Welcome 6th class to your class blog. This blog will be used to conduct our enquiry into fair-trade. I wish you the best of luck with this enquiry. This homepage will be used for whole class activities.
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Task 1: Look at the products I have shown you in class.
- Spend a couple of minutes thinking about where you think they are from.
- Then talk to your partner about where you think they are from.
- After discussing where you and your partner think that the products are from, share your ideas with another pair in the class.
- Finally we will discuss where you think the products are from as a whole class and plot your ideas using google maps.
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To start our enquiry into fair-trade watch the video below.
KWL Chart
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Task 2: Watch the following video "Tipping the balance". This is an introduction into what fair-trade is.
See if you are able to answer these questions after watching the video:
- What is fair-trade?
- What can countries do with the fair-trade premium?
- Can you explain any benefits for a country if they are involved in fair-trade?
- What is the role of the fair-trade foundation?
- Did this video encourage you to buy fair-trade products?
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Task 3: The Trade Game
Click on the image below to direct you to the page for the trade game.
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For task 4 and task 5 please go to the blog page assigned to your research group
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Key enquiry questions: What
countries produce fair-trade products? What do you know about these countries?
What are the benefits of fair-trade for these countries?
Task 6:Photostory
Class remember when we made photostory about the life cycle of a butterfly, you are going to do the same thing today expect your photostory is on a different topic. Here is an example of a photostory I have made.
If you are stuck and need some help, click the link underneath to download instructions of how to make a photostory.
You can use the following links to help find images to create your photostory.
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Key enquiry question: How does your life compare to the life of a child of a cocoa farmer?
Task 7: Read this Zooburst story about a typical morning of a child whose family is part of a fair-trade cocoa farmer co-op in the Dominican Republic.
(Story of day in life from Equal exchange website - day in the life)
When you have finished reading the story:
- Compare and contrast this child's life to your life.
- Discuss this story with your partner.
- You and your partner will create a voki discussing the similarities and differences between your life and this child's life.
(Do you remember the day we made voki news reports about climate change? This activity is the same expect you are going to do it on a different topic)
http://www.voki.com/
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Task 8
Play the voki to find out about the task
Here is an example of a musical rap
You have lots of experience using audacity and you are a very creative class, this task will be very enjoyable for you. I'm really looking forward to hearing your musical raps.
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Task 9 - The final task
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Task 9 - The final task
Create a glogster as your final product for this enquiry.
In your glogster remember to include:
The television advertisement
The photostory
Choose a voki somebody in your group made in task 7
The Musical rap
Some facts about fairtrade
Please note in order to put the television advertisement and the voki into your glogster you will need to use camstudio. Here is a link to remind you how to use camstudio.
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