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CALENDAR

Brazil Calendars
Brazil
Calendars



Brazilan Coffee

Footprint South American Handbook
Footprint South American Handbook


Tropical Nature
Tropical Nature:
Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central
& South America


Ancient South America
Ancient South America


South American Table
The South American Table
(cooking)

South American Animals
South American Animals


Central & South America
Central
& South America


Atlas of the Amazon
Smithsonian Atlas of the Amazon


Hands-On Latin America
Hands-On Latin Amerca: Art Activities for All Ages...


Teacher's Guide to a Walk in the Rainforest
A Teacher's Guide to a Walk in the Rainforest


Explorers South America
Explorers of South America




Teacher's Best - The Creative Process



Brazil Posters, Art Print, Charts, Photographs & Maps
for social studies classrooms, home schoolers, offices.


geography > South America > BRAZIL < social studies


Brazil Maps
Brazil Map

(15º45'0"S 47º57'0"W)

Brazil Flag
Brazil Flag


South America Political Map, Art Print
South America
Political Map,
Art Print

The Federative Republic of Brazil is located in central South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Venezuela on the north, Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru on the west, and Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay on the south. (Only Chile and Ecuador don't share a border with Brazil.)

Brazil, the largest country in South America and the fifth largest country in the world by both population (China, India, US, Indonesia) and area (Russia, Canada, US, China), is known for its extensive low lying Amazon Rainforest in the north. Most of the population and agriculture is in the hills and low mountains of the south. Brasília, a planned city, is the capital; Sao Paulo is the largest city, and Rio de Janiero (the former capital) is well known as just “Rio”.

Portuguese explorers named the region Brazil after their word for “ember” (red, glowing), due to discovering a tree in the region similar to the European Brazilwood from which a red dye is derived.



Yellow Tabebuia Tree, Giclee Print
Yellow Tabebuia Tree,
Giclee Print

The Southern Cross and the Pointers in the Milky Way, Poster
The Southern Cross Constellation, visible from the southern hemisphere , Poster

The ipé-amarelo is the
national tree of Brazil.
astronomy posters

Cristo Redentor, Morro do Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, Door Posters
Cristo Redentor,
(Christ the Redeemer)
Morro do Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, Door Poster

Sugar Loaf Mountain, Botafogo Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Photographic Print
Sugar Loaf Mountain, Botafogo Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
Photographic Print

landforms posters

Revellers in Lavish Costumes and Wigs at Brazil's Famous Annual Carnival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Photographic Print
Revellers in Lavish Costumes and Wigs at Brazil's Famous Annual Carnival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
Photographic Print

Ipanema Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Photographic Print
Ipanema Beach,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
Photographic Print

(22º59'1.75"S 43º12'16"W)

• more mask posters
• more world celebrations posters
mask making lesson plan ideas

The Girl from Ipanema, bossa nova music

Copacabana Beach Pao de Acucar Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Photographic Print
Copacabana Beach, Pao de Acucar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
Photographic Print

Rocinha is Home to 150,000 People, the Largest Favela (Slum), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Photographic Print
Rocinha is Home to 150,000 People, the Largest Favela (Slum), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
Photographic Print

• more Cities of the Americas peace & justice posters

Business District, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Photographic Print
Business District, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Photographic Print

During Construction of Brazil's New Capital, Photographic Print
During Construction of
Brazil's New Capital,
Photographic Print

Congress Building, Brasilia, Brazil, Photographic Print
Congress Building, Brasilia, Brazil, Photographic Print

Brasília, the capital of Brazil, was planned and developed in 1956. It was built in the Central-West region of the country and both acclaimed and derided for its grand scale modernist architecture and utopian city plan.

Lucio Costa was the city planner and Oscar Niemeyer was the architect. Saint Don Bosco, a Catholic priest and educator, inspired the planned city - in 1883 he dreamed of a futuristic city that roughly fitted Brasília's location.

FYI - other planned capital cities include Washington, D.C. and Canberra, Australia.


Amazonia, A World Resource at Risk Map 1992, Giclee Print
Amazonia, A World Resource at Risk Map 1992,
Poster

The Amazon rainforest is recognized as having the greatest biological diversity in the world.

Rivers of the World posters
• more biomes posters
Ecology & Environment posters

Jaguar lying on a tree limb, Belize, Giclee Print
Jaguar

Side Profile of a Brazilian Tapir Walking (Tapirus Terrestris), Photographic Print
Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus Terrestris), Photographic Print

• more big cats posters • more mammals posters

Macaw of Amazonia, Brazil, Photographic Print
Macaw of Amazonia, Brazil, Photographic Print

Close-up of a Piranha, Giclee Print
Close-up of a Piranha,
Giclee Print

• more birds posters • more fish posters


Aerial View of the Pantanal, the World's Largest Wetland, Photographic Print
Aerial View of the Pantanal,
the World's Largest Wetland, Photographic Print

(18º00'00"S 56º30'00"W)

The Pantanal is a tropical wetland that lies mostly in Brazil and extends into Bolivia and Paraguay. It is an enormous inland river delta (see Botswana's Okavango Delta).


Dusk over the Cerrado, a Vast Savanna in Brazil's Central Highlands, Photographic Print
Dusk over the Cerrado,
a Vast Savanna in Brazil's
Central Highlands,
Photographic Print

(14º0'20.5"S 47º41'4.6"W)

The Brazilian Cerrado is a tropical savanna. The World Wide Fund for Nature calls the Cerrado the richest savanna in the world.

The natural ecology of the Cerrado is currently very threatened by agricultural activities and fire beyond natural causes.

FYI ~ the word “cerrado” means “closed” or “inaccessible”.

• Norman Borlaug, agronomist


Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls

(25º41'43"S 54º26'12"W)

Iguazu Falls are actually some 275 separate falls and cataracts located on the border between Brazil & Argentina where the Iguazu River tumbles over the edge of the Paraná Plateau.

The Falls were declared a Natural Heritage of Mankind by UNESCO in 1986.

• more National Parks posters


Pele, Photographic Print
Pele, Photographic Print

Carmen Miranda (Maria de Carmo Miranda de Cunha) American Singer Known as the Brazilian Bombshell, Photographic Print
Carmen Miranda (Maria de Carmo Miranda de Cunha) Singer Known
as the Brazilian Bombshell,
Photographic Print

actress posters

The Burning Season: The Murder of Chico Mendes and the Fight for the Amazon Rain Forest
The Burning Season:
The Murder of Chico Mendes and the Fight for the Amazon Rain Forest

Teachers As Cultural Workers: Letters to Those Who Dare Teach With New Commentary by Peter McLaren, Joe L. Kincheloe, and Shirley Steinberg Expanded Edition
Teachers as Cultural Workers: Letters to Those
Who Dare Teach
Paulo Friere

• “At first I thought I was fighting to save rubber trees, then I thought I was fighting to save the Amazon rainforest. Now I realise I am fighting for humanity.”

peace & justice posters
notable teachers


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