Updated March 2007
There are 3 sections on the 'AS' Human Geography course. Click to go the relevant section of the course:
Download WEEKLY SCHEME OF WORK - thanks to Miss Davidson for her hard work on this (XLS)
There are also some more recent updates to this...
Also head over to the EDEXCEL site and download all relevant documentation.
Remember the e-mail contact if you need further confirmation of any points !!
CHECK OUT ROB CHAMBERS' RESOURCES !
Click the picture or HERE to go to the page.
This features links to some excellent materials for our specification: these include a COURSE OVERVIEW, and details on each of the MODULES at AS which have games, notes, activities etc.
a) Populations vary in distribution, density and structure
b) Populations change over time
c) Population changes have socio-economic and environmental implications
Synoptic Link: Governments have a direct and indirect influence on population
a) The size and location of settlements vary, and distinct patterns can be identified
b) Settlements vary in their internal structure
c) Settlements change over time
Synoptic Link: Government policies influence settlement characteristics and patterns
a) Population movements can be classified
b) There are a variety of causes and constraints affecting people's decisions to migrate permanently
c) Migrations have an effect on the area people have left, and the areas they move to
Synoptic Link: Government policies influence migration patterns
WORK FOR week beginning 12th MARCH is here too...
Interested in International Affairs ? Perhaps you're doing a project on a particular area: Europe or North America, and want information ? You need to visit the site of Professor Wayne Selcher, at Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania, and his VIRTUAL LIBRARY OF RESOURCES.
For details on the UK Employment, go to SKILLSBASE. As well as the data, there are downloadable teaching notes.
Some Urban links from HEATON MANOR school.
The UN has a relevant site on HABITAT. I have an excellent textbook which came out of a UN conference for any 'A' grade students to borrow...
A site about the redevelopment of SALFORD QUAYS. This is a VIRTUAL Salford Quays, and would be an excellent example of urban regeneration. You could use this as a Virtual fieldtrip by bringing in some worksheets.
There was an excellent article in the Guardian Weekend magazine on September 28th 2002 by Guy Browning. It was called 'Welcome to the modern village', and humorously deconstructed the way that a modern village is changing.
Suggests that the definition of a village is: "a small group of houses, none of which can get pizza delivered".
Go HERE to Kay's site for more details. It offers residential case studies: 5 areas can be visited using an Interactive map, and are then encouraged to research the areas using external links to maps, air photos, council data and ward based national statistics. Each page has photos, background information and dedicated links. Could be used to look at urban growth, urban land use models and urban regeneration. Go along and take a look. Recommended
Check out the GEO CASES site for a free case study of the Rural Urban fringe.
A site here with details on the RANK SIZE RULE.
Also keep an eye out for a book published by 'The Idler' magazine (visit the website too...) called CRAP TOWNS. This is the result of the website's many recommendations for CRAP TOWNS. There's an updated version which enlarges the original Top 50 to a Top 100
Some great materials have been posted at the site of SLEMISH COLLEGE in Northern Ireland. They have been recommended elsewhere on the site. There are 'AS' SETTLEMENT links: these include Settlement Distribution and Rural / Urban materials, picture galleries of Belfast and Urban morphology and models - and in addition are 'AS' POPULATION materials.
A link from the SLEMISH site takes you to THE VIRTUAL LEARNING PLACE which has some POPULATION materials.
Kay Williams has posted an excellent page of links on the development of the THAMES GATEWAY - met Kay finally after all these years at SAGT in October 2006
CITY POPULATION: a German academic site which has useful population statistics for all major urban agglomerations (cities....) Recommended
Try this site: OUSEDALE SCHOOL, which has a complete Unit 5 example for those of you who have to cover this option. Well worth a look.
What about some DME resources ? Have you produced some ? Send me some and I'll post them here.
POPULATION LINKS
Go HERE for an intriguing (and some may find offensive) suggestion for how to deal with the world's growing food supply problems.
TOURISM
The Quiraing on Skye. One of my favourite places in the world.... Picture by Mister P.
Getting away from the scheme a little, but will perhaps be involved in some AS schemes, or A2. Tourism is still an important industry, despite the effects of terrorism. The British tourist authorities are currently wooing us to stay in the country and spend our money in the country.
There are some useful LINKS at this University site.
Try also the COUNTRYSIDE AGENCY site.
Some good stuff at the NATURENET site.
There's a very useful report HERE on the changes in HERITAGE TOURISM in the UK (PDF format - so you'll have a while to wait unless you're on broadband...)
Recently had an e-mail asking me to consider the difference between a tourist attraction that was CULTURAL and one that was NATURAL. Can you really have a tourist attraction which is truly one or the other ?
UNESCO have a list of WORLD HERITAGE SITES at their websites. Good to explore, and have a go at categorising them. Which ones are being threatened, and by what ?
One useful site is that of ORKNEY and its heritage sites. Also some good downloadable wallpapers for your desktop.
Some attractions in ETHIOPIA to consider.
SKI MAPS are available here for all the Alpine ski resorts. A useful resource.
S-COOL has some resources on TOURISM.
SKILLS
The Sir John Nelthorpe school has a page of useful EXCEL FILES, some of which are relevant to the HUMAN GEOGRAPHY theme. Check out files to help with the following:
Huff's Probability Model
Reilly's Gravity Model
Deprivation Indices (based around Scunthorpe)
Ravenstein's theory of Migration
NEW SCIENTIST
This magazine ALWAYS has useful articles for Geography.
There is now the opportunity for KES students to download articles from the last 15 years. Ask a member of the Geography department for the User Name and Password...
