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Fair Trade Chocolate Activity Book(for grades 3-6)

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Dear friend,

We hope you will enjoy this book. We wrote it so that you could learn allabout chocolate, the problems that face cocoa farmers, and how we can

all help. Please feel free to copy this book for your friends and family!

We hope that you will write to chocolate companies to tell them what youhave learned from this book, and ask them to sell Fair Trade. There arematerials at the back of the book to help you do this!

If you want to learn more, please see the resources section at the end of the book. Your teacher and parents can help you nd the other resourcesand look on the internet sites that are listed. The Fair Trade team at....



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Week 1

Do YOU like chocolate?Whatʼs your favorite kind?Write its name or draw it here.

Do you know what chocolate is made of?Make your best guess!

Letʼs fi nd out!

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Do YOU like chocolate?U li

l tU li l tWhatʼs your favorite kind?

W tʼ y u v kW tʼ y u v k Write its name or draw it here

Do you know what chocolate is made of?Make your best guess!

Letʼs nd out!



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Chocolate always has cocoa and cocoa butter. It usually has sugar and sometimesmilk, too.

This drawing shows how much of these are in a chocolate bar:

Cocoa and cocoa butter come fromcocoa beans. Cocoa beans grow on trees,

inside pods that are as big as footballs!It is too cold to grow cocoa in the UnitedStates. Cocoa pods might want a scarf tostay warm here!

Cocoa grows in rainforests that are warmand wet. Can you name some places wherecocoa might grow?Let’s nd out!

This drawing shows how much of these are in a chocolate bar:This ra in h w ow m ch of th s are in a h olate b r:This ra in h w ow m ch of th s are in a h olate b r:



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It grows in countries in Africa

Ghana

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Cocoa also grows in countriesin Latin America

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EcuadorE u rE u r

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Cocoa even grows in some countriesin Southeast Asia

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Do you know where these countries are? Do you think you could walk to them?Let’s nd them on a map!

You could walk to Latin America but it would take a really really long time!You would probably want to take a plane or a boat or a car.

When you nd each of these places, write their names on themap so you will remember where they are.

Africa and Southeast Asia are all the way across the ocean. You would have to

take a long ride on a plane or boat to get there. Cocoa from Africa and SoutheastAsia comes to the United States on big boats.

Find Nicaragua, Belize and Ecuador on the map of Latin America.F d N ar ua, B i E a th a Lati A rF d N ar ua, B i E a th a Lati A r



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When you nd each of these places, write their names on the map so you willremember where they are.

Every time you eat chocolate, you are sharing a yummy gift from hard workingcocoa farmers that live in these faraway places.

Chocolate brings the world together!

Find Ghana and Cameroon and the Ivory Coast on the map of Africa

Find Indonesia on the map of Southeast Asia.Fi d I d n ia on th ap f S uth ast A ia.Fi d I d n ia on th ap f S uth ast A ia.

Draw a picture of yourself sharing some chocolate with a cocoa farmer.D a tu u lf a i m h col t w th f r.D a tu u lf a i m h col t w th f r.



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Most cocoa farmers have nevereven eaten chocolate!

They are too poor to buy or make chocolate bars. They cannot even pay for thingsthey need, like food and clothes and trips to the doctor.

Cocoa farmers are poor because they do not get paid very much for their cocoa.Cocoa farmers get 25¢ to 50¢ for each pound of cocoa beans they sell.

Most cocoa farmers have neverMo t o e h ne rMo t o e h ne reven eaten chocolate!

Week 2

Circle some coins to make 25¢l k l k





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On some farms, these workers are children, just like you. They do not get to go toschool, or play. They have to work very hard on cocoa farms all day because their

parents are too poor to afford to send their children to school and hire people towork on the farm.

Some farmers are so poor they do not even have the money to pay their workers.These workers are slaves.

They are often children, brought from

other countries to work far away fromtheir homes and families. They do verydangerous work. They get yelled at andare treated badly.



