Fair Trade – Coffee and other productsEnglish 8th grade

IN the classroom / Methods / OUTSIDE the classroom
Pedagogical dimension / 1.Learn about the principles of Fair Trade
2.Get to know the fair trade logo
3.Learn about certain products like coffee, chocolate bananas and footballs
4. Find good reasons for buying Fair Trade products and find out about places where to get them.
5. Find 10 statements on Fair Trade. Pupils mark if they agree, don’t agree, are not sure.
6.Organize workshops (i.e. on bananas, chocolate…)for the classroom / Reading comprehension, Vocabulary, Internet research (

and more links)
Create Posters, do presentations,
e.g. watching films on that issue like “Rote Bohnen-Braunes Gold. Die Kaffeebauern von El Cua” ()
Discussions,
Ask parents, teachers, search the internet, find non profit groups
Make a classroom survey/poster
Contact / Work on a cross curricular project with other classes at school – maybe it could be the topic of the year.
Social dimension / 1.Answer a questionnaire:
Where do you buy special products like coffee…?
Have you ever tasted a Fair Trade Product?
Why do you think it is good/fair to choose these products?
Why would you not buy Fair Trade products?
Where do you get Fai Trade products?
2.Make a “biofair-breakfast” in the classroom
Talk and learn to communicate about an important topic. / Role Plays (producer –farmer, consumer, manager of a supermarket, opponent..)
Prepare it in groups. Give information on the different products: country of origin ingredients… / 1.Selling Fair Trade products
2. Compare wages: Who earns how much? (Fair Prices and world market prices i.e. coffee)
3. Go on an excursion to a “Weltladen” / i.e. Parents day, school festivities, to schoolmates.
Political dimension / 1. Invite a fair producer into the classroom
Get information, discuss
2.Find out how many kilometres your breakfast travels? How much petrol is needed…
3.What is fairness? Concerning northern and southern countries? / Contact
Work together with the Geography and Maths teacher
Watch a film about globalization…
exploitation / Organize a meeting with that person for parents in the evening
Sign for fair trade products, against exploitation, join campaigns like clean clothes…
Ethical value dimension / 1.What is important for your personal happiness?
2.How can you contribute to the welfare of others (farmers in southern countries)
3.What is your responsibility towards the next generation? / Discussion,
Essay writing
Brainstorming
Discuss: lifestyle, quantity versus quality,...
Create a poster / Listen to people talking about that subject (at home, in the local community, church, mass media…)
Search the TV programme for sending specific information on that subject

Dipl.päd. Edith Kumpfmueller3HS Riedau