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?

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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?

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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?

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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

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