Individual Lessons: Class 1: The Fruits of Fairness
See the distribution of wealth in numbers that kids can understand. (Math, Social Studies) Class 2: The Power of One
Get inspired by what others are doing around the world and dream about how you'd like to make a difference. (Writing)
How One Teacher Can Make a Difference
The Good Garden Book: How a subsistence farmer from Honduras is farming, teaching and supporting her family off her small plot of land.
Individual Lessons: Class 1: Hard Work
Follow the journey of what it takes to turn a plant into chocolate. (Science & Cultures) Class 2: What's Fair Game
Role play what it’s like to trade cocoa. (Math & Science) Class 3: A Day in the Life
Compare your usual day to that of a child of a cocoa farmer. How are you different and the same? (Social Studies & Writing)
Follow a Daughter of a Farmer
Read the true story of how Maria is making a difference on her own land and in her village.
Class 4: Jigsaw
Make connections between Fair Trade products across the globe. (Critical Thinking & Group Work) Class 5: Fair Trade Mural
Create art together to help tell the cocoa story. (Color, Space, Art) Class 6: The Farmer's Ballad
Hear a farmer’s story from a local perspective. (Music & Language)
Equal Exchange's curriculum offers 124 pages of interactive classroom activities. Composed of four units, the curriculum raises students' awareness of the core issues surrounding food production and trade. It provides a link between personal actions and community efforts that create a more just and sustainable world. An interdisciplinary educational resource, the Equal Exchange curriculum addresses U.S. curriculum standards from a wide variety of subjects while providing a Fair Trade education. The flexible structure allows teachers to easily incorporate one or two classes into current lesson plans, or use all four units.
Grades 4 – 9
124 Pages
16 Classes
Special full-color insert
Pre-punched holes for binder storage
In collaboration with educators, Equal Exchange seeks to extend the concepts of fairness and sustainability into the classroom and engage students in the Fair Trade movement. We hope you will find this to be a valuable educational resource.
Questions? For additional information about the Equal Exchange curriculum, Win Win Solutions, please contact Ruthie Oland at (774) 776-7371 or fundraising@equalexchange.coop
Videos and Voices
See and hear the voices of children of cacao farmers talking in Spanish about their daily life. (For use with Equal Exchange curriculum, Unit 2: Class 3 - "Day in the Life."):
Interview with Alexandra de los Santos Mansueta Dominican Republic 2008
Interview with Sylvia Maria Munoz Dominican Republic 2008
Interview with Pamela Nunez Dominican Republic 2008
Interview with Franklin Taveras Dominican Republic 2008
Interview with Abel Quezada de la Cruz Dominican Republic 2008
Dominican Republic School Song Equal Exchange 2008
Individual Lessons:
In collaboration with educators, Equal Exchange seeks to extend the concepts of fairness and sustainability into the classroom and engage students in the Fair Trade movement. We hope you will find this to be a valuable educational resource.
