Improving a Shanty Town version 2.0

Improving a Shanty Town

Version 2.0

Developed from “More Thinking Through Geography”

Wednesday, 22 September 2010


If you lived here, what daily hardships would you face?


The largest city in North America


Home to 22 million people


This place is ARIBA, itʼs on the edge of Mexico City


Ariba

A shanty town is called a “Barrio”

in Mexico.


The residents want to set up a

ʻself-help schemeʼWednesday, 22 September 2010

Learning Objective

To understand how we can improve the

QUALITY OF LIFE in a shanty town like ARIBA.


Learning Objective

To understand how we can improve the

QUALITY OF LIFE in a shanty town like ARIBA.

Study the fact file, map and planning sheetWednesday, 22 September 2010

What are the biggest problems for these people?


Your group has 200 ‘shanty town points’

for two years.

But with no guarantee of any more!


THINK!What are you prioritiesfor development?


THINK!What are you prioritiesfor development?

Crime?Education?Health?Employment?Building Quality?


Stop!Wednesday, 22 September 2010

Debrief


How did your group decide itʼs priorities?


Did this help in deciding how to spend your STPʼs?


Extension TaskCreate a short report describing and explaining how we can improve life

in a shanty town like Ariba.

Seal Targets: 35, 39, 43, 46, 48 and 50.


I can now...•Give a strategy

•Explain a strategy

•Analyse a range of strategies...

...for improving a shanty town.Wednesday, 22 September 2010

Developed from “More Thinking Through Geography”S. Jones [email protected]://geographyjones.posterous.com/

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