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Fairtrade
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![Irene Kijara is a Fairtrade tea farmer in Uganda [Simon Rawles]](/var/storage/images/get_involved/campaigning/fairtrade/images/fairtrade_tea_farmer/289586-1-eng-GB/fairtrade_tea_farmer_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
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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A video telling the story of a singing peanut from the US that takes a journey through Senegal, Bolivia, and Mozambique and finds out why other nuts are at a disadvantage under current trade rules. It features lively animation, music, archive footage, and documentary clips to bring to life the serious issues of unfair trade
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A Tale of Two Cities downloadable version (1.86 MB)
To save this animation to play back later, right-click on the link above and choose "Save Target As" (Mac users, control-click and choose "Download Linked File"). You will need to have Macromedia Flash Player installed on your computer to play it back.
![William Gabriel is a Fairtrade banana farmer in the Windward Islands [Simon Rawles]](/var/storage/images/get_involved/campaigning/fairtrade/images/banana_farmer/289542-1-eng-GB/banana_farmer_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
Fairtrade scheme of work (231.39 kB)
One-page downloadable PDF of the scheme, with teaching objectives and learning outcomes
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.
![Coffee sorting, Uganda [Simon Rawles]](/var/storage/images/get_involved/campaigning/fairtrade/images/coffee_sorting/289604-1-eng-GB/coffee_sorting_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
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]](/var/storage/images/get_involved/campaigning/fairtrade/images/fairtrade_coffee_farmer/289528-1-eng-GB/fairtrade_coffee_farmer_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
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 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
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: Windward Island Bananas (337.79 kB)
Based on an article in The Observer, March 13, 2005
Talking with tea workers (58.54 kB)
Six-page PDF featuring interviews with workers on the Stockholm Tea Estate, Sri Lanka, November 2003
Teacher's background: South African boycotts (294.80 kB)
Extracts from article in History Today, London, June 1999 by Christabel Gurney
Teacher's background: Windward Islands bananas (165.86 kB)
Extract from article in The Observer, March 13, 2005
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