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Fairtrade Fortnight is a great opportunity for both teachers and students to learn more about the issues surrounding Fairtrade. In working towards making trade fair, it is important to bring these issues into the classroom to become part of the curriculum all throughout the year!
Suggested resources for the classroom
Seeing Through the Spin- Seeing Through the Spin looks at issues of corporate responsibility, ethical consumerism, Fair Trade and sustainable development. It examines the role of Public Relations in our perception of TNCs and NGOs, and how these organisations affect development. It develops students' abilities to deconstruct PR messages from companies and their critics. The pack contains instructions for 14 different activities that can be selected to suit the participants.
- Curriculum links: Citizenship, PHSE, General Studies, Business Studies, Geography, Key Skills, Media Studies. KS4/+
- Format: Resource Pack
- Publishers: Baby Milk Action/RISC 2001
- Price: 15.00 GBP · Buy this resource from RISC
All You Need for a Fairtrade Assembly- These three assemblies involve minimum preparation and maximum participation! They are all adaptable, and could be used with any audience, although each one was designed for the age group indicated. They take about 15 minutes to run. They use different types of trade (chocolate, bananas and fashion) to explain problems faced by producers in the poorer countries of the 'South' and enable students to recognise the choices they have as consumers, and take action to support Fairtrade.
- Curriculum links: Citizenship, PHSE, RE. KS4/+
- Format: Resource Pack
- Publishers: BAFTS/RISC 2002
- Price: 1.50 GBP · Buy this resource from RISC
XChanging the World- XChanging the World is designed to raise consumer awareness, encouraging participants to consider their responsibilities towards producers. There are 15 activities, exploring the broader structures that govern world trade, leading to poverty and inequality. Activities can be selected to suit the needs of the group. They include lively ways of introducing the issue of trade, as well as exploring issues such as the impact of TNCs as they move from one location to another, and the pros and cons of tourism for countries in the South. The pack promotes change by enabling participants to appreciate how they can make a difference, eg through supporting Fair Trade.
- Curriculum links: Citizenship, PHSE, Geography, General Studies. KS4/+
- Format: Resource Pack
- Publishers: RISC 1997
- Price: 12.95 GBP · Buy this resource from RISC
Coffee Culture- This limited edition game has been silkscreen printed onto a 1.2-metre wipeable tablecloth. It has been beautifully hand-lettered and illustrated, and builds on the familiar snakes and ladders format in order to create a user-friendly resource for all ages (8 years & upwards). The game explores some of the trading issues that affect coffee producers in Nicaragua and illustrates the benefits of fair trade. It is entirely self-explanatory and comes with counters and dice, contained in an attractive cloth bag.
- Curriculum links: Citizenship, PHSE, Geography, RE, Design & Technology. KS2/3/4/+
- Format: Board Game
- Publishers: RISC 2002
- Price: 32.00 GBP · Buy this resource from RISC
Passion for Fashion- Outlines the programme for an action-packed one day event which enables participants to explore the global fashion industry, and find answers to issues of ethical trade and workers' rights. Although presented as a one day event, each of the activities in the pack can be easily adapted for use in different situations.
- Curriculum links: PHSE/PSE/PSD, Citizenship, Literacy, Art. KS2/3/4/+
- Format: Booklet
- Publishers: RISC 2003
- Price: 5.00 GBP · Buy this resource from RISC
Choc-a-lot- Detailed outline of activities for a day workshop which introduces young people to the issues behind the global chocolate industry. It enables them to find out the facts, develop a wide range of skills and have confidence to take action for change. Themes include:
- the role of chocolate in our lives
- how chocolate is made
- how the big chocolate companies increase their profits at the cost of cocoa farmers
- the role of fair trade and how to take further action to demand better conditions for producers.
- Curriculum links: PHSE/PSE/PSD, Citizenship, RE, Geography. KS2/3/4/+
- Format: Booklet
- Publishers: RISC 2003
- Price: 3.50 GBP · Buy this resource from RISC
Locococo- Locococo was an outcome of the Spanish Voices project, which brought together young people from Guatemala, Spain, Western Sahara and UK via the internet. Using the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child as a framework, Locococo includes a lively whole class game and supporting activities, enabling students to explore and develop an understanding of Human Rights and other development issues. It raises awareness of inequalities and ways in which they can be addressed - e.g., by the purchase of Fairtrade goods. The activities and game were developed to encourage young people to become 'active citizens' by taking action themselves.
- Curriculum links: Citizenship, PHSE, Modern Foreign Languages (Spanish and English versions). KS3/4
- Format: Resource Pack
- Publishers: Humanities Education Centre 2000
- Price: 15.00 GBP · Buy this resource from Humanities Education Centre
Fair Trade in Action- An interactive resource which introduces fair trade as an alternative to conventional trade. It encourages children to participate as active global citizens, and raises awareness of world trade issues. The pack can be used across the curriculum and includes a video forum on Fair Trade with differentiated worksheets. Producer case studies and activity sheets ready for photocopying. Five copies of a board game including role cards, student instruction and record sheets. A teacher's guide including background information, curriculum links, how to use the pack, action ideas, further resources and useful contacts.
- Curriculum links: Citizenship, PHSE, Geography. KS3/4
- Format: Video Pack
- Publishers: RISC/Fairtrade Foundation 2002
- Price: 15.00 GBP · Buy this resource from RISC
The Chocolate Game- A game for between 18 and 50 players based on the global cocoa trade. It takes 60 to 90 minutes to play, with participants divided into 9 different groups. Each group represents a family involved in the international chocolate industry from Ghana, Belize, Brazil or the UK. Players discover how their lives are interlinked through the chocolate trade and feel for themselves the influence purchasing power has on the lives of cocoa producers worldwide. The booklet includes information on:
- the chocolate trade
- fair trade
- instructions and resources for the game
- further resources and links.
- Curriculum links: Citizenship, PHSE, Geography, RE. KS3/4/+
- Format: Booklet/Board Game
- Publishers: Leeds DEC 1999
- Price: 4.25 GBP · Buy this resource from Leeds DEC
