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Guess what we are studying today?

Guess what we are studying today?. Trade and Chocolate. LOs 1) To know key terms associated with trade? 2) To understand where chocolate is produced and traded? 3) To understand who are the winners and losers of chocolate trading? Starter: Key term matching!!.

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Guess what we are studying today?

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  1. Guess what we are studying today?

  2. Trade and Chocolate LOs 1) To know key terms associated with trade? 2) To understand where chocolate is produced and traded? 3) To understand who are the winners and losers of chocolate trading? Starter: Key term matching!!

  3. First…let’s match those key terms…

  4. Where does chocolate come from?

  5. What about chocolate? Where is this traded and why? Who are the winners and losers?Film: Panorama – Chocolate: The Bitter Truth

  6. Reflection • Who was aware of how these cocoa beans are produced? • Did anything surprise you? • So who makes the money out of trading chocolate? • Do you think this is fair? Why?

  7. Chocolate: Where does all the money go?? Recap: • Company • Supermarket • Manufacturing • Farmer • Tax

  8. Fair trade A system whereby agricultural producers in developing countries are paid a fair price for their produce. This aims to help them to achieve a reasonable standard of living. i.e. a fair partnership between commercial owners (e.g. TNCs) and producers/farmers.

  9. Fairtrade Foundation http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/ • ‘A world in which every person, through their work, can sustain their families and communities with dignity.’

  10. Look for the Fairtrade symbol:

  11. http://www.youtube.co/watch?v=NZpUwCfINh8 Fairtrade: Homework What is Fairtrade? Name 10 Fairtrade products What are the advantages of Fairtrade? What are the disadvantages of Fairtrade? Extension What else can be done to improve the living standards in LICs such as Ghana and the Ivory Coast? Extension: Take photos of fairtrade products in Beijing!!!

  12. Fair Trade Chocolate – Yes or No? • Is this a solution to the problems Ghana was experiencing? Why/why not?

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