Lets get back to basics! Skills needed here.....

There are several areas of skills outlined in the spec. that may be specifically tested on Paper 1. They are:

• Basic Skills
  Labelling and annotation of diagrams, maps, graphs, sketches etc.
  Drawing sketches from photographs and in the field.
  Photographs: candidates should be able to use and interpret aerial/oblique and satellite photographs of rural and/or urban landscapes.


• Cartographic (map) Skills
  Atlas maps: recognising and describing distributions and patterns of both human and physical features.
  Sketch maps: draw, label, understand and interpret sketch maps.


• Ordnance survey maps: 1:25 000 or 1:50 000 scale, recognise symbols, four and six figure grid references, straight line and winding distances; direction, draw and annotate cross-sections, height and degree of slope, simple contour patterns, patterns of vegetation and land use; patterns of communications; location, shape and pattern of settlement; different land use zones of settlements; infer human activity from map evidence; using maps in association with photographs


• Graphical Skills (In coursework AND in the exam)
  Construct line, bar, scattergraphs and pie diagrams.
  Complete a variety of graphs and maps including choropleth, isoline and proportional symbols.
  Interpret a variety of graphs including those located on maps and topological diagrams.
  
  *Additional enquiry and ICT skills are outlined in the specification but are covered principally in learning activities and in the coursework specifically.

We will spend the first couple of lessons of the revision programme practicing these skills. The subject specific material will be drawn from a full range of topics to give you a feel for what specific topics you need to give most attention to.

We will start with the big picture, drawing them to be precise. There are a number of excellent websites that remind you how to draw a 'fieldsketch'. It is unlikely that you will have to draw one from scratch in the exam but you may well be asked to annotate one (label it IN DETAIL).

This website is a great place to start as it also covers River Landforms & Flooding, plus Tourism.