Lesson Planning
The Vanishing Rainforest
Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of
Rainforests - NEW LOOK Life in the Rainforest
Objectives
Geography
- To identify ways in which the lives of the Kayapo people depend on the rainforest.
- To analyse and discuss the effects of deforestation on indigenous people living in the rainforest.
- To adopt, create and sustain a range of roles, responding appropriately to others in role.
Enquiry question
How is deforestation affecting indigenous people and their way of life?
Outcomes
Children will:
- List ways in which the Kayapo people depend on the rainforest.
- Read a story, The Vanishing Rainforest, and discuss the impacts of deforestation on indigenous people living in the rainforest.
- Act in role as different characters in the story, responding appropriately to others in role.
Provided Resources
You Will Need
Copy of The Vanishing Rainforest by Richard Platt
Weblinks
Some background information and videos from Survival International about the challenges faced by indigenous groups living in the Amazon rainforest. This may be useful for teachers to read and watch prior to the session.
Further information about the use of a Conscience Alley in the classroom.
In this video clip, Mauricio Yukuana, director of the Hutukara Yanomami Association in the Brazilan Amazon, speaks about the need for the rest of the world to listen to the voices of indigenous people to help protect the rainforest