Advanced Higher Geography

We're pulling back from last week's journal article to look at a resource designed specifically for pupils at school. One of the disadvantages to textbooks, in Geography, is that case studies continue to update and new information isn't easily added in. 

Geofiles were designed to plug those gaps. They can be a useful resource to introduce a topic or gain the background knowledge required to fully understand a current geographical issue. We'll be using a Geofile published in January 2010.

This week you're not going to fill out the usual Geographical Reading forms. That's because we're not looking at this as a source or viewpoint, but as the kind of thing which can help get marks for justification and showing understanding of complex geographical issues. 

Produce a 1-page overview of the issue of the sustainability of land-use and agriculture strategies in hot deserts. You may choose how to do this, using a mixture of images/diagrams/maps and words. Where data is older, try and find an alternative source from the last 5 years. You will need to reference this data, like you saw last week in the journal article.

It's time to begin outlining your own Geographical Study. To do this, we're going to use a proposal document. This mirrors how dissertations and research projects are developed at colleges and universities.

Complete this document for your own project. It should be detailed and you will need to undertake some background research and planning in order to complete it well.

We'll discuss the proposal at your next tutorial and you will then have time to make further changes as required. This will then act as a guide for the completion of your Study.