SCHOLARS


 * Geography Scholarship Revision**


 * UPDATE: 24 December (Happy Christmas for tomorrow)**
 * I have also created a tumblr account to which I will send links to useful material to read. You can access it here:**

thinkingeography.tumblr.com

Here are some past Eton Questions. Regardless of which school you are heading to, you could think about these questions. When you get to your revision, email me a couple of paragraphs explaining how you would deal with the question. I will email you back with some ideas/comments. Then you can write the essay. Remember to use all the essay skills you have been taught.

Additionally read up in a range of general knowledge magazines such as:

The Week Newsweek Time National Geographic Geographical and the newspapers

Find topics that relate to the CE topics. Also try to focus on topical issues that might be geographical such as the climate summit in Paris, the floods in the UK recently, even issues to to with Daesh/ISIS.

1. Why does Britain’s climate vary so much? 2. To tackle environmental problems we need to “think global, act local.” Elaborate on this statement using examples from a range of environmental issues. 3. Explain the roles of erosion, transportation and deposition in the creation of landforms in either fluvial or glacial environments. 4. Discuss the benefits and problems faced by a country with a high percentage of tertiary and quaternary economic activity. 5. With reference to either earthquakes or volcanoes explain why some cause more devastation than others. 6. Is globalisation a good thing? Use examples to expand your answer.

Scholarship Geography expects you to know a lot of 'stuff about stuff.'

Here is some 'stuff'!

Interesting article on the English Working Class. Well thought and and reasoned. It's not 'mission critical' for geography, but is certainly interesting and thought provoking. It is a little long and you might need to look some things up but it's good exercise for the mind! Tell me if you read it. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jan/10/andrew-ohagan-george-orwell-memoriallecture

Interesting App that might help predict earthquakes and save lives. http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/09/early-warning-labs-partners-with-usgs-to-create-an-app-that-warns-of-earthquakes-30-seconds-ahead/?ncid=rss

Not terribly relevant but rather amusing about geopolitics.

Hans Rosling's Amazing Animated Infographic []

Hans Rosling's View on Ebola http://www.youtube.com/user/Gapcast

Interesting article about why the fatalities in the 2011 Japan earthquake were so high http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-parker/japan-tsunami_b_1335737.html

Interesting article about geolocations and privacy. http://blogs.esri.com/esri/esri-insider/2014/10/29/i-told-you-where-i-ate-lunch-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-the-data/?utm_source=esri&utm_medium=email&utm_term=70616&utm_content=headline&utm_campaign=globe_2014

It would be useful to be familiar with the geographical elements of this booklet. http://www.viewer.i-version.com/?id=J6NC3F6PHB3K

Decline of the coal industry http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/apr/11/slow-death-coal-industry

Essay Topics

Video about fracking media type="youtube" key="LAxsTJd7VCA" height="315" width="560"

Very interesting article on global change. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/30/opinion/global/niall-ferguson-turning-points.html?pagewanted=1&ref=globalagenda2012

Interesting reflection on modern industrial process. (It's a little creepy!) media type="custom" key="23819530"

Very interesting with this story which I found just today: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/11/10/chipotle-reopens-ecol-restaurants-oregon-washington/75505514/

The movie and the game are sponsored by a company that wants to produce wholesome food! Dr Lee 11 November 2015 - Maybe that's the cost of not using so many chemicals.