Courses
Brazilian Studies Lesson Plans
The Digital Brazil Project is pleased to present open source lesson plans about Brazil for college-level courses.
The lesson plans bellow were designed by scholars of the Center for Brazilian Studies Sustainability Fellow Program and are focused on the study of issues related to climate change, environmental justice, and/or sustainability.
Course - Environmental and Ecological Anthropology: Environmental Justice from a Global South Perspective
By Dr. Viviane Assunção - Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (UNESC)
Spring 2023
Download the course summary here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jfJHFSnFACQJ2Jq-boDSYMK15auDqVvj?usp=sharing
Course - Environment and Development
By Dr. Rodrigo Moreira - Universidade Federal de Rondônia (UNIR)
Fall 2023
Download the course summary here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BVkcyDI5L0estVzbm-d405P1gzqG45jK?usp=sharing
Course - The Amazon is the Center of the World
By Dr. Eliane Gomes Alves - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena Germany
Spring 2024
Download the course summary here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tVyKsE6xtqfaoCwT8jL7CMHwqoO5nRiy?usp=sharing
Course - Environment and Development
By Dr. Laila Sandroni - Universidade de Brasília (
Fall 2024
Download the course summary here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pcre1qHvvf5UZghupyNYLxRs6U5w-4TY?usp=sharing
The lesson plans bellow were designed by scholars of Brazilian Studies based in universities across the United States, all of whom participated in The Making of Modern Brazil, an NEH Institute hosted by the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies in Summer 2022. These teaching modules were made possible through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Module: Health and Illness in Brazil
By Dr. Cassandra White
Keywords: medical anthropology, history, health, Hansen’s disease, public healthcare, SUS
Download the Module here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Xfu7GAZm8tPOQI3vT_daKTZRziUbA8fH?usp=sharing
Module: Affirmative Action in Brazil
By Dr. Stephanie V. Reist
Keywords: ethnic studies, education, history, affirmative action, gender studies, activism
Download the Module here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LpQagE0nKTvjTGd4nSnyo8fvtirHkLZw?usp=sharing
Module: Peripheries, Suburbs, and Favelas: Visualizing Geographies of Urban Marginalization in Brazil
By Dr. Stephanie V. Reist
Keywords: geography, cinema, visual culture, disability studies, urban studies
Download the Module here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DW2zZfTx0NB6r3jkH1G2n37937bwaas-?usp=sharing
Module: Black Women in Power
By Dr. Tassiana Moura de Oliveira
Keywords: gender studies, politics, ethnic studies, state violence, Marielle Franco
Download the Module here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cM6KDp8eUvZaiTU0D-iIZAO14QzpwSun?usp=sharing
Module: The Brazilian Supreme Court Decides to Act: The Judiciary Expansion in the New Democratic Era
By Dr. Tassiana Moura de Oliveira
Keywords: political science, law, Supreme Court, democracy
Download the Module here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mMCI9jOwfC6YT_P16UL3l1EDAnJj3GHq?usp=sharing
Module: Environmental Racism and Quilombo Resistance: The Case of Pernambuco
By Dr. Tassiana Moura de Oliveira
Keywords: quilombo, ethnic studies, land rights, environmental justice,
Download the Module here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1baCecJOQ2k2YhnedkYDTvnVt5JRopjDO?usp=sharing
Module: Slavery through Afro-Brazilian Eyes
By Dr. Jordan Jones
Keywords: literature, slavery, history, African diaspora
Download the Module here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12j-Dre3V-nXAqRnQZwnHsmLfCp8SGS4-?usp=sharing
