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title: "Fair Trade & Ethics"
description: "Where products come from and who makes them; that people around the world produce what we buy; fair pay for workers; making ethical choices as consumers"
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# Fair Trade & Ethics

Where products come from and who makes them; that people around the world produce what we buy; fair pay for workers; making ethical choices as consumers

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 that the things we buy are made by real people, sometimes in other countries
- Describe what 'fair trade' means in simple terms (workers get paid fairly)
- Give an example of a kind choice a shopper could make (buying fair trade chocolate, choosing less packaging)

## Lesson: Fair Trade and Kind Choices

Almost everything you buy started with a real person. A farmer grew the cocoa beans in your chocolate bar. A worker sewed the stitches in your shirt. Many of these people live in other countries, far from your home.

*(drawing: Fair trade means a bigger share of your money reaches the farmer who did the work.)*

**Example.** At the shop, Ben sees two chocolate bars side by side. One has a small Fairtrade logo on the wrapper. He picks that one, because it means the cocoa farmer who grew the beans was paid a fair price for the work.

**Tip.** You can be a kind shopper too. Look for the Fairtrade logo, ask an adult about it, or choose a snack with less packaging so there is less rubbish.

**Recap.** Fair trade means paying the people who make our things a fair price, and choosing fair trade or less packaging is a kind choice.

## Practice

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

## Needs first

- [Needs & Wants](https://lightmysky.com/learn/life-skills/needs-and-wants-mt__ab4knIaSL)
- [Buying Things](https://lightmysky.com/learn/life-skills/buying-things-mt_RNRymbz5SO)

## 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)