THE CARLTON ACADEMY SIXTH FORM

INDEPENDENT

STUDY GUIDE

YOUR GUIDE TO BROADENING YOUR LEARNING AT A-LEVEL

INDEPENDENT STUDY GUIDE

Contents

Subject Page BTEC Applied Science 2 Art and Graphics 3 Biology 4 Business Studies (A level) 5 BTEC Business Studies 6 Chemistry 7 Computer Science/IT 8 Drama 9 English Language 10 English Literature 11 French 12 Geography 13 CACHE Health and Social Care 14 History 15 Mathematics 16 Media Studies 17 Music 18 Philosophy and Ethics 19 Photography 20 Physical Education 21 Physics 22 Politics 23 Product Design 24 Psychology 25 Sociology 26 Spanish 27 BTEC Sport 28

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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BTEC Applied Science

Top 5 to read:  BTEC National Applied Science Student Book 1  The Selfish Gene – Richard Dawkins  A Short History of Nearly Everything – Bill Bryson  The Double Helix – James Watson  Bad Pharma – Ben Goldacre

Top 5 to watch:  Life – David Attenborough  https://cosmolearning.org/biology/documentaries/  https://www.youtube.com/user/newscientistvideo/  https://www.youtube.com/user/ScienceChannel  https://www.youtube.com/user/DocClay1978

Top 5 to follow:  http://www.nature.com/  https://twitter.com/bmj_latest

 https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/schoolsliaison/services/pathways-to-stem.aspx

 https://twitter.com/nottschemistry  http://www.rsc.org/

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Art and Graphics

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 (A level)

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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BTEC Business Studies

Top 5 to read:

 Revise BTEC National Business Revision Guide  BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 1 For the 2016 specifications (BTEC Nationals Business 2016)  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:  A Short History of Nearly Everything – Bill Bryson

 The Double Helix – James Watson  Bad Pharma – Ben Goldacre  Aspirin: The Extraordinary Story of a Wonder Drug – Diarmuid Jeffreys  The Right Chemistry – Joe Schwarcz

Top 5 to watch:  https://www.youtube.com/user/DocClay1978  https://cosmolearning.org/chemistry/documentaries/  http://www.documentarytube.com/videos/chemistry-a-volatile-history  https://www.youtube.com/user/newscientistvideo/  https://www.youtube.com/user/ScienceChannel

Top 5 to follow:  https://twitter.com/ChemistryWorld  https://twitter.com/chemistryalevel  https://twitter.com/nottschemistry  http://www.rsc.org/

 https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/schoolsliaison/services/pathways-to-stem.aspx

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Computer Science/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 Digital Divide in Africa – Emlyn Hagen  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:  Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction – Jonathan Culler

 Leading Questions – Malcolm Peet and David Robinson  Ways of Reading – Martin Montgomery et al.  1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare – James Shapiro  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/christina-rossetti

Top 5 to watch:  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)  Shakespeare's Mother The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman – 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  Crash Course English Literature https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSYw502dJNY&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtOeEc9ME62z Tfqc0h6Pe8vb

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French

Top 5 to read:  AQA French Year 1 – Nelson Thornes (Amazon Link)  AQA French Grammar and Translation Workbook – Steve Harrison (Amazon link)

 New Advanced Vocabulary: Mot à Mot – Paul Humberstone (Amazon Link)  AQA A Level Revision and Practice Workbooks: Themes 1&2 (Amazon Link)  No et Moi – Delphine De Vigan (Amazon Link)

Top 5 to watch:  Français Authentique – YouTube  Cyprien – YouTube  Le Tatou – YouTube  Comme une Française – YouTube  FrenchPod101 (intermediate/advanced) – YouTube

Top 5 to follow:  https://twitter.com/literature

 Memrise Year 12 Class

 https://www.lawlessfrench.com/

 https://www.20minutes.fr/

 Un jour, une question

 www.wordreference.com

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Geography

Top 5 to read:  Geography Review  Geography: An Integrated Approach – David Waugh  Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet – Mark Lynas  Geography: A Very Short Introduction – John A. Matthews  Factfulness- Hans Rosling

Top 5 to watch:  Megacities – Andrew Marr (BBC)  Simon Reeve Around the World  National Geographic – YouTube  https://cosmolearning.org/geography/documentaries/  http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/earth/natural_disasters

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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CACHE Health and Social Care

