As regular readers know, in addition to teaching English to ELLs, I always teach a Social Studies class to them, too. This year, I’m teaching Geography to a multi-level class, and am using many of the resources at The Best Geography Sites For Beginning & Intermediate English Language Learners.
One of those resources links is to another list, The Best Sites For Learning About Mexico, Central & South America. That post has a number of Brazil-related links. However, I’m doing something a little different this year and teaching a much more advanced Geography curriculum to a number of my students, and right now we’re studying Brazil. As part of that unit, I decided to create a supplemental list to the Brazil links on that other post.
You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES FOR TEACHING & LEARNING ABOUT THE TERRIBLE AMAZON FIRES.
Here is a beginning list of The Best Sites For Learning About Brazil:
National Geographic Brazil for Kids
National Geographic Brazil profile
Many videos about Brazil from How Stuff Works
The Signs Of Brazilian Protests
The BBC has a collection of Brazil videos.
Pickup Soccer in Brazil Has an Allure All Its Own is from The New York Times.
World Cup 2014: Brazil’s stadiums – interactive is from The Guardian.
24 Traditional Brazilian Foods You Need To Eat Right Now
Google has just announced a big expansion of Street View images from Brazil, and you can see all their highlights here.
10328×7760 – A 10K Timelapse Demo from SCIENTIFANTASTIC on Vimeo.
Google has unveiled a new zip line view of the Amazon using Google Street Views.
TWO VIDEOS & A WRITING FRAME ABOUT THE AMAZON RAINFOREST
Amazon Under Threat is a NY Times interactive.
Great post Larry,
Best from Brazil,
Tom Reaoch,
Talk 2 Brazil Host
I’m a Brazilian teacher and I really liked your prezi about Brazil!
Congratulations!
A very nice collection indeed.
I find it engaging to have the kids color some coloring pages related to the destination. You can find some very good ones here:
http://para-colorir.net/?s=Brazil
Most Brazilians are descended from three ethnic groups: Amerindians, European settlers (mainly from Portugal) and Africans. Starting in the 19th century, waves of immigrants from Europe, the Middle East, and even Japan added to this mix. This diversity of people has created a rich religious, musical and culinary culture.
http://jogosdemotosono.org/
http://jogosdecarrossono.com/