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Half term 4 week 2 – Fair Trade - TOTW. FAIRTRADE. Day 1 – Fairtrade. “ In the morning we drink coffee provided for us by a South American, or tea by a Chinese, or cocoa by a West African. Before we leave for our jobs we’re already indebted to more than half the world.”
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Half term 4 week 2 – Fair Trade - TOTW FAIRTRADE
Day 1 – Fairtrade “In the morning we drink coffee provided for us by a South American, or tea by a Chinese, or cocoa by a West African. Before we leave for our jobs we’re already indebted to more than half the world.” Martin Luther King • Discuss these thoughts with your class. • Reflect on your thoughts and the discussion for 1 minute in silence. • Finish with your house prayer.
Day 2 – Fairtrade • In the last 10 years the price of a bar of chocolate has doubled, but the price of cocoa beans has halved. • A bar of chocolate here costs roughly what a cocoa farmer in Ghana earns in a month. • Most cocoa farmers and their children have never tasted chocolate! • Discuss these thoughts with your class. • Reflect on your thoughts and the discussion for 1 minute in silence. • Finish with your house prayer.
Day 3 – Fairtrade http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/supplying-our-chocolate/11379.html • Watch the above clip about cocoa farmers in Africa. • Do you think that the system is fair on the farmers? • What can we do to make sure that the farmers and their families get a fair price? • Discuss these thoughts with your class. • Reflect on your thoughts and the discussion for • 1 minute in silence. • Finish with your house prayer.
Day 4 – Fairtrade http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8vlbXDOXUU • Watch the above clip and discuss with your class. • Reflect on your thoughts and the discussion for 1 minute in silence. • Finish with your house prayer. 25th February – 10th March is Fairtrade fortnight. Why not visit http://www.fairtrade.org.uk and see how you can get involved.