Top 5 to read:  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2019/03/21/childhood-trauma-scars-brain- boosts-depression-

 http://www.dana.org/uploadedFiles/BAW/Brain_Brief_Genetics_Final.pdf

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41483322

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c34mxg7ewg1t/public-health

Top 5 to watch:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1QQD7MVehY&list=PLC1klq1rLuqcNWBWEKk JBXmgEGzJvYzw4&index=5&t=0s&safe=true  https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/stephen-fry-the-secret-life-of-the-manic- depressive/  https://www.ted.com/talks/sangu_delle_there_s_no_shame_in_taking_care_of_you r_mental_health  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJLXQ8y4cYA  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG_JZSajmLM

Top 5 to follow:

 https://www.instagram.com/bbcnews/

 https://www.instagram.com/nhswebsite/

 https://www.instagram.com/shsc_nhsft/  https://twitter.com/PHE_uk  https://twitter.com/DHSCgovuk

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History

Top books to read to read:  The White Queen – Philippa Gregory  Dissolution – CJ Sansom  Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy  The Book Thief - Markus Zusak  Hanns and Rudolf – Thomas Harding  All Quiet on the Western Front – Erich Remarque

Top documentaries and films to watch:  Britain’s Bloody Crown series – Dan Jones (on YouTube)  Wolf Hall 2015 BBC version (on Amazon Prime)  King Henry VIII – Winter King – (Documentary available on YouTube)  Rise of the Nazis – BBC 2019 version (iPlayer)  The Death of Stalin  Russia, Land of the Tsars (Documentary available on YouTube)

Top 5 to follow/listen to:

 https://twitter.com/thehistoryguy (Dan Snow)

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07mdbhg/episodes/downloads (Podcast series called ‘You’re dead to me’)  https://www.historyhit.com/podcasts/dan-snows-history-hit/  https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/ (Podcast series called HardCore History by Dan Carlin)  https://twitter.com/HistoryExtra

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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://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/  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 & Ethics

Top 5 to read:  The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins  The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Attwood  The Puzzle of Ethics – Peter Vardy  The Puzzle of God – Peter Vardy  Sophie’s World – Jostein Gaarder

Top 5 to watch:  The Matrix (Philosophy, Plato’s Analogy of the Cave)  Hot Fuzz - (Ethics, Utilitarianism)  Erin Brockovich – (Ethics, Business Ethics)  Crash Course for Philosophy – (YouTube, Subscribe Channel)

 Philosophy Tube – (YouTube, Subscribe Channel)

Top 5 to follow:  https://twitter.com/richarddawkins  https://twitter.com/derrenbrown

 https://twitter.com/AncntPhilosophy  https://twitter.com/PhilosophyNow  https://twitter.com/stephenlaw60

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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:  Cycling's Greatest Fraud: Lance Armstrong – National Geographic (YouTube)  Levers – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6X_ydbOR1g  Newton’s Laws of Motion – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLvoiZUsiZY  World Class Performance – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcGJsBu3oPY  Theories of Arousal – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7130zWCUhYA

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:  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.  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  The Skeleton Cupboard – Tanya Byron

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:  Born to be Gay: A History of Homosexuality – William Naphy

 Everyday Sexism – Laura Bates  Superclass: How the Rich Ruined Our World – David Rothkopf  The Sexual Paradox: Men, Women and the Real Gender Gap – Susan Pinker  There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack – Paul Gilroy

Top 5 to watch:  Hidden Figures – Theodore Melfi  Quadrophenia – Franc Roddam  Get Out – Jordan Peele  Made in Dagenham – Nigel Cole  Suffragette – Sarah Gavron

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

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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:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/tv/  Narcos on Netflix  La Casa de Papel (Money Heist)  El Ministerio del Tiempo (The Ministry of time)  La lengua de las mariposas: José Luis Cuerda  Volver: Pedro Almodóvar  Ocho apellidos vascos: Emilio Martínez Lázaro  El laberinto del Fauno: Guillermo del Toro

Top 5 to follow:  http://languagesresources.co.uk/home/spanish/  www.elmundo.es  www.elpais.com  www.bbc.com/mundo  Podcast: News in slow Spanish  www.languagesresources.co.uk/home/spanish/

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BTEC Sport

UNIT 3 – Professional Development in the Sports Industry

Personal skills audit: https://www.how-to-change-careers.com/personal-skills-audit/

Careers in Sport: https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-categories/sports-and-leisure

Letter of application: https://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Letter-of-Application-for-a-Job

CV writing: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/careers-advice/cvs-and-cover-letters/how-to-write-a-cv

Interviewing: https://www.indeed.co.uk/career-advice/interviewing/job-interview-tips-how-to- make-a-great-impression

Unit 5 – Application of Fitness Testing

Fitness Testing: www.topendsports.com https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zw7wmnb/revision/3

Sport Science www.sportsci.org

Sports Coach UK www.sportscoachuk.org

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