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Improving a shanty town Developed from “More Thinking Through Geography”.
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This is adapted from an activity from "More Thinking Through Geography". It is designed to help GCSE pupils understand how self-help schemes work.
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Improving a shanty townDeveloped from “More Thinking Through
Geography”.
If you lived here, what daily hardships would you face?
This is the community of Aribaon the edge of Mexico City
The Residents want to set up
a ‘self-help scheme’
Learning Objective
To understand how we can improve the QUALITY OF LIFE in a shanty town like ARIBA.
Using a D.M.E.
Study the fact file, map and planning sheet
What are the biggest problems for the residents?
Your group has 200 ‘shanty town
points’ for two years.
But with no guarantee of any more!
THINK!What are you prioritiesfor development?
Crime?Education?Health?Employment?Building Quality?
Debrief
How did you decide onyour priorities?
Did this help in deciding how to spend your STP’s?
Extension Task
How can we write a short report describing and explaining how
we can improve life in a shanty town?
Seal Targets: 35, 39, 43, 46, 48 and 50.
I can now...
•Give a strategy
•Explain a strategy
•Analyze a range of strategies...
...for improving a shanty town.
Zen GeographyDeveloped from “More Thinking Through Geography”S. Jones 2009Photo Credits: Flickr
