Workers Around The World

1. SEN My Changing World Workers Around The World

2. Click here when you have finished Click here when you have finished Click on an area of the world to find out about someone who works there. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

3. This farmer works in the Windward Islands in the Caribbean. This green fruit has been growing on tall plants for about twelve months. The farmer is picking big bunches of the fruit. © Simon Rawles

4. © 2008 Jupiterimages Corporation Click here What fruit is it? What colour is it normally when we buy it? Are bananas a healthy food?

5. This woman works in Uganda. She’s checking to see if the berries on these plants are ready to pick. The seeds inside the berries – called beans – will be washed, dried, sorted, roasted, ground, and then packaged. © Simon Rawles

6. Click here Lots of people love to dissolve this product in hot water to make a hot drink. What do you think it is? ©2008 Jupiterimages Corporation Do you like coffee? How often do you drink it?

7. This woman works in Mali. She’s filling a basket with white fibres that grow around the seeds of these plants. The fibres will be spun into thread, which is used to make cloth. © Simon Rawles

8. © 2008 Jupiterimages Corporation Click here Lots of your clothes, sheets and towels at home are probably made out of this material. What do you think it is? Check the labels on your clothes to see if any of them are made out of cotton.

9. This man works in Malaysia. He’s picking the leaves from these long rows of plants. The leaves will be sold to factories, where other workers will dry and sort them. Then they’ll put the dried leaves into boxes. © eycool – Fotolia.com

10. © 2008 Jupiterimages Corporation Click here You can put these leaves – often inside little bags – into hot water to make a very popular drink. Some people have it with milk and sugar. What do you think it is? Does anyone in your family drink tea?

11. This man works in Brazil. There are lots of fields like this in Brazil. The plants can measure up to six metres! The man is cutting down the stalks. These stalks, or canes, will be washed, chopped, shredded, mixed with water and crushed to release a juice.

12. © Ljupco Smokovski – Fotolia.com Click here This juice is used to make a very, very sweet food. People add it to other foods to make them taste better. What do you think it is? What other foods contain sugar?

13. This man works in Venezuela. He’s picking fruit from one of the cacao trees on his farm. Then he’ll open the pods and take out the beans inside.

14. Click here Lots of people love the food that we can make from these cacao beans.What do you think it is? © 2008 Jupiterimages Corporation What is your favourite kind of chocolate?

15. This man is working up a tree in Sri Lanka! He’s climbing this palm tree to reach the fruit at the top of it. Palm trees can sometimes grow to be over 20 metres tall. It doesn’t look easy, does it? © Yogeetha Aenakshi – Fotolia.com

16. © 2008 Jupiterimages Corporation Click here The fruit has a very hard shell and is white inside. What do you think it is? Have you ever eaten a coconut?

17. This farmer works in England. He’s driving a combine harvester. First he sowed seeds in the field, then he waited for them to grow, and now he’s harvesting wheat. © 2008 Jupiterimages Corporation

18. Click here Some of the foods that we can buy in shopsand supermarkets are made with wheat. Can you think of one that lots of people eatevery day for lunch? © 2008 Jupiterimages Corporation How much bread did you eat yesterday?

19. This woman works in China. She’s working in a field called a ‘paddy field’. The plants she’s harvesting only grow properly with lots of water and hard work. © Digitalpress – Fotolia.com

20. © 2008 Jupiterimages Corporation Click here You can buy the food she’s harvesting in packets and boil it in water. People often eat it with Chinese food. What do you think it is? Do you eat rice? What do you eat it with?

21. Click here when you have finished Click here when you have finished Can you remember what food each worker is producing? Click on a picture to find out.

22. I’m from Brazil. Which food am I helping to produce? Click the right answer.

23. I’m from Uganda. Which product am I helping to produce? Click the right answer.

24. I’m from St Lucia. Which food am I helping to produce? Click the right answer.

25. I’m from England. Which food am I helping to produce? Click the right answer.

26. I’m from China. Which product am I helping to produce? Click the right answer.

27. I’m from Venezuela. Which food am I helping to produce? Click the right answer.

28. I’m from Mali. Which product am I helping to produce? Click the right answer.

29. I’m from Sri Lanka. Which food am I helping to produce? Click the right answer.

30. I’m from Malaysia. Which food am I helping to produce? Click the right answer.

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33. Discuss together: • Do you think the people in the pictures work hard? • Which job do you think looks the hardest? • Would you like to do any of the jobs they are doing? • Do you use any of the products these people make? • What is Fair Trade? • What do you think about buying Fair Trade products?