Impact on Food Security

• READY TO TEACH (LESSON 6/11 - RESOURCES).

This lesson requires the use of the blue AQA Oxford textbook.

As a starter activity show the weekly food consumption per family (slides 1-11). Pupils must guess the country of origin for each family based upon their dietary intake (pupils generally do well in this activity). Class activity, discuss with pupils their preferred country to live in regarding food security. Outline the section of the syllabus taught during today’s lesson (slide 14). Pupils make a note of the definition ‘food insecurity’ in their book. Pupils use the information presented on slide 16 to discuss the meaning of the term famine along with the consequences associated with food insecurity. Pupils answer the questions on slide 17 by referring to the choropleth map on the website and page 266 of their textbook. Answers are provided in the footnote of slide 17. Discuss with pupils the main causes of soil erosion (pupils make notes in their book using slide 18). Show clip. Pupils are required to refer to the bar graph displayed on slide 19 in order to identify a pattern in food prices over a fifteen year time period. Discuss the implications of a hike in food prices, especially in LICs. As a plenary, pupils must decide how they could improve global food security if they were provided with three wishes. Ask for feedback from pupils, interesting ideas are normally shared). As a homework task, pupils complete the GCSE question based on today’s lesson.