Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro is a huge, exciting city. Rio de Janeiro means "January River", because it was “discovered” in January 1502 by a Portuguese explorer. (Of course it had already been discovered by the indigenous people who had always lived there!) It became the second capital city of Brazil in 1763. Rio has wonderful sides, and difficult sides. 

Rio de Janeiro is on the coast next to the Atlantic Ocean. Where are these people going? 

This is a beach right downtown. What are these people doing?

What sport are these people playing?

Rio has about 7 million people. There are lots of different kinds of buildings. What is the haze in the sky?

These are my friends, Anna and Marcos. Where are they? 

This is a famous statue of Christ. What is inside his feet?

This is a favela. What is a favela? 

These dolls are dressed up in Carnival outfits. What is Carnival? 

Why these children sleeping on the beach?