Fairtrade
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Enter the name of a food that can purchased as Fairtrade.
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Description
Objective: This worksheet aims to introduce students to the concept of Fairtrade, its principles, benefits, and common products, encouraging them to understand and support ethical consumption.
Content and methods: The worksheet begins by asking students to brainstorm their existing knowledge about Fairtrade and Fairtrade products, leading to a collaborative mind map activity. A pre-prepared mind map is provided for teachers as a sample solution, illustrating Fairtrade's products, principles, benefits, challenges, and certification bodies. Students then watch a video titled "What is Fairtrade?" and answer questions about its benefits for coffee farmers, the use of the Fairtrade premium, and the development and monitoring of Fairtrade standards. The worksheet then delves into a specific Fairtrade product, through a narrative. Multiple-choice questions assess comprehension of this text. Finally, students are prompted to reflect on what they can do to support Fairtrade, and a bonus recipe with a Fairtrade product is included to encourage practical application.
Competencies:
- Knowledge acquisition about Fairtrade principles, products, and benefits
- Understanding of ethical consumption and its impact
- Reading comprehension and information extraction
- Collaborative learning through mind mapping
- Critical thinking about supply chains and product origins
Target group: 5th-7th grade
SDGs:
- 1st goal (“End poverty in all its forms everywhere”): The worksheet explains how Fairtrade cooperatives provide farmers in Ghana with fair prices for their cocoa , enabling them to better support their families and improve the overall living standards of their communities.
- 8th goal (“Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all”): The material highlights that Fairtrade-certified factories ensure workers are paid fairly and operate in safe conditions , while also helping coffee farmers receive specific benefits through the Fairtrade premium and monitored standards.
