Description
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INCLUDES…
3 printable PDF activities
- Paraguay-at-a-glance fill-in activity (1 page)
- Paraguay crossword (1 page)
- “What’s Your Paraguay IQ?”–trivia/research questions (1 page)
- includes answer keys for all activities (3 pages)
- PDF activities are not editable
Interactive Google™ Slides presentation
- 39 slides
- 11 comprehension questions–students type directly on the slides
- external links to more information
- all slides contain real photographs or colorful maps–no “cutesy” clipart
- Body text is editable; images have been flattened
- Answer key included (1 page)
- PowerPoint is also included, but it is not interactive.
Students will learn about:
- Paraguay location on a map, land borders
- Paraguay flag
- Brief history of authoritarian rule under General Alfredo Stroessner (1954-1989)
- Asuncion and Cuidad del Este
- climate
- plants and animals
- economy–currency, major exports (hydroelectric power, soybeans, agriculture), poverty, inequality
- religion
- official languages — Spanish and Guarani
- Paraguay in the news (includes Covid-19; teacher will need to update (or delete) this slide before teaching
- health care and life expectancy
- literacy rate, availability of education
- landforms–Saltos de Monday, Itaipu Falls, Iguacu Dam, Paraguayan Chaco, Rio Paraguay
- things to do and see–Transchaco Rally, waterfalls on Brazil/Argentina border, Itaipu Dam, Cuidad del Este, Asuncion, 17th Century Jesuit ruins
- government and voting
- Paraguay today–problems and challenges
Needed to use these activities:
- printer for the PDF activities
- Google Slides account OR PowerPoint
- internet connection (only needed if using Google Slides version)
- optional: colored pencils (PDF activities have optional coloring areas)
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