Use the video link and resources to help students complete the comprehension activities looking at how tribes have adapted to live in their fragile environment.

1. Wednesday 13th November 2012
People of the Rainforest
LO: To know how indigenous populations live
in harmony with the rainforest environment.
Starter:
How do you think people live differently in the
rainforest?
Write down 5 bullet points

2. Watch the video
• Don’t write anything
• Sit very still
• Sit in absolute silence
• Open your minds and imaginations to what
you see and hear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLErPqqCC54

3. Group Read:
• Listen to each reader whilst they read aloud
• Read through the sheet as well on your own
• Highlight anything you think is particularly
interesting or important

4. Activity Sheet:
• Answer all the questions
• Use the picture for clues
• Colour code your answers and different parts
of the picture

5. What would you ask?
Should we make contact with
uncontacted tribes?

6. Homework
• Write a list of 5 challenges that the people of
the rainforest face.
• Due: Next Lesson, Tuesday 29th