Preparing to Study

Humanities Geography, Religious Studies and

History

Your lessons will be…

• Taught by specialist staff with degrees in the relevant subjects

• Varied in style and include a variety of activities• Focused on you being an independent learner• The springboard into wider reading• Interesting and include relevant examples and case

studies• Focused on exam criteria and content (although there

is a coursework element in A2 History and a Research paper in Religious Studies)

The skills you will need/use

Interrogating sources of information

Independent study and research

Concise and organised judgements and conclusions

Combination of skills

You can expect the following outside of school work…

• Research tasks • Exam question practice• Preparation for presentations including videos

and PPTs• Essays (normally past exam questions)• Reading to prepare for lesson• Skills practice

The sort of things you will learn about…

Geography History Religious Studies

•Extreme weather (hurricanes, drought, rain etc)•Globalisation•Rebranding places•The world at risk (natural disasters and human responses)

•Nazi Germany – Hitler and how he came to power, what he did. •Tsarist Russia – why was Russia so backward?•Early German Leaders

∙ Philosophical arguments for the existence of God – The Design argument, Cosmological argument and Ontological argument.

∙ Ethical considerations – Utilitarianism, Sexual Ethics, Medical Ethics and the link between Religion and Morality and whether Religion is a negative influence on how people behave.

You can use these qualification for/to

• Degrees in the subjects or combined degree• Jobs and qualifications in Law and Medicine• Teaching• Environment-related jobs• Archivist• Local/ National Government• Public and Civil Service• Balance-out science-heavy combinations

The equipment you need is…

• Folder for each subject• Highlighters• Pens/pencils• Dividers for areas in folders• Revision cards• Calculator (geography)• Internet Access

To prepare for A Level Geography you could:

Read

Keep up to date on

Watch

Watch…•4oD – Hurricane Katrina: Caught on Camera•4oD – Japan’s Tsunami: How it Happened

Read…•The A–Z of Climate Change•News articles on BBC about the Gloucestershire Floods 2007

Keep up to date with…Read and collect any news articles relating to:•Global Warming•Natural Disasters•The 2012 Hurricane Season

To prepare for A Level History you could:

Read

Keep up to date on

Watch

Watch…http://

www.bbc.co.uk/history/Search for

videos on:Nazi Germany

Listen to podcast on: Tsar Alexander II

assassination

Read…•Books about Nazi Germany or Adolf Hitler•Any articles or internet information on The Russian Tsars or the revolution in 1905

Keep up to date with…Any news articles relating to:History, historical sources, interpreting the past.

To prepare for A Level RE you could:

Read

Keep up to date on

Watch

Watch...Richard Dawkins ‘The Root of All Evil’Listen to... Podcasts of Religious ethics on the link between Religion and Morality and the Euthyphro Dilemma

Read An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion By Brian Davies

Articles in the press which lead you to question peoples behaviour and lead you to consider what is Right and Wrong.

The advice we would offer is..

1. Stay on top of the work – if you feel you are struggling speak to the teachers

2. Keep organised – especially notes and folder work

3. Invest In subject dividers, revision cards, highlighters (many colours) and folders