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The Learning Africa website provides activities and resources for teachers who wish to explore Africa in the classroom. More broadly, the site also provides ideas on how to incorporate a global dimension to the primary and secondary curriculum.

For information on how the global dimension relates to the curriculum and to different subjects in each of the jurisdictions of the UK click on the relevant link from the Global Dimension website below:

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This page identifies issues which could be explored in the secondary classroom related to the theme of Trade. It lists activities, publications and links available to help address these issues. Other pages of the Trade section provides full details of these resources.

Secondary Curriculum Issues

Some issues which could be explored in relation to Trade in the Secondary curriculum.

Issue: How do African countries compare with the UK in terms of trade?

Activity:
A Piece of the Action

Publications:
See the resources page on the theme of Trade for full details of the following publications:

  • Exploring Our World: Investigating Issues of Interdependence and Social Justice in the 21st Century
  • The Trading Game
  • Trade Rules!
  • Just Acting

Web-links:
Oxfam - Cool Planet
A listing of online and published resources on trade and Fairtrade.

Issue: How can Africa increase its capacity to trade while ensuring social justice and environmental protection? - issues of Fairtrade

Activity:
We Can't Live on Flowers

Case Study:
Flower growing in Kenya (PDF format 153KB)
An issues, fact based case study on the impacts of the flower growing industry in Kenya.

Publications:
See the resources page on the theme of Trade for full details of the following publications:

  • Fair Trade in Action
  • The Trading Game
  • Trade Rules!
  • The Chocolate Game: Fair Trade Edition
  • Just Acting
  • Exploring Our World: Investigating Issues of Interdependence and Social Justice in the 21st Century
  • Fair Trade School Handbook: A Small But Useful Guide to Help You Become a Fair Trade School

Web-links:
See the resources page on the theme of Trade for details of the following web-links:
Oxfam - Cool Planet
Christian Aid
Fairtrade Foundation

Primary Curriculum Issues

Issues which could be explored in relation to Trade in the Primary curriculum.

Issue: How we are linked to the rest of the world through trade?

Activity:
World Trade

Publications:
See the resources page on the theme of Trade for full details of the following publications:

  • Exploring Our World: Investigating Issues of Interdependence and Social Justice in the 21st Century
  • Local Citizen; Global Citizen
  • Sowing and Harvesting
  • Bananas and Cocoa Beans
  • Making a Difference

Web-links:
Chokky Central
Trade activities from Cool Plant (Oxfam) exploring cocoa and wheat.

Issue: Exploring Fairtrade

Activity:
We can't eat roses

Case study:
Flower growing in Kenya (153KB)
An issues, fact based case study on the impacts of the flower growing industry in Kenya.

Publications:
See the resources page on the theme of Trade for full details of the following publications:

  • Local Citizen; Global Citizen
  • Sowing and Harvesting
  • Bananas and Cocoa Beans
  • Making a Difference
  • Fair Trade School Handbook: A Small But Useful Guide to Help You Become a Fair Trade School

Web-links:
Oxfam - Cool Planet
A listing of online and published resources on trade and Fairtrade.

Trade poster

 

Tea is a major African export

 

Fair trade rules are key to economic development

 

Fairtrade logo