A resource suitable for Key Stage 3 students (aged 11 to 14 years) studying Brazil as a topic within Geography. The slideshow requires short video clips of Amazonia (North Brazil) and South East Brazil. I have referenced a BBC production called Brazil 2000 - Flightpaths (which is now somewhat dated), but other short video clips might easily be used to reflect some of the key differences between the dense coastal strip of South East Brazil and the sparse rainforest of the North.
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Comparing Two Regions in Brazil
1. Year 9 Brazil TopicYear 9 Brazil Topic
RegionsRegions
2.
3. Add the following features to your outline
map – you have 8 minutes for this.
• Rio de Janeiro
• Sao Paulo
• Belo Horizonte
• Golden Triangle
• Brasilia
• Fortaleza
• Recife
• Foz do Igaucu
• RONDONIA
• River Amazon
• Manaus
• Equator
• Atlantic Ocean
• Tucurui
• Salvador
• Porto Alegre
• MATO GROSSO
HINTS:
Use the Atlas. Only use a pencil.
Make sure you don’t confuse Brazil the country with the whole of South America.
Add a key to the top left of your map’s page.
RONDONIA and MATO GROSSO are areas, so simply write the words in capitals.
Check very carefully where the River Amazon meets the ocean - the ‘broken’ bit in North
East Brazil with what looks like an extra ‘lump’ is the place.
HINTS:
Use the Atlas. Only use a pencil.
Make sure you don’t confuse Brazil the country with the whole of South America.
Add a key to the top left of your map’s page.
RONDONIA and MATO GROSSO are areas, so simply write the words in capitals.
Check very carefully where the River Amazon meets the ocean - the ‘broken’ bit in North
East Brazil with what looks like an extra ‘lump’ is the place.
4. Time to quickly recap some key
geography words …
Which key geography
words and phrases
could go with the
following images?
Guess first, and then I will click
to reveal some suggestions.
Which key geography
words and phrases
could go with the
following images?
Guess first, and then I will click
to reveal some suggestions.
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Distribution?Distribution?
Density?Density?
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Economic
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Economic
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11. Now it’s time to describe a place in
Brazil as a Geographer…
The next slide will show an
image from Amazonia (North
Brazil). Spend no more than two
minutes writing down three or
more observations as a
Geographer in the back of your
exercise books. I will pause on
the slide for two minutes.
The next slide will show an
image from Amazonia (North
Brazil). Spend no more than two
minutes writing down three or
more observations as a
Geographer in the back of your
exercise books. I will pause on
the slide for two minutes.
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Into the gladiators’ arena … we need
volunteers to read out one of their
observations for the rest of the class to
hear. If the rest of the class think the
statement should live (and get written
up on the whiteboard), the majority
will have given thumbs up. Too many
thumbs down, and we’ll forget it
unless we can somehow revive it … You
should add the good ones to your own
notes if you haven’t already got them.
Into the gladiators’ arena … we need
volunteers to read out one of their
observations for the rest of the class to
hear. If the rest of the class think the
statement should live (and get written
up on the whiteboard), the majority
will have given thumbs up. Too many
thumbs down, and we’ll forget it
unless we can somehow revive it … You
should add the good ones to your own
notes if you haven’t already got them.
14. Video Clip 1
• This video is taken from a programme called
Flightpaths. It will show us a clip of the
rainforest. There is no voiceover.
• Add as many observations to your list as you
can while we watch it. We’ll share some ideas
after.
16. • Get into pairs. There can be one three in the class, but
only if there is an odd number.
• Sit back to back. One person should be facing the screen.
The other has their exercise book open with a pen/pencil
• The viewer will see a photograph from South East Brazil.
You have two minutes to describe as much of it as
possible to the recorder who must not turn around. The
recorder should write bullet points for the things they
hear and think sound useful. (If three, have two viewers).
18. • Now we will do the same for a video clip, but swap
roles. The new recorder should use the same exercise
book.
• I might pause the video half way through for a short
while so you can catch up … there’s lots to talk about …
20. And finally …
• Your homework is to write between 100 and 150
words each for both Amazonia and South east
Brazil. You must choose your words carefully, and
try to sound like an expert Geographer.
• For the rest of this lesson you now have a chance to
share ideas in your pairs (or three) and add notes to
the other exercise books. Discuss the most
important bits to include in your homework.