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HALL PARK SIXTH FORM
INDEPENDENT
STUDY GUIDE
YOUR GUIDE TO MAXIMISING YOUR STUDY PERIODS
AND BROADENING YOUR LEARNING AT A-LEVEL
INDEPENDENT STUDY GUIDE
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Contents
Art..................................................................................................................................................... 2
Biology .............................................................................................................................................. 3
Business Studies ............................................................................................................................... 4
Chemistry ......................................................................................................................................... 5
Computer Science and IT .................................................................................................................. 5
Drama ............................................................................................................................................... 7
English Language .............................................................................................................................. 8
English Literature .............................................................................................................................. 9
French ............................................................................................................................................. 10
Geography ...................................................................................................................................... 11
German ........................................................................................................................................... 12
Health & Social Care ....................................................................................................................... 13
History ............................................................................................................................................ 14
Mathematics ................................................................................................................................... 15
Media Studies ................................................................................................................................. 16
Music .............................................................................................................................................. 17
Philosophy ...................................................................................................................................... 18
Photography ................................................................................................................................... 19
Physical Education .......................................................................................................................... 20
Physics ............................................................................................................................................ 21
Politics ............................................................................................................................................ 22
Product Design................................................................................................................................ 23
Psychology ...................................................................................................................................... 24
Sociology ........................................................................................................................................ 25
Spanish ........................................................................................................................................... 26
Extra Challenge
https://oxplore.org/
https://www.ted.com/
https://www.mooc-list.com/
http://theconversation.com/uk
https://www.oxford-royale.co.uk/articles/super-curricular-activities.html
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Art
Top 5 to read:
The Story of Art – Ernst Gombrich
The Art Book – Phaidon Press
The 20th Century Art Book – Phaidon Press
Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction – Cynthia Freeland
The Shock of the New: Art and the Century of Change – Robert Hughes
Top 5 to watch:
Ways of Seeing – John Berger
Stealing Van Gogh – Julian Hendy
The Art Life – David Lynch
Saving Banksy – Colin M. Day
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry – Alison Klayman
Top 5 to follow:
http://www.nae.org.uk/
http://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/
https://www.saatchigallery.com/
https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern
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Biology
Top 5 to read:
The Selfish Gene – Richard Dawkins
The Blind Watchmaker – Richard Dawkins
Unweaving the Rainbow – Richard Dawkins
Y: The Descent of Men – Steve Jones
The Diversity of Life – Edward O. Wilson
Top 5 to watch:
The Genius of Charles Darwin – Richard Dawkins
Life – David Attenborough
https://cosmolearning.org/biology/documentaries/
https://www.youtube.com/user/newscientistvideo/
https://www.youtube.com/user/ScienceChannel
Top 5 to follow:
http://www.nature.com/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/
https://twitter.com/bmj_latest
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/life-sciences/outreach/biological-sciences-review/
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/schoolsliaison/services/pathways-to-stem.aspx
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Business Studies
Top 5 to read:
AQA A Level Business 1 (Third Edition) – John Wolinski and Gwen Coates
AQA A Level Business 2 (Third Edition) – John Wolinski and Gwen Coates
Business Review – Hodder Education
The Economist
The Financial Times
Top 5 to watch:
Taking the Biz – YouTube
BBC News Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoUxsWakJucWg46KW5RsvPw – FT
The Apprentice – BBC (just for fun!)
Dragons’ Den – BBC (just for fun!)
Top 5 to follow:
https://twitter.com/tutor2uBusiness
https://twitter.com/ReutersBiz
https://twitter.com/BusinessDesk
https://twitter.com/businessinsider
https://twitter.com/SkyNewsBiz
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Chemistry
Top 5 to read:
Chemistry World https://www.chemistryworld.com/research
Education in Chemistry https://edu.rsc.org/science-research
Calculations in AS/A Level Chemistry – Jim Clark
The Double Helix – James Watson
Aspirin: The Extraordinary Story of a Wonder Drug – Diarmuid Jeffreys
Top 5 to watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALPPs7SefLY The reaction of sodium and water
- BBC Wonders of the Universe: Brian Cox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsbXp64YPRQ Periodic table of elements – BBC
Chemistry: A Volatile History: Jim Al-Khalili
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7iuFIKmkN4 Entropy (Order and Disorder)-
BBC The Story of Energy: Jim Al-Khalili
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOJFznzSZhM Atom – Clash of the Titans: Jim
Al-Khalili
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbuDmY5gpXQ The Mystery of Matter:
“UNRULY ELEMENTS”
Top 5 to follow:
https://twitter.com/Compoundchem
https://twitter.com/ChemistryWorld
https://twitter.com/chemistryalevel
https://twitter.com/RoySocChem
https://twitter.com/nottschemistry
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Computer Science and IT
Top 5 to read:
The Social Life of Information – John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid
The Digital Dialectic – ed. Peter Lunenfeld
Bridging the Digital Divide – ed. Angathevar Baskaran and Mammo Muchie
The Internet of Everything – Valuable connections - Cisco
Access Denied – ed. Ronald Deibert et al.
