Promote Fairtrade at the 2012 London Olympics using role play. Visit our Olympic activities page for more ideas related to the Games, or visit A Sporting Chance to find out how and why we use sport in our development work.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Quotations showing links between faith and wealth-sharing.

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

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?”

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

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

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

A simple form to help your pupils record information about Fairtrade products.

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

Extract from article in The Observer, March 13, 2005

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