Discovering South America: Brazil

Project and Report Ideas

Investigate Brazil’s Wildlife Introduce your classmates to some of the strange and fascinating animals that can be found in Brazil. Describe their appearance, eating habits, and behavior. Find or draw pictures. Flag Poster Make your own flag representing Brazil. Pick a piece of colored construction paper as your background. Then try to think of at least three things that represent Brazil, and paste them into the middle of your flag. You can create those out of construction paper, cut them out of a magazine, or print them off the Internet. Next, find a picture of the real flag of Brazil. Create a copy of that flag using construction paper and other materi- als. Paste both finished flags onto a large piece of white poster board so you can compare them. Leave space for a page beneath the flags. Then write a page explaining why you chose the shapes for your flag and what the differences are between your flag and the real one. Try to find out the history behind the flag of Brazil and include that in your report. Paste your finished report on the poster board underneath the two flags. Hang the finished poster on a wall in your classroom for everyone to see.

Short Reports

In one-page reports, answer these questions: • What makes an area a rain forest?

• Where was the Portuguese Empire and when did it exist? • What do the precious stones that come from Brazil look like? • Who were the Jesuit priests? • How did Brasília become the capital of Brazil?

56