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Fair Trade and Kind Choices

Life Skills · Money & Finance · ages 7-9
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  1. What does fair trade aim to do?

    • Fairer pay and safer work
    • Lower prices in the shops
    • Faster journeys for goods

  2. Who grows cocoa and helps turn it into chocolate before the bars reach a shop?

    • Shop workers and drivers
    • Farmers and chocolate makers
    • Chocolate shoppers and shop workers

  3. A Fairtrade mark on chocolate tells you the exact amount each farmer was paid.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. A banana sold in your local shop was grown in another country. What does that tell you about the people who helped supply it?

    • Some worked in another country
    • Its growers worked near your local shop
    • Its growers worked near your home

  5. Ana wants information about Fairtrade rules for cocoa. What should she ask an adult to help her check?

    • The wrapper's colour
    • The size of the chocolate bar's price label
    • The Fairtrade mark on the chocolate

  6. Two snacks hold the same amount of food and both keep it safe. One uses less wrapping. Which possible benefit is supported by this information?

    • Higher payments to the snack makers
    • Less packaging rubbish
    • Lower prices on the shop shelf

  7. A shirt has a high shop price. What information would help you judge whether its maker was treated fairly?

    • The maker's pay and workplace safety
    • The number of shirts on display
    • The colour and size of the shop's price label

  8. Leo sees no Fairtrade mark on a chocolate bar. He says, 'Its makers were treated unfairly.' Which conclusion fits the information he has?

    • The makers were paid less.
    • The makers had less safe workplaces.
    • More information is needed.
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  1. Fairer pay and safer work · Fair trade aims for fair prices for farmers, fair pay for workers and safer work. Lower shopping prices and faster deliveries are different aims.
  2. Farmers and chocolate makers · Farmers grow cocoa, and chocolate makers turn it into chocolate. Carrying, selling and buying the bars are different roles.
  3. False · The mark gives information about Fairtrade rules. It does not list each farmer's exact pay.
  4. Some worked in another country · The banana was grown in another country, so the people who grew it worked there. Some work behind a local purchase can happen abroad.
  5. The Fairtrade mark on the chocolate · Checking the Fairtrade mark is relevant to cocoa trading rules. Wrapper colour and label size do not explain those rules.
  6. Less packaging rubbish · Less wrapping can leave less packaging rubbish. The comparison gives no information about the makers' pay or the shop prices.
  7. The maker's pay and workplace safety · The shop price does not show the maker's treatment. Pay and workplace safety are relevant information.
  8. More information is needed. · A missing Fairtrade mark does not prove unfair treatment. Leo needs more information before judging the makers' pay or workplace safety.
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