Materials

• Unlabeled outline maps of Latin America
• Atlases and almanacs

Instructional Activities

1. Review the content of the previous session.
   
   
2. Distribute maps of Latin America, and instruct students to annotate the following locations on their maps:
   • Havana
   • Mexico City
   • Brasília
   • Buenos Aires
   • Santiago
   • Sao Paulo
   • Rio de Janeiro
   
   Ask students to identify what these cities have in common. (They are all capitals.)
   
   
3. Distribute atlases and/or almanacs, and instruct students to locate the following information on each city and develop a chart comparing the following information for each:
   current population
   economic activities.