Special Reports
Passport Week · Brazil
Seven days of food, film, music, crafts, movement and conversation, built around Coffee and a Country: Brazil and the story of a grandmother’s cafezinho.
For subscribing communities
You can see what's included and the list of files. Subscribers and client communities open them after signing in. Each community picks one Passport Week per calendar month.
The program
What's included
- The full Passport Week kit: Week at a Glance, 14 activity cards, menus for the kitchen, Amazon trivia, Portuguese phrases, wish ribbons, films and music, passport cards, a flag garland craft and a countdown checklist
- A one-page planner to fill in your days, times and rooms
- Seven Table Talk cards for the dining room
- A poster and a TV channel graphic
- Coffee and a Country: Brazil, “The Cafezinho” (host guide, reader set, poster, announcements)
- Coffee and a Story: “Whoever Comes Next,” an original World Desk short story (host guide, reader set, poster, announcements)
- Two Coffee and a Topic choices, each with a host guide, reader set, poster and announcements: “I’m Still Here” and “The Plate and the Circle,” the samba Topic
- A Brazil slideshow: 20 slides as PowerPoint, PDF, a silent looping TV video and JPG pictures for resident apps
- Fill-in screens for your own outing or outdoor event and a blank event: fill-in tool, fillable PDF and poster, PowerPoint and the complete set
Subscribers see the full week plan here: the minimum week, how Lifestyle Directors run it, and the day-by-day calendar.
Files
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The program
Start here. The kit has everything for the week; the planner is where you fill in your own days and rooms.
- Passport Week: Brazil, the full kitPDF · 27 pages · 5.5 MB · fillable · Start here, week at a glance, all activities, menus, trivia, phrases, films, crafts, passport cards, checklist, announcements, survey. Fillable.🔒 Locked
- Week plannerPDF · 1 page · 103 KB · fillable · Plan the week on one page: activity, day, time, room. Fillable.🔒 Locked
- Table Talk cards for the dining roomPDF · 7 pages · 670 KB · Seven fold-over cards, one per day.🔒 Locked
Posters and screens
- Passport Week poster, letter sizePDF · 1 page · 1.8 MB · fillable · Fill in your dates and times.🔒 Locked
- TV channel graphic (1920 × 1080)PNG · 2.2 MB🔒 Locked
Coffee and a Country: Brazil, “The Cafezinho”
- Host guidePDF · 4 pages · 460 KB · Read-aloud guide for a 45-minute discussion.🔒 Locked
- Reader set for residentsPDF · 6 pages · 1.4 MB🔒 Locked
- PosterPDF · 1 page · 733 KB🔒 Locked
- Digital announcementsPDF · 1 page · 276 KB · Ready-to-post text for your resident app and TV channel.🔒 Locked
Coffee and a Story: “Whoever Comes Next”
An original World Desk short story with samba and the plate-and-knife rhythm. 45 minutes, read aloud.
- Host guidePDF · 9 pages · 472 KB · Read-aloud guide for a 45-minute discussion.🔒 Locked
- Reader set for residentsPDF · 11 pages · 1.6 MB · The full story in large print, with the questions.🔒 Locked
- PosterPDF · 1 page · 1.3 MB🔒 Locked
- Digital announcementsPDF · 1 page · 277 KB · Ready-to-post text for your resident app and TV channel.🔒 Locked
- Digital announcements as plain textTXT · 1 KB · To copy and paste into your Community App.🔒 Locked
Coffee and a Topic: two choices
Brazil offers two Coffee and a Topic discussions. Pick the one that suits your group, or hold both.
- “I’m Still Here”: host guidePDF · 9 pages · 478 KB · Eunice Paiva and courage that has to last. 45 minutes, read aloud.🔒 Locked
- “I’m Still Here”: reader set for residentsPDF · 5 pages · 1.0 MB🔒 Locked
- “I’m Still Here”: posterPDF · 1 page · 1.2 MB🔒 Locked
- “I’m Still Here”: digital announcementsPDF · 1 page · 283 KB · Ready-to-post text for your resident app and TV channel.🔒 Locked
- “I’m Still Here”: digital announcements as plain textTXT · 1 KB · To copy and paste into your Community App.🔒 Locked
- “The Plate and the Circle”: host guidePDF · 9 pages · 474 KB · Dona Edith do Prato and the samba that left Bahia. 45 minutes, read aloud.🔒 Locked
- “The Plate and the Circle”: reader set for residentsPDF · 5 pages · 1.2 MB🔒 Locked
- “The Plate and the Circle”: posterPDF · 1 page · 1.0 MB🔒 Locked
- “The Plate and the Circle”: digital announcementsPDF · 1 page · 275 KB · Ready-to-post text for your resident app and TV channel.🔒 Locked
- “The Plate and the Circle”: digital announcements as plain textTXT · 1 KB · To copy and paste into your Community App.🔒 Locked
Brazil slideshow
Twenty slides of Brazil’s people, places and culture, in every format a community uses. Plays without internet; the video is silent and loops. A samba slideshow for the story and Topic is coming soon.
- Slideshow for PowerPointPPTX · 9.6 MB · 16:9, large type, plays without internet.🔒 Locked
- Slideshow as a PDFPDF · 20 pages · 9.8 MB · Page through it on any computer or tablet.🔒 Locked
- Slideshow video that loopsMP4 · 70.8 MB · For the in-house TV channel or a USB stick.🔒 Locked
- Slides as pictures (JPG, zipped)ZIP · 8.5 MB · For your Community App.🔒 Locked
Screens for your own events
Two fill-in screens in the Passport Week: Brazil look, one for an outing or outdoor event and one blank. You type the event, the place, the day, the time and how long it runs; nothing is preset.
- Outing or outdoor event: fill-in tool (zipped)ZIP · 1.3 MB · Opens without internet in Chrome or Edge. Makes the TV picture, a video, the calendar file and announcement text.🔒 Locked
- Outing or outdoor event: fillable screen (1920 × 1080)PDF · 1 page · 544 KB · fillable · Type in the boxes, then save or print.🔒 Locked
- Outing or outdoor event: fillable poster, letter sizePDF · 1 page · 994 KB · fillable · For the bulletin board.🔒 Locked
- Outing or outdoor event: PowerPoint (16:9)PPTX · 469 KB · Type over the [brackets]; export a picture or video.🔒 Locked
- Outing or outdoor event: complete set (zipped)ZIP · 17.2 MB · Everything: wide and tall slides, a sample video, tall PowerPoint and PDF, calendar kit and a one-page how-to.🔒 Locked
- Blank event: fill-in tool (zipped)ZIP · 1.3 MB · Opens without internet in Chrome or Edge. Makes the TV picture, a video, the calendar file and announcement text.🔒 Locked
- Blank event: fillable screen (1920 × 1080)PDF · 1 page · 527 KB · fillable · Type in the boxes, then save or print.🔒 Locked
- Blank event: fillable poster, letter sizePDF · 1 page · 1.1 MB · fillable · For the bulletin board.🔒 Locked
- Blank event: PowerPoint (16:9)PPTX · 469 KB · Type over the [brackets]; export a picture or video.🔒 Locked
- Blank event: complete set (zipped)ZIP · 18.0 MB · Everything: wide and tall slides, a sample video, tall PowerPoint and PDF, calendar kit and a one-page how-to.🔒 Locked
Questions, or want a special Passport Week? Email sales@theworlddesk.news or call (645) 654-0684.