global resources; food supplies

As part of the AQA spec A GCSE Geography curriculum, ’ the challenge of resource management’, food is a major focus. All student must know the reasons for increased demand for food, as well as geographical areas of food surplus and food deficit. This lesson covers both. There are a full set of answers to the map/ graph starter question which asks students to analyse the bar chart on regional food production.

This lesson could be independantly self-taught, or done as remote learning via webinar as there are lots of video and signpost links to research areas on the internet, however the lower and Middle Abilities would need more structured classroom guidence.

This lesson focuses on skills such as graph analysis, independant study skills, and creating a mind map which gives an overview on the 4 main reasons for pushing up food demands globally. There is a 6 mark question to test students understanding.