Role Play - A traditional crafts firm Back to role play

  • Print this sheet out!

Getting hold of all the information you need to give a presentation can be a difficult job.
This sheet is designed to get you started.

You work for a craft firm, and your job is to convince people that Ghanaian crafts are worth buying. You'll need to explain how unusual and attractive the items are, what sort of variety is available, and explain at least a little bit about how things are made. The most important resource for you will be the On the Line virtual visit to Ghana, which includes a drum-making photostory. You will find lots of interesting and useful information in other places: look at the resources page to get started.

Introduction
Read through the information you have and find three good reasons why people might want to buy traditional crafts from Ghana. This might be because you can buy special things in Ghana, which are not made in other places. Or because the things people make are interesting or have a special story behind them. Or because the people in Ghana need to make money. Or anything that you think might make people want to buy traditional crafts from Ghana.

1.

2.

3.

When you have come up with three reasons, write a short paragraph explaining why people would want to buy crafts from Ghana. 

 

 

 

The right story and the perfect picture
Read through the information you have and find an interesting story which will make people interested in crafts from Ghana. It could be about a particular craft, or a group which makes or uses traditional crafts, or a particular craftsperson. Write it out in your own words.

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you have written the story, you need a picture to go with it. Think of what the perfect picture to encourage people to buy crafts from Ghana would be, and then either draw it, or find a picture on this Web site which seems perfect.

Summing up
Finally, think about all the different reasons why someone would want to buy traditional crafts from Ghana. Think about what would make you want to buy them. Come up with a single sentence which says why people should want things made by traditional craftspeople from Ghana.

 

 

When you have filled in this sheet, you should have the information you need for
your presentation
Back to the role play