1. Homelearning Create a factfile China’s 1 child policy What? Why?
Aadvantages/disadvantages
Evaluate its effectiveness (using figures)
You must you data

2. Outcomes
All understand pros/cons of an ageing population All identified the causes of overpopulation in Gambia All understand the effects of overpopulation on people and the environment in Gambia

3. Ageing Populations Advantages Disadvantages
Complete the questions sheet

4. Youthful Population: Case Study The Gambia
Gambia is an example of a country with a youthful population. What does this mean? How can you tell from these graphs?

5. Describe the location of The Gambia

6. Model answer
The Gambia is located in western Africa. It is bordered to the north, east and south of Senegal and has a small coastline on the Atlantic ocean to the west. It’s borders correspond to the path of the Gambia river.

8. What is Gambia like? Use the figures to compare Gambia to the UK
Population million
1.8
61,113
Growth rate
2.6
0.3
Births per women 5
1.7
Birth rate per 1000 38 11
Life expectancy 54 79
Infant mortality 69
Death rate 22 10
Gambia’s population is growing at a rapid rate of 2.6% compared to the UK’s slow increase of 0.3%. The population has risen from 1.5 to 1.8 million in 9 years. This will be causing problems in the country because …….
Low life expectancy of 54 years in Gambia compared to 79 years in the UK shows use Gambians do not live as long because ……………..

9. Watch the video
Why are their so many young people in Gambia? What issues does this cause for people, environment and resources?
Very few medical facilities
Problems in Gambia
Youthful population

10. Solutions What solutions were proposed and how effective were they?
1995
2000
2009
Population million
1.3
1.5
1.8
Growth rate
3.7
3.3
2.6
Births per women
6.1
5.8 5
Birth rate per 1000 45 42 38
Life expectancy 51 52 54
Infant mortality 87 81 69
Death rate 17 19 22

11. Sustainable Gambia What is sustainable
Sustainable Gambia What is sustainable? How is Gambia trying to conserve their resources? Why is education the key to the future?

12. Sustainable
Meeting the needs of the _________ without impacting on the needs of the __________ How is looking after the forest sustainable? How is educating people about deforestation sustainable?

13. Over population
From this...
To this!

14. Natural Resources in Gambia
What is happening to the natural resources in Gambia?
Why is this happening?
How are they trying to solve the problem and who is involved?

15. The future of Gambia
Explain, using a case study, how a government or NGO’s have managed population (4)
How does this sustain the well being of the people that live in the country?

16. Why is education the key to Gambia’s future?
Gambia’s population has been growing rapidly and has meant that a youthful population exists within the country. The future of Gambia is relying on the education of the young children. Education is the key to Gambia’s future because …………

17. To create a case study about Gambia using the information from the last few lessons.
Include:
Why Gambia has an overpopulated country and a youthful population?
Gambia is over populated because……… This means that …………. and therefore
Name 2 problems this has created and how they are trying to solve the problems.
One problem Gambia has is ……. This is because……………………… One they try to solve the problem is by ………..
A second problem is …………….
How are they trying to sustain the resources in the country?
Resources that are being used are ……………. As there are so many people this is a problem because ……………..
One way of sustaining this is to ……………….. which means ………. A second way to sustain resources is to ……
What is the future of the country?
Gambia has many issues which the Government and NGO’s are trying to solve. The future looks more promising for Gambia because ……