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An
introduction for you information
This site has been produced by Oxfam and gives
a mass of clear information. about growing bananas in the Windward
Islands and Fair Trade. It will provide an excellent introduction
to your research.
"Bonkers about bananas! Follow the fruit
as they’re grown in the Caribbean, harvested and shipped
to you. Meet the farmers and find out how Fair Trade is helping
them. There’s a silly banana word search too!"
Below, Watty has linked you to pages from this
site and suggested what you could do with the information.
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Fair
Trade
This Section of the site introduces why Fair
Trade is necessary and what it means to the farmers from the Caribbean
Islands.
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A
game to play
Let your possible visitors play this game before
they come to the island. Click on the 'Sneaky Snakes' label to
enter.
It will help them realise the advantages of
Fair Trade.
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Banana
growing in South America
This set of pages come from the Christian Aid
Global Gang site and from Learn. co .uk. It explains why it is
possible to buy much cheaper bananas in our supermarkets. They
are grown on huge plantations and use lots of harmful chemicals.
Click on the icon to read Carina's story and the others below
to read about it all then decide what you should do with this
information.
Barni's
story
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Waitrose
support St Lucian farmers
"Farmers in the
Windward Islands have been devastated by the fall in banana prices.
But if you support Fairtrade, they will at least have a fighting
chance of remaining on their land" says Mark Porter.
This is the start of an article
'Trouble in Paradise', first published on Waitrose.com in March
2001. Your teacher might like to read the whole article here.
Waitrose
Food Article March 2001
Stella Stoat has written the
main points of the article for you so click on the icon to read
it.
Your
teacher might like to look at this section
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'The banana farmers
of St Lucia are facing stiff competition from multinationals,
but by banding together, with help from Waitrose, things are looking
up, discovers William Sitwell '
The start of a further article
'Banana Wars' from Waitrose and again Stella has written the main
points. Your teacher can read the whole article on the link below.
Read these articles and pretend
you are an interviewer for a local radio station. Plan and record
the interview making sure the farmers are able to put over the
main issues.
Waitrose
Food Article 2003
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The
history of the banana
Discover the history of the banana and prepare
some brief captions for a leaflet.
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Example
page
An example of a web page produced by two Yr 3/4
children about the journey of the banana. It might give you some
ideas.
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Provide
some fun tit bits of information
Make a collection of Banana Memorabilia just
for fun to add to a display. Visit a banana museum! Click on the
icon
Adapt this rap
for bananas so it is not for South America but St lucia and
the Caribbean.
Scan through the paragraphs to find out how train
wagons were adapted to transport bananas in the past.
Scroll down the page to the End of rationing
to read about seeing a banana after rationing
in the Second World War.
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Generally
useful site
The Banana Story You might like
to try out some some
banana recipes and offer them as part of a whole presentation!
(If there is any left after tasting!)
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Draw
a map to show the route to one of the banana farms.
Follow the instructions for a similar activity in the Rainforest
Investigations. You might have carried this out as a class activity
so now you will be experts!
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View a short and small video of banana farming
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