TEACHER AND STUDENT GUIDE RURAL CORE GEOGRAPHY
LESSON 1
FACTORS AFFECTING FARMING
Introduce the various factors affecting the rural landscapes of Developed and Developing countries and explain how farms work as a system with inputs and outputs. Also, describe and explain the constraints on farming systems.
Pupils are to complete a summary table of these constraints using the textbook pages 140 to 157.
RESOURCES REQUIRED – ‘The Fabric of Geography’ by W. Farleigh Rice.
Worksheet Lesson 1
LESSON 2
TYPES OF AGRICULTURE
(A) CLASSIFICATION OF FARMS/TERMS USED IN FARMING.
Copy the table from the OHT showing various terms and a classification of farming on to the worksheet.
(B) TYPES OF AGRICULTURE.
Complete ‘Worksheet 16’ referred to in the textbook as well as the questions on the worksheet.
RESOURCES REQUIRED – OHT of terms
Worksheets
‘The Fabric of Geography’
LESSON 3
WORLD DISTRIBUTION OF FARMING TYPES
Complete the map and key of ‘World Farming Types’ from p81 in ‘The World’
RESOURCES REQUIRED – ‘The World’ by D Waugh
Worksheets
Coloured pencils
Introductory sheet to case studies
LESSON 4
CASE STUDY 1
EXTENSIVE COMMERCIAL FARMING – THE GREAT PLAINS OF THE USA
EAST ANGLIA
Read textbook pages 232 to 240. This contains information on the physical characteristics and constraints on this example of low density and high technology farming.
Copy OHT on physical characteristics and constraints
Complete assignments 1 to 7 omitting 4b on pages 255 and 256
RESOURCES REQUIRED – ‘Core Higher Geography’ by K Maclean and N Thomson
OHT on Physical Characteristics and Constraints
Outline systems diagram
Map to show main types of farming on the Great Plains
OHT on Changes to Farming Landscape
Outline for field sketch to be labelled
ADDITIONAL READING – CORE THEMES IN GEOGRAPHY – HUMAN – by E Broadley and R Cunningham page 51.
CASE STUDY – EAST ANGLIA
LESSON 5
CASE STUDY 2
EXTENSIVE SUBSISTENCE CULTIVATION – THE AMAZON
Read textbook pages 240 to 246. This contains information on the physical characteristics and constraints on this example of low density and immediate technology cultivation.
Complete assignments 8 to 11 on page 256.
RESOURCES REQUIRED – ‘Core Higher Geography’ by K Maclean and N Thomson
OHT on Shifting Cultivation
ADDITIONAL READING – CORE THEMES IN GEOGRAPHY – HUMAN – by E Broadley and R Cunningham pages 40 to 43
LESSON 6
CASE STUDY 3
INTENSIVE PEASANT FARMING – MALAYSIA
Read textbook pages 246 to 250. This contains information on the physical characteristics and constraints on this example of high density and intermediate technology farming.
Complete assignments 13 to 17 on page 256.
RESOURCES REQUIRED – ‘Core Higher Geography’ by K Maclean and N Thomson
OHT on Intensive Peasant Farming
ADDITIONAL READING – CORE THEMES IN GEOGRAPHY – HUMAN – by E Broadley and R Cunningham pages44 to 47
CHANGES TO THE FARMING LANDSCAPE
IN THE GREAT PLAINS OF THE USA.
1. New crops have been introduced eg sunflowers.
2. Some land has been taken out of wheat production eg now potatoes, hens, pigs, bison.
3. Part-time farming and dependence on farm co-operatives have increased eg Pasta Co-operative plant producing durum wheat.
4. Some farms have become organic while still operating on a large scale.
5. Increased use of strip farming.
6. Smaller cattle ranches in mid-west have increased carrying capacity due to careful management of prairie pastures and increased dependence on irrigated fodder crops.
7. Rural depopulation has led to abandoned homesteads and schools and diminishing services.
8. Amalgamation of farms.
9. Improved pesticides and fertilisers and improved seed varieties which are drought and frost resistant.