Top 5 to watch:
https://cosmolearning.org/computer-science/documentaries/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsBxhDfwURg-vQASN2ZeHwg/
Atari: Game Over – Zak Penn
Silicon Cowboys – Jason Cohen
The Imitation Game – Morten Tyldum
Top 5 to follow:
https://twitter.com/netmag
https://www.creativebloq.com/computer-arts-magazine
https://www.codecademy.com/
http://students.brown.edu/seeing-theory/index.html
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/schoolsliaison/services/pathways-to-stem.aspx
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Drama
Top 5 to read:
The Theatre and Its Double – Antonin Artaud
Stanislavski: An Introduction – Jean Benedetti
Stanislavski: An Actor Prepares – Methuen Drama
Brecht On Theatre – Methuen Drama
The Director and The Stage – Edward Braun
Top 5 to watch:
The genius puppetry behind War Horse – TED.com
An Introduction to Brechtian Theatre – National Theatre Discover (YouTube)
Actors on Acting (Advice) – Film 4 (YouTube)
Stage Lighting Basics – YouTube
KP's Theatre Class - Types of Stages – YouTube
Top 5 to follow:
https://twitter.com/franticassembly
https://twitter.com/WeAreKneehigh
https://twitter.com/Team_Splendid
https://twitter.com/NottmPlayhouse
https://twitter.com/NationalTheatre
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English Language
Top 5 to read:
The Myth of Mars and Venus – Deborah Cameron
Rediscover Grammar (Third Edition) – David Crystal
https://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your-language
https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/series/shifting-patterns-of-english
https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-25/edition-2/new-kind-language
Top 5 to watch:
Mr Bruff’s A-Level English Language Guide – YouTube
David Crystal: World Englishes – YouTube
The Why Factor: Men, Women and Language – BBC World Service
Deb Roy: The birth of a word – TED.com
The Language of Others – BBC Radio 4
Top 5 to follow:
http://englishlangsfx.blogspot.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/
https://languagedebates.wordpress.com/tag/university-of-chester/
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/davidcrystal
http://www.linguistics-research-digest.blogspot.com/
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English Literature
Top 5 to read:
https://www.bl.uk/works/othello#
Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction – Jonathan Culler
https://www.bl.uk/discovering-literature
1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare – James Shapiro
Love Through The Ages Pre:1900 Poetry https://caldewlit.weebly.com/paper-1-
poetry-pre-1900.html#
Top 5 to watch:
Ted Talk: Why you should read The Handmaid's
Tale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v-mfJMyBO0
Mr Bruff's A-Level English Literature Guide – YouTube
The Gothic – The British Library (YouTube)
History of Ideas – Romanticism – School of Life (YouTube)
In Search of Shakespeare – Michael Wood (BBC)
Top 5 to follow:
https://twitter.com/literature
https://www.lrb.co.uk/
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/
http://literary-devices.com/
https://www.theguardian.com/books/literary-criticism
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French
Top 5 to read:
AQA French – Nelson Thornes (provided by school)
Action Grammaire! – Phil Turk, Geneviève García Vandaele and Paul Shannon
AQA French Grammar and Translation Workbook – Steve Harrison
New Advanced Vocabulary: Mot à Mot – Paul Humberstone
501 French Verbs – Christopher Kendris
Top 5 to watch:
Français Authentique – YouTube
Cyprien – YouTube
Le Tatou – YouTube
Comme une Française – YouTube
FrenchPod101 (intermediate/advanced) – YouTube
Top 5 to follow:
www.wordreference.com
https://quizlet.com/class/3441299/
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/
https://twitter.com/FrancaisToday
https://www.20minutes.fr/
