How shall I plan my revision? There's so much to learn!

It can seem daunting when you have got a lot of case studies to revise for your GCSE exams, but the best way to manage it is to break it down. We'll split it into (1) structured content revision and (2) thorough past paper revision.

(1) We'll start by printing off a copy of the exam specification, so you know exactly what you need to know. We'll make a table or mind map (whichever you find easiest to understand) on one A4 page which includes all of the sections of the specification, and match up all of the case studies and examples that you've done in class to this. You can put a tick next to each one when you've read over it, and another when you've tested your knowledge by writing the information out from memory. 

(2) Once you've fully revised all of the content methodically like this, you can match up the sections of the past papers to the sections of the specification. This will help you to recognise what kind of questions require which case studies. For example, if one of the questions is about the socio-economic impacts of rapid urbanisation, you would know to use  the India case study. We'll go through every single past paper, and you'll do the questions. Once we've marked the papers, we'll match the questions to the specification and draft some perfect answers. I'll then make up some new questions to test your learning from this exercise, and further prepare you for the exam.