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Fairtrade action guide for schools. Full of facts, stories, ideas, and links, this helps students explore how consumer power can change lives
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William Gabriel is a Fairtrade banana farmer in the Windward Islands [Simon Rawles]

Fairtrade scheme of work (231.39 kB)

One-page downloadable PDF of the scheme, with teaching objectives and learning outcomes

Teacher's background: South African boycotts (294.80 kB)

Extracts from article in History Today, London, June 1999 by Christabel Gurney

Trading trainers game pack (2.39 MB)

Simulation game set in an imaginary Latin American shanty town, where small family businesses are making training shoes to sell to the local market. This 14 page resource pack contains everything you need to play the game.

A Tale of Two Cities downloadable version (1.86 MB)

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Secondary Fairground 24 (974.15 kB)

Spring 2003: Is trade fair?

Buy a banana - who's affected (234.80 kB)

Lesson plan 1: Pupils carry out an investigation into the production of a particular product made in another country.

My cheap food means your low wage - Am I bovered (250.23 kB)

Lesson plan 2: The class discusses the issue of responsibility and whether consumers should feel responsible for the choices they make.

Fairtrade coffee farmer, Uganda [Simon Rawles]

How can producers in developing countries get a fair price (230.63 kB)

Lesson plan 3: Pupils reveal their research about where and how products are made. What systems exist to help them find this information?

Fairtrade investigation sheet (90.27 kB)

Fairtrade role cards (186.72 kB)

Three role cards for use in plays/sketches to pose the question “Should we use our consumer power today to achieve fair payment for producers in developing countries?”

Banana split game KS2, KS3, KS4 (274.34 kB)

Introduces the banana chain (what happens to a banana before it reaches the consumer) and to discuss the reality of ‘who gets what’ from the sale of bananas

Fairtrade interviews (242.82 kB)

Interview 1: From an article by James Arnold entitled, “Farmers struggle with the supermarket squeeze” on BBC News Online, September 2, 2004
Interview 2: Based on a true account from the Fairtrade Foundation website

Windward Islands Bananas (483.80 kB)

Classroom information sheet and background for teachers, from an article in The Observer, March 13, 2005.

Design a Fairtrade leaflet (243.09 kB)

Lesson plan 4: Pupils investigate the sorts of products for which there are fairtrade schemes. Why should consumers be encouraged to purchase these goods?

Profile of Stockholm Tea Estate (51.91 kB)

Six-page PDF detailing how a large-scale tea estate in Sri Lanka works

Summary sheet: The WTO and world trade (263.19 kB)

Who said this (243.86 kB)

Quotations showing links between faith and wealth-sharing

Talking with tea workers (58.54 kB)

Six-page PDF featuring interviews with workers on the Stockholm Tea Estate, Sri Lanka, November 2003

Fundraising in your school is a great way for young people to support our work while learning about social justice - here are some schemes you can try

Give it up! for Lent 2010

Find out more about our special fundraising scheme for Lent 2010, and access our give it up! online resources, packed full of new, easy ways to get involved and raise money

World Gifts 2009: Gifts that make a world of difference

World Gifts: Build a Virtual Village

A great way to fundraise as a school, or youth group - create a Virtual Village, display it in your school hall, and use our resources with the pupils to learn about the issues behind the gifts

Published on 08/08/2008, last updated on 28/01/2010

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