Fairtrade Activity

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Fair Trade Chocolate Activity Book for grades 3-6

This Fair Trade Chocolate Activity book belongs to:

your name here


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Week One 211

2923Week Three

Week Two

Week Four

Table of Contents


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This is an activity book so grab your markers, coloring pencils anything you like to color with and lets go!

We hope you will enjoy this book. We wrote it so that you

could learn all about chocolate, the problems that face cocoafarmers, and how we can all help. Please feel free to copy thisbook for your friends and family!

We hope that you will write to chocolate companies totell them what you have learned from this book, and ask themto sell Fair Trade. There are materials at the back of the book to

help you do this!If you want to learn more, please see the resourcessection at the end of the book. Your teacher and parents canhelp you nd the other resources and look on the internet sitesthat are listed. The Fair Trade team at....


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Do YOU like chocolate?Whats your favorite kind?Write its name or draw it here.

Do you know what chocolate is made of?

Make your best guess!Lets fnd out!


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Cocoa and cocoa butter come from cocoa beans.

Cocoa beans grow on trees, inside pods that are as bigas ootballs! It is too cold to grow cocoa in the UnitedStates. Cocoa pods might want a scarf to stay warm here!

Chocolate always has cocoaand cocoa butter. It usuallyhas sugar and sometimesmilk, too. This drawing

shows how much of theseare in a chocolate bar.

Cocoa and Cocoa Butter25%

Milk25%

5% Vegetable Oil

45% Sugar


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4 Ghana Cameroon

such asthe Ivory Coast(Cte dIvoire)

It grows in countries in A rica

Cocoa grows in rainforeststhat are warm and wet. Can you name some placeswhere cocoa might grow?Lets fnd out!


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5 Belize Nicaragua

Cocoa also grows incountries in Latin America

Ecuador


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Cocoa even grows in somecountries in Southeast Asia

Do you know where these

countries are in the world?Do you think you couldwalk to them?Lets fnd them on a map!

such asIndonesia


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Find Nicaragua, Belize and Ecuador on this map o LatinAmerica. When you fnd eacho these places, write its nameon the map or color each onea di erent color so you will remember where they are.

You could walk to LatinAmerica but it would takea really really long time!

You would probably want

to take a plane or a boator a car.

Latin America


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Africa and Southeast Asiaare all the way across theocean. You would have totake a long ride on a plane

or boat to get there. Cocoafrom Africa and SoutheastAsia comes to the UnitedStates on big boats.

Find Ghana and Cameroonand the Ivory Coast on thismap o A rica

A rica


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Find Indonesia on this map o Southeast Asia.When you fnd each o these places, write itsname on the map or color it so

you will remember where it is.

Southeast Asia


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Every time you eat chocolate, you are sharing a yummygift from hard working cocoa farmers that live in thesefaraway places. Chocolate brings the world together!

Draw a picture o yoursel sharing some chocolate with a cocoa armer.


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Circle some coins to make 25.

Most cocoa farmers have never even eaten chocolate! They are too poor to buy or make chocolate bars. Theycannot even pay for things they need, such as ood andclothes and trips to the doctor . Cocoa farmers are poor

because they do not get paid very much for their cocoa.Cocoa farmers get 25 to 50 for each pound of cocoabeans they sell.


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What could you buy with 25? Could you buy lunch? Could you go to the doctor?Could you even buy a chocolate bar?

This is not even enough to pay for the cost of growingcocoa. Farmers do not get paid much for their cocoa beansbecause they do not have any say in what the price shouldbe. They just get what companies want to pay them.This is why farmers stay poor.How do you feel about that?Do you think that is right?


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On some farms, these workers are children, just likeyou. They do not get to go to school , or play. They haveto work very hard on cocoa farms all day because theirparents are too poor to afford to send their children to

school and hire people to work on the farm.

Some farmers are so poor they do not even have themoney to pay their workers. These workers are slaves .They are often children, brought from other countriesto work far away from their homes and families. Theydo very dangerous work. They get yelled at and aretreated badly.

Draw a picture o yoursel a ter someone has yelled at you.


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Here is a picture of somechildren who were made towork as slaves on cocoa farms.These boys were rescued

but others are still working asslaves on cocoa farms.

How do you think they feel?How would you feel if you were them?


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Some farmers have also c utdown the rainforest to growmore cocoa to sell. This hastaken homes from birds and

other animals that need therainforest. Some of thesefarmers also use chemicalsto keep away bugs anddiseases. These chemicalsmake the water and air

dirty . Many of the peopleand animals who breathethe dirty air and drink thedirty water get very sick .

