1. Click picture – open up webpage – show intro students take quickfire notes from what appears on screen
If time allows select a region and listen to the testimony of one of the slum residents
Pose today’s question
Image: Magnum Photos

2. Why has Mr Hansraj learnt to love the slums!
“Despite our revulsion at slum living, the rural poor see slums as a *solution* to their own plight, what do we do?" Paul Mason - from the Bohunt Geography Blog
Big idea from the lesson with year 11…….
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Paul Mason
Former Economics editor, Newsnight
reports ranging from the shanty towns of Kenya to the boardrooms of the City.

3. Watch the video narrated by Journalist and Author Doug Saunders
“Despite our revulsion at slum living, given that the rural poor see slums as a *solution* to their own plight, what do we do?" Paul Mason - from the Bohunt Geography Blog
Watch the video narrated by Journalist and Author Doug Saunders
What do you find surprising about this Shanty town in China?
Has it challenged any of YOUR views about Squatter settlements?
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Arrival City
by Paul Mason
book cover image
Image credit Doug Saunders.net
Video credit – Doug Saunders.net

4. Expert Groups.
You will spend 20 minutes gathering as much information from at least two different stations.
Fill in your guide sheet making notes and answering questions as you journey around the room

5. Together construct an answer:
Share your findings with the rest of your table and answer the question
Together construct an answer:
“Why does Mr Hansraj no longer look at slums as vile, but areas of hope?”
Use evidence to back up your answer.
Aim for two paragraphs.

6. Copy and complete these sentences if you’re stuck:
Why does Mr Hansraj no longer look at slums as vile, but areas of hope?
Copy and complete these sentences if you’re stuck:
Slums are usually described as…
But they are increasingly seen by geographers as….
For instance Doug Saunders describes them as…
And Robert Neuwirth describes them as…
The United States of Slum residents means that…
So in conclusion they are…

7. YOU DECIDE - Justify your answer
CITIES OF HOPE?
CITIES OF HELL?
YOU DECIDE - Justify your answer
With your notes from this lesson – design a new definition of a Shanty town.
Make sure it reflects the information you have gathered today.