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**Full Unit pack for CIE AS Physical Geography Unit 4: Population
!!! UPDATED FOR 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR !!! **

Major Updates to Powerpoints - Included more case study information - some more activities and past exam question breakdowns integrated into the lessons as Plenaries/ warm ups and discussion activities
Features of this full Unit plan

• 22 Powerpoints covering all key content all made using official Cambridge SOW
• All Powerpoints contain a Warm up, Main content with pictures/ graphs and plenary’s
• Integrated in Powerpoints are exam question breakdowns and discussion topics
• Major Case study information sheets for China’s one child policy, Sudan food shortages, issues of youthful and ageing population essay sheets. Malthus & Optimum Population sheet

Taught comfortably with time for essay writing and assessment in approximately 21 class periods. I will be teaching this using these materials in the 2025-26 school year again, any reviews, messages or notes for what you would like will be appreciated, I plan on updating this by the end of the 2026 year and adding even more material, so check back after purchase.

Full Contents

4.1 - Natural increase and population change

4.11 - Population change & Fertility
4.12 - Mortality & IMR
4.13 - Factors affecting morality
4.14 - Population Pyramids and sex ratio

Worksheets

Aging population Japan case study notes
Factors Affecting Mortality Essay
population pyramid activity

4.2 - Demographic transition

4.21 Intro to the Demographic Transition Model
4.22 Criticisms of the model and changes over time
4.23 - DTM Essay review & writing
4.24 Issues of aging populations
4.25 - Issues of youthful populations
4.26 - Population and development

Worksheets

Ageing population Japan case study notes
DTM-sheet-(new)
DTM Essay Review
Issues of aging population
Japan and Gambia worksheet
Youthful population notes case study the Gambia

4.3 - Population resource relationships

4.31 - Food Security
4.32 - Causes & Impacts of Food Shortages
4.33 - Technology & Food Production
4.34 - The role of constraints in sustaining populations
4.35 - Carrying Capacity
4.36 - The Concept of Carrying capacity today
4.37 - Overpopulation & Malthus
4.38 - Optimum Population

Worksheets

Optimum population is difficult to achieve Worksheet
Food security worksheet
Food security
Food Shortages reading and notes worksheet
Wealth putting pressure on food production essay sheet
Make a Food security or carrying capacity Infographic
The concept of carrying capacity is irrelevant in
The consequences of food shortage are always negative worksheet

4.4 - The management of natural increase

4.41 - The management of natural increase
4.42 - The Need for a population policy - Case study China
4.43 - Impacts of the population policy
4.44 - Evaluate the relative success of the population policy

Worksheets

AS booklet case studies
China case study review sheet
Population Revision Booklet
Notes for China population policy essay