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Geography
Top 5 to read:
Geography Review
Edexcel A Level Geography Book 1 and Book 2
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet – Mark Lynas
Geography: A Very Short Introduction – John A. Matthews
Questioning Geography – ed. Noel Castree, Alisdair Rogers and Douglas Sherman
Top 5 to watch:
Megacities – Andrew Marr (BBC)
Japan's Tsunami: Caught on Camera – Channel 4
National Geographic – YouTube
https://cosmolearning.org/geography/documentaries/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/hvfqhq3kbx6pYw4Sv4NQLd/simon-
reeve-around-the-world
Top 5 to follow:
https://www.rgs.org/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/
https://www.tutor2u.net/geography
https://twitter.com/tutor2ugeog
https://twitter.com/a_level_geog
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German
Top 5 to read:
AQA German – Nelson Thornes (provided by school)
Alles Klar – Paul Rogers and Jeremy Long
AQA German Grammar and Translation Workbook – Dagmar Sauer
Wort für Wort – Paul Stocker
501 German Verbs – Henry Strutz
Top 5 to watch:
Get Germanized – YouTube
Authentic German Learning – YouTube
LeFloid – YouTube
Goethe-Institut – YouTube
Deutsch für Euch – YouTube
Top 5 to follow:
https://dict.leo.org/german-english/
https://quizlet.com/class/2012571/
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~deutsch/Grammatik/Grammatik.html
https://twitter.com/slowgerman
https://www.nachrichtenleicht.de/
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Health & Social Care
Top 5 to read:
Pearson BTEC National Health & Social Care Student Book 1 (2016)
Specification – Marilyn Billingham, Pamela Davenport
Pearson BTEC National Health & Social Care Revision Guide 2nd Edition – Brenda
Baker, James O Leary
The Casual Vacancy – JK Rowling
The Believers – Zoe Heller
The Absolution Game – Paul Sayer
Top 5 to watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ywP8wjfOx4 – History of the NHS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWhSzQEcPMQ – Diabetes, The Hidden Killer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjZolHCrC8E – Genie Wiley, Chomsky Learning
Theory
https://www.simplypsychology.org/attachment.html - Attachment Theory
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00tcklj/episodes/guide - The Human Body
Top 5 to follow:
https://www.nhs.uk/news/ - NHS News
https://twitter.com/carenursingmag?lang=en – Nursing & Residential Care
https://www.communitycare.co.uk/ - Community Care
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/ - Mental Health
https://journals.rcni.com/learning-disability-practice - Learning Disabilities
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History
Top 7 to read:
Challenges to the authority of the state in the late 18th and 19th century - Adam
Kidson, Martin Collier and Rick Rogers
Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens
The Industrial Revolution 1760-1830 - Anton, T.S.
Britain 1783-1918 - Derrick Murphy
Access to History: The Unification of Germany and the challenge of Nationalism
1789-1919 Fourth Edition
Iron Kingdom: The Downfall and Rise of Prussia 1600-1947 - Christopher Clark
An Introduction to Nineteenth-Century European History 1815-1914
Top 5 to watch:
Peterloo - Available on Amazon Prime or DVD
Simon Schama - History of Britain
Oliver Twist
Rasputin: The Mad Monk – Don Sharp
The Death of Stalin – Jason Isaacs
Top 3 to follow:
CSE History HPA YouTube Channel
History Today
BBC History
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Mathematics
Top 5 to read:
AQA A-Level Maths: Year 1 & 2 Combined Student Book – Oxford University Press
A Level Maths for AQA: Year 1 & 2 Complete Revision Guide – CGP
Alex’s Adventures in Numberland – Alex Bellos
Why Do Buses Come in Threes? – Jeremy Wyndham and Rob Eastaway