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These boys were rescued but others are still working as slaves on cocoa farms.

Some farmers have also cut down the rainforest to grow more cocoa to sell. Thishas taken homes from birds and other animals that need the rainforest. Some of these farmers also use chemicals to keep away bugs and diseases. These chemicals

make the water and air dirty.

Here is a picture of some children who were made to work as slaves on cocoa farms. How do you think theyH r s i tur s il r n h a w sl v s on oa f . How d u t i k th yH r s i tur s il r n h a w sl v s on oa f . How d u t i k th y

feel? How would you feel if you were them?f l? H w oul f if ou w emf l? H w oul f if ou w em



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Many of the people and animals who breathe the dirty air and drink the dirtywater get very sick. Fortunately, people are trying to x these problems.

Some chocolate companies in the United States are trying to end child slavery oncocoa farms. They are also helping farmers grow cocoa in w says that are good for the earth. These are very good things for companies to do!

But, these companies still have not agreed to pay farmers enough for their cocoa.This means that many children will still have to work hard so their families willhave enough money to buy food and clothes and go to the doctor.

How does this make you feel?Do you think farmers should get more money for their cocoa?



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A lot of people think so. People like this set up something called the “Fair Trade” system.The Fair Trade system gives farmers at least 80¢ for each pound of their cocoa.

This gives farmers enough to buy food and clothes, go to the doctor, and send their children to school. Hooray!

The Fair Trade system also makes sure that farmers do not use slaves or mistreatheir workers. This means that cocoa farmers are always safe and sound.

Children do not have to work on Fair Trade farms. They can go to school and playlike you. Hooray! If older kids want to help out on the farm when they come home

from school, that is ok. But, they cannot be made to work all day instead of goingto school.

Circle some coins to make 80¢.Circle some coins to make 80¢.



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Fair Trade farmers work together and help each other. The farmers use some of their money to go to school to learn how to grow cocoa in a way that is good for

the earth and make their cocoa taste the best it can be.

Fair Trade farmers also share their money with their communities to build things likeschools and doctor’s ofces.

Draw something that farmers might do with their Fair Trade money:





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You can read stories about someof these farmer groups on the Internet.See the back of the book for a list of good web sites.There are a lot of farmers in the Fair Trade system - over 50,000!

Draw some farmers here.

How many did you draw?

Week 3

You can read stories about someY r t rY r t rof these farmer groups on the Internet.t f r r r t I t rn .t f r r r t I t rn .See the back of the book for a list of good web sites.t k h k f r l t tt k h k f r l t t

There are a lot of farmers in the Fair Trade system - over 50,000!Th r r l t f f rm r h F ir Tr y t m - ver !Th r r l t f f rm r h F ir Tr y t m - ver !

Draw some farmers here.Dr w m f r er here.Dr w m f r er here.

How many did you draw?H w m y y r wH w m y y r w





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Fair Trade chocolate is sold by only a few small companies in the United States. Bigcompanies do not sell Fair Trade chocolate. Cocoa farmers do not get a fair price

for most of the chocolate we eat.Cocoa farmers get only 1 penny for every chocolate bar that is not Fair Trade!What do you think you can do to get big companies to sell Fair Trade chocolate?

You can write to your favorite chocolate company!

Tell them that you are sad that cocoa farmers do not get paid enough and thatsome even use child slaves. Tell them you are sad that many children work oncocoa farms instead of going to school. Ask them to start selling Fair Trade so thatthese problems will not happen anymore!



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Tell your friends and family to write letters, too! If we all ask companies to sell Fair Trade, they will know how important it is and they will do it!

Do you know where to send your letter?

To nd out, look at the wrapper of a chocolate bar.