What kind o birds and other animals do you think you would fnd in this rain orest? Draw them here.


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Fortunately, people are trying to fx these problems .Some chocolate companies in the United States are tryingto end child slavery on cocoa farms. They are also helpingfarmers grow cocoa in ways that are good for the earth.

These are very good things for companies to do!

But, these companies still have not agreed to pay armersenough for their cocoa. This means that many children willstill have to work hard so their families will have enoughmoney to buy food and clothes and go to the doctor.

How does this make you feel?Do you think farmers should get more money for their cocoa?


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A lot of people think so. People like this set up somethingcalled the Fair Trade system.The Fair Trade system gives farmers at least 80 foreach pound of their cocoa. This gives farmers enough to

buy food and clothes, go to the doctor, and send theirchildren to school.Hooray!Circle some coins to make 80.


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Draw something that armers might do with their Fair Trade money.


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Fair Trade farmers work together and help each other.

If older kids want to help out on the farm when they comehome from school, that is ok. But, they cannot be made towork all day instead of going to school.


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Fair Trade cocoa comes rom 9 countries:

Ecuador

Dominican

Republic

Latin America

Belize

Costa Rica

Nicaragua


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Find these places on the mapso Latin America and A rica.

Match these countries to their place on the maps. When youfnd each o them draw a lineconnecting them and color eachone a di erent color so you will remember where they are.

and Ghana

Cameroon

A rica


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How many did you draw?

Draw some armers here.

You can read stories about some of these farmer groupson the Internet . See the back o the book for a list of good web sites. There are a lot of farmers in the FairTrade system over 50,000!

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Fair Trade chocolate has special labels that tell you thatthe farmers were paid a air price .Have you ever eaten Fair Trade chocolate? What did it

taste like? Do you think Fair Trade is a good idea? Why?

Fair Trade Certifed

Fair Trade Federation


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What do you think you can do to get big companies tosell Fair Trade chocolate?

Fair Trade chocolate is sold by only a ew smallcompanies in the United States. Big companies do notsell Fair Trade chocolate. Cocoa farmers do not get a

air price for most of the chocolate we eat.

Cocoa farmers get only 1 penny for every chocolate bar that is not Fair Trade!


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Tell your friends and family to write letters, too! If weall ask companies to sell Fair Trade, they will know howimportant it is and they will do it!


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Do you know where to send your letter?To fnd out, look at the wrapper o a chocolate bar.

Here is the address for WorldsFinest Chocolate:Edmond Opler,Chairman and CEOWorlds Finest Chocolate4801 S. LawndaleChicago, IL 60632-3062


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Here is a sample letter:

your signature here


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Here is how you can contact Global Exchange:Email: [email protected]: www.globalexchange.org/cocoa

They have a Fair Trade chocolate campaign and they canhelp you out! They would also love to hear about yourletter to the chocolate company!You also can fnd a list o other help ul groups and web sites in theback o this book.

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1. Share this book withriends & amily.Ask them

to buy Fair Trade chocolate& cocoa all the time. Askthem to write to chocolatecompanies, too!

2. I your school or club sellschocolate or a undraiser,ask the chocolate companyto sell Fair Trade. If thechocolate company wontsell Fair Trade, get yourschool or club to switch to acompany that does. GlobalExchange has a packet tohelp you at www.globalex-change.org/campaigns/fairtrade/cocoa/FTFund-raisingGuide.pdf.

After you write to the chocolate company, you can domore things to help cocoa farmers:

3. Ask your local stores tosell Fair Trade chocolate& cocoa. You can get a listof companies from GlobalExchange.


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4. Learn more about FairTrade armers and theplaces they live. Seeour web site for farmerstories at: http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/ fairtrade/cocoa/cocoacooperatives.html.Also check out the resourcesin the back of this book toget started.

5. Support other Fair Trade! Look for Fair Trade

bananas and fruits! If yourparents like coffee and tea,they can get Fair Tradein the store! See GlobalExchanges web site forcompany and store listings.

You can nd fairly tradedclothing, hand-crafts,musical instruments, andother cool things from FairTrade Stores.

Fair Trade Federationwww. airtrade ederation.orgGlobal Exchange Fair Trade Storeswww.globalexchangestore.org


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Thanks or helping bringFair Trade to more armerslike us and our amilies!

