Discovering South America: Brazil

Project and Report Ideas

Brazilian Bios Write a one-page biography on any of the following: • Vasco da Gama • Pedro Álvares Cabral • Pedro I, emperor of Brazil • Getúlio Vargas • Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis • Dilma Rousseff

Maps, Charts, and Graphs • Create a bar graph showing the populations of Brazil’s 10 largest cities. • Show with three drawings how the area of the Amazon rain forest has changed over the last 50 years. • Population map: using different colors, show how Brazil’s population is clustered around the largest cities.

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