Learning Path
Fair Trade - Children Have Power! Learning Path
By Eithne Ní Dhubhghaill
The story of the humble banana can be used as an introduction to stimulate discussion on foods, agriculture, common household goods and the chain of production. There are implications for everything we buy. A cross-curricular approach to consumer power.
4 resources in this Learning Path
1
The Journey of the Banana
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/17952/17631.ppt Added: 20 Jul 2016 Contributor: Clare Peterson Resource type: PresentationWhat is a fair-trade banana and where does it come from.
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- 5-6
- SPHE
Strand: Myself & the Wider World
Strand unit: Developing citizenship
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- appreciate the environment and develop a sense of individual and community responsibility for caring for the environment and being custodians of the Earth for future generations
- explore how inequality might exist in the local community and suggest ways in which this might be addressed
- explore how justice and peace can be promoted between people and groups, both nationally and internationally
- realise and begin to understand the unequal distribution of the world’s resources
2
Fairtrade Matters Video
https://vimeo.com/119866505 Added: 06 Mar 2015 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type:Thought provoking 13 minute film which offers a glimpse into the lives of two of the farmers and workers at the heart of Fairtrade. Join Edson and Tsala to see the difference Fairtrade makes for them, their families and communities, and the challenges they face in everyday life.
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- 5-6
- SESE Geography
Strand: Human Environments
Strand unit: Trade & Development
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- come to appreciate the inequalities between the developed and the developing world
- explore, through the study of some major world commodities, trade issues
Suggestions for use: Play the video in class and ask students questions about why they should support fairtrade products. This page might help
http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/~/media/fairtradeuk/get%20involved/documents/current%20campaigns/fairtrade%20fortnight%202015/fairtrade%20matters%20faqs.ashx
- JC
- Geography
Strand: 3. Exploring People, Place and Change
Strand unit: 7. Compare Life Chances for a Young Person
Suggestions for use: Play the video in class and ask students questions about why they should support fairtrade products. This page might help
http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/~/media/fairtradeuk/get%20involved/documents/current%20campaigns/fairtrade%20fortnight%202015/fairtrade%20matters%20faqs.ashx
3
Fairtrade Schools
http://www.fairtrade.ie/get-involve...de-schools/become-fairtrade-school/ Added: 12 Nov 2016 Contributor: Clare Quigley Resource type: ProjectMake your school a Fairtrade certified school in five easy steps. Details and application form from Fairtrade Ireland can be found here.
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Strand: Myself & the Wider World
Strand unit: Developing citizenship
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- suggest ways of helping other people at home, in school and in the local community
Suggestions for use: Teach Fairtrade lessons as part of Fairtrade fortnight which runs in late February/early March each year.
Strand: Myself & the Wider World
Strand unit: Developing citizenship
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- begin to appreciate how people depend on each other in many aspects of life
- develop an awareness of people in other places
Suggestions for use: Teach Fairtrade lessons as part of Fairtrade fortnight which runs in late February/early March each year.
Strand: Myself & the Wider World
Strand unit: Developing citizenship
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- examine how justice, fairness and equality may or may not be exemplified in a community
- explore some of the issues and concerns in the local or national community
- recognise how each person has both an individual and a communal responsibility to the community
Suggestions for use: Teach Fairtrade lessons as part of Fairtrade fortnight which runs in late February/early March each year.
Strand: Myself & the Wider World
Strand unit: Developing citizenship
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- identify some local issues of concern and explore possible action that could be taken to address these issues
- realise and begin to understand the unequal distribution of the world’s resources
- recognise and understand the role of the individual and various groups in the community
Suggestions for use: Teach Fairtrade lessons as part of Fairtrade fortnight which runs in late February/early March each year.
- 5-6
- SESE Geography
Strand: Human Environments
Strand unit: Trade & Development
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- come to appreciate the inequalities between the developed and the developing world
- explore, through the study of some major world commodities, trade issues
4
Advertisements
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/12732/12369.ppt Added: 18 Aug 2014 Contributor: John O Boyle Resource type: PresentationA powerpoint for older pupils on advertisements
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- 5-6
- English
Strand: Writing
