1. Example of how managing population change in one country helps reduce the development gap
‘Uganda: A Case Study of a LIC’ by Owen and Witts and associated resources are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

2. Starter: Use the information from the table and a well known chocolate wafer to create a population pyramid roughly showing the population structure of Uganda
Age
Males
Females
0-14 yrs
9 million
15-24 yrs
4 million
25-54 yrs
5 million
55-64 yrs
0.46 million
0.5 million
65+ yrs
0.34 million
0.43 million

3. Does your pyramid look something like this?
What does this tell us about the population structure in Uganda?
Can you suggest reasons for this?
What may be the implications of this population structure?

4. Lesson Objectives Know that Uganda has a rapidly growing population
Understand the positive and negative impacts of population change in Uganda
Consider different approaches to family planning which could be used in Uganda and how this could help reduce the development gap

5. Key Term: Development Gap
The difference in standards of living and wellbeing between the world’s richest and poorest countries (between HICs and LICs)

6. What problems can be caused by a rapidly increasing population?
TASK: Read through the article and then answer as many of the questions below as you can.
What problems can be caused by a rapidly increasing population?
What advantages can a rapidly increasing population have?
How is Uganda's population structure different from the UK’s?
Stretch yourself: Do you think Uganda’s or the UK’s population structure represents the greatest challenge?

7. Key Term: Infant Mortality
The average number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age, per 1000 live births, per year.

8. Source: http://ec2-54-210-230-186. compute-1. amazonaws
TASK: Study the table of information. What challenges can you identify for Uganda?

9. TASK: In a table, provide examples of how population change could impact on the development of Uganda in positive and negative ways.
Positive
Negative

10. TASK: Uganda has pledged to spend $235 million on family planning between now and How should this money be spent? Organise the cards that the teacher gives you from most important to least important methods of family planning in your opinion.
Implants: Small, flexible rods or capsules placed under the skin of the upper arm; contains progestogen hormone only that blocks sperm and egg from meeting and prevents ovulation
This is 99% effective however health-care provider must insert and remove; can be used for 3–5 years depending on implant; irregular vaginal bleeding common but not harmful $150 million
Condoms: coverings that fit over a penis and forms a barrier to prevent sperm and egg from meeting. Condoms are 98% effective with correct and consistent use they also also protect against sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. $50 million
Injectables: Injected into the muscle or under the skin every 2 or 3 months, depending on product to prevent ovulation.
99% effective with correct and consistent use however there is delayed return to fertility about 1–4 months on the average $70 million
Health care workers: Individuals trained to advise Ugandan families on the methods available to them to reduce pregnancy $125 million
Family planning education: Education programs ensuring young people are aware of the benefits of family planning and techniques that are available to them $80 million
Public Awareness: Radio and television campaign to make people aware of the benefits of family planning $20 million

11. Reflection...
Prepare a script for a 30 second radio advertisement to encourage parents to have small families. These could be recorded on phones/tablets if available
Share examples of adverts – how effective would these be in countering the arguments of people who want big families?

12. Homework (Flipped learning): What are the main tourist attractions in Uganda?