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PRESTON
& SOUTH RIBBLE FAIRTRADE GROUP
Ideas for Fairtrade
Activities Most of these activities can be all-age. Those marked
with an asterisk means the group has this material available for loan
*Quiz (2 available)
Do your own display
of *various posters and leaflets and make up a quiz on it.
*Ordering and Matching
activity. (Pictures showing the stages of chocolate production from
bean to bar. Put in order then match captions with pictures.)
*The Banana Game. (A
game played in teams, involving 'producing' bananas, illustrating
unfairness.)
*The Chocolate Trade
Game
*Coffee Chain activity.
(Illustrates that supporting farmers through Fairtrade is more effective
than charity.)
*Colour in pictures
on life in developing countries.
Draw a picture illustrating
Fairtrade products/the difference Fairtrade makes to people's lives.
Use an atlas to discover
the country of origin of Fairtrade fruit and fruit products.
*'Fun With Fruit': fill
in gaps in sentences with names of Fairtrade fruits. (text available
on website)
Design a poster to advertise
Fairtrade Fresh Fruit.
Write a poem/letter
to the newspaper or a story about Fairtrade and the difference it
makes to people's lives, based on *case studies.
*'Life's Great for Abdul
Now!': read and complete gap-fill text about Fairtrade Footballs.
(text available on website)
Watch a *video on Fairtrade.
Tour a local supermarket
and spot the Fairtrade Marks.
Assemble a variety of
Fairtrade goods and match to the countries of origin on a world
map.
Get a local map and
mark all the shops/cafes selling Fairtrade goods.
Go on a Fairtrade walk
in your local area, finishing at one of the Fairtrade cafes.
Draw up a survey and
ask friends and neighbours what Fairtrade products they buy.
Have a tasting session
of chocolate, fruit, wine etc.
Have a Fairtrade cookery
session and sell the products.
*Use sketches or readings
with a group. (see list of Sketches on website)