Lesson Three – Rainforest Tribes
This geography teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate how to research and record facts and information about some of the groups of Amerindians who live and work in the Amazon rainforest.
The class can practise composing diary entries describing the daily routines and practices of a rainforest tribe living in the Amazon rainforest in South America.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate how to research and record facts and information about some of the groups of Amerindians who live and work in the Amazon rainforest
Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify and describe the life of different people who live in the Amazon rainforest, a worksheet to select and record information about groups of Amerindians and a template to compose diary entries describing the daily routines and practices of a rainforest tribe living in the Amazon.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to research and record information about some of the groups of Amerindians who live in the Amazon rainforest.
This lesson is part of a geography scheme of work to get the children to identify and describe the physical and human geographical features of tropical rainforests and make comparisons with other locations around the world. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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