Carolyn Hornik

P.S. 101K

Unit: Virtual Travel Brochure:

Brazil



Unit Overview:

This is a fifth grade social studies unit related to life in Brazil. The students will be working towards their goal of creating a class Virtual Travel Brochure. Students will be working in cooperative learning groups to research information related to life in Brazil. 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. Topics will include: Brazil's location, geography, climate, government, economy, people, education system, natural resources, and sights to see. The time frame for this unit would be three months. (Note: a follow up unit to this one might be one in which students plan a trip to Brazil, calculate expenses and comparison shop for hotels, travel expenses, entertainment, etc).



 
Table of Contents

Map credit: Fossil Energy International: Brazil

http://fe.doe.gov/international/brazil.html

 
Lesson 1:
What information should be included in a travel brochure?
Lesson 2:
Where is Brazil located?
Lesson 3:
What is the climate like?
Lesson 4: Sight Seeing Tour
Lesson 5:
What are the people like?
Lesson 6: What is the government like?
Lesson 7:
What are the country's natural resources?
Lesson 8:
What is the economy like?
Lesson 9: What is Brazil's history?
Lesson 10:
What is the country's geography like?
Sample Virtual Brochure Tour Rio De Janiero in this sample virtual travel brochure.