What am I learning today? About Brazil’s growing population Understand why a growing proportion of Brazil’s population live in cities The differences in lifestyle between different groups of people in Brazil’s cities

URBANISATION The movement from the countryside to the cities Sao Paulo is one of the cities to experience a huge growth in it’s population. The city alone has a population of more than 20 million people making it one of the world’s largest cities. RankCityStatePopulation (millions) 1São Paulo 20 2Rio de Janeiro 11 3Salvador Bahia 3 4Brasília Distrito Federal 2

PUSH AND PULL FACTORS Things that force people out the area that they live in Things that attract people to the cities In pairs, think of two push factors and two pull factors.

ACTIVITY HEADING: Urbanisation. Turn to p.34 and work through the activities You have 15 minutes

Case Study Turn to p.36 Who are the Pires Family? What happened to them? Why did they move to Rio? Where did they find work? When will they have enough to live on?

Urban Growth- Sao Paulo

FACTFILE The wealthiest state in Brazil Wealth built on coffee production Good transport links due to the growth of the coffee trade Rapid industrialisation Lots of foreign businesses have set up here Most populated city- 20 million ‘Paulistas’ Ethnically mixed population

A tale of two cities?

ACTIVITY HEADING: Sao Paulo. You are going to make your own notes under headings. You are not allowed to write more than three things under each heading so you must be selective in what you write. Where is Sao Paulo? History Population Visitor impressions A tale of two cities in Sao Paulo Use pages of your booklet

Describe, in detail, the differences in lifestyle between groups of people in Brazil’s cities. Notes about the Pires Family (p.36) and the ‘poor’ people of Sao Paulo (p.39) Notes about the ‘rich’ in Sao Paulo (p.38-39)