Year 5 - Why is Brazil in the news again?
What can you find out about
Which famous cities in Brazil
one of Brazil’s neighbouring
attract other tourist and why?
countries?
1) Learn all about the
1) Locate Brazil on the map
and highlight the most
famous cities. Use IPads to
What do you already know
about Brazil?
research these cities.
2) Create a persuasive
Children will become ‘Travel
Agent brochure Designers’. They
will research all aspects of
Brazil such as:

Why Brazil is called Brazil.

Why was Brazil the World
different countries in
Brazil. Locate these on a
map.
2) Create a page for our
Travel Agents for the
advertisement for the Brazil
different neighbouring
tourism board to use on their
countries. Ensure to look
website and as hand outs
at the border surrounding
with their brochures.
Brazil.
3) Write a persuasive text to
3) Create a quiz about Brazil
encourage people to visit
and its neighbouring
Brazil.
countries.
Cup hosts

Languages, currency,
climate

Challenge: Is Brazil the
largest country in South
America?
What fruits and other natural resources is
Brazil famous for?
1) Explore the different fruits and foods that
Brazil has to offer. Children to create a
menu.
2) Use IPads to research the source of fruits
and natural resources in Brazil.
3) Create an information text about it,
Can you design and create a
collage of Brazilian symbols?
1) We will investigate the
famous statue in Brazil
looking at what it
represents and why it is
ensuring to include information about the
on top of the hill using
climate and landscape of Brazil.
IPads.
2) We will create a collage
of the different Brazilian
monuments.
What can you find out about the
street children of Brazil?
1) We will research and consider
what secrets Brazil has.
2) We will look at clips from all
around Brazil that focus on
the poverty stricken areas. We
Why is Brazil famous for its
dancing?
1) We will look at video clips of
carnivals that are celebrated
in Brazil. Using IPads we will
research why Brazil holds
carnivals. We will look at the
clothing and why people
will look at why these areas
are so poor.
3) Children will write a diary
entry about life in a poor city.
4) Children will write a letter to
the Brazilian government
encouraging them to help the
poor areas.
dress up as birds.
Reflection:
1) We will take some time
to reflect upon our
learning experiences
2) Children will design a
and answer our topic
Brazilian carnival costume.
question.
3) Children will learn a
2) We will celebrate ‘Brazil
Brazilian dance to perform
Day’ where we invite out
on our Brazil Day.
parents and families to
see all that we have
What can you find out about a famous
Brazilian?
1) Children will create a PowerPoint
presentation about a famous
Brazilian. They can look at footballers,
singers, actors, President etc. Children
to include fun facts about them and
why they are famous.
2) Children to present these Power Points
to the year group.
learnt.