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title: "Fair Trade & Ethics"
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# Fair Trade & Ethics

People who grow, make and deliver products; fair trade aims for fairer treatment of farmers and workers; checking shopping claims and reducing packaging rubbish

Subject: Life Skills · Area: Money & Finance · Ages 7 to 9
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/life-skills/fair-trade-and-ethics-mt_HPf-dVtA3p

## Ready when they can

- Explain how people's work helps products reach shops, sometimes from other countries
- Describe fair trade as aiming for fair prices for farmers, fair pay for workers and safer work
- Give an example of a thoughtful shopping choice, such as checking a Fairtrade mark or choosing less wrapping when food stays safe

## Lesson: Fair Trade and Kind Choices

You have learned about people's jobs and buying things. Before a product reaches a shop, people help grow, make or carry it. Farmers grow cocoa for chocolate. Workers sew shirts. Some of these people work nearby. Others work in another country.

*(drawing: This is one possible route. Different people do different jobs along the way.)*

Fair trade aims for fair prices for farmers, fair pay for workers and safer work. Fairtrade is one system with trading rules. A Fairtrade mark on chocolate gives information about rules for its cocoa trade. It does not tell you each person's exact pay or mean the bar is cheapest. A missing mark does not prove unfair treatment; you need more information.

**Example.** Ben wants to support cocoa trading under Fairtrade rules. He asks an adult to help check the mark on a chocolate wrapper. A bright wrapper or a high price does not give the same information.

Packaging helps protect food. If two snacks hold the same amount and both keep it safe, less wrapping can leave less rubbish. Shoppers can think about people and rubbish while choosing what they can afford.

A price tag shows what the shopper pays. It does not show the maker's pay or workplace safety. A high price does not prove fair treatment. A low price does not prove unfair treatment.

**Recap.** People help products reach shops. Fair trade aims for fairer treatment. Check shopping claims and think about wrapping within your family's budget.

*Lesson, questions and flashcards written for this dataset about product makers, fair-trade aims and shopping choices.*

## Practice

8 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [Buying things](https://lightmysky.com/learn/life-skills/buying-things-mt_RNRymbz5SO)

## Optional connections

- [Needs & Wants](https://lightmysky.com/learn/life-skills/needs-and-wants-mt__ab4knIaSL)

## Opens up

- [Global Trade](https://lightmysky.com/learn/life-skills/global-trade-mt_0Rx1ISxXFE)
- [Ethics in Business](https://lightmysky.com/learn/life-skills/ethics-in-business-mt_b0sXYFblDL)