Watch the following video clip about Moscow!

What does it make you feel?

How does it portray the city of Moscow?

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Learning Objectives

• ALL: Must be able to describe what life is like in rural Russia

• MOST: Should be able to empathise with a rural

family in Russia

• SOME: Could begin to explain the problems of living and working in rural Russia compared to urban Russia

Urban Russia• Russia is mostly an urban country;

according to the census results, 74% of Russians live in urban areas -- either towns or cities.

• Moscow is the largest city in Russia with a population of 11.5 million people, which also makes it the sixth largest city in the world.

• Saint Petersburg is the second largest Russian city, with 4.8 million people, making it the 40th largest city in the world

Rural Russia• Life in rural Russia is

tough! People have to work longer and conditions are tough compared to the cities

• Many people in rural Russia are poor and as such cannot afford to live in the same way that many urban residents do.

Your Task

• In pairs your task is to sort the cards.

• You sort the information into two categories;

Rural Russia and Urban Russia

Rural vs Urban

• Like many countries across the globe Russia is facing a problem of young people undertaking

rural to urban migration!

• This is where people are moving from the countryside to live and work in the cities.

• What do you think are the problems of this? What are the impacts on people, work and the country if all the young people leave the countryside?

Your Task

• Your task is to produce a creative piece of writing/poster to encourage young workers to stay in the countryside.

• To start, think of the positives and negatives of both living in the countryside and life in the cities in Russia.

To Finish off

• Head – one thing that made you think

• Heart – one thing that made you feel (how did you feel about the topic)

• Bin – one thing I didn’t find interesting

• Bag – one thing I can tell someone at home/lunch/break etc.