Fairtrade - Where does our food come from?

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Activity 1

Where did that fruit come from?
Can you match the rainforest plant with the food that comes from it? Look closely for clues in the pictures
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Activity 2

Food Trackers
Time to do a bit of investigating. Have a look at the packaging on some foods, especially fruit and vegetables. Fill in the table to track your food's origins!
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From the Curriculum

Strand: Myself and the Wider World
Strand Unit: Environmental Care

Curriculum Objectives

The child should be enabled to become familiar with aspects of these periods:
1) appreciate and respect the environment and learn that there is an individual and community responsibility in caring for the environment and protecting it for future generations.

Learning Objectives

-use the language of history including: chronology, timeline, causes, sources.


-sequence the events leading up to the start of WW1.


-identify some of the reasons why WW1 started.


-use online sources of information to research the flags of WW1 countries.



Learning Activities

-Video Stimulus: watch the video stimulus explaining the causes of WW1, pausing the video when prompted to answer stimulus questions.
-Comic Strip Sequencing: draw a three piece comic strip that explains the events of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination.
-Summarising: using the video content, summarise three reasons why war was inevitable, even without Ferdinand's assassination.
-Flag Research: using ICT resources, research the flags of various countries that took part in WW1. Research carefully to make sure you are finding sources that show WW1 flags not modern flags.

Assessment

-Teacher Designed Tasks:
1) Comic Strip Sequence
2) Reasons for War
3) Flag Research Sheet

-Teacher Questioning:
1) Can you identify a few reasons why WW1 started?
2) Can you put the events of Franz Ferdinand's assassination in order?







Rang Maher