How will these resources help you?

The Geography National Curriculum aims to ‘develop contextual knowledge of the location of globally significant places’ and ‘extend locational knowledge’ using maps to focus on Africa, Russia, Asia (including China and India), and the Middle East. Students must develop this knowledge of the Middle East at KS3, particularly those that go on to study GCSE Geography, where they will need this knowledge (AO1/2) for units on the Living World, Resource Management and Urban Change. The geographical concept of the Middle East is more a political and cultural concept than a physical one. Nevertheless, the landscape and physical environment of the region play an important part in many of the challenges the region faces. The media portrays the Middle East as a centre of tension, conflict and struggle. The resources in this list are from academic sources, investigative journalism and the perspective of adventure travel to develop a student’s geographical imagination and challenge misconceptions.