 HIGHER Coastal Landscapes Wednesday 12 th March Time: 3.10-4.15 STEP-Foundation Exam Skill Thursday 13 th March Home Revision Coastal Landscapes Friday 14 th March Home Revision Coastal Landscapes Saturday 15 th March Home Revision Coastal Landscapes Sunday 16 th March Home Revision Coastal Landscapes Monday 17 th March Time: 1.10-2.10 FOUNDATION Coastal Landscapes Tuesday 18 th March Time: 1.10-2.10 HIGHER Coastal Landscapes Wednesday 19 th March Time: 3.10-4.15 STEP-Foundation Exam Skill Thursday 20 th March Home Revision Coastal Landscapes Friday 21 st March Home Revision Coastal Landscapes Saturday 22 nd March Home Revision Coastal Landscapes Sunday 23 rd March Home Revision Coastal Landscapes Monday 24 th March Time: 1.10-2.10 FOUNDATION Living World Tuesday 25 th March Time: 1.10-2.10 HIGHER Living World Wednesday 26 th March Time: 3.10-4.15 STEP: Higher Exam Skill Thursday 27 th March Home Revision Living World Friday 28 th March Home Revision Living World Saturday 29 th March Home Revision Living World Sunday 30 th March Home Revision Living World Monday 31 st March Time: 1.10-2.10 FOUNDATION Living World Tuesday 1 st April Time: 1.10-2.10 HIGHER Living World Wednesday 2 nd April Time: 3.10-4.15 STEP: Higher Exam Skill Thursday 3 rd April Home Revision Living World Friday 4 th April Home Revision Physical and Human Geography Saturday 5 th April Home Revision Physical and Human Geography Sunday 6 th April Home Revision Physical and Human Geography

4. Preparing for the Summer Monday 21 st April BANK HOLIDAY Tuesday 22 nd April Time: 1.10-2.10 Mini Mock Wednesday 23 rd April Time: 3.10-4.15 STEP: Thursday 24 th April Home Revision Population Change Friday 25 th April Home Revision Population Change Saturday 26 th April Home Revision Globalisation Sunday 27 th April Home Revision Globalisation Monday 28 th April Time: 1.10-2.10 FOUNDATION Population Change Tuesday 29 th April Time: 1.10-2.10 HIGHER Population Change Wednesday 30 th April Time: 3.10-4.15 STEP: Thursday 1 st May Home Revision The Development Gap Friday 2 nd May Home Revision The Development Gap Saturday 3 rd May Home Revision Human Geography Sunday 4 th May Home Revision Human Geography Monday 5 th May BANK HOLIDAY Tuesday 6 th May Time: 1.10-2.10 HIGHER General Revision Wednesday 7 th May Time: 3.10-4.15 STEP: Thursday 8 th May Home Revision Physical Geography Friday 9 th May Home Revision Physical Geography Saturday 10 th May Home Revision Physical Geography Sunday 11 th May Home Revision Physical Geography Monday 12 th May EXAM’s START Home Revision Physical Geography Tuesday 13 th May Unit 1: Physical Geography Exam PM 1hr and 30 Mins Wednesday 14 th May Time: 3.10-4.15 STEP: Human Geography Thursday 15 th May Home Revision Human Geography Friday 16 th May Home Revision Human Geography Saturday 17 th May Home Revision Human Geography Sunday 18 th May Home Revision Human Geography Monday 19 th May Time: 1.10-2.10 FOUNDATION Human Geography Tuesday 20 th May Time: 1.10-2.10 Higher Population Change Wednesday 21 st May Time: 3.10-4.15 STEP: Human Geography Thursday 22 nd May Unit 2: Human Geography Exam AM 1hr and 30 Mins

5. How to help with revision?

8. 1.Organisation Do you have a complete set of notes on: -The Restless Earth-Population Change -The Living World-Globalisation -The Coastal Zone-The Development Gap 2. Revisiting their notes -Create Mind Maps for each of the topics or sections of the specification 3. Case Study Cards -Create case study cards for each topic looking at: What part of the specification do they link to? What is the case study for? Facts and Figures specific to that case study

9. Case Study: Attempts to manage population change to achieve sustainable development (over population) : China – One Child Policy Chinese government concerned about population growth China could only have a rising living standard if the population was controlled They wanted to avoid a Malthusian type disaster So they set limits on who could have children and when Advantages Disadvantages Stages of the policy Infanticide – couples wanted males, killed if girl` - males spoilt –. little emperor. syndrome Population control could cause social unrest – they could research life elsewhere Unsuccessful in countryside – hard to enforce in rural areas Allowed second child if first a girl Source of cheap labour + kept going till they had a boy Financial and educational incentives for one child – fines, abortions and sterilisations for more With one child the average families would fall to 370 million Successful in urban areas, with 90% of children being only children e.g. Beijing Elderly dependent population – younger would have to create more wealth to maintain the same quality of life Aimed to stabilise population growth by 2050 1950-59 Large pop. (Famine in 59) 1960-73 Pop. Boom 55 million 1974-79 Encouraged to reduce -Longer, later, fewer – Wan- xi-shao 1979-90 Didn’t work well – still increased - contracepti on – granny police – one child policy 1990+ One child more relaxed ageing pop social influences from west successful in urban Report pregnancy babies killed 2006+ Growth fallen 0.6% Fertility rate 1.6 Better health service – ratio 118:100 Extra info: 23 sewing needles woman - infanticide Chinas elderly care conundrum –heavy burden

10. How to help with revision? 4. Become a Geographical Terminology Specialist Do you know: -What Geographical terminology is needed for each topic? -How to spell these terms? 5. Structured Revision Time Do you know: -When you are going to revise? -How long you are going to revise? MOST IMPORTANTLY -What is going to be the focus of your revision? E.g. What section of the topic/specification are you going to revise? -Restless Earth: Distribution of Plate Boundaries Contrasts between oceanic and continental Plates Characteristics of Destructive Plate Margins Characteristics of Constructive Plate Margins Characteristics of Conservative Plate Margins

11. How to help with revision? 6. Exam Skill Tips Do you know: -What phrases are needed to support the content? E.g. When talking about volcanic features must say OVER TIME When comparing and contrasting must say WHERE AS or IN CONTRAST TO or IN COMPARISON -Impacts/Effects if not stated then you must always: Primary and Secondary Positive and Negative Social, Economic, Environmental, Political (SEEP) 6 and 8 Mark answers is all to do with the flow and structure of the answer than it is about the content. Which causes