Year 11 The Power of Geography: Ten Maps that Reveal the future of the world - Tim Marshall. This builds on the idea introduced in Prisoners of Geography that the global location and physical geography of a country have an effect on their political and economic development. S BC Divided: Why we’re living the Age of Walls - Tim Marshall. This book explores the ideas of boundaries in more detail. S Year 12 The Shepherd’s Life: A Tale of the Lake District - James Rebanks. An account of how sheep farming and use of the landscape in the Lake District has changed in recent decades as told through the eyes of one farmer. Thought -provoking on issues like rewilding and how to balance the cultural, economic and ecosystem ideas of land management. This is the area we will be visiting on the field trip. S BC The Marches - Rory Stewart. Rory Stewart has had many careers and now hosts the Rest is Politics podcast with Alastair Campbell. In 2002 he walked from Turkey to India to try and understand the situation from the perspective of ordinary people, and wrote a book: The Places in Between, about the Afghanistan section which is absolutely fascinating. When he became the MP for Cumbria he adopted the same approach and walked across the Lake District. This is a thought-provoking account of how the different social, economic and political factors have shaped this area that we study in the glaciation unit and visit on the field trip. S BC Year 13 A Crack at the edge of the world, the great American earthquake of 1906 - Simon Winchester. A vivid account of the 1906 earthquake but goes much further into the tectonic background. It therefore provides a great way of consolidating understanding of tectonic theory and how it affects people and the landscape. Anything by Simon Winchester is worth a read as they are all written in a very accessible manner. S BC Atlantic, a vast ocean of a million stories and Pacific, the ocean of the future - Simon Winchester. Each have chapters on different historical, political or adventurous elements. Great for dipping into. S BC Year 7 The 1:25 000 Ordnance Survey map of the area you live in. The RGS is covered by 172 Chiltern Hills East (High Wycombe, Maidenhead and Rickmansworth). Perfect for exploring the great outdoors and finding new places to go for a walk. S Prisoners of Geography: Our World explained in 12 Simple Maps - Tim Marshall. An accessible introduction to global politics and international relations. S BC Year 8 Worth Dying for, The Power and Politics of Flags - Tim Marshall. This fascinating book looks at why the flags of nations are the colours and shapes they are – I never knew flags could tell us so much about peoples and places! S BC Horrible Geography: Geography with the gritty bits left in! All great fun. Take your pick from Raging Rivers to Odious oceans via Desperate Deserts and Bloomin Rainforests. S BC Year 9 Prisoners of Geography - Tim Marshall. The original book looks at how the global location and physical geography of a country have an effect on their political and economic development. A great introduction to contemporary geopolitics. S BC Year 10 Factfulness - Hans Rosling. Challenging perceptions on development in different parts of the world using lots of facts, statistics and graphs. S BC Metropolis. A History of the City, Humankind’s greatest invention - Ben Wilson. How cities have developed over the last 6 000 years. Detailed but accessible. S Geography 16/17
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