PLEASE READ NOTES BELOW SLIDES Depending on how quick / slow you do stuff, this is a 1hr plus lesson - aimed at OCR A GCSE past Q from 2008 - but could easily be adjusted for others, KS3, new Specs, etc.

1. Starter : Watch these two short video clips. What questions or comments do you have? RioCityOfContrasts594.wmv GeoTube - Rio Slums and Violence.flv

2. 5 Ws?

5. Some key words : Squatter settlement Slum Rio de Janeiro (spelling and origin) Favela Self-help scheme Quality of life v. Standard of living Informal sector Roçinha

6. Not Rio, but a good little intro to the ideas involved…

7. Characteristics of shanty town housing

8. Solving the housing problem

10. Why on the hillside?

11. There’s not just one or two!

12. The wealthier people mostly live in apartments (flats) [why?] Rio is famous for the rich and poor being right next to each other

13. This is Rocinha – one favela on one hillside – population….? … over 150 000 (about 15 x Sherborne’s!)

14. Why are the trees here? Why are there no ‘posh’ flats here? [clue] What’s this?

18. Notice anything unusual about the location of the favelas, compared to usual for LEDC city?

20. Some other key solutions…

21. The millionaire cake-maker's favela house How did he make so much money in a favela? Why does he still live there?

22. Lotes periféricos on the outskirts of Rio (following slum clearance by military government in 1980s)

23. JR, French artist

25. “ Favela Painting” project

28. 3. What is the Favela–Bairro project? 4. How much money have the Rio authorities spent on it to date?

29. 5. What has JR done? 6. What other arts scheme is helping in Rio’s favelas?

30. 7. What is lotes periféricos ? 8. What is Barra da Tijuca ?

32. Final key idea “ Improving the favelas can never be a truly sustainable solution to the problems caused by rural to urban migration” (extra research sheets)