Students “grow” the beans by cutting them out of paper or making them out of clay. The teacher, as “trader” buys cocoa beans from the farmers for their chocolate companies. Students use the money earned to buy life necessities. Discussion and reflection helps them to understand that fair trade farmers earn more, and why fair trade products may be more expensive. : an introduction to Fair Trade and cooperative Economics () (grades 4 to 6) This is a four unit curriculum, consisting of 16 lessons with a wide variety of participatory activities, including visual, auditory and inquiry learning. Units include: “Our Choices Matter”, “Understanding Fair Trade”, “Understanding Cooperatives”, and “Make a Difference”. Units can be used in entirety or individually. A few of the activities include: Keeping a food diary and analyzing it Tracking and mapping where our food comes from Following the journey from cocoa bean to chocolate Creating a mural Establishing a cooperative What’s Fair Game (another version of the “Cocoa Farmer Game” above. () computer game ages 8 and up. Developed in 2005 and continuously updated and now available in 7 languages, this game can be downloaded or played online. It simulates some of the real-world mechanisms that cause and sustain poverty in third world countries. The player gets to manage an African farm. Just as real people are dying from starvation in desperate situations that they never asked to be put in, all it takes for things to go wrong in this game is one bad harvest, an unfortunate encounter with corrupt officials, a raid by guerillas, a civil war, a sudden fluctuation in market prices, or any of the many other game events, that might never happen to families in industrialized countries. 7 to 11 : (www.CAFOD.org.uk)(Ages The Catholic Agency for Overseas Development has several activities for children on the topic of fair trade. They include: Fabulously Friendly Fairtrade Fred: This is a sketch (to be read or acted by 7 to 15 children) about Fabulously Friendly Fred, a superhero who wanders through the grocery store, providing information about fair trade and helping shoppers make This text includes religious “fair trade” decisions. content, but could be readily adapted for a secular audience. Fair Trade Quiz: Interactive powerpoint fair-trade quiz.
Students “grow” the beans by cutting them out of paper or making them out of clay. The teacher, as “trader” buys cocoa beans from the farmers for their chocolate companies. Students use the money earned to buy life necessities. Discussion and reflection helps them to understand that fair trade farmers earn more, and why fair trade products may be more expensive. : an introduction to Fair Trade and cooperative Economics () (grades 4 to 6) This is a four unit curriculum, consisting of 16 lessons with a wide variety of participatory activities, including visual, auditory and inquiry learning. Units include: “Our Choices Matter”, “Understanding Fair Trade”, “Understanding Cooperatives”, and “Make a Difference”. Units can be used in entirety or individually. A few of the activities include: Keeping a food diary and analyzing it Tracking and mapping where our food comes from Following the journey from cocoa bean to chocolate Creating a mural Establishing a cooperative What’s Fair Game (another version of the “Cocoa Farmer Game” above. () computer game ages 8 and up. Developed in 2005 and continuously updated and now available in 7 languages, this game can be downloaded or played online. It simulates some of the real-world mechanisms that cause and sustain poverty in third world countries. The player gets to manage an African farm. Just as real people are dying from starvation in desperate situations that they never asked to be put in, all it takes for things to go wrong in this game is one bad harvest, an unfortunate encounter with corrupt officials, a raid by guerillas, a civil war, a sudden fluctuation in market prices, or any of the many other game events, that might never happen to families in industrialized countries. : (www.CAFOD.org.uk)(Ages 7 to 11 The Catholic Agency for Overseas Development has several activities for children on the topic of fair trade. They include: Fabulously Friendly Fairtrade Fred: This is a sketch (to be read or acted by 7 to 15 children) about Fabulously Friendly Fred, a superhero who wanders through the grocery store, providing information about fair trade and helping shoppers make “fair trade” decisions. This text includes religious content, but could be readily adapted for a secular audience. Fair Trade Quiz: Interactive powerpoint fair-trade quiz.