1. Appreciate the historic roots of nations and people from divers cultures in the Western Hemisphere.

2. Empathize with the struggles involved in independence movements and changes of governments.

3. Understand the relationship between technological advances and how they effect changes upon a country.

Set Up: The "History Cooperative Learning Group" will participate in the activities listed in this lesson. Roles will include researchers who will find information online using web sites chosen by the teacher, recorder who will record the important information found by the researchers (information may be recorded using a word processing application such as Learning Company's Student Writing Center or Microsoft Word), illustrators who will be responsible to find online photos (from web sites that will be prescreened by the teacher) or create illustrations of the topics researched by the group using a drawing and painting application such as Kidpix, reporters, who share the information with the class both in oral reports and in written reports, and web designers who will place the textual information and graphics onto a web site for the class Virtual Travel Brochure.

Materials: computers with internet capabilities, printer, word processing application, drawing and painting application, Timeliner, (a computer time line maker by Tom Snyder Productions) web writing application such as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft FrontPage.

I. Students brainstorm to develop a KWL chart to organize information in order to compare and contrast Brazil's history with that of the United States. In this graphic organizer students list what they Know, Want to find out, and what they have Learned.

What we know	What we want to find out	What we have learned
1. Indigenous people inhabited the the land which is now the United States. They played an important role in American history. Explorers from Spain, England, France, Holland, Norway, and Italy arrived.	1. What role did Brazil's Indigenous people play in Brazil's history? Who explored the land which is now Brazil?
2. The United States became a colony of England.	2. Who colonized Brazil?
3. The United States declared its independence from England by signing the Declaration of Independence.	3. How was Brazil's independence declared?
4. Leaders of the independence movement included Thomas Jefferson, Nathan Hale, George Washington,Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry	4. Who were some leaders in Brazil's independence movement?
5. The United States became independent from England after the Revolutionary War.	5. How did Brazil achieve its independence?
6. Plantations were prevalent in the southern part of the United States. Slaves were used as labor on the plantations. Conflicts over the use of slave labor led to the secession of the south and the Civil War.	6. Plantations were prevalent in Brazil. Describe the use of slaves in Brazil. What effect did the institution of slavery have on Brazil's history?
7. The industrial revolution resulted in advances in technology . With new inventions to increase production, American factories expanded and many Americans left rural farms to live in crowded cities..	7. How did technological advances affect Brazil's history?
8. The United States became more involved in global issues. A global economy expanded. The United States became involved in global politics and became a Super Power.	8. To what extent did Brazil become involved in global issues such as economy, politics, and ideology?

This is Lonely Planet's web guide for Brazil. A brief overview of Brazil can be found here along with a link to Brazil's history.

This information is taken from a temporary web site found by searching Yahooligans, http://yahooligans.com and clicking on the links for Around the World, Brazil, and history. The information includes Brazil - A Country Study - facts about Brazil's history, geography, resources, government, and economy.

4. http://brazilbrazil.com/historia.html
This page gives a brief history of Brazil, focusing on a dozen or so people who where major players in that country's development.

This is the History Channel's web site. A search on this site may be done for Brazil's history.

By searching articles for "colonial history," students will find information about this time period in Brazil's history. By clicking on the link for "history: independence from Portugal," students will find out how Brazil achieved its independence from Portugal. By searching for "history modern era" students will find out about recent events in Brazil's history. By searching for "history U.S. and Brazil," students can find information to help them see the relationships developed between the United States and Brazil as well as compare and contrast Brazil's history with that of the United States. By searching for "wars with other countries," students will find information about wars between Brazil and neighboring countries

This is the web site for the National History Museum of Brazil which contains paintings, sculptures and other exhibits depicting events in Brazil's history.

2. Students will compare and contrast Brazil's history with that of the United States.

3 Students may create a time line of events in Brazil's history (eg. changes in governments, early explorations, or technological developments. Timeliner, by Tom Snyder Productions, a computer time line maker may be used or the time line may be drawn by hand on butcher paper or on a roll of paper).

From the information obtained in the research phase of this lesson, oral and written reports will be produced and shared with class. These reports will include pictures and drawings as visual aids.

Students will be evaluated on their use of the Internet to find information about Brazil's government and synthesize that information to produce oral and written reports. Students presentations will be evaluated on their choice and use of visual aids, and their ability to communicate the information in their reports to the class in their presentation.

Students as part of their presentation might write a script depicting Brazil's history and reenact some of the events for the class.

colony	motherland	independence	Indigenous	conquistador	revolution	patriarchy	import	conquest	urbanization	migrant
industry	production	slavery	rebellion	monarchy	treaty	export	commerce	cultivation	displacement	history