Fair Trade & Ethics
CONCEPTUALWhere products come from and who makes them; that people around the world produce what we buy; fair pay for workers; making ethical choices as consumers
Mastery Evidence
- Explain that the things we buy are made by real people, sometimes in other countries
- Describe what 'fair trade' means in simple terms (workers get paid fairly)
- Give an example of a kind choice a shopper could make (buying fair trade chocolate, choosing less packaging)
Assessment Prompt
“If [child] saw a Fairtrade logo on a chocolate bar, could they explain what it means and why it matters?”
Prerequisites2
- Needs & WantssoftAges 5—7
- Buying ThingshardAges 5—7
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- What Money Is hard
Must understand money exists and is limited before distinguishing needs from wants
- Buying Things hard
Must understand buying before considering where products come from and who made them
- Coins & Notes hard
Must recognise coins/notes and their values before practising buying transactions
- Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard
Recognising coin values requires reading numerals (1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50)
- How Many in Total? hard
Reading/writing numerals 0–20 requires understanding that numerals represent quantities (cardinality)
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Writing digits 0-9 hard
Writing numerals requires the motor skill of forming digits 0-9 (taught in English handwriting)
- What Money Is hard
Must understand what money is before learning to recognise specific coins and notes
Unlocks2
- Global TradesoftAges 9—11
- Ethics in BusinesssoftAges 9—11