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This multimedia, self-instructional Web lesson presents information to students about the Amazon rain forest, focusing on the aspects of geography, geology, climate, culture and the peoples, through photo slideshows, a Web page displaying student artwork from the rain forest, and a streaming video featuring students living there.

Students would develop a certain level of emotional connection with children living in the rain forest through interacting with the dynamic visual presentations, which would, in turn, motivate them to learn more about the rain forest, its cultures and other countries and communities around the world. Students would learn to identify differences and similarities between aspects of their own school and home life and that of children in the Amazon. They would gain a better understanding of how change of environment often requires change of lifestyles. They would learn to critically think about the question: How does where you live affect how you live? They can then discuss and compare their conclusions and opinions with their classmates.