Connecting Santos to Global Trade

Exploring Trade in Santos

Every Student... Every Heart... Every Mind... Grade 4, as you get ready for our field trip to Santos, use the following see-think-wonder to gather information as you watch the video about the city of Santos:

• SEE - What examples of trade do you see in Santos? Provide evidence.
• THINK - In what ways do you think Santos contributes to global trade? Provide evidence.
• WONDER - I wonder, in what ways has trade affected the economic development of the city of Santos? Provide evidence.

Points of Interest in the City of Santos

Intellectual Curiosity... Determine the importance of the information introduced and discussed as we visit different points of interest in the city of Santos. Use the following learning targets to help make connections to what you already know about global trade. In addition, review the information about the different points of interest to help familiarize yourself with the city of Santos.

Learning Targets (bolded learning targets will be assessed)

• I can describe the reasons people trade with one another in order to meet their needs and wants
• I can explain why Santos is an ideal location for a port
• I can explain what a port is and how the port of Santos developed over time
• I can explain how imports and exports move through the port
• I can identify products that Brazil imports and exports
• I can identify places that trade with Brazil through the port of Santos
• I can explain how trade affected the economy and development of the city of Santos
• I can explain how the coffee trade works 
• I can explain how the coffee trade contributed to the economy of Brazil

Monte Serrat - The View of Santos

• Imigrantes and Anchieta highways facilitate transport of goods
• You can see the old and new parts of the city
• Pirates threatened the ships and the community, even during present day
• The church provided a view of the port - this was a vantage point for security, not only to see if pirates were attacking, but also for the community to take refuge
• The city of Santos started because of the port and its expansion over time
• The port grew mainly because of the coffee trade

The Port of Santos

• Different countries have their ships docked in the port
• Cargo ships export all kinds of goods and resources all around the world; for example, coffee, sugar, chemicals, minerals, flour, orange juice, soya, wheat from Argentina, electronics, merchandise, cars and gasoline
• Import fertilizers 
• Tug boats help pull ships along the canals
• Orange juice reservoirs are located in the port 
• Favelas are also located in the port
• Mangroves have been cut down - the trees provide nutrients for the fish in the water
• There is room for about 300 ships to enter the port
• Large warehouses store goods for transport 
• Cranes are powered on electric energy and oil
• Ferry boats transport people to and from Santos and Guarujá
• Beaches of Guarujá attract tourism 

The Coffee Museum

• 1895 - Coffee is the major industry of trade in Brazil
• The economical growth of Santos is due to the growing coffee trade in Brazil
• The coffee trade brought immigrants to work on the coffee farms
• The Process of Making Coffee:
• Coffee farms grow coffee
• Mature coffee beans are picked and brought to the factory for production
• The beans are selected and packaged for distribution
• Packaged coffee is loaded onto trucks and ships for distribution around Brazil and to other countries
• Coffee is sold to consumers

Santos - 1822

Santos - 1878

Santos - 1894

Santos - 1921

Santos - 1944