The Simpsons and their Mathematical Secrets – Simon Singh
Top 5 to watch:
X + Y – Morgan Matthews
The Imitation Game – Morten Tyldum
The Code – Marcus du Sautoy (BBC)
Mona Chalabi: 3 ways to spot a bad statistic – TED.com
http://www.numberphile.com/
Top 5 to follow:
https://integralmaths.org/ – Login details are available from Miss Sharpe
http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/
https://undergroundmathematics.org/
https://www.examsolutions.net/
https://twitter.com/OnThisDayinMath
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Media Studies
Top 5 to read:
AQA Media Studies for A Level – Stephanie Hendry and Elspeth Stevenson
Advanced Media Studies – David Probert and Andrew Graham
The Media Student’s Book (Fifth Edition) – Gill Branston and Roy Stafford
Studying the Media – Tim O’Sullivan, Brian Dutton and Philip Rayner
Media Studies: Texts, Production, Context – Paul Long and Tim Wall
Top 5 to watch:
http://davidgauntlett.com/
http://www.mediastudentsbook.com/
http://mediaknowall.com/
https://media.edusites.co.uk/
https://media.info/
Top 5 to follow:
https://www.independent.co.uk/
https://inews.co.uk/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/
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Music
Top 5 to read:
The AB Guide to Music Theory (Part One) – Eric Taylor
The AB Guide to Music Theory (Part Two) – Eric Taylor
History of Music (Cambridge Assignments in Music) – Roy Bennett
A Student’s Guide to Harmony and Counterpoint – Hugh Benham
A History of Film Music – Mervyn Cooke
Top 5 to watch:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPARdSCHro1ovwMW32oT67w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwLZiWVKIBI
Psycho – Alfred Hitchcock (score by Bernard Herrmann)
The Duchess – Saul Dibb (score by Rachel Portman)
Batman Returns – Tim Burton (score by Danny Elfman)
Top 5 to follow:
https://twitter.com/SMT_musictheory
https://twitter.com/ClassicFM
https://twitter.com/BBCRadio3
https://twitter.com/cinsoundradio
https://www.socialmediamusictheory.com/
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Philosophy
Top 5 to read:
Course textbooks AQA Philosophy – Publ Hodder
How Philosophy works – Marcus Weeks
The Philosophy book – Publ DK
101 Dilemmas for the Armchair Philosopher – Eric Chaline
The Philosophy Gym – Stephen Law
Top 5 to watch:
Force Majeure
Memento
Ida
Galaxy Quest
The Matrix
Top 5 to follow:
www.philosophybasics.com
www.philosophyalevel.com
https://historyofphilosophy.net
http://existentialcomics.com
www.philosophybro.com
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Photography
Top 5 to read:
https://www.photopedagogy.com/threshold-concepts1.html
https://www.studentartguide.com/articles/creative-photography-ideas
www.bjp-online.com/
20th Century Photography – Reuel Golden
Photography: A Concise History – Ian Jeffrey
Top 5 to watch:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCctj9_oEN0BsvPZPwzVcoAA
https://expertphotography.com/20-photography-documentaries-youtube/
McCullin – Jacqui Morris and David Morris
Everybody Street – Cheryl Dunn
Tales by Light – Abraham Joffe (Netflix)
Top 5 to follow:
http://www.nae.org.uk/
http://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/about/photographs-collection.php
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/p/photography
https://www.creativebloq.com/photography/instagram-2131996
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Physical Education
Top 5 to read:
OCR A-Level PE (Book Two) – John Honeybourne and Sarah Powell
OCR A-Level PE (Book One) – John Honeybourne and Sarah Powell
My Revision Notes: OCR A-Level PE – Keri Moorhouse
Anatomy & Physiology for Dummies – Erin Odya and Maggie A. Norris
Sport Psychology: A Complete Introduction (Teach Yourself) – John Perry
Top 5 to watch:
James Morris - you tube - all his videos are A-level PE specific. They cover the
content for all 3 papers.
