Skip to Content
MicrosoftTeams-image (180)Menu Bookmark

Economics and Business

Economics and Business banner

Australia's wheat exports to AsiaBookmark

Learning area: Economics and Business
Year level: Year 7
Country: China, Japan
General capability:

This learning sequence investigates Australia's connections to countries of the Asia region in terms of Australia's wheat exports.

Engage

  1. Watch Let's Make Japanese Teuchi Udon (below)

    • Identify the main ingredient.
    • Predict where you think it comes from.
  2. Read The new dining boom paragraph from the Australian trade beats aid in boosting global food security - The new dining boom article. Analyse the slogan "dining boom not mining boom"
  3. Read Australian wheat fuels Japan noodle boom
    • Describe how Australia is meeting the demand for wheat that is suitable for Japanese udon noodles.
    • Explain what can affect the supply of, and Asian demand for, Australia's wheat.

Explore

    Close up of wheatWheat is a major Australian export

  1. Read Australian trade beats aid in boosting global food security – Finding our niche.
  2. Show on a map where most of Australia's wheat is exported to.
  3. Predict what other potential food markets and demand areas there are in the Asian region that Australia could expand into for the future? (eg Chinese ramen noodles).

Reflect

Reflect on the statement from the Australian wheat fuels Japan noodle boom article: 'It is a long way from the wheat fields of Australia, but it is a link that will tie the two countries together for many years to come'.

  • What do you think this quote means?
  • Explain the nature of this link between Australia and Japan.

It is recommended teachers preview websites prior to use in class to ensure they are suitable for their students. Content accessed via these links is not owned or controlled by the Asia Education Foundation and is subject to the terms of use of the associated website.

Acknowledgements

Images: Wheat by Keith Ewing (‪‬CC BY-NC 2.0) 
Video: 手打ちうどん ダイジェスト版 by booskanium (‪‪‪‬‬‬‬Standard YouTube Licence)

Related resources

Australian Curriculum alignment

Learning area: Economics and Business

Year level: Year 7

Country: China, Japan

Content description:

Economics and Business Knowledge and Understanding

The ways consumers and producers respond to and influence each other in the market ‬‬‬‬(ACHEK017)

Cross-curriculum priority: Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia

OI.2 Interrelationships between humans and the diverse environments in Asia shape the region and have global implications.

OI.7 Australians play a significant role in social, cultural, political and economic developments in the Asia region.

General capability: Intercultural understanding

Students will be involved in learning about and engaging with diverse cultures in ways that recognise commonalities and differences, create connections with others and cultivate mutual respect.

Acknowledgements

The Australian Curriculum alignment statement is based on the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) materials which are licensed under a ‪‬‬‬‬‬Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Australia (CC BY NC SA) licence.

The full resource can not be displayed on a mobile device.

back to top