This document contains questions, graphs, and information about improving a favela community called O Paraiso over two years with limited funds. Key points: - Groups are tasked with choosing improvements for O Paraiso that fit within the budget and earn points over two years, while avoiding improvements that lose points. - Improvements like sewerage, medical supplies, and education earn positive points by addressing issues like floods, disease, and orphans, while things like painting houses and satellite TV are deemed pointless or become problems. - At the end, some improvements are wasted when the government forces residents to leave, but others like a local factory and family planning clinic continue to provide benefits. Groups finalize their

1. Questions for par. 8.3
1. a. Millions of Africans arrived as slaves.
b. People arrived from all across the world – Africa,
Europe, Asia, and native Americans.
2. a. Graph should look like this:
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50
100
150
200
1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 2040
Population(millions)

2. Questions for par. 8.3
2. b. i. 70 million, ii. around 1985, iii. 25 years.
4. a. i. 4.8%, ii. 3.7%, iii. 2.2%, iv. 9.4%.
b. 15-19 was the largest group in 2000.
5. More than half the population is under 30
years old, so that’s fairly young .

3. Brazil 4
WHERE IS
EVERYONE?

4. Population
density
=
Number of
people per
square
kilometre

7. Colonisation - on the coast

8. Urbanisation – to the cities

9. •Average income £2250/yr
•37/1000 babies die
•Average income £3000/yr
•26/1000 babies die
•Average income £6300/yr
•18/1000 babies die
•Average income £6000/yr
•20/1000 babies die
•Average income £5500/yr
•17/1000 babies die

10. Favela
Improvement
Game

11. O Paraiso is a favela. It
needs improving.
You have the task of
improving it but…
Money is limited!
Only two years time!

12. Form groups of three.
• You will get three sheets
– A: Info
– B: Improvements
– C: On this sheet, note your improvements, how
much they cost and why you chose them.
• You can cut out the improvements and paste
them on sheet C.
– You can also write them down on sheet C.

13. Year
1
200 Favela
points
12
minutes

14. End of year 1=
Points for
improvements

15. Major
floods!
If you have
sewerage
+50 points

16. Disease!
If you have
medical
supplies or
weekly doctor
+20 points
Disease!
If you have
weekly nurse or
locally run
health centre
+10 points

17. More orphans
If you have
family
planning clinic
+50 points
Education is
good!
If you have
hired a
teacher
+50 points

18. Painting
houses
Not very
useful
-10
points
Street
lights
Nobody
pays taxes
-30 points
Grassy area
Becomes
rubbish
heap
-20 points
Satellite
TV
Pointless!
-100
points

19. Year
2
+200
Favela
points
8 minutes
Add your
bonus
points

20. End of year 2=
Points for
improvements

21. Opportunity
wasted!
If you have
points left
over…
Double them
and lose that
many points!

22. Government says:
people must move
out of O Paraiso
Many
improvements are
wasted…

23. 100 metres
of road
Wasted! -10 points
Electricity
connection
Wasted! -30 points
Community
centre
Wasted! -30 points
Local
water tap
Wasted!
-20
points

24. Government
advisor
Makes the
people
leave…
-40 points
Petrol for
generator
Too
expensive…
-20 points

25. Local
factory
Still
works!
+100
points
Family
planning
clinic
Good
effect!
+30 points
Children
to school
Now have
work!
+20
points

26. Finalize sheet C
Plans for future years?
What was difficult?
Add your name and
hand it in.