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Find your way through trade
Activities for primary school
| Globalisation, trade, the free
markets and subsidies are regularly in the news today. But
what is trade? What does trade have to do with us? Would we
have food in our supermarkets without trade? How free is the
free market? Why do the poor get poorer and the rich get richer?
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> Section One: Understanding
the supply chain
> Section Two: Trading
Using these creative and interactive educational resources,
your pupils will find answers to all of these questions. They will
not only learn about what trade is, but also get a feeling for the
relationship between the (richer) Northern and the (poorer) Southern
countries.
These easy-to-follow lesson plans are designed to
convey simple trading concepts in a fun way. You can either use
them as a project through a series of sequential lessons or as individual
lessons if you have limited time. Feel free to use them as you please
and have fun!
These lesson plans link in with the curriculum and
provide many opportunities to work in Citizenship, PSHE/PSE, Geography,
English, Literacy, Maths and ICT.
Section One: Understanding
the supply chain
Focusing on our dependence on the developing world
for our daily consumption, this series of lesson plans provide your
pupils with broad knowledge of the concept of raw materials in relation
to end products.
Titles |
Timings |
Curriculum Links |
Objectives
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The
world in my shopping bag (79 KB pdf)
The world
in my shopping bag: activity sheet 1(59 KB pdf)
The world
in my shopping bag: activity sheet 2 (169 KB pdf) |
60 minutes |
Citizenship, PSHE/PSE, Geography, English, ICT |
To get a better understanding of our dependence on imported
products in our everyday lives.
To show that many of the items we buy are made from raw materials
which are imported from countries in the South. |
A
long way home (64KB pdf)
Trade
cards for printing (6.8 MB pdf) |
15 minutes |
Geography, Citizenship, English |
To get a better understanding of where the products we consume
daily come from. |
When
sugar was just a stick (80.68KB pdf)
Stimulus
photographs (31.8MB powerpoint)
'When sugar
was just a stick' activity sheet (81KB pdf) |
45 minutes |
Citizenship, PSHE/PSE, Geography, English, ICT, Art |
To show the differences between raw materials produced
in the South and the manufactured goods we consume.
To encourage children to make links between their own lives
and the lives of other people.
To create a better understanding of the products supply chain.
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Section Two: Trading
This series of lesson plans will provide your pupils
with a basic understanding of how trade works and encourage them
to think about unequal trading relationships.
Titles |
Timings |
Curriculum Links |
Objectives
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| Old
MacDonald had a farm (69KB pdf) |
30 minutes |
English, Citizenship |
To give pupils a better understanding of farming and farmers.
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Doing
business (105KB pdf)
Activity
sheet 1 (178KB pdf)
Activity
sheet 2 (603KB pdf) |
45-60 minutes |
Citizenship, PSHE/PSE, English, Art, Mathematics |
To illustrate the basic principles of global trade.
To give pupils an understanding of what trade is and how
it works. |
Show me the money
(79KB pdf)
Activity
sheet 1 (50KB pdf)
Activity sheet
2 (60KB pdf) |
45 minutes |
Citizenship, PSHE/PSE, Geography, English, Mathematics |
To raise awareness of who and what is involved in the
different parts of the sugar trade.
To promote an understanding of world trade.
To encourage pupils to think about issues of global justice.
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It's just not fair
(130KB pdf)
Activity sheet
1 (61KB pdf)
Activity sheet
2 (308KB pdf)
Activity sheet
3 (603KB pdf) |
60 minutes |
Citizenship, PSHE/PSE, Geography, English, Mathematics |
To enable pupils to experience the unfairness of unequal
trading relationships.
To illustrate how trade can both benefit and hinder the
economic development of different countries around the world.
To help pupils understand and experience some existing trade
rules. |
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