Brazil
My husband spent 2 years on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint back in the mid 80's and took me there in 1995 for a two week vacation. We have used these two visits to Brazil as our main lesson with tons of other reading and supplemental activities.
During the 2006-7 school year our children went on a trip around the world and got their passports stamped.
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Resources
Books
Non-Fiction--Information books:
 | A Family in Brazil by Olivia Bennett, photos by Liba Taylor (Lerner Publication Company) KR |
| Amazon River by Anne Fitzpatrick (Creative Education, 2005; ISBN 1583413227) |
| Brazil by Ann Heinrichs (Children's Perss) KR |
| Brazil by Ann Heinrichs (Children's Press) |
| Brazil by Christopher Richard and Leslie Jermyn (Benchmark, 2002; ISBN 0761413596) |
| Brazil by Robert Reiser (Benchmark Books, 2003: ISBN 0761411801) |
| Brazil in Pictures by Tom Streissguth (Lerner, 2003, ISBN 0822519593) |
| Chico Mendes: Defender of the Rain Forest by Joann J. Burch (The Millbrook Press) KR |
| Christmas in Brazil published by World Book, Inc |
| Count Your Way Through Brazil by Jim Haskins and Kathleen Benson, illustrated by Liz Brenner Dodson (Carolrhoda Books) RA |
| Country Insights of Brazil by Marion Morrison (Raintree, 1997; ISBN 0817247858) |
| Letters Home from Brazil by Marcia S. Greska (Blackbirch Press Inc) KR |
| Pele, the King of Soccer by Caroline Arnold ( Franklin Watts) |
| Rainforest Explorer by Sue Nicholson (Tangerine Press)* |
| Rio de Janerio by Deborah Kent (Children's Press) |
| This Way Brazil by Dan Colwell (JPM) this is a little tourist guide book |
Activity Books:
| Brazil by Sara Griffiths Butler (CTP, 1995)* |
| Brazil by Nancy Klepper and Ann Edmonds (Milliken, 1992; ISBN 1558632654)* |
| Children are Children are Children by Ann Cole et al, illustrated by Lois Axeman (Little, Brown and Company) |
| Rain Forest Coloring Book by Annika Bernhard (Dover)* |
| The Rainforest Indians by Ruth Thomson (Children's Press) |
Fiction:
| Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes (Dutton Children's Books) RA |
| So Say The Little Monkeys by Nancy Van Laan, illustrated by Yumi Heo (Atheneum Books) KR |
| When the Rivers Go Home by Ted Lewin (Macmillan) KR |
| The Dancing Turtle: A Folktale from Brazil by Pleasant DeSpain, illustrated by David Boston (August House) KR |
| James the Vine Puller: A Brazilian Folktale retold by Martha Bennett Stiles, illustrated by Larry Thomas (Carolrhoda Books) KR |
| Amazon Fever by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, illustrated by Paulette Bogan (Golden Book) KR |
| How Night Came From the Sea: A Story From Brazil retold by Mary-Joan Gerson, illustrations by Carla Golembe ( Little, Brown and Company) KR |
| The Sea Serpent's Daughter: A Brazilian Legend adapted by Margaret H. Lippert, illustrations by Felipe Davalos (Troll Associates) KR |
| Tales from the Rain Forest: Myths and Legends from the Amazonian Indians of Brazil retold by Mercedes Dorson & Jeanne Wilmot (The Ecco Press) RA |
| The Monkey's Whiskers: A Brazilian Folktale by Anne Rockwell (Parents' Magazine Press) KR |
| The Village of Bom Jesus by Lloyd E. Hill (Algonquin Books) RA |
| Tales From the Amazon by Elisie Spicer Eells, illustrated by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis (Dodd, Mead & Company) RA |
Audio/visual:
| Pictures from our 1995 vacation and Steve's LDS mission. |
| Letters from current missionaries. |
Websites
| Enchanted Learning's search list for Brazil |
| Enchanted Learning's Zoom school for Brazil |
| Brazilian Embassy in Washington (The Kid's Corner is a blast!) |
| Brazil (from the University of Oregon's web page, so if you can't get there, put Brazil in their search engine.) This site is packed with great information! |
| World Fact Book 2002 entry on Brazil (of course you can see other countries from this site as well). The facts and other tidbits of information are just fun to read and learn about. |
| Maria-Brazil a one women web site on the Brazilian Culture. As I have not gone through all her pages (and they continue to change) I do caution; Brazil is know for its loose morals. |
| Rainforest Action Network (Brazil has the largest rainforest on earth so you have to check out the rainforests.) The Kid's Corner is fabulous--I'd start here. They even have a teacher/student page. |
| Unit Study on the Jungle |
| Lonely Planet's information on Brazil and Rio de Janeiro |
| Amazon Interactive study on the Amazon rainforest (not just in Brazil) |
| Thematic Unit on the Rain Forest and Planet Ecology |
| National Geographic's search results for Brazil These I thought worth of a look: Korubo Expedition (you can find lesson plans for your "grade" level at the bottom.) First page of expedition. NGS web page on Coffee |
| City of Brasilia by Augusto Areal |
| Museum of Indians by museudoindio |
| Meet the Kids of Brazil from Time for Kids and the Brazil page |
| Brazil HUGE file with about everything you could want to know from the Library of Congress |
| Rio from University of Rio |
| Ipanema |
| Brazilian Carnival dancer costume from Cannon (pdf) a little racy so preview |
| Brazil from InfoPlease |
| Brazil from Country Reports |
| Brazil from Atlapedia Online |
| Brazil from geographic.org |
| Brazil from The World Factbook (the CIA) |
| Brazil from Background Notes on countries (US Department of State) |
| Brazil from Students of the World |
| Brazil from Wikipedia |
| Brazil from Country Studies from the Library of Congress |
| Brazil from Portals to the World from the Library of Congress |
| Brazil from Fact Monster |
| Brazil from World Atlas.com |
| Brazil from National Geographic |
| Brazil from Time for Kids |
| Brazil from Cultural Profiles Project (Canada website) |
| Brazil from Nation Master.com |
| Brazil from Geographia.com |
| Brazil from PBS |
Projects
| Flapbooks (aka lapbooks). We did this unit in the winter of 2002, just before Christmas. Because Christmas we like to "take a break" and because I was in a very serious auto accident, we decided that we were going to try our hand at flapbooks. (We have changed the name from lapbooks to flapbooks because that is what they are a book full of flaps.) Here are some pictures. |
Writing assignments
| Be creative in your flapbooks |
| Letter writing to the LDS missionaries serving in Brazil. |
Completed: December 2002, March 2007,
Here are some of the continents and countries we visited:
Last update: May, 2007
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