Multimedia & learning

Besides addressing poverty in Brazil, Bahia Street promotes greater understanding about poverty, race, class, and collaborative social change. At the higher education level, Bahia Street teaches new perspectives in NGO management and issues of identity and inequality. The resources on this page are meant to assist teachers, educators and students in learning about themes of race, class and poverty, Bahia Street, and the Bahia Street model for collaborative social change. These resources continually are updated and adapted. Please share with us your ideas for edits or additions.

NEW!! Curriculum for Grades 2-12

In 2009, two Bahia Street interns worked with Program Director Nancy Bacon to create a set of resources useful to teachers of grades 2-12 educating their students about poverty, Latin America, or ways to help others.

Bahia Street Curriculum (pdf)

Bahia Street School Slideshow (pps)

Bahia Street School Slideshow Notes (pdf)

Resources for younger children

Bahia Street’s Activity Page for Kids

Background Information & Resources

Bahia Street’s Recommended Reading List

Research on education and health in Brazil

Bahia Street Voices: 2008 Video

Ràdio do Bahia Street

In 2004, the girls at the Bahia Street Center recorded a mock radio program, with news about the program, interviews, advertisements, songs, and a birthday celebration. There’s a hilarious discussion of what will happen if you suck your thumb or eat too much candy, as well as a rousing version of the birthday song in Portuguese.

You can follow along in English or Portuguese with our handy side-by-side transcript. A note to students of Portuguese: The Bahia Street Center is located in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, and the accents you hear on the recordings are specific to that region.

To listen, just download the following files to your computer or iPod and enjoy.
Track 1: Introduction
Track 2: Song: New Childhood
Track 3: Mock advertisements
Track 4: Girls of the Rainbow
Track 5: Introduction to birthday party
Track 6: Play about candy (Part 1)
Track 7: Play about candy (Part 2)
Track 8: Play about candy (Part 3)
Track 9: Applause for the performers
Track 10: Children singing birthday song in Portuguese (Parabens a voce MP3)