How will these resources help you?

Urban Change is central to most GCSE and A Level Syllabuses, and the key to optimal student engagement is to apply theory to an inspiring case study. Rio de Janeiro is just that. A thriving megacity with a fascinating history of oppression and opportunity. The flamboyant wealth of the South Zone along Copacabana Beach and Guanabara Bay will be familiar to students following the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Rio Olympics. Its unbalanced economic structure was less obvious. There is extreme functional division between the city’s productive districts and its poor residential neighbourhoods. However, minorities are developing a voice. These resources will help you to contrast the opportunities available to rural migrants with the challenges that come with living in Rio’s Favelas and build a case study that students will be inspired to apply in exams. They contain both social research and anecdotal material to build into lessons. More able students will find these resources valuable to use by themselves.