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PROGRAMME 1: DELHI
ACTIVITIES
Guidance
The programme can be used as the focus of a stand-alone lesson. These activities support a variety of individual, paired and group work and can be chosen and adapted to suit the needs of the students involved.
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Before viewing
Find out how factory-farmed and free-range chickens are produced in the UK. The following websites are a good source of information:
www.factoryfarming.org.uk/broiler.html
www.goodfoodpages.co.uk/lifestyle/
The-truth-about-free-range-poultry-and-eggs.html
Your findings will be used in the first clip-related activity below.
After viewing
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The video clips may contain a few seconds of extra material at the beginning and end. We have therefore included opening and closing descriptions to help identify the intended scene.
Slaughtering the chickens
Clip 1: 06:44 – 08:28
- In: (Dave) 'But her education is cut short, because something else has caught her eye.'
- Out: (Dave) 'It looks like Lubna has her work cut out.'
Rouni is shocked and disgusted by the way live chickens see their cage-mates being slaughtered in the market. But do we treat poultry any better in the UK? Using information from the websites you visited before viewing, list some of the differences in the ways poultry are handled in the market, in a factory farm, and by a free-range producer. Do you think one method of production is less acceptable than the others? What are your reasons?
A good ambassador for the UK?
Clip 2: 09:31 – 12:51
- In: (Rouni) 'I want to try the hottest thing you can get.'
- Out: (Rouni) 'There's nothing to smile about.'
Rouni is naturally uninhibited – that's just the way she is – but in India her outspoken, brash behaviour offends her hosts. Do you think Rouni was right to behave as she would do at home, or should she have acted differently while she was in India? What are your reasons? How do you think she could have behaved? Rouni says she's ashamed after the incident at the fast food restaurant, but next day she starts behaving badly again. List five things Rouni could have done before leaving home, to prepare for her visit to India. How well did Lubna handle Rouni? What could she have done differently?
Shrieking in the spice market
Clip 3: 15:06 – 17:26
- In: (Dave) 'With Suni's grinder destroyed, Rouni must now tackle the hardest job of all.'
- Out: (Rouni) 'I couldn't have done that in my miniskirt, no way.'
Rouni makes an enormous fuss about carrying the sack of chillis. Why do you think she behaved like this? What impression did she make on the market workers? Do you think the fact that she was being filmed influenced the way she behaved? List three other 'reality' programmes you've seen. How do the programme makers slant the film, according to the message they want viewers to take away from it? As a viewer, do you accept most of what you see in reality programmes as being an accurate representation of a certain situation? Give reasons for your answers.
How to make a samosa
Clip 4: 17:34 – 18:39
- In: (Dave) 'Back at the house, it's time for Rouni to get her hands dirty.'
- Out: (Rouni) 'Easy, I can do that.' (Dave) 'Remember those words…'
How much did Rouni learn from Lubna's teaching? Role play a scene, where an experienced cook teaches a beginner how to make a dish. What could Lubna have done to engage Rouni's attention?
Rouni reflects on what she's learned
Clip 5: 22:28 – 23:23
- In: (Dave) 'Before Rouni heads home, she has one last morning in India.'
- Out: (Rouni) 'I will go back to England a new and improved Rouni.'
Rouni says she'll go back home a 'new and improved Rouni'. What do you think she learned from her experiences in India? How much effect do you think her visit will have on the way she thinks and behaves in future? Is there anything she could have done to benefit more from the experience?