The truth about getting fit - BBC documentary on
fitness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBiJp6vg638
Tom Brown school days film- see the history of sport
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1MK7YEP-kY
Cycling's Greatest Fraud: Lance Armstrong – National Geographic (YouTube) ·
Revision with the everlearner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qnY20ezaaQ
Top 5 to follow:
https://getrevising.co.uk/resources/level/a_ib/subjects/physical_education
http://www.teachpe.com/fitness/index.php
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCChU8cYZY5xpQ7pBIklu3Xw
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport
https://twitter.com/lborossehs
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Physics
Top 5 to read:
New Head Start to A-Level Physics – CGP
A-Level Physics: Essential Maths Skills – CGP
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! – Richard Feynman
A Short History of Nearly Everything – Bill Bryson
A Brief History of Time – Stephen Hawking
Top 5 to watch:
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out – Richard Feynman
https://cosmolearning.org/physics/documentaries/
https://www.youtube.com/user/minutephysics
https://www.youtube.com/user/newscientistvideo/
https://www.youtube.com/user/ScienceChannel
Top 5 to follow:
https://twitter.com/ProfBrianCox
https://twitter.com/physicstoday
https://twitter.com/physicsworld
https://royalsociety.org/
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/schoolsliaison/services/pathways-to-stem.aspx
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Politics
Top 5 to read:
(Auto)biographies of major political figures e.g. Thatcher and Blair – Various
Live From Downing Street – Nick Robinson
The Audacity of Hope / Letters From My Father – Barack Obama
Servants of the People / The End of the Party – Andrew Rawnsley
Fire and Fury: The Inside Story of the Trump White House – Michael Wolff
Top 5 to watch:
The Making of Modern Britain – Andrew Marr (BBC)
The Iron Lady (dramatization of the life of Margaret Thatcher) – Phyllida Lloyd
Tony Benn: Will and Testament – Skip Kite
An Inconvenient Truth / An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power – Al Gore
House of Cards (UK and US versions) – Various (Netflix)
Top 5 to follow:
https://www.parliament.uk/
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/
https://www.senate.gov/
https://www.house.gov/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics
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Product Design
Top 5 to read:
AQA Design and Technology: Product Design (3-D Design) – Nelson Thornes
Cool Hunting Green: Recycled, Repurposed & Renewable Objects – Dave Evans
The Eco-Design Handbook – Alastair Fuad-Luke
Process: 50 Product Designs from Concept to Manufacture – Jennifer Hudson
Making It: Manufacturing Techniques for Product Design – Chris Lefteri
Top 5 to watch:
https://www.youtube.com/user/designmuseum
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOzx6PA0tgemJl1Ypd_1FTA/
http://designers.watch/
https://www.ted.com/topics/design
Abstract: The Art of Design – Various (Netflix)
Top 5 to follow:
http://www.cat.org.uk
http://www.thedesignline.co.uk/tdl/index.html
http://designmuseum.org/
https://robotics.nasa.gov/
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/schoolsliaison/services/pathways-to-stem.aspx
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Psychology
Top 5 to read:
AQA Psychology for A-Level Year 1 & AS - Revision Guide – Cara Flanagan et al.
http://illuminate.digital/aqapsych1/ – Login details are available from your teachers
Picking Cotton – Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, Ronald Cotton and Erin Torneo
The Lucifer Effect: How Good People Turn Evil – Philip Zimbardo
Genie: A Scientific Tragedy – Russ Rymer
Top 5 to watch:
https://www.ted.com/topics/psychology
https://cosmolearning.org/psychology/documentaries/
https://documentaryaddict.com/categories/psychology
https://www.youtube.com/user/PsychologyTodayVideo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQH4Taus0K4
Top 5 to follow:
https://getrevising.co.uk/resources/level/a_ib/subjects/psychology
https://www.tutor2u.net/psychology
https://twitter.com/tutor2upsych
https://twitter.com/psychtoday
https://twitter.com/psychmag
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Sociology
Top 5 to read:
The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins
Outsiders: Studies in Sociology of Deviance – Howard S Becker
Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class – Owen Jones
A Glasgow Gang Observed – Patrick James
Folk Devils and Moral Panics – Stanley Cohen
Top 5 to watch:
Goodfellas
The Godfather (part 2 is the best)
Dangerous Minds
Freedom Writer’s Diary
My Scientology Movie
Top 5 to follow:
https://www.youtube.com/user/russellbrand
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheTEACHERSOCIOLOGY/
https://twitter.com/OwenJones84
https://twitter.com/EverydaySexism
https://twitter.com/BrowneKen
Please also see wider reading, listening and watch list from Miss Broughton
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Spanish
Top 5 to read:
http://www.elmundo.es
https://elpais.com/
http://www.spanishrevision.co.uk/a_level/reading/reading_index.htm
https://www.bbc.com/mundo
501 Spanish Verbs – Christopher Kendris
Top 5 to watch:
www.ver-taal.com/telediario.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/tv/
https://cosmolearning.org/spanish/
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/
https://www.secondhalftravels.com/spanish-movies-netflix/
Top 5 to follow:
https://www.spanishpod101.com/
https://twitter.com/improve_spanish
https://twitter.com/marca
http://www.spanishdict.com/
http://languagesresources.co.uk/home/spanish/
