Shopping in Malawi Starter Activity: Where do you shop for food? How often do you/your family buy food? Do you grow any fruit or vegetables in your own garden? Where do you/your family buy clothes? How much money do you/your family spend on clothes? Do you ever make your own clothes? Why? What would other people learn about us from the way we shop?

Learning Objectives To develop geographical imaginations of rural Africa To use maps to understand the elements of daily life in an African village

Shopping in Malawi Your Task: Mark the locations of the photos onto the map on Activity Sheet 6. Read Information Sheet 5 and match up the statements with the map locations. Compare maps with that of the person sitting next to you to check that they are correct.

Shopping in Malawi Thinking Skills Activity: Working with someone else from the class complete the “What would happen if...” sections on Activity Sheet 7. Try to include as much detail as possible for responses to explain your reasons.

Learning Review What can we learn about a place from its shopping facilities? How different are people’s daily lives and shopping habits from yours? How would not having a fridge affect your shopping habits? How similar are Kondwani and Flora’s lives? How different are Kondwani and Flora’s lives? Why do you think meat is only eaten on special occasions?

Learning Review How successfully have we met our learning objectives? To develop geographical imaginations of rural Africa To use maps to understand the elements of daily life in an African village

Homework Task Research African footballers, their UK clubs and their country of origin.