Fairtrade

A. Go to this website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/videonation/articles/t/tyne_fairtradechocolate.shtml

answer these questions

1. What fair trade products does she have in her home?
2. What did she do in Malawi?
3. How has fair trade helped people in Malawi?
4. How is she trying to change peoples ideas on fair trade?

CHECK YOUR ANSWERS WITH ANOTHER STUDENT


B. Go to this website

http://www.teachers.tv/video/20582

answer these questions

1. Where are most footballs made?
2. What is an English businessman trying to do to help the people who make footballs?
3. What is the difference in fair trade wages and non fair trade?
4. What advantages does fair trade have on the employees?
5. How does fair trade help the families and people in the villages?
6. How does fairtrade help people to be independent?
7. What do you think of the new businesses?

Would you buy a fairtrade football?

SHARE YOUR ANSWERS WITH ANOTHER STUDENT



C go to this website

http://www.videojug.com/film/fair-trade-coffee-overview

answer these questions

1. What is the second most important substance in the world? What is the first?
2. How many people work in the coffee industry?
3. HOw many countries have a coffee industry?
4. Why are the coffee workers so poor?
5. What are the advantages of buying fair trade coffee?

SHARE YOUR ANSWERS WITH ANOTHER STUDENT



D DO THIS WITH ANOTHER STUDENT

1. What are the names of local supermarkets in this area?
2. Do an internet search to find out what fair trade products they sell?
3. Are there enough fair trade products?
4. How can we encourage supermarkets to sell more fairtrade products?
5. Are there any organisations that sell lots of fair trade products? Which ones?


E. DO THIS WITH ANOTHER STUDENT

Write a letter to a supermarket

Tell them you are not happy with the number of fairtrade products they stock
Tell them what you have found out about fair trade
Tell them that you would buy more fair trade products if they had them
Ask them to start selling more fair trade products

save it in word on your drive or my memory stick

Inventions

Today we will be researching famous inventions that have made a difference to humankind.

A
Think about the most important 10 inventions of all time

This could be technological (mobile phone etc), medicine (test tube babies etc), a revolutionary service (like braille), products (like make up, shampoo, deodorant, scissors)

Discuss with a partner. Write down yout top ten and share with another group

B
Introduce the Project
What would life be like without
inventions?
Because we are
surrounded by technology, begin by
focusing on inventions we use every day.(computers, mobiles, cars etc)
Then, think of
inventions that are not related to
computers. After brainstorming several
inventions, describe how lives might be different without them.

C
Research the Inventor/Invention
Choose an inventor/invention you wish to research.

Open a word document
Write a fact sheet/poster on the invention and inventor
INCLUDE who, what,
when, where, and how information about
the inventors/inventions. Describe the historical,
social, economic, and scientific impacts of
the inventions.
Create a timeline of significant events in
your inventor’s life.
Eureka! I’ve
Got an Idea!
(you can include 'used to' and 'did not use to')
Include pictures
DO NOT COPY AND PASTE


You can write it like this

1: Title
2: About the Inventor
3: About the Invention
4: A Description of Life Without the Invention
5: A Description of How This Invention Impacted History




C

Share your ideas with a different person/group

D

email your work to me

jsearing@cityplym.ac.uk or print it out and bring it to the next class

E
Watch the following clip

http://www.videojug.com/film/the-top-5-laziest-inventions

Decide if any of the inventions are a good idea

Why/Why not?

Watch this clip

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-live-without-basic-inventions

What would you do without basic inventions?

Discuss

Healthy lifestyle

Think about what things you can do to be healthy

A. Discuss with a partner

1. What food you can eat

2. What exercise you should do

3. How to relax

4. How to spend your free time


B. Go to the following sites and choose one video from each. Make notes on each film


http://www.videojug.com/tag/stress-and-relaxation

http://www.videojug.com/tag/sports-and-outdoors

http://www.videojug.com/tag/healthy-eating

C. Share your notes with another person.

Discuss with them the ways you found out to be healthy