Brazil Topic Regions

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

Now we share ideas.

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).

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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 …

Watch video clip 2

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.

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