Part (A)
Please watch the video closely and answer the questions beneath:
- Which country does the video show coffee production in? Can you name any other Countries where Coffee is produced?
1. The most / least labour-intensive job.
2. The best / worst environment to work in.
3. The potential to earn the most / least.
Part (B)
For this part of the activity the class will be split into two groups, 1-Representing the Producer
, 2- Representing the Seller
What ever group that your are in, your task is as follows:
-Using a Digital Camcorder you and your group must pretend yous are a Farmer or Retailer in the Coffee Business and record yourselves stating as many reasons as you cant think of:
- of why you feel you should earn the largest proportion of the profit through the Sale of Coffee?
The teacher will then playback the clips of the Producers arguments and the Sellers arguments on the Interactive whiteboard.
As a whole class you must decide which group is most worthy of the largest profit.
Here are two useful websites to learn more about Coffeeand fairtrade:
1 http://www.coffeekids.org/aboutus/coffee/
, 2- Representing the Seller