1. Home Economics and Food Nutrition Lesson objective – to understand the relationship between quality of diet and disposable income Success criteria: Build- to enter into a discussion about people’s income and how this can affect their choices when buying and making meals at home. Apply – to plan, prepare and cook an economical dish that would be suitable for an evening meal for a low income family with two children. Apply - Work out the cost per portion of the dish Secure – You have planned your menu using the above criteria and have documented the cost in a professional way listing all the factors that affect the cost of the ingredients and the health implications of your chosen recipes.

2. Questions 1.What is meant by disposable income? 2.How can family size and spending patterns affect the type of food we eat? 3.What type of food outlets would prove to be a better choice for shopping if you have a big family? 4.Where would you expect couples and single adult households to shop and what type of budget do you think they have?

3. Tasks 1.Research and find out – then complete a PowerPoint on changes in disposable income over time. 2.Research and copy and past a chart that shows the following – ‘chart real household disposable income and gross domestic product per head, UK’. 3.Research how family size and spending patterns have changed since the 1960’s 4.List what the main factors are: - fewer children - ageing population - single people living alone - foods eaten away from home – what type of places and why? - carry out a survey among your friends to find out how often they eat food outside the home (not including school dinners) - find out what types of food they eat and the amount of money they spend Lesson objective – to understand the relationship between quality of diet and disposable income

4. Household classified by size out of 100% of families Household size196119711981199120032006 1 person1418222729 2 people3032 3436 3 people231917161716 4 people1817181613 5 people987544 6 or more people764222 Average household size3.12.92.72.52.4

5. Lesson objective – to understand the relationship between quality of diet and disposable income

6. AfL - Questions What have you found out? How does disposable income affect food choice? Why is there an increase in people eating meals away from home? Look at table C and explain the trends in family size over the last 44 years, what have you noticed? Lesson objective – to understand the relationship between quality of diet and disposable income