Here is the address for World’s Finest Chocolate:

Edmond Opler,Chairman and CEO

World’s Finest Chocolate4801 S. Lawndale

Chicago, IL 60632-3062







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After you write to the chocolate compay,you can do more things to help cocoa farmers:

After you write to the chocolate compay,A y u t t l t y,A y u t t l t y,you can do more things to help cocoa farmers:y u t t ly u t t l

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1. Share this book with friends & family. Ask them to buy Fair Trade chocolate &cocoa all the time. Ask them to write to chocolate companies, too!

2. If your school or club sells chocolate for a fundraiser, ask the chocolate companyto sell Fair Trade. If the chocolate company won’t sell Fair Trade, get your schoolor club to switch to a company that does. Global Exchange has a packet to helpyou at:www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/ fairtrade/cocoa/FTFundraisingGuide.pdf.

3. Ask your local stores to sell Fair Trade chocolate & cocoa. You can get a list of companies from Global Exchange.

4. Learn more about Fair Trade farmers and the places they live. See our web sitefor farmer stories athttp://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/ fairtrade/cocoa/cocoacooperatives.html

Also check out the resources in the back of this book to get started.

5. Support other Fair Trade!



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Write youʼre letter:Write ʼre letteWrite ʼre lette

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• Look for Fair Trade bananas and fruits! If your parents like coffee and tea, theycan get Fair Trade in the store! See Global Exchange’s web site for company andstore listings.

• You can nd fairly traded clothing, hand-crafts, musical instruments, and other cool things from Fair Trade Stores

Fair Trade Federationwww.fairtradefederation.orgGlobal Exchange Fair Trade Storeswww.globalexchangestore.org

Fair Trade Certi edF i T C tF i T C t air Trade FederationT FT F





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Groups that promote Fair Trade in the United States

Global Exchange2017 Mission St., #303San Francisco, CA 94110

[email protected]/cocoa

TransFair USA1611 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA [email protected]

Coop America1612 K St., #600, Washington, DC 20006202.872.5343

[email protected]

Equal Exchange251 Revere Street, Canton, MA 02021781.830.0303

[email protected]

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Jubilee ChocolatesLots of fun facts about chocolate and a specialpage to post questions you have.www.jubileechocolates.com

General information on Fair Trade

Global Exchange Fair Trade Program

Information on all aspects of Fair Trade,including links to lists of other groups andmaterials in the US and around the world.www.globalexchange.org, click on “Fair Trade”

Fair Trade FederationList of Fair Trade groups and materials in the

United States and around the world. You cannd fairly traded clothing, handcrafts, musicalinstruments, and other cool things fromstores and companies that are in the Fair Trade Federation!www.fairtradefederation.com

Oxfam InternationalOxfam has educational materials about worldtrade and Fair Trade that you can downloadfor free and order from their web sites.www.oxfam.orgwww.oxfam.ca



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This certi cate is presented toTT

or making chocolate sweeter - one bite at a time!

T an s or e ping sprea t e wor a out Fair

Trade and getting more companies to sell Fair ll ll Trade chocolate and cocoa. You are making a real l Y l Y difference in the lives of more than 50,000 cocoafarmers and their families across the world. Keep

up the good work!!

Global Exchange Fair Trade Team

2017 Mission Street, #303 • San Francisco, CA 94110 • tel 415.255.7296 • fax 415.255.7498•[email protected] • www.globalexchange.org/cocoa

2017 Mission Street, #303 • San Francisco, CA 94110 • tel 415.255.7296 • fax 415.255.7498•[email protected] • www.globalexchange.org/cocoa



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This book may be copied freely for educational purposes. Please keep this page in the book when youcopy it.

This book was written by Melissa Schweisguth and designed/illustrated by XXXXX XXXXX.It was produced by:

[email protected]/cocoa

2017 Mission St, #303San Francisco, CA 94110415-575-5538

Photo and Map Credits: CRSfairtrade.orgPAGE XX: Country Maps: CRSfairtrade.org

Page XX: (clockwise from top left): Melissa A Schweisguth/Global Exchange,

Fairtrade Foundation UK, Chokky Bikkies, Fairtrade Foundation UK





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