HSC GEOGRAPHY 3 x 2 hour sessions per week

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HSC GEOGRAPHY3 x 2 hour sessions per week

• The HSC Geography Exam
• all questions are compulsory
• 3 Essays
• Up to 15 multiple choice questions
• Up to 5 short answer questions
• Stimulus Broadsheet with photos, maps, tables,
  graphs

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Time to do course

• 3 lessons per week
• Tight concentrated course
• schools start in previous term 4
• Therefore, every TAFE lesson is important
• We have about 24 weeks to complete this course
• including assessments, research project,
  mapping skills and 3 major topics!

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Advantages of TAFE Geography

• I studied geography at Sydney TAFE for HSC
• new friends
• No uniforms
• No bells to end lessons
• Chance to work in an ADULT environment
• You will save money by coming to classnot
  shopping or going to movies!!
• learn something new
• new things to discuss
• Feel good about yourself when you succeed!

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Disadvantages of TAFE Geography

• You need to be self disciplined study each
  night, listen in class, work out a study program
  and practice writing answers regularly
• You need to turn up to class on time
• You need to turn off your mobile phone in class
• You need to turn off MP3 players, iPods in class
• Concentrating for 2 hour lessons can be hard..

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Equipment you will need

• One geometric drawing compass
• One clear 30 cm ruler
• 3 lead pencils and sharpener
• A 360º Protractor
• Eraser
• Highlight Pens
• Small packet of coloured pencils eg. Derwent,
  Faber Castel or Crayola (not 2 shop varieties as
  these break easily)

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Equipment continued.

• Biros
• 30 cm string
• Stapler
• A 4 Ring Binder
• Loose leaf paper or lecture pad NOT EXERCISE
  BOOKS
• Plastic sleeves
• Flash Drive for saving work from the computer
  suggest up to 1 GB if you like using graphics
• Glue Stick DO NOT BUY CHEAP ONES Uhu best
  brand!
• Calculator spare batteries

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TEXTBOOKS

• YOU MUST BUY THE FOLLOWING
• (1.) Owens, D J. Paine and G. Reid (2003)
  Macquarie Revision Guides HSC Geography
• (2.) Stacey, Malcolm (2005) Atlas Skills
  Workbook. Longman Pearson
• Optional small World Atlas (eg. Purchase at Big
  W to save money)

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Other useful textbooks in library or buy second
hand

• Paine, John et. al. ( 2001) Senior Geography
  2. Higher School Certificate Course. Macmillan.
  Melbourne.
• Kleeman, G et. al. (2000) A Geography of Global
  Interactions 2. HSC Course. Heinemann.
  Melbourne.

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Topics to be studied.

• Preliminary course for those who have not
  completed Year 11 but important for Year 12 work
• HSC course
• - Ecosystems including two case studies
• Urban Places including a case study of Sydney and
  research project
• Economic Activity Tourism global study and
  case study
• - Fieldwork compulsory and integral part of
  the course and possible separate exam questions
• - Senior Geography Project urban issues
• - Mapping and Statistical skills maps,
  tables, graphs, diagrams, photos, aerial photos,
  satellite images

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Why study Geography?

• Jobs that require geographic knowledge
• - Travel consultants and operators
• - Local council employees eg. Planners,
  Catchment
• Management Officers
• - Architects and Landscape Designers
• - Surveyors
• - Cartographers (map makers eg. UBD street
• directory company or Lands Dept)
• - Bus, coach and taxi drivers
• - Tour Guides
• - National Parks Rangers and Forestry workers
• - Landscape Gardeners
• - Farmers, Vineyard Operators, Ski Resort
  workers

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Issues in the news related to Geography?

• Should Sydney drink treated sewage?
• Should we build more tollways in Sydney?
• Why are so many apartments being built in Sydney?
• Why is Australia in drought?
• What is the impact of a poor snow season?
• Why will I be FINED if I throw my cigarette butt
  in the street in Bankstown?
• Why is smoking not allowed on Manly beach?
• Why do we have separate coloured garbage bins in
  order to recycle our rubbish?
• What do modern medicines have to do with
  Geography?

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Issues unrelated to Geography?

• Why is Paris Hilton using oxygen on this planet?
• Why is George W Bush such an idiot?
• .ooops

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Geography is about the earth and our relationship
with it..
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Finallyhow do I study Geography?

• Have a quiet area at home or go to the library
  each day/night
• Use highlight pens to pick out important facts
• Sticky notes to mark pages
• stick reminder notes at eye level at home with
  vital facts written on them
• Practice writing every day
• Reading is not studying
• Look at exam papers for last 5 years
• If I do not have a computer use the library or
  your local library buy a USB drive!

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How much study?

• You need to study every day
• At least 2 hours per day
• Even if assignments are not due you should revise
  each lesson
• Practice writing exam answers
• Plan a study timetable and stick to it see
  teacher or Counsellors on Ground Floor
• Have a goal and stick to it!
• YOU HAVE TO WANT TO DO IT OTHERWISE WORK FOR A
  YEAR then come back to us

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Study tips.

• Plastic post it notes..stick facts everywhere
• Highlight then rewrite points without looking
• Make up rhymes or phrases
• Ask family/friends to quiz you facts.
• Rewrite sample answer essays
• Read, close book, rewrite