1) Understand the broad contours of Brazilian history and how 
many of the country’s issues today have roots in its colonial, 
slave-holding, economically dependent past. 
2) Explain how regionalism, race, class, economic dependency, 
and environmental destruction shape Brazilian culture.
3) Discuss the most pressing issues Brazil faces today, 
particularly those related to political crisis and recent 
major sporting events.
4) Create a website about a topic of contemporary importance 
in Brazil, analyzing a variety of distinct types of sources in 
order to craft an argument about your topic.
5) Develop a new understanding of global citizenship and
connectedness through contact with Brazilian culture and history.

Week 1: Brazil in the Brazilian and Foreign Imagination
Week 2: Brazilian History I (Colony and Empire, 1500-1888)
Week 3: Brazilian History II (Republic, 1888-Present)
Week 4: Regionalism
Week 5: Race and Class I
Week 6: Race and Class II
Week 7: Economy I
Week 8: Economy II
Week 9: Environment I
Week 10: Environment II
Week 11: Gender and Sexuality
Week 12: Poverty and Policing
Week 13: The World Cup and Olympics
Week 14: Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff
Week 15: Global Brazil

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reads, “I will be academically honest in all of my academic 
work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of others."

Issues with academic honesty in social science courses usually 
involve plagiarism (rare) or the improper citation of sources 
(common). Plagiarism includes copying passages from other 
sources (Wikipedia, a reading, another student’s paper, etc.) 
without attribution. Improper citation is similar, but usually 
not as egregious. It might involve, for example, having a 
paragraph full of information that isn’t a direct quote, but 
where you still don’t indicate where you got it from. Cases of 
suspected plagiarism will be reported to the Office of the 
Vice President for Instruction, in accordance with the policy 
outlined at https://ovpi.uga.edu/academic-honesty.