MarianoNicaragua

OvidaDominican Republic

ManuelDominican Republic

Asamoah & LydiaGhana

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Resources

Groups that promote Fair Tradein the United StatesGlobal Exchange2017 Mission St., #303

San Francisco, CA 94110415-575-5538

[email protected]/cocoaTransFair USA1611 Telegraph Ave,Oakland, CA 94612510.663.5260in o@trans airusa.org

www.trans airusa.orgCoop America1612 K St., #600,Washington, DC 20006202.872.5343in [email protected]

Equal Exchange251 Revere Street,Canton, MA 02021781.830.0303

in [email protected] Trade Federation1612 K St., #600Washington, DC 20006202-872-5329

t @ airtrade ederation.orgwww. airtrade ederation.orgFair Trade Resource Network PO Box 33772Washington, DC 20033202.302.0976in o@ airtraderesource.orgwww. airtraderesource.orgOxfam America26 West StreetBoston, MA 02111

617-482-1211email@ox amamerica.orgwww.ox amamerica.orgSave the Children Canada

4141 Yonge Street, Suite 300 Toronto,Ontario M2P 2A8416-221-5501 [email protected] that are working to endchild laborChild Labor Coalition1701 K St. NW, Ste. 120

Washington, DC [email protected] the Slaves1012 14th St. NW, Ste. 600Washington, DC 20005202-638-1865


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in o@ reetheslaves.netwww. reetheslaves.netInternational Labor Rights Fund2001 S Street, NW Ste. 420

Washington, DC 20009202-347-4100laborrights@ilr .orgwww.laborrights.orgGroups promotingearth-friendly farmingOrganic Consumers Association6771 South Silver Hill DriveFinland, MN 55603

218.226.4164www.organicconsumers.orgResources for parentsand teachersHistory and Manufacturing ofCocoa and ChocolateChicago Field Museum o NaturalHistory Chocolate Exhibit

Museum online exhibit on chocolatewww.feldmuseum.org/chocolateExploratorium Chocolate ExhibitChildrens museum online

exhibit on chocolatewww.exploratorium.edu/chocolate/International Cocoa OrganizationQuestions and answers about allaspects o cocoa and chocolatewww.icco.orgJubilee ChocolatesLots o un acts about chocolateand a special page to post

questions you have.www.jubileechocolates.comGeneral information onFair TradeGlobal Exchange Fair TradeProgramIn ormation on all aspects o FairTrade, including links to lists o other

groups and materials in the US andaround the world.www.globalexchange.org, click onFair Trade

Fair Trade FederationList o Fair Trade groups and materialsin the United States and around theworld. You can f nd airly traded cloth-ing, handcra ts, musical instruments,and other cool things rom stores andcompa nies that are in the Fair TradeFederation!www. airtrade ederation.com

Oxfam InternationalOx am has educational materials aboutworld trade and Fair Trade that you candownload or ree and order rom theirweb sites.www.ox am.orgwww.ox am.ca


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The next page has a certifcatethat you need to fll in. You cancut it out and hang it on your wall to remind yoursel that you

completed this activity booklet.

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This certifcate is presented to

or making chocolate sweeter - one bite at a time!

Thanks for helping spread the word about Fair Trade and getting more companiesto sell Fair Trade chocolate and cocoa. You are making a real difference in the lives

of more than 50,000 cocoa farmers and their families across the world.

Keep up the good work!!

Global Exchange Fair Trade Team

2017 Mission Street, #303San Francisco, CA 94110

tel 415.255.7296

fax [email protected]/cocoa

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This book may be copied freely for educational purposes.Please keep this page in the book when you copy it.

This book was written by Melissa Schweisguth and designed/illustrated by Erica Stivison.

It was produced by:

[email protected]/cocoa

2017 Mission St, #303San Francisco, CA 94110

415-575-5538

Photo and Map Credits:PAGE 4-9, 20-21: Country Maps: Erica Stivison

Page 31: (clockwise from top left): Melissa A Schweisguth/Global Exchange,Fairtrade Foundation UK, Chokky Bikkies,

Fairtrade Foundation UK

Global Exchange is an international human rights organization dedicated to promoting environmental,political and social justice. Since our founding in 1988, we have increased the US publics globalawareness while building partnerships among peoples around the world.

This book is designed for grades 3-6.A version for grades K-2 is also available.


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2017 Mission Street, Suite 303San Francisco, CA 94110Telephone: 415-255-7296

Fax: 415-255-7498www.globalexchange.org

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