The following resources offer information and activities that teachers can use to help their students understand trade issues. They will also give ideas on how students can take action for change.

Looking Behind the Logo: The global supply chain in the sportswear industry Enables participants to understand how the global supply chain works.
Oxfam, 2004, 13+

> Free assembly materials available online

• Coffee Chain Game: An activity on trade for ages 13 and upward (2005 edition) Helps participants explore why the money from coffee production is so unevenly distributed.
  Oxfam, 2005, 13+
  > Read interviews with fair trade and non-fair trade farmers online

• The Computer Game: Explore the working conditions in a Mexican computer factory
  Cafod, 2004, 11+
• The Chocolate Trade Game Simulates the experience of all those involved in chocolate production.
  Christian Aid/Comic Relief, 2001, 7-14
• Trade Rules! Explores the systems, institutions and national agendas that drive international trade.
  Christian Aid, 2002
• The Trading Game Helps participants understand the basic principles of international trade.
  Christian Aid, 2003, 14-19
• Sowing and Harvesting Helps children understand some of the global issues raised by food, farming and trade.
  Oxfam, 1998, 7-11

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The Challenge of Globalisation: A handbook for teachers of 11-16 year olds A framework through which young people can gain an understanding of the complexities of globalisation.
Oxfam, 2003, 11-16

• Fair Trade School Handbook: A small but useful guide to help you become a fair-trade school
  Time for Change, 2004, 5-16

• Choc-a-lot: A chocolate flavoured resource to explore global trade in cocoa A collection of activities investigating the global cocoa trade.
  RISC, 2004, 11-16
• Bananas and cocoa beans: A basketful of fair trade activities A booklet containing a selection of activities introducing pupils to fair trade in theory and practice.
  RISC, 2004, 7-14
• Go Bananas A photopack tracing the journey of a banana from the Caribbean to the UK. Includes fair trade activities.
  Oxfam, 2000, 7-11
  > Free lessons and materials also available online
• The Banana Pack (2006 edition) A video pack including three resources to give information and ideas for work on bananas and fair trade.
  Banana Link, 1999/2003/2005/2006, 8-18
• Fair Trade in Action A video pack which introduces concepts of fair trade and encourages students to think about their impact as consumers
  Fair Trade Foundation / RISC, 2002, 11-14
• Xchanging the World A pack which looks at how the world trade system produces poverty and inequality.
  RISC, 1997

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Milking It: Small farmers and international trade. A global citizenship resource. Activities and information about dairy farmers in Wales and Jamaica and how they are both affected by trade issues.

• The Coffee Trade from Global Eye. Activities on coffee including a look at the coffee futures market.

• Just Business Coffee resources which contain information and activities on global and ethical issues on the coffee trade.
• Trading Trainers a simulation game about trainers.
• Oxfam's teaching resources on food, trade and globalisation
• Information on Fair Trade from Oxfam's Cool Planet for Children
• Fair Trade recipes from Oxfam
• Interactive definitions of 'Rigged Trade Rules' on Oxfam's Make Trade Fair website:
  > Dumping
  > Market Access
  > Forced liberalisation