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MAKING THE GRADE QUESTION AND ANSWER

Essays and synoptic thinking

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This issue’s Question and Answer focuses on synoptic thinking, making connections and ‘thinking like a geographer’. It is relevant to all examination boards and all extended writing

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The word ‘synoptic’ means ‘seeing everything together’ from the Greek word synoptikos. In geography, we use ‘synoptic’ to mean making connections or finding links between the following different elements:

branches of geography– physical processes, human patterns, environmental issues

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