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Geography in the news: What questions do you have about this image? Can you guess whats going on?

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Why?Where on earth is Rochina and what is it like to live there?Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Geography in the news questions / ideas about the image.1

What is going on here?

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What is going on here?

Learning objectivesInterpret geographical information in order to describe Rochina in detail, using geographical words and data.

Make a conclusion based on information.Write about different points of view.Make links to other geographical topics.

Describing Rochina

Where is Rochina?NEnglands Training Base

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Describing Rochina

What is Rochina Like?

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What is Rochina like?

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What is Rochina like?Make a conclusion based on information.Write about different points of view.Make links to other geographical topics.

Write a detailed description of Rochina using the information you have gathered.Make a conclusion based on information.Write about different points of view.Make links to other geographical topics.

Is the army take over of Rochina a good thing?

Give at least two different points of view.

Moto-taxi driver by day and musician by night, Felipe says life in Rocinha is hard - but there is "no victory without sacrifices"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-27635554#favela_section--police14

Major Azevedo, whose unit has 670 officers, says the situation in Rocinha is much better than a year ago. She says they sometimes face resistance from criminals who don't want to lose control of their territory, but she insists that will not affect the programme as a whole.

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Wellington says he barely knows the other side of Rio, such as Ipanema, because everything you need is in Rocinha - from banks to health centre and dentists.

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Maria das Gracas is very proud of her two daughters, who have both made it to university.

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Carlos says he likes to take visitors deep into the favela to expose its infrastructure problems and the lack of public investment.

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Goncalina says she could move out of the favela, but she likes the family atmosphere of the Rocinha community.

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Background information

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