Links For Research

Fast facts about Brazil: http://msn.expedia.com/wg/Latin_America/Brazil/P11360.asp

Brazilian embassy in Washington: http://www.brasilemb.org/

Images of Brazil: www.scphotographic.com

Helping Brazilian Children: http://www.pueblito.com

More Brazil information: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brasil.html

Information on population and other human and geographical features: http://www.if.ufrj.br/general/brazil.html

The Politics and Pressures of Development, Elk Island Public Schools: http://www.ei.educ.ab.ca/sch/sht/index-brazil.html

Home of Brazilian Culture: http://www.maria-brazil.org/

Information on Rid De Janeiro: http://www.riowithlove.com/

Atlas: http://www.graphicmaps.com/aatlas/samerica/maps/brazil.htm

History of Brazilian settlement: http://oregon.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brasilhist.html

Human Rights Development and Brazil: http://www.igc.apc.org/hrw/worldreport/Americas-01.htm

A Taste of Brazil; Recipes: http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/brazil/recipes.html

Iguaco Falls: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brasil/iguacu.html

Brazil Foreign Relations: http://www.traveldocs.com/br/foreign.htm

Economics and Trade: gopher://gopher.umsl.edu/00/library/govdocs/crpt/crpt0013

South America a Case study of Brazil; research sites and other information developed for students and teachers: http://www.divnet.org/fortmcmurray/Michelle%20Miller/index.htm

Climate and other weather information: http://www.cptec.inpe.br/pesquisas/indexi.html

The wonders of Brazil: http://psg.com/~walter/brasil.html

Maps and Basic Data: http://travel.yahoo.com/t/South_America/Brazil/

Pictures Of Brazil: http://search.gallery.yahoo.com/search/corbis?p=brazil

Travel World Guide to Brazil: http://www.theworld.com/

Brazilian Embassy in London: http://www.brazil.org.uk/

A Brazilian Catalogue featuring various topics of interest: http://google.yahoo.com/bin/query?p=The+www+Brazilian+Catalogue&hc=0&hs=0

Brazil in Brief  
http://www.brazil.org.uk/page.php?type=mc&cat=6
A general introduction to Brazil and Brazilian life. Includes economic, political, historical and cultural information.

Brazil in the Secondary School
http://www.brazil.org.uk/page.php?type=sc&cat=18&sub=53
A resource designed to help teachers in planning their program. An excellent resource for students completing research.

Brazil in Focus 
http://www.mre.gov.br/cdbrasil/itamaraty/web/ingles/index.htm
A resource created by the Foreign Relations Department of the Brazilian government.

Consulate General of Brazil in Toronto http://www.consbrastoronto.org/conseng.htm
This resource provides links to other web site that can be used by students when researching a topic.

CIA - The World FactBook 2000 - Brazil
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/br.html
Current facts on all countries in the world. An excellent resource for teachers and students completing research on any country.

Lonely Planet World Guide – Destination Brazil http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/south_america/brazil/printable.htm

Brazilian rainforests
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~cfford/342Brazil_Rainforest_destruction.htm
An example of a PowerPoint presentation that discusses the destruction of the rainforest. Can be used as an overview to the topic or as an example for a student project.

                                                                                                                                       Links by: Maria Spagnola
                      Carolyn Dozeman