GCSE History and Geography

Why choose it?Where will it take you?

Humanities at Belmont

Trips for Humanities at Belmont:•York•Barcelona•Sorrento, Italy•Durham Cathedral•DLI•River Browney

Why you should take Humanities at Belmont:•You’ll be part of a lively, welcoming, friendly department•Your teachers are always happy to help you to be the best student and get the best results you can

The history course is: No exams:• 25% Controlled Assessment• 50% 2x Coursework pieces• 25% Teacher Assessed Units

The geography course is:

•37.5% Unit 1 Physical Geography•37.5% Unit 2 Human Geography• 25% Controlled Assessment

GCSE History: CareersYou might think that with a GCSE in History the only jobs

available to you would be typical ones such as an architect, archaeologist, historian, librarian or a professor – but in fact

the range is much bigger!

When applying for a job a qualification in history shows that you...

• Have analytical, communication and evaluation skills.

• Can work well as a team.

• Have developed high level English skills.

TV presenter

Solicitor

Politician

Teacher Artist

Journalist

Insurance broker

The Armed Forces

Lawyer

Some successful and famous

people that have studied HISTORY……

Dermot Murnaghan: Journalist and Presenter.

Jonathan Ross: Journalist and Presenter

David Sainsbury: Chairman of Sainsbury’s

Go on…try something new

today…Take History GCSE!

Diane Abbott: MP and First Black Female Cabinet Minister.

Chris Martin: Lead Singer of Coldplay

What do you mean you want to call the

song “The Scientist?!” I’m a Historian!

Sacha Baron Cohen: Comedian

Is it coz I is a Historian?

Al Murray: Comedian

Others Who Have Studied History…

Shakira – Pop Star

Lauryn Hill - Pop Star

Anita Roddick – Founder of the Body Shop

Careers In Geography

Fiona Campbell:• Is a meteorologist with a passion for the environment• From 2001 onward she was a weather reporter• She forecasts the weather at all of the Olympic regattas• She is now a consultant meteorologist for UK sport

Geography can lead to many many different job opportunities for example:-• Land Architect or a Conservation Worker if you care about

the planetOr if you want to change peoples’ lives you could become:• A geography teacher or a university lecturer.

The list of careers in geography is too long to mention all of them today, but there are hundreds of careers that geography can lead you to.

Some successful and famous

people that have studiedGEOGRAPHY……

THE NEXT FAMOUS PERSON COULD BE YOU!

WHO KNOWS WHERE STUDYING GEOGRAPHY CAN TAKE

